Nostradawgus said:

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If you like GoT you might like the four books of The Pillars of the Earth series by Ken Follett. I'm about done with the fourth, a prequel, The Evening and the Morning.

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AirForceDawg said:

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This year I've read:

'The Institute' by Stephen King (D+) - I've read 37 of his novels and this is in the bottom 10, imo. Last good book I read from him was '11/22/63'. Fwiw, I also really enjoyed 'The Stand' (both iterations), 'The Green Mile' series, 'Different Seasons' (basis for the movies 'The Shawshank Redemption' and 'Stand By Me'), etc. from decades ago.

'Das Boot' by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim (B) - Nazi U-Boat trying to survive in the Atlantic Ocean during WWII

'Gulag Archipelago: Volume II' by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (B) - life in Soviet forced labor camps under Lenin/Stalin/Khrushchev

'Gulag Archipelago: Volume III' by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (B+) - I enjoyed the attempted escapes from the camps

'One Midnight to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, & Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War' by Michael Dobbs (A-) - mutually-assured destruction avoided by Kennedy agreeing to removing nuclear missiles from Turkey in exchange for Khrushchev agreeing to to remove nukes from Cuba (that could have hit Washington, D.C., NYC, etc.); btw, it was interesting to learn that the Soviets had tactical nukes on Cuba to use against invading American forces and to destroy the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo

'Down With Big Brother' by Michael Dobbs (B) - rapid dissolution of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev

'A Game of Thrones' by George R.R. Martin (B+) - I like the novel a bit better than the HBO TV series

'A Clash of Kings' by George R.R. Martin (B+) - TV producers started deviating from the novel here (e.g., Theon Greyjoy and his sister's stories)

Fwiw, I'm currently reading book #3 (i.e., 'A Storm of Swords') of 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series - am wondering when GRRM is going to finish book #6? He's been working on it since 2011, is 72 years old, and just signed a $50M contract w/ HBO to produce some Game of Thrones prequels.

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waverly said:

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AirForceDawg said:

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This year I've read:

'The Institute' by Stephen King (D+) - I've read 37 of his novels and this is in the bottom 10, imo. Last good book I read from him was '11/22/63'. Fwiw, I also really enjoyed 'The Stand' (both iterations), 'The Green Mile' series, 'Different Seasons' (basis for the movies 'The Shawshank Redemption' and 'Stand By Me'), etc. from decades ago.

'Das Boot' by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim (B) - Nazi U-Boat trying to survive in the Atlantic Ocean during WWII

'Gulag Archipelago: Volume II' by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (B) - life in Soviet forced labor camps under Lenin/Stalin/Khrushchev

'Gulag Archipelago: Volume III' by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (B+) - I enjoyed the attempted escapes from the camps

'One Midnight to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, & Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War' by Michael Dobbs (A-) - mutually-assured destruction avoided by Kennedy agreeing to removing nuclear missiles from Turkey in exchange for Khrushchev agreeing to to remove nukes from Cuba (that could have hit Washington, D.C., NYC, etc.); btw, it was interesting to learn that the Soviets had tactical nukes on Cuba to use against invading American forces and to destroy the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo

'Down With Big Brother' by Michael Dobbs (B) - rapid dissolution of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev

'A Game of Thrones' by George R.R. Martin (B+) - I like the novel a bit better than the HBO TV series

'A Clash of Kings' by George R.R. Martin (B+) - TV producers started deviating from the novel here (e.g., Theon Greyjoy and his sister's stories)

Fwiw, I'm currently reading book #3 (i.e., 'A Storm of Swords') of 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series - am wondering when GRRM is going to finish book #6? He's been working on it since 2011, is 72 years old, and just signed a $50M contract w/ HBO to produce some Game of Thrones prequels.

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Fearless is incredible if you like SEAL team stuff. Very moving.

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AirForceDawg said:

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waverly said:

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AirForceDawg said:

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This year I've read:

'The Institute' by Stephen King (D+) - I've read 37 of his novels and this is in the bottom 10, imo. Last good book I read from him was '11/22/63'. Fwiw, I also really enjoyed 'The Stand' (both iterations), 'The Green Mile' series, 'Different Seasons' (basis for the movies 'The Shawshank Redemption' and 'Stand By Me'), etc. from decades ago.

'Das Boot' by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim (B) - Nazi U-Boat trying to survive in the Atlantic Ocean during WWII

'Gulag Archipelago: Volume II' by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (B) - life in Soviet forced labor camps under Lenin/Stalin/Khrushchev

'Gulag Archipelago: Volume III' by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (B+) - I enjoyed the attempted escapes from the camps

'One Midnight to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, & Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War' by Michael Dobbs (A-) - mutually-assured destruction avoided by Kennedy agreeing to removing nuclear missiles from Turkey in exchange for Khrushchev agreeing to to remove nukes from Cuba (that could have hit Washington, D.C., NYC, etc.); btw, it was interesting to learn that the Soviets had tactical nukes on Cuba to use against invading American forces and to destroy the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo

'Down With Big Brother' by Michael Dobbs (B) - rapid dissolution of the Soviet Union under Gorbachev

'A Game of Thrones' by George R.R. Martin (B+) - I like the novel a bit better than the HBO TV series

'A Clash of Kings' by George R.R. Martin (B+) - TV producers started deviating from the novel here (e.g., Theon Greyjoy and his sister's stories)

Fwiw, I'm currently reading book #3 (i.e., 'A Storm of Swords') of 'A Song of Ice and Fire' series - am wondering when GRRM is going to finish book #6? He's been working on it since 2011, is 72 years old, and just signed a $50M contract w/ HBO to produce some Game of Thrones prequels.

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Fearless is incredible if you like SEAL team stuff. Very moving.

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Thanks for the recommendation. I do like SEAL team stuff and have read 'Lone Survivor', 'No Easy Day', etc. Those guys are definitely "tip of the spear".

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StalkinDawg said:

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I've read recently:

Night Comes to the Cumberlands by Harry Caudill

Just started The Tiger by John Vailiant

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BCC5723 said:

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A very easy read by one of UGA best ever " why cry" by Lavon Mercer. Details his life and going to UGA as well as pro career. He is a very positive dude and needed in these times

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Wallace3037 said:

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I've read 40 mins of Hell

Chaney playing a legend

A payroll to keep

I'm currently ready I came from the shadow.

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CornDog said:

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Storm of steel by Ernst Junger - the memoirs of a WWI German soldier. It's a graphic detail of trench warfare. I can't imagine going through half of what those people (all combatants) did.

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JudgeLarryDawg said:

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Has Coach DeBray's "Most Fearsome Gators I've Wrestled" been published yet?

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