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Desperado34 · Jun 6, 2016

Any big readers here? Anything you got for the summer you are looking forward to reading, or currently really digging?!

Stopped for awhile during the winter months but going to re-start Audie Murphys 'To Hell and Back'. Love WWII stuff. My favorite war book of all time is With the Old Breed .

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Stephen Kings son changed his name to escape the prodigal son figure and is one hell of a writer himself! Joe Hills NoS4A2 is one real cool, creepy book about a vampire driving a old 30s car and abducting children/murdering families. Brings them to a place called Christmasland, it'll **** up you hearing Christmas songs from now on because that's all that's played in his world.. Ugh! Great book though really like it.

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If you haven't read The Passage series, you should. It's The Stand/meets vampires. Critically acclaimed and one this is the last one, so you can really enjoy the series now.

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Desperado34 · Jun 6, 2016

Also picked up more Bukowski at 1/2 priced books, but it's poems so it'll
Be a good one to float through when I just want to read a few pages.

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Hawkeye OG · Jun 6, 2016

Picked this bad boy up at a garage sale for a few bucks. It was a great read. I usually don't read during the summer, just have other shit going on.

Mitchapalooza · Jun 6, 2016

Desperado34 said:
Any big readers here? Anything you got for the summer you are looking forward to reading, or currently really digging?!

Stopped for awhile during the winter months but going to re-start Audie Murphys 'To Hell and Back'. Love WWII stuff. My favorite war book of all time is With the Old Breed .

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Weird, i'm literally reading that right now. That and Generation Kill atm.

Finally got the time to watch The Pacific and thought I might as well get the book it was based off of.

Desperado34 · Jun 6, 2016

Johnny said:
Weird, i'm literally reading that right now. That and Generation Kill atm.

I always say the greatest horror book I read was With the Old Breed.

I couldn't sleep at night after some of those chapters. Literally out of a fucking horror story. Decaying Bodies in mud pits, people crying for their moms.. Ugh. Let me know what you think. It's a tough read, giving you a heads up.

Side story: when I worked at this gym a guy I was friends with named Joe used to come in everyday. Wife would make some like polish dessert thing, we'd shoot the shit. Turns out after talking about him growing up in Chicago area; he was in the marines during WWII.

Ended up being first wave machine gunner on Iwo. Took pride I was able to shake his hand after I found out and buy him coffee. I can't remember a time I didn't run to the front door to open it for him when he was coming up. I knew the pacific was a horror story as is all war, but it resonated more because I knew someone. Terrible stuff.

Had a client waiting for me one time while I ran out by Joes car because he lost his keys in the snow. Searched for those keys for 15 minutes while
The guy waited. Got chewed out by my boss and literally said I regret nothing. Not many left bro, if you know a WWII vet give him some love!

It's a true honor to be around them.

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Desperado34 · Jun 6, 2016

And if someone can recommend their favorite Cormac McCarthy book; i would really appreciate it.

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Mitchapalooza · Jun 6, 2016

Desperado34 said:
I always say the greatest horror book I read was With the Old Breed.

I couldn't sleep at night after some of those chapters. Literally out of a fucking horror story. Decaying Bodies in mud pits, people crying for their moms.. Ugh. Let me know what you think. It's a tough read, giving you a heads up.

Side story: when I worked at this gym a guy I was friends with named Joe used to come in everyday. Wife would make some like polish dessert thing, we'd shoot the shit. Turns out after talking about him growing up in Chicago area; he was in the marines during WWII.

Ended up being first wave machine gunner on Iwo. Took pride I was able to shake his hand after I found out and buy him coffee. I can't remember a time I didn't run to the front door to open it for him when he was coming up. I knew the pacific was a horror story as is all war, but it resonated more because I knew someone. Terrible stuff.

Had a client waiting for me one time while I ran out by Joes car because he lost his keys in the snow. Searched for those keys for 15 minutes while
The guy waited. Got chewed out by my boss and literally said I regret nothing. Not many left bro, if you know a WWII vet give him some love!

It's a true honor to be around them.

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lol it's just a book, I think I'll be alright. I didn't go through what they did so idk why I'd lose sleep over it. When I think of war, that's what I think of: People getting slaughtered, crying, scared, bodies everywhere, hell. I've read a lot of crazy war stories. It's the only books I'll read.

Desperado34 · Jun 7, 2016

Just bought West With the Night to complete my summer reading list.

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The Hawk · Jun 7, 2016

Desperado34 said:
I always say the greatest horror book I read was With the Old Breed.

I couldn't sleep at night after some of those chapters. Literally out of a fucking horror story. Decaying Bodies in mud pits, people crying for their moms.. Ugh. Let me know what you think. It's a tough read, giving you a heads up.

Side story: when I worked at this gym a guy I was friends with named Joe used to come in everyday. Wife would make some like polish dessert thing, we'd shoot the shit. Turns out after talking about him growing up in Chicago area; he was in the marines during WWII.

Ended up being first wave machine gunner on Iwo. Took pride I was able to shake his hand after I found out and buy him coffee. I can't remember a time I didn't run to the front door to open it for him when he was coming up. I knew the pacific was a horror story as is all war, but it resonated more because I knew someone. Terrible stuff.

Had a client waiting for me one time while I ran out by Joes car because he lost his keys in the snow. Searched for those keys for 15 minutes while
The guy waited. Got chewed out by my boss and literally said I regret nothing. Not many left bro, if you know a WWII vet give him some love!

It's a true honor to be around them.

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Thank for the story and for your help of Joe. You are right, whenever I get a chance to chew the shit with veteran's like Joe, I do. Had a good friend of mine pass away about two years ago. He was in Patton's army. He was 18 when he went in. Amazing to talk to Roger. I really do miss him.

Camden Cutler · Jun 7, 2016

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good read

The Hawk · Jun 7, 2016

I am early into the Lions of Khandihar. ABout the earliest US fighting in Afghanistan.

Burque · Jun 7, 2016

Just finished the book War by Sebastian Junger.

Was actually recommended by a poster here. It is about the Korengal Valley in Afghanistan. Basically the worst/best place to go if you are in the military. Worst if you don't like bullets flying at you, best if you love killing shit. It really takes a look at what the men in combat go through and it was a quick easy read that sucked me in.

http://www.amazon.com/WAR-Sebastian-Junger/dp/0446556246

Burque · Jun 7, 2016

I really need to re read the art of war by Tzu I have a version that makes it easy to read, and I haven't looked at it in awhile.

However my next project reading is the Rich Dad Poor Dad series. I read them when I was younger maybe 10-15 years ago and I want to re-read now with a little more perspective, and since I still have the whole set, why not. They were an easy read then, but I have been curios what my thoughts and take away will be from them now.

winos5 · Jun 7, 2016

Forge of Darkness - Steve Erickson

Regarding Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian is a good read. Kind of new spin on the Western genre.

remydat · Jun 7, 2016

A new Witcher book came out that I have been waiting for my trip to New York to read.

Also re-read Illuminae which I enjoyed better than the first time around as it has a very distinct style.

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Monk · Jun 7, 2016

CCS duh

Desperado34 · Jun 7, 2016

Has anyone plowed through this?

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Sounds like a capote style novel and supposed to be a fantastic read.

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TheeUndyingFan · Jun 9, 2016

Currently reading Neuromancer, just started so I cant give much of an opinion.

In the last month I've gone through:

The Martian - Good, obviously.

Head Full of Ghosts - Critically acclaimed, I wasn't crazy about it.

Matterhorn: A Vietnam novel written by a guy who served in the war, took him 30 years to get the book published. Excellent read, highly recommended.

KittiesKorner · Jun 9, 2016

Matterhorn was good. You might like tim o'brien's stuff

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BNB · Jun 9, 2016

The Trump thread. Highly recommended for those that haven't checked it out.

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