READ ANY GOOD BOOKS RECENTLY?

**Geedublya** · 6th February 2016, 06:19 AM

I was given Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand, the story of Louis Zamperini. Delinquent, Olympic athlete, Bombardier on a B24 and Japanese POW. A very interesting book.

**mekon76** · 6th February 2016, 09:34 AM

The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck: How to Stop Spending Time You Don't Have with People You Don't Like Doing Things You Don't Want to Do by Sarah Knight.

**ramblingboy42** · 8th February 2016, 07:35 PM

a relative just gave me a copy of Neville Shute's On the Beach , which a read 40 yrs ago , so decided to re-read it.

It must have scared the **** out of a lot of people smack bang in the middle of the cold wars.

**jonesfam** · 8th February 2016, 08:11 PM

have just started Re-reading the Hornblower series for the umpteenth time.
Love those books.
Jonesfam

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 8th February 2016, 10:30 PM

and Bolitho and Aubrey-Maturin

**carjunkieanon** · 9th February 2016, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by cripesamighty

There is a modern version of Defence of Duffer's Drift written by the US Army for a tank brigade too.

Yep. The Defence of Jisr al-Doreea. Doesn't quite manage the old-time appeal of the original, but deals really well with the current issues in warfare. Interesting difference in how to deal with 'natives'. What's sad about the Jisr book is that although the Soldier learns the lessons about how to manage COIN, clearly the political leaders have not. The book ends with success for the military, recent history tells us that the long term result is invariably failure for the people.

Website: Welcome to Defense of Jisr Al Doreaa
They have videos and animations of the situation.

**POD** · 9th February 2016, 10:08 AM

Originally Posted by jonesfam

have just started Re-reading the Hornblower series for the umpteenth time.
Love those books.
Jonesfam

Have you read the Aubrey & Maturin series by Patrick O'Brien? 20 books in the series, set in the Royal Navy in the Napoleonic era, similarly to Hornblower, but eclipses Forrester's writing style IMO. I've recently read them all for the second time.
Currently reading Tolstoy's 'War and Peace' for the second time also, probably the best novel I have ever read, although 'Anna Karenina' is possibly even better.

**jonesfam** · 9th February 2016, 11:05 AM

I have tried O'Brian but had trouble getting into it.
I have read most of the "Rummage" series, the authors name escapes me at the moment.
Jonesfam
PS I reckon that Hornblower is boy own adventures for older boys.

**cripesamighty** · 9th February 2016, 07:20 PM

Wow, I hadn't seen "The Defence of Jisr al-Doreea". I was thinking of a book from the early 1990's - "The Defence of Hill 781". Looks like I have some more reading material!

**Ranga** · 9th February 2016, 08:15 PM

Almost finished reading Shantaram. A good read, but perhaps a bit verbose, and hard to distinguish between fact and fiction.

Next on the list is either Bill Bryson (to tie in with my upcoming US holiday), or The Bush by Don Watson.

BTW - I read most of my books electronically via Google Books, all paid for with the free credit I get when I recharge my Telstra pre-paid account

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