I just finished Ordinary Men & started the classic, 1984 again.
Anyone reading something you’d recommend?

Stopped at Stalingrad. I've read Ordinary Men, maybe 5-6 years ago.

I don't read books, haven't in 25 years (outside of textbooks). Coincidentally I did recently purchase 1984 to reread as well though. When I do read it, it will be the first book in a quarter century I wasn't required to read.

A fair amount of the reading is on here. The rest is news, AI news, tech news, physics news, space news, materials science news, energy generation news, power storage news, and industry stuff.

I prefer things I can read start to end in 30 minutes. Ironically two of my favorite books were The Stand and IT.

Going to restart The Expanse series, now that I have the full set. Just need to find the boxes they're in.

Also, 35 pg thread in the Lair
https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...0601935/m/7300027024

I got hooked on the Witcher series on NETFLIX and purchased the set of 8 books. The books jump around on the timeline like the movie does but are making the videos more understandable. Also about 1/3 of the way through Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, second time since some years back.

The Years of Rice and Salt.

I Could Never Be So Lucky Again: An Autobiography of James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle. I'm almost finished and highly recommend it, especially if you're interested in U.S. aviation history.

Missouri CDL manual.

Blood Meridian, on the recommendation of Para's recent thread. This is the first of McCarthy's books that I've read.

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Going to restart The Expanse series, now that I have the full set. Just need to find the boxes they're in.

Also, 35 pg thread in the Lair
https://sigforum.com/eve/forum...0601935/m/7300027024

Yeah...

I'm reading the third in David Baldacci's Amos Decker series.

Open right now (I rotate among books):
A Million and One Gods, Page duBois
The Fate of Rome: Climate, Disease and the End of an Empire, Kyle Harper
To the End of the Earth, The US Army and the downfall of Japan, John C. McManus
Infantry Attacks, Erwin Rommel
The Old Lion, A Novel of Theodore Roosevelt, Jeff Shaara
Breakneck, Marc Cameron

Purchased, but haven’t started:
Armageddon, What the Bible Really Says About the End, Bart Ehrman
Spies, The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West, Calder Walton
Night Angle Nemesis, Brent Weeks

Finished recently:
Fire and Fortitude The US Army in the Pacific War 1941-1942 McManus
Island Infernos, The US Army’s Pacific War Odyssey, McManus
Liberation Trilogy, Rick Atkinson
The Fiery Trial, Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery, Eric Foner
Discovering the City of Sodom, Steven Collins and Latayne C. Scott

Libyan Sands, Travel in a Dead World, by R. A. Bagnold, 1935.

Wikipedia summary

First published 1935; reprinted by Eland in 2010 is a travel book, written by Ralph A. Bagnold, the founder of the British Army's Long Range Desert Group in the Second World War.

Described by Sahara expert Eamonn Gearon as "without question, the classic work of 20th-century Saharan exploration", it is a first-hand account of Bagnold's pioneering adventures in the Saharan desert during his time in the British army. It is still considered a classic work, and in 2010, it was reissued by Eland.

The Sig Forum.

I have not read any books lately however the last one I read was the Hot Zone by Richard Preston.
True story about how Ebola made its way to America in Reston Virginia.

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Blood Meridian, on the recommendation of Para's recent thread. This is the first of McCarthy's books that I've read.

About to begin that one. Just finished No Country For Old Men, which I enjoyed.

I was on a little bit of a cuberpunk kick before that, with a couple William Gibson books Neuromancer and Virtual Light. I liked Neuromancer, but Virtual Light kind of sucked IMO. I do like the retro-futuristic, violent stuff, but it's hard to prioritize, gotta choose wisely.

Finally broke down and bought a kindle since I’m no longer on watch in a SCIF, only 8 hours a day in one now.

Just started the “Mountain Man” series and bought a book titled, “Guadalcanal, US Marines in WWII”. Reading both simultaneously based of whether I want the Ereader or actually paper.

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Open right now (I rotate among books):

I tend to read a couple at the same time as well. I'm currently reading:

- Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity by Dr. Peter Attia (I normally don't re "health" books, but this caught my attention and is very good so far)
- Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis de Sales
- Stop Reading the News by Rolf Dobelli
- Raylan by Elmore Leonard

I am on my third or fourth voyage through the Aubrey-Maturin novels by Patrick O'Brian.

Concurrently, I am re-reading Report from Engine Co. 82 by Dennis Smith

I just finished the live free or die trilogy by John Ringo.
Currently I'm working my way through re-reading the Wheel of Time series. After trying to watch that shit show of a streaming series i felt the need to revisit it.

About to finish up GO!GO!GO! about the 1980 Iranian embassy siege.

Have Jack Carr's 5th book Only the Dead up next.