What are you reading?

[Tommergun]

I like to give a good book a re - read as well. I've read the original " Frankenstein " by Mary Shelley a couple times.

I've been looking for an old copy of Frankenstein to read. Haven't found the "right" one yet.

 

[kevin]

Yes.....it is so much more than the cartoonist versions you see in the movies.

 

[Littlemarten]

I like to give a good book a re - read as well. I've read the original " Frankenstein " by Mary Shelley a couple times.

I stopped counting the number of times I've re-read Lord of the Rings at 50. Of course, that includes the times I read it to my kids.

 

[Jakko]

I've begun re-reading Nation by Terry Pratchett.

This because I had to go to the doctor's yesterday, and having nothing I was reading, really, picked it from my shelf to read in the waiting room. But much to my surprise, I didn't read one letter in it because I was the only one there and actually got seen at the time of my appointment instead of half an hour or more after.

 

[Wig41]

Currently into this …

 

[wjbrandel]

No pictures, but I'm reading a book called Panzer Ace. Memoirs of a panzer crew member. I forget the name (but my memory is lousy with names)

 

[user 22148]

No pictures, but I'm reading a book called Panzer Ace. Memoirs of a panzer crew member. I forget the name (but my memory is lousy with names)

Is it this one?

If so I've read it too - it's a good book.

 

[kevin]

That's a really good book, read it years ago.

 

[wjbrandel]

Is it this one?

If so I've read it too - it's a good book.

Yep that's the one. I finished it and loaned it to a friend that wanted to read so no access to it right now and my memory with names is nonexsistant.

 

[user 22148]

Yep that's the one. I finished it and loaned it to a friend that wanted to read so no access to it right now and my memory with names is nonexsistant.

Yeah I have the same problem - especially people I've met. My wife think's I'm terrible. I tell her it's just that I don't like people enough to remember LOL!

It is a good book though I agree.

 

[Jakko]

A book with local interest to me, as it's about the German use of midget submarines (Kleinkampfmittel, literally "Small Means of Combat") against Allied convoys sailing to Antwerp in 1944 and '45 — the route of which goes right past the village I live in. Though it's from 2009, I only bought it yesterday.

 

[PatW]

All about Bletchley Park that watched and followed German internal messages during the second world war! Bletchley Park which is just 12 miles away broke the Enigma codes used by the Nazi's. We visited as it's a WW2 Museum about 2 years ago employed over a thousand staff during the war!

 

[BarleyBop]

All about Bletchley Park that watched and followed German internal messages during the second world war! Bletchley Park which is just 12 miles away broke the Enigma codes used by the Nazi's. We visited as it's a WW2 Museum about 2 years ago employed over a thousand staff during the war!

Cool, which book is it that you're reading?

 

[PatW]

It just called The History of Bletchley Park. But there's more than one all by different historians.

 

[user 22148]

It just called The History of Bletchley Park. But there's more than one all by different historians.

Are you 12 miles from Bletchley Pat? Cool - I used to live near Buckingham until I moved to Wales four years ago.

 

[Tommergun]

Just finished.

 

[Mike T.C.S.M]

My two current reads

 

[Holz44]

My two latest, plus my monthly Air Classics. I'm re-reading "Gabby", again. It reads so well in the first person plus met him twice back in the early '90s when a lot of interest in the WW II pilots was happening. He was nice enough to sign a few books I brought plus a print of a Spitfire Mk. IX with a Polish emblem on the cowl. I'm certainly missing all those old heros.

Side bar to the books thing: Last week we had Ray Fowler (and his wife) guest speak at our Pilots Association meeting. Ray is carrying on the tradition of flying restored WW II aircraft for some of the notable collections in this country. He has flown P-51, Fw-190, Bf-109, B-25, B-17, P-40, Skyraider, PBY, SB2C, SBD, P-38, and a couple more, plus the only flying twin Mustang, the XP-82. (Which isn't two mustang fuselages!) He also promotes and is a sales rep for Carbon Cub aircraft like in the picture. Anyway, he gave a great talk about all the Warbirds, their flying querks and performance, etc. and then turned on some of the guys to flying in our mountains. A highly respected and really great guy who sincerely cares for preserving and exhibiting our aviation history.

 

[kevin]

I started this last week.....

 

[Holz44]

This Post, "Thread" or whatever it's called is one of the nicest on this Forum for me. I get to see what other modelers are interested in during their down time. While I am a Patriot, WW II aviation "geek" and proud American, I really appreciate the people who study our early history and build up on those hard lessons learned. I Thank all of you for sharing what "keeps you up at night", in a good way........

 

[TimM63]

 

[scott362]

Sharpe's Triumph, the second book in the Sharpe series.

 

[the Baron]

I'm in the middle of "The Last King of America", Andrew Roberts' biography of George III. I heard him in an interview and bought the book on the strength of that. It's an excellent biography and Roberts does a good job of dispelling the views of George held on either side of the Atlantic. Our view here is still pretty much based on Patriot propaganda, and in the UK, based on views the political opposition held. He gets beyond the caricature. I recommend it for anyone interested in the period.

 

[Littlemarten]

Sharpe's Triumph, the second book in the Sharpe series.

Great series! We have, and I've read them all. The TV series wasn't bad, either.

 

[wjbrandel]

Great book series. I got too

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[TimM63]

Great book series. I got too

It's my second time reading it. I read it many years ago.

 

[Tommergun]

Just finished. Excellent book. I'm moving on to another of his, A Brutal Reckoning.

 

[the Baron]

Still reading "Last King", but in the meantime, I re-read "Jurassic Park". That's one that I can rip through in a long afternoon. Same goes for "The Hobbit".

I'm queuing up James Clavell's "Shogun" for after "Last King". "Shogun" is one that I read once a year, in the summer.

 

[kevin]

I need to start another one.........

Its been about four years since I've read this, and it has been on my mind since I posted about it earlier in this thread.
So,

 

[wjbrandel]

I need to start another one.........

Its been about four years since I've read this, and it has been on my mind since I posted about it earlier in this thread.
So,

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Just read the barnes and noble edition a couple of days ago. One of my many favorites.