Shadow of Doubt by Brad Thor. A Scot Horvath novel.

Currently reading "A World Undone" by G.J. Meyer

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Shadow of Doubt by Brad Thor. A Scot Horvath novel.

I'm in the middle of that myself.

Willie, Waylon, and the Boys; How Nashville Outsiders Changed Country Music Forever, Brian Fairbanks.

This was a birthday gift. I’m halfway through it, and the first half focuses on the four who would form The Highwaymen: Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson. Apparently later in the book the author will turn to more contemporary artists who are out of the Nashville mainstream.

It’s both in depth and warts and all. Some serious drug and alcohol abuse issues. It goes into the record companies and the wars between them and the artists. Recording session stories, some real inside baseball stuff.

My Twenty Five Years in Provence by Peter Mayle. I'm taking the Mrs. to Paris and Provence next year and have enjoyed his earlier books.

Arkangel by James Rollins, the latest in the Sigma Force series.

Finished Ember. Much better than the previous book in the series.

Started reading The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth, my first of his. Wow, his writing is fantastic! Reminds me of Clancy, but not as militarily based (so far). Only 20% in so far, but very interesting plot. I'll definitely be reading more Forsyth.

When I need a palate cleanser, I've been reading Norm McDonald's book, Based on a True Story. I tried it once before and was bored, but when I started again reading it in his voice, it's a much better read.

Edited to add 9/14: I was a huge fan of the movie The Fourth Protocol. I saw an article a few months ago about a writer who found out that certain political content had been removed from the book without Forsyth's knowledge, so the writer interviewed Forsyth, who consulted his notes and found it to be true. Several people here had recommended The Dogs of War in the past, so I decided to read it.

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Just finished Shadow Puppets. Shadow of the Giant next, then back to the trio to wrap the Ender side of the series [after Ender in Exile]

Deadly Crossroads by Danny Parker.

 
My name finally rose to the top of the library's wait list, and I just picked up and started Jack Carr's latest, Red Sky Mourning.

Just finished two recent releases:

"Angel of Vengeance" by Preston and Childs. The continuation of the Pendergast Series. Crazy as usual.

"First Frost" by Craig Johnson. The latest in the Longmire Series, a little farfetched but enjoyble, though I lie is basic Western themes better.

The Bad Place. Dean Koontz can teach Stephen King a few things about creepy books!

Here's a quote from the book, for Mark123: "gardening always seemed like a pleasant profession. You need a lawnmower, a week whacker, a few simple tools. There's not much overhead, and you hardly ever get shot at."

Just finished one of the best non-fiction books I’ve ever read, The Demon of Unrest, Erik Larson. It’s about the roughly 5 months leading up to the Civil War. The book focuses on Charleston, South Carolina and Fort Sumpter, but also covers the election of Abraham Lincoln; Edmund Ruffin, who led the secession movement in South Carolina (1st to succeed) and traveled in the South encouraging others to follow. Major Robert Anderson, C.O. of Union forces in Charleston is fleshed out in great detail. Anderson was a former slave owner and sympathetic to the South, but unfailingly loyal to the Union. The diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter from the Charleston area contributed greatly to the book in providing a description of antebellum Charleston society, and the effect of war on it.

So many interesting bits of information imparted. Major Anderson’s command was at Fort Moultrie, located on a peninsula in the harbor, ESE of Fort Sumpter, an island in the harbor. Communication from Washington was slow, and confused by those in positions of authority either sympathetic to the South, or afraid to heighten tensions in the months leading up to the War. Anderson made the decision unilaterally to move his command from Moultrie out to Fort Sumpter as his position became more untenable. A very big decision for him to make on his own.

Great book, highly recommended.

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Just finished Shadow Puppets. Shadow of the Giant next, then back to the trio to wrap the Ender side of the series [after Ender in Exile]

Ender in Exile and Speaker for the Dead done.
Starting Xenocide tonight.
Need to get a new copy of Children of the Mind to replace my lost copy.

“Unvanquished” it’s about special operations in the civil war (Mosby’s Rangers, Jessie Scouts)

Almost finished with The Glass Factory by Braxton McCoy. It's autobiographical about McCoy's being wounded by a suicide bomber at a Glass Factory in Iraq.

It mainly covers his struggle with physical rehabilitation after his body was destroyed by the blast, as well as his struggle with PTSD and addiction.

It's a fascinating read, told from his first-person perspective.

About 225 pages into Shadow Country and really enjoying it.

Finished "Defeat in the West" by Milton Shulman. Canadian intelligence officer during WWII writing shortly thereafter (1948) about why the Germans lost so badly, including information from personal interviews with some of the leading German generals. The plus side is that it is almost contemporaneous - the down side is that it doesn't mention Enigma as that - while also very important to the German defeats - had not been declassified at the time.

Now partway through "Mass Violence in Nazi-Occupied Europe" which goes into various episodes of the Holocaust through the eyes of historical researchers - victims including the Gypsies/Roma, Soviet POWs, handicapped/mental patients, etc. Not an especially uplifting read, I have to admit.

Finished McNally's Secret by Lawrence Sanders. First in a series.

Takes place in the early '90s, pretty standard detective story.

However, the main character, Archy McNally, is a little different. Son of an accomplished high-society attorney in Palm Beach, FL, with a lot of resources available to him. Not a lot of action, but the writing is outstanding. There must be a word on every page that I've never heard in use before (but I can ascertain its meaning by the context). Overall, a pretty good first book in a series.

I will be reading more in the series at some point.

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