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  • #181
    I just finished East of Eden. Great book. Never read Steinbeck before, adn really enjoyed it.

    Started Watership Down over the weekend. I have been wanted to read this since I read The Stand. Very interesting thus far.

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    • #182
      I just found this at the library and checked it out.

      The Fourth Star: Four Generals and the Epic Struggle for the Future of the United States Army by Greg Jaffe and Dave Cloud

      It looks at 4 four star generals that have shaped the modern Army our efforts in Iraq and Afganistan

      John Abiziad - personal aside, one of my brother's worked for him and he said he was the finest general officer he had ever been around.

      George Casey
      Peter Chiarelli
      David Petreaus

      It has been bounced up in the que for this holiday break.

      I may be small, but I'm slow.

      A veteran - whether active duty, retired, or national guard or reserve is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to, "The United States of America ", for an amount of "up to and including my life - it's an honor."

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      • #183
        I started Little Dorrit last night. It's the middle novel in the three big ones from Dickens' "dark period," so I am looking forward to it.
        “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
        ― W.H. Auden

        "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
        -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

        "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
        --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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        • #184
          Originally posted by LA Ute View Post
          I started Little Dorrit last night. It's the middle novel in the three big ones from Dickens' "dark period," so I am looking forward to it.
          Which would those be?

          I am 3/4 the way through the Pickwick Papers and really enjoying it. The Masterpiece Theater of Little Dorrit last year was great. I read Our Mutual Friend this year and liked but the social commentary got to be a bit much at times. Probably my least favorite Dickens so far, but the Masterpiece version of this would be awesome. Could be done to make it great.

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          • #185
            Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn

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            • #186
              Just got the new Chad Lewis book for Christmas, so I suspect I'll be reading that next. I'm excited for it. Rivalry aside, Chad Lewis is one of my all-time favorites.
              "They're good. They've always been good" - David Shaw.

              Well, because he thought it was good sport. Because some men aren't looking for anything logical, like money. They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned, or negotiated with. Some men just want to watch the world burn.

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              • #187
                Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815, by Gordon Wood. A really fascinating book that's part of the Oxford History of the United States series. My wife gave me a Kindle for Christmas and I am reading it there. (So far I like the Kindle a lot.)

                I just got tonight from my brother Charles Dickens, by Michael Slater. It's supposed to be the definitive biography, published in 2009. My brother knows I am a Dickens buff.

                I had started Little Dorrit Monday night, so I guess I will be awash in Dickens for the next few weeks. That's fine with me!

                My wife is hoping that the Kindle will keep my from cluttering the house with books. I think it will help.
                “There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
                ― W.H. Auden

                "God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
                -- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons

                "It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
                --Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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                • #188
                  I just finished superfreakenomics. As per the original it was highly entertaining.

                  I will be starting [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Sonic-Boom-Globalization-Mach-Speed/dp/1400063957"]Sonic Boom[/ame] tomorrow when it comes out.
                  "Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum

                  "And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla

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                  • #189
                    Finished The Road (McCarthy) and Relentless (Koontz).

                    Currently 2/3 into The Lovely Bones and 1/4 into A Thousand Splendid Suns.

                    I love having two weeks off at Christmas.

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                    • #190
                      The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan. Got it for Christmas and cannot put it down. Strongly recommended to any of you history buffs and even those who are not would probably enjoy it anyway. An excellent read made even better by the events of the last year and a half.

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                      • #191
                        Originally posted by SteelBlue View Post
                        The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan. Got it for Christmas and cannot put it down. Strongly recommended to any of you history buffs and even those who are not would probably enjoy it anyway. An excellent read made even better by the events of the last year and a half.

                        That's a great book. I wrote this review back on CG:

                        http://cougarguard.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14281

                        and didn't get a single response.
                        "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                        "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                        "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                        • #192
                          Originally posted by LiveCoug View Post
                          Has this ever happened to you guys before? You've read a book before, but when you read it a second time you have no idea what is going to happen in the book, so it's like reading it for the first time. That's how it is with Airframe. Usually when I read a book for the second time, I definitely remember at least a little something from the book. Not so with this one. It's kinda weird.
                          That is how almost all pulp fiction is for me. It is not much more than a diversion and I retain almost nothing.

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                          • #193
                            Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                            That's a great book. I wrote this review back on CG:

                            http://cougarguard.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14281

                            and didn't get a single response.
                            Okay well I just bought it on the strength of YOUR recommendation (sorry SB!).

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                            • #194
                              Spencer W. Kimball: Twelfth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Edward L. Kimball & Andrew E. Kimball, Jr.

                              Excellent biography.
                              Col. Klink: "Staff officers are so clever."
                              Gen. Burkhalter: "Klink, I am a staff officer."
                              Col. Klink: "I didn't mean you sir, you're not clever."

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                              • #195
                                Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                                That's a great book. I wrote this review back on CG:

                                http://cougarguard.com/forum/showthread.php?t=14281

                                and didn't get a single response.

                                Great review Jeff. I don't know how I missed that. However, by missing it I guess I got a copy for free so I can't be too upset.

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