10:20 pm New Years Eve.
Several weeks of various respiratory infections, climaxing ( I HOPE) in influenza. Little chance of sleep. No AirPods so Audible is out.
I want to second Sigfreund’s request for commentary on books cited. Without that it’s pretty useless.

Caught up in Stephen Hunter.
Just finished a WW II submarine novel by a first-time novelist, Jon Gabriel. He actually is a vet of the nuclear sub service as a reactor engineer.
Title is Sink the Rising Sun!

I enjoyed it quite a bit.

I decided to go with Rise and Kill First.

I see with considerable annoyance that Amazon offers me the execrable Rashid Khalidi’s The Hundred Year War Against Palestine as a best seller related to this.

Khalidi is an old and dear friend of—Barack Obama! Only we’re not allowed to know that.

Happy New Year

Am Yisrael Chai!

I just finished "Crashing Through - The Extraordinary True Story of the Man That Dared To See", by Robert Kurson. Kurson is best known for his book "Shadow Divers", this is totally different but really absorbing to read. It's an older book, 2008, and technology has moved on but the story is amazing. After reading some books I like to Google the subject and see what has happened, read this then Google!

Just started Bob Rotella's "Golf Is Not a Game of Perfect"

Rise and Kill First turns out to be an outstanding book. The author was able to get thousands of interviews with former Israeli intelligence and Mossad people who wanted to tell their stories, despite strong official opposition by the Israeli government. One can argue we shouldn't know this, but it makes for a damned exciting page-turner of a history book.

I'm listening to it on Audible, and the narration is first-class.

I'm going to tackle the same author's book on Iran next.

Carrier Pilot by Norman Hanson. He flew Corsairs for the Royal Naval during WW2. Training seems to have been as lethal as combat.

Working my way through the works of John Sandford and Gregg Hurwitz. Currently on Hurwitz's "Last Shot". Just finished Sandford's "Mortal Prey".

I had the Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton delivered yesterday. I've got my work cut out for me.

Sharon Bolton "The Split"

“The Attack” by Kirk Schlichter.

Excellent book.

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“The Attack” by Kirk Schlichter.

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Excellent book.

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“The Attack” by Kirk Schlichter.

I didn’t care for the style of writing in this one. I thought that a much better book on the subject was Day Of Wrath by Forstchen.

I have never read a Tom Clancy novel so I'm starting with Without Remorse.

Currently in "To Die For" by David Baldacci (the most recent 6:20 Man offering). Next up - "Naked Prey" by John Sandford.

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Stephen King - 11/22/63

Never read anything King before. Only 1 chapter in & interesting so far.

Finished last night, overall very good.
Started the TV adaptation & it's not nearly as good, with massive chunks of the book omitted [and a few big changes] & I'm only 3 episodes in.

Working my way through the Bosch series.

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Working my way through the Bosch series.

It's on my list, may steal the wife's Kindle & see if it's on Kindle Unlimited. That's a lot of books to order, otherwise.

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Working my way through the Bosch series.

It's on my list, may steal the wife's Kindle & see if it's on Kindle Unlimited. That's a lot of books to order, otherwise.

The local public library has them all for some reason. Popular, I guess. Added bonus is they are available online via Libby.

Never thought to check the local library, rather than purchasing. We have a pretty big one nearby, will have to find some time to drop in there.

The Greatest Beer Run Ever on tap now. Pretty short, as a bar story would he expected to be.

Bottom Line to Lifeline by Simon Higginbotham.

Simon lives where I do and is a Medic.

This is the story of how he made the choice to become a Medic, later in life than most.

Our community is fortunate to have Simon as a resident.