Book recommendations?

DerekJohnson

1to392831weretaken said:

theknowledge said:

ThomasFremont said:

The Wheel of Time is the best fantasy series I’ve ever read. Buckle up, it’s long. Amazon TV series is beginning production this month.

The Silmarillion. Read it in advance of the new LoTR/Tolkien series Amazon is making.

Just finished The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang. Can’t recommend it enough.

First Law trilogy is on the shelf tanned ready and rested.

Currently reading Fire and Blood cuz I’m a sucker for them dragons.

Been on a real nerd bender lately...

So good. You'll love it.

Are we still talking books or is this about the natural beef soft taco at Taco Time?

minion_doog

I recently ordered this, haven't started it. Anyone read Annie Jacobsen?

GrundleStiltzkin

minion_doog said:

I recently ordered this, haven't started it. Anyone read Annie Jacobsen?

I'll be listening to that audiobook this weekend.

GrundleStiltzkin

Finished this one a couple days ago, Raven Rock.


Completely my wheelhouse so I loved it. It does have much to say, between the lines, about the impact nuclear weapons have on our politics.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

PurpleThrobber said:

Jess Walter has some good reads:

The Financial Lives of the Poets, Citizen Vince, Ruby Ridge

Doog_de_Jour said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

Doog_de_Jour said:

I’ve been on a Russian history kick lately - very readable and helps one understand how the country got to have an autocrat like Putin:

TL;DR, "Russians are the most fucked up white people on the planet."

Pretty much...but it’s the most fascinating train wreck of a dynasty. It’s also interesting seeing how the politics were influenced by the Russian Orthodox Church.

The Last Tsar on Netflix is pretty solid.

I'm assuming this is a cataclysmic read.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

GrundleStiltzkin said:

I may have thrown this out before, but deserves second if so.


Meticulous research.

Great fucking book. Also recommend this:



Red Platoon is the story of the final battle at COP Keating and the 2 books should be read together. 1 of the 2 Medal of Honor winners ended up at Fort Lewis around 2010.

GrundleStiltzkin

CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

I may have thrown this out before, but deserves second if so.


Meticulous research.

Great fucking book. Also recommend this:



Red Platoon is the story of the final battle at COP Keating and the 2 books should be read together. 1 of the 2 Medal of Honor winners ended up at Fort Lewis around 2010.

Thanks, got it downloading now.

YellowSnow

GrundleStiltzkin said:

Finished this one a couple days ago, Raven Rock.


Completely my wheelhouse so I loved it. It does have much to say, between the lines, about the impact nuclear weapons have on our politics.

When I was 12 years old I helped by Dad build a bunker in our backyard because @creepycoug let the Ruskies put missiles in Cuber.

CFetters_Nacho_Lover

I went through this entire fucking thread and compiled the list of all the recommendations. 69 books total. I poasted the list here: https://hardcorehusky.com/discussion/68378/the-official-hh-book-club-list#latest

RaceBannon

Read this years ago by the Colonel in charge of reverse engineering Roswell tech. Even more plausible today. We sure had a leap the last half of the 20th century. Confirmation bias? I think we will be told aliens are real soon. We are being groomed for it