Finished Saint Odd on wednesday. A satisfying - but not geat - ending to a promissing - not quite fulfilled - series of books
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I have never read any of the Odd books, the film they made was better than I expected.Finished Saint Odd on wednesday. A satisfying - but not geat - ending to a promissing - not quite fulfilled - series of books
I finished up Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas last night. Had a good time reading it, what a ride.....heading into Skeleton Crew for the umpteenth time, still a great book of stories, no matter how many times I've read them.
Revival, Bryant and May, I will fear no Evil - Robert a. Heinlein and Night Raid by Taylor Downing - this is a story about the British Paras night rad in wwii. If they were caught under Hitler's directive, they were shot. The interesting thing about the para's is 1. The Wehermacht(according to my grandfather) were the best trained solders in the world, they were scared of the paras' 2. The Special Air Force (22nd Reg - SAS) and the paras are both claiming their training course is harder. to get your wings for the para's you undergo 3 month training, for the sas(not 100% sure) it's 6 months and this is called being 'badged' apparently it is harder to keep SAS - Who dares wings badge then it is to get it. oh boy
Kelly,I did airborne school here in the US at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1987; in August, it was hot. Our basic course is only three weeks and you jump 5 times (five jump chump, as the more serious para guys call it). But I got to wear silver wings on my chest. Blood wings in my case as Colonel Tex Turner drove them into my collar-bone at the ceremony. That hurt a bit.
Anyway, my point in replying is check out a book called "When The Odds Were Even" by Keith Bonn. He was one of my best history professors at West Point and he was writing that book when I was a Cadet in his classes (I had him for several: Imperial and Nazi Germany, Diplomatic History of Europe, etc.). It covers an event during WWII in the Vosges Mountain Campaign where the touted man-for-man quality of the Wermacht was pitted against a simple American Infantry Division. Great book.
Kelly
I was about 50 pages or so further than that when I quit reading.Still reading Blaze... oh boy. I'm 110 pages in. (and he is...
kidnapping the baby as we speak.
Stephen, sometimes I just want to kick you in the butt for making me care so damned much.
(of course I wouldn't actually kick you in the butt: 1) you are too tall and 2) you might write me to death)
I'll get back to you when I'm 50 pages on then... and now I'mI was about 50 pages or so further than that when I quit reading.
I thought of you when I got to the...I was about 50 pages or so further than that when I quit reading.
Still reading Blaze... oh boy. I'm 110 pages in. (and he is...
kidnapping the baby as we speak.
Stephen, sometimes I just want to kick you in the butt for making me care so damned much.
(of course I wouldn't actually kick you in the butt: 1) you are too tall and 2) you might write me to death)
I am struggling with it for sure...This was a hard book to digest on many levels. Of all the authors I have read, and they are excellent authors, only Steve can bring about every emotion possible as I read his books.
((((Flake)))I am struggling with it for sure...
Kelly,
Have you seen the TV series Band of Brothers? If so, what did you think of it?
I have it also and have watched twice. I think I will try to watch this yearly, it's awe-inspiring and heart-breaking and so... human.I have seen it and I own it. My wife bought it for me for Christmas some years ago. I think it's excellent. I especially like the development of the relationship between the men and the officers, and the advancement in responsibility of the NCOs and Officers. I thought the officer interactions were very true to life, based on my own experiences.
Kelly
I have it also and have watched twice. I think I will try to watch this yearly, it's awe-inspiring and heart-breaking and so... human.
My Grandee was in the RNZAF during WWII, he was based in Canada mostly.