Reading?

[BrokenolMarine]

As much as it sucks to both be in pain, and to have this memory loss issue from the last four or five surgeries... there is a benefit.
I love to read, and have always reread books. Now, when I reread them, it's like most of the story is new. Stuck in the recliner quite a bit, I have done a LOT of reading in the last months.

Let's see:

I read WEB Griffin's Corps series. (Ten hard charging Marine Corps historical fiction novels.)
followed that with his...
Brotherhood of War Series. (Nine novels, also historical fiction, this time Army in action.)
then I jumped into...
John Sandfords Prey Series... (27 Novels following Lucas Davenport, hardnosed Minnesota cop... and friends. I am in book 15.)
Next...

The Virgil Flowers, then The Kidd series.

Let's not forget the NRA pubs, American Handgunner, and a couple woodworking mags per month.

What have ya'll been reading?

[Cofisher]

You cannot go wrong, reading.

[BrokenolMarine]

Nope, and since I already have all the books except the two new John Sandford's, $14.99 each on Kindle; dang cheap too. The newest Prey is just out. The newest Virgil Flowers is due Mid-October.

[BrokenolMarine]

I love series books with well written continuing characters you feel you know. Especially long running ones. They almost begin to feel real.

[daytime dave]

The WEB Griffin series is one I read most of them. I really liked them. It's been years since I read a book.

[Catherine]

I am rereading THE QUICK and THE DEAD one more time before I donate it.

https://www.amazon.com/Quick-Dead-Novel ... 0553280848

This NOVEL was made into a movie with Sam Elliot.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093811/

It is not the same theme or story as the OTHER The Quick and The Dead movie with Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114214/

I donated the Stone/Hackman Q/D movie and I may (?) donate the Elliot movie to the library so that others may get to see it too.

I watched both of those movies many, many times.

I may reread LONESOME DOVE again and/or watch the series with my husband.

I read a LOT online and study various subjects on a regular basis. I love to read but I don't buy or KEEP 5,000 books like I did growing up and up until a few years before I moved out west. On top of that, I always used my libraries a lot growing up on the East Coast and while living in the Great Lakes region as a bride and widow - late husband's home state not mine.

I plan on reading the entire Bible this year again too.

I want to read the LONGMIRE SERIES and all of the Jack Reacher books too. I loved Clancy too. I have eclectic tastes in books, movies, music and plays. Around Christmas 2017 the 5th season (?) of my husband's LONGMIRE dvd will finally come OUT for sale. I think that people who have Netflix are watching the 6th season now (?) since they took it off of cable tv and Netflix picked it up a few years ago.

We don't pay for television (Cable or Dish) since most of what is ON - we wouldn't watch it even if it was for FREE. I have a $10. RCA antenna with a flat screen tv and can actually get SOME reception in this part of town where I built. Shocker to me since MOST of Missoula can't get ANY reception including PBS from the U of M due to the mountain ranges and where some idiot (!!!) put up the tv towers way back when. We watch a lot of the British shows - mysteries, etc. on PBS and some nature shows. Some nice music shows on and off. I watch Grit tv, Me tv and Movies tv for some westerns, movies and mysteries. We hardly ever see anything on any of the FREE MAIN STREAM STATIONS (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC) or listed on cable/dish IF we had it which we don't that we really would want to watch and BOOKS are so much better. I get around 16 or so stations and I even pick up Spokane, WA PBS not just Montana PBS. I listen to the radio in the house and online sometimes from all across the country and around the world.

I prefer silence in the house too. Grin.

One thing about BOOKS, yes, sometimes the author has an agenda... non fiction or fiction BUT with the boob tube... it seems that just about every single show (DRAMA, COMEDY THAT IS NOT EVEN FUNNY, TALK SHOW - UGH, NEWS, ETC.) has to have some snowflake, some SJW who has no clue about what they believe in or THEIR OWN HISTORY, some journalist - not, or some agenda stuck into the story line, PLOT or news (?!?) that has nothing to do with the dang story line!

I enjoy some old shows and movies but if I had NO screen or a dvd... I could live without it as long as I could read online, have a few special books and a library to use.

I have given up on some well known authors (Uh huh!) and MANY actors, actresses and singers due to their mouths and hate filled comments over the years. People that I Never thought would turn out as they did including some well known authors in specific circles.

Cate
Added more.

[Henry88]

Right now I'm reading Teddy Roosevelt's autobiography.

I've read biographies before, but this is the first autobiography.

Anyway, unbelievable what things this guy did. I swear, he could have filled up 3 autobiographies

[Catherine]

Right now I'm reading Teddy Roosevelt's autobiography.

I've read biographies before, but this is the first autobiography.

Anyway, unbelievable what things this guy did. I swear, he could have filled up 3 autobiographies

Henry,

I will let you know the title of a book about Teddy and some of his adventures if I can find it online for the title. It escapes me now. Sorry! I gave that book to some rancher friends and I brought it out west with me. I only brought two boxes of special books with me when I moved.

Do you have a link for your book that you can put up here? Thank you.

Cate

[Catherine]

I want to reread the books that Winston Churchill wrote. He had a specific series of books that my late parents had in their large library. I read them when I was about thirteen years old.

I was thinking about them recently when my husband and I were discussing wars, politics, policies, political allies and firearms.

Cate

[Henry88]

I want to reread the books that Winston Churchill wrote. He had a specific series of books that my late parents had in their large library. I read them when I was about thirteen years old.

I was thinking about them recently when my husband and I were discussing wars, politics, policies, political allies and firearms.

Cate

Catherine,

Sorry for the delay.

New to this neo photobucket world. The version I am reading was my nephews , sent by my sister.

It has the red cover with teddy's arms stretched.
the thing is, I couldn't find this version at Barnes and Nobles or Amazon, but to tell you the truth, it's been published by 20 different publishers and my version has small type and not a lot of pictures. If it was written by Teddy, they should all be the same save the Pictures, etc.....

More importantly, Maybe 3 years ago the same sister sent me "The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey" and let me tell you I don't there is one person here on this forum that wouldn't enjoy that book. I would Highly recommend both these books Cate.


Africa was child's play compared to the Amazon.

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[BrokenolMarine]

Both sound like a good read....

[Catherine]

Henry88,

Thanks for the titles of the books and the links.

Take care.

Cate