Book Thread

[rcbowla 6,792]

May have already been suggested but the "Farseer Trilogy" by Robin Hobb is an excellent fantasy trilogy. I'm not even huge on fantasy.

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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,150]

I've been using the Good Reads app to track my reading and books.

I just finished Tripwire and started reading The Girl on the Train.


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I like my good reads app. It helps me keep track of all my books. Have you ever gone to the website? They have giveaways. You can sign up for a free book. If your name is chosen, you pay shipping. I've won 2 books so far, one on the battle at Chosin and one on Vietnam

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[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,544]

Okay boys and girls, I've gone back and compiled a list of books and authors that have been mentioned in this thread and I'm sure I missed several along the way but still have over 80 authors.   In many cases, I've made a note of who recommended a particular book so anyone interested could PM that btb member and get more information if they wish.  Also tried to give an indication of what the book is about but I wouldn't be overly reliant on my subjective description.  And many don't have a description because I just wasn't sure how to describe them.   I can publish a list by title, by author -- what would be the most beneficial?

 

 

[HoosierAloha 29,978]

Okay boys and girls, I've gone back and compiled a list of books and authors that have been mentioned in this thread and I'm sure I missed several along the way but still have over 80 authors.   In many cases, I've made a note of who recommended a particular book so anyone interested could PM that btb member and get more information if they wish.  Also tried to give an indication of what the book is about but I wouldn't be overly reliant on my subjective description.  And many don't have a description because I just wasn't sure how to describe them.   I can publish a list by title, by author -- what would be the most beneficial?
 
 

I don't care what the rest of the BTownBanner community says about you Old Fart, you're a good dude. I would vote by author.


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[HoosierAloha 29,978]

I like my good reads app. It helps me keep track of all my books. Have you ever gone to the website? They have giveaways. You can sign up for a free book. If your name is chosen, you pay shipping. I've won 2 books so far, one on the battle at Chosin and one on Vietnam

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Ive never been to their website. Thanks for the info. Which books on the battle at Chosin and Vietnam? Loved Col. Hackworth's Steel my soldiers heart. I read that book during an exercise in Korea, sitting in an HMMWV in the middle of the night with full battle rattle on. Good times!


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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,150]

Ive never been to their website. Thanks for the info. Which books on the battle at Chosin and Vietnam? Loved Col. Hackworth's Steel my soldiers heart. I read that book during an exercise in Korea, sitting in an HMMWV in the middle of the night with full battle rattle on. Good times!


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Check out this book on Goodreads: On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37922709-on-desperate-ground

Check out this book on Goodreads: Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36099654-vietnam

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[HoosierAloha 29,978]

Check out this book on Goodreads: On Desperate Ground: The Marines at The Reservoir, the Korean War's Greatest Battle http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37922709-on-desperate-ground

Check out this book on Goodreads: Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36099654-vietnam

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Thanks, I have them both in Goodreads now. Think I'll read another book or two before starting back on the Reacher series.


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[Class of '66 Old Fart 81,544]

The votes are in, tabulated and doublechecked for hanging chads and with a final tally of 1-0, here's a list by author.  Many of the authors don't have a specific title because they are so prolific and have so many books about a specific character, i.e., Lee Child and his Jack Reacher series.  Also, the "What's It About" needs lots of work and some of the descriptions I used I'm sure are inaccurate so let me know and I'll make changes accordingly.   

As of 06 August 2018

Author	Title - Abbreviated in Some cases	Recommended By	What's It About
Abercrombie, Joe	First Law Trilogy (The)	Uspshoosier	Fantasy
Baldacci, David
Berntsen, Gary	Jawbreaker:  The Attack on Bin Laden & Al-Qaeda	HoosierAloha	Start of the war in Afghanistan
Berry, Steve		iufaninillinois
Bowen, Rhys	In Farleigh Field	iufaninillinois	Novel set in England during WW II
Box, C. J.	Joe Pickett Series	iufaninillinois	Wyoming Game Warden
Brown, Dan
Buck, Rinker	Oregon Trail (The)	RatpigHoosier	Modern day 2,000 mile trip by covered wagon
Bush, George W.	Decision Points	Naturalhoosier	Autobiographical
Caey, Elle	Apocalypsis Series	Mamasa	Post-apocalyptic
Card, Orson Scott	Folk of the Fringe (The)	MartintheMopMan	Prolific author
Cash, Johnny	Cash	JSHoosier	Autobiographical
Child, Lee	Jack Reacher Series		Lone Wolf Good Samaritan
Ching, G. P.	Soulkeepers Series	Mamasa	Post-apocalyptic
Coel, Margaret	Eagle Catcher (The)	iufaninillinois	Mystery set on an Arapahoe Reservation
Cussler, Clive		iufaninillinois
Dexter, Colin	Inspector Morse Series	Class of '66 Old Fart	British Police Detective
DiCamillo, Kate	Because of Winn-Dixie	HooHooHoo22
Edsel, Robert M	Monuments Men	Naturalhoosier
Flynn, Vince	Mitch Rapp Series		Government agent/assassin
Follett, Ken		iufaninillinois
Forstchen, William R.	John Matherson Series	HoosierAloha	Post-Apocolyptic
French, Katie	Breeders (The)	Mamasa
Garfield, Brian	Thousand Mile War (The)	HoosierReb01	WW  II in Alaska & Aleutians
Gawande, Atul		OliviaPope40
Goodwin, Doris Kearns	Team of Rivals	OliviaPope40	Historical - Abraham Lincoln
Gordon, Jon	Energy Bus (The)	OliviaPope40	Self-Help
Gordon, Nathan		Alaska Hoosier	Interrogation book author
Grant, Michael	Gone Series	Mamasa
Hackworth, Col.  David H.	Steel My Soldiers' Heart	HoosierAloha	Vietnam War tactics
Haggard, Merle	My House of Memories	HoosierReb01	Autobiographical
Hastings, Max	Vietnam:  An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975	iufaninillinois
Hicks, D. C.	Catching The Westbound	Mamasa
Hobb, Robin	Farseer Trilogy	rcs29	Fantasy
Howey, Hugh	Wool Series (The)	Mamasa	Post-apocalyptic thriller
Howey, Hugh	Silo Series (The)		Sci-Fi
Hunter, Georgia	We Were the Lucky Ones	HoosierAloha	Jewish family in Poland during WW II
Iles, Greg	Natchez Burning Trilogy	iufaninillinois
Iles, Greg	Penn Gage Series	iufaninillinois
Irving, Nicholas	Reaper (The)	Dalton26	Special Ops memoir
Jeter, Derek	Game Day	JSHoosier	Autobiographical
Jordan, Robert	Wheel of Time (The) Series	johnsoniu	Fantasy
Kershaw, Ian	End (The)	Brass Cannon	Historical - Fall of the Third Reich
King, Stephen
Knight, Bob	My Story	JSHoosier	Autobiographical
Knight, Bob	Power of Negative Thinking (The)	JSHoosier
Koontz, Dan (not Dean)	I.P.O. (The)	Mamasa
Leavy, Jane	Last Boy (The)	JSHoosier	Mickey Mantle
Luttrell, Marcus	Lion of Sabray (The)	HoosierAloha	Fact based by former Seal Team 10 member
Luttrell, Marcus	Lone Survivor	Naturalhoosier
Maberry, Jonathan	Joe Ledger Series	Naturalhoosier	Government agent/assassin
Mann, Don	Hunt the Wolf	HoosierAloha	Mitch Rapp/Pike Logan knockoff
Marlantes, Karl	Matterhorn:  A Novel of the Vietnam War	HoosierAloha
Mather, Mathew	CyberStorm	Stromboli	Post-Apocalyptic
McCarthy, Cormac	Road (The)	Naturalhoosier	Post-Apocalyptic
McDermott, Andy		iufaninillinois
Millard, Candice	Destiny of the Republic	OliviaPope40	Presidency of James A. Garfield
Moyes, Jojo	Me Before You	OliviaPope40
O'Connor, Ian	Captain (The)	JSHoosier	Derek Jeter
O'Neill, Robert	The Operator:  Firing the Shots That Killed bin Laden	HoosierAloha	Fact based by former Special Ops member
O'Reilly, Bill	Killing Series	Naturalhoosier
Parker, Robert B.	Spenser Series	Class of '66 Old Fart
Peterson, Jordan	12 Rules for Life	Joe DeLow	Self-Help
Riddle, A. G.	Pandemic	iufaninillinois	Conspiracy thriller
Riddle, A. G.	Atlantis Series	Naturalhoosier	Sci-Fi
Rollins, James		iufaninillinois
Romesha, Clinton	Red Platoon:  A True Story of American Valor	Alaska Hoosier	Battle of Keating in Afghanistan
Rosenberg, Joel	Escape from Auschwitz	iufaninillinois	Fiction
Roth, Veronica	Divergent Series	Mamasa
Sides, Hampton	On Desperate Ground	iufaninillinois	Non-fiction Korean War
Sledge, E. B.	With the Old Breed:  At Peleliu & Okinawa	Hovadipo	WW II in the Pacific
Snow, Richard	Iron Dawn	Brass Cannon	Naval History:  Monitor vs. Merrimack
Stanton, Doug	Horse Soldiers	HoosierAloha	Special Forces in Afghanistan
Stirling, S. M.	Dies The Fire	Stromboli	Post-Apocalyptic
Taylor, Brad	Pike Logan Series	HoosierAloha	Government agent/assassin
Taylor, Corey	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Heaven	MrYuk	Experiences with the paranormal
Taylor, Corey	Seven Deadly Sins	MrYuk	Self expose' of a sinner
This Town	This Town	OliviaPope40	Funny portrait of Wash. D.C.
Thor, Brad	Scott Harvath Series		Government agent/assassin
Toll, Ian	Pacific Crucible	Brass Cannon	WW II in the Pacific
Toll, Ian	Six Frigates	Brass Cannon	Founding of the U. S. Navy
Twomey, Steve	Countdown to Pearl Harbor:  12 Days Till the Attack	hoosierbannerd
Uris, Leon	Battle Cry	iufaninillinois	Novel of marines in WW II
Vogt, Tobias	Iron Men of Metz	Mamasa	95th Infantry Division in WW II
White, Ronald C.	American Ulysses	iufaninillinois	Biography of President U. S. Grant
Wolf, Warner	Let's Go To The Videotape	JSHoosier	Sports humor and anectdotes
Yousafzai, Malala	I Am Malala	HoosierAloha	Youngest Nobel Peace Prize recipient
Zuckoff, Mitchell	Lost in Shangri-La	Naturalhoosier

[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,150]

I found out the Movie Fletch with Chevy Chase was based on the novel of the same name by Gregory McDonald. I had to read it. As with most movies based on books, it only loosely followed the book. However, it was closer than most.

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[HoosierAloha 29,978]

Finished another book in the Reacher series. Good stuff!


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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,150]

Finished another book in the Reacher series. Good stuff!


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I'm going to have to try that series

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[HoosierAloha 29,978]

I'm going to have to try that series

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The Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn and the Pike Logan series by Brad Taylor are excellent as well.


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[woodenshoemanHoosierfan 6,150]

The Mitch Rapp series by Vince Flynn and the Pike Logan series by Brad Taylor are excellent as well.


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I have all of Vince Flynn's books. His book Term Limits is one of my favorites.

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[Brass Cannon 24,069]

Can’t believe I never recommended The Martian by Andy Weir. Even if you saw the movie it’s well worth the read. My favorite sci fi novel written since I became a preteen

[JSHoosier 19,644]

3 hours ago, HoosierAloha said:

Finished another book in the Reacher series. Good stuff!


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Which one?  All are good books, some are excellent.

[Naturalhoosier 15,366]

6 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Can’t believe I never recommended The Martian by Andy Weir. Even if you saw the movie it’s well worth the read. My favorite sci fi novel written since I became a preteen

I really liked that book.  Good recommendation!!!  The Book was better than the movie, but the movie was awesome.

I'm reading Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.  Solid book.  Really interesting.  I'm not too far in but the stories are awesome.  It's a slower read (for me anyway) due to the depth of detail and late 1700s verbiage.  Apparently it was turned into a series on AMC called Turn.  Haven't seen it yet, but heard it's a worthwhile series to take in.

[Brass Cannon 24,069]

34 minutes ago, Naturalhoosier said:

I really liked that book.  Good recommendation!!!  The Book was better than the movie, but the movie was awesome.

I'm reading Washington's Spies by Alexander Rose.  Solid book.  Really interesting.  I'm not too far in but the stories are awesome.  It's a slower read (for me anyway) due to the depth of detail and late 1700s verbiage.  Apparently it was turned into a series on AMC called Turn.  Haven't seen it yet, but heard it's a worthwhile series to take in.

Yep one of the best movie book combos I have ever experienced.  American psycho is up there too. 

Havent read the book. But The Turn tv series is amazing. Pretty consistent quality throughout the series also. I love the depiction of Washington in the series. 

If you are feeling more about that period try out Almost a Miracle by John Ferling. All about how the US was able to pull off the revolution. 

[HoosierAloha 29,978]

Which one?  All are good books, some are excellent.

Running Blind. Just started Echo Burning.


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[Naturalhoosier 15,366]

9 hours ago, Brass Cannon said:

Yep one of the best movie book combos I have ever experienced.  American psycho is up there too. 

Havent read the book. But The Turn tv series is amazing. Pretty consistent quality throughout the series also. I love the depiction of Washington in the series. 

If you are feeling more about that period try out Almost a Miracle by John Ferling. All about how the US was able to pull off the revolution. 

Appreciated. I'll add it to my list. We did a family vacation to Colonial Williamsburg/Yorktown so I've been on. Revolutionary War kick. 

[JSHoosier 19,644]

9 hours ago, HoosierAloha said:

Running Blind. Just started Echo Burning.


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Good reads.  Movies were based on One Shot and Never Go Back, both far better than the film adaptations.