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    I just finished Legionnaire by Simon Murray.

    It's a compilation or journal entries from an English guys 5 years in the French Foriegn Legion from 60 to 65. It held my attention incredibly well, and I found it hard to put down. At the end he talks about how that was decades ago, and some of the places he bumped into past commrades. That made me nearly tear up thinking about my own service and wondering where a few folks are today.

    I recommend the book if you happen across it for a quarter as I did.

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    For the last couple weeks the XVIII Airborne Corps has been publishing a “Twitter Novel” on the US Army’s evolution during the 50’s and 60’s. This finally wrapped up today. Overall, I’m going to call it a B Minus. It starts strong but somewhere around the middle it loses focus and the chapters become disjoint. Still a really interesting experiment in storytelling through new media. Since, even following the hash tag, the Twitter format leaves the chapters scattered to and fro here’s the links to each chapter thread:

    #AtomicAgeArmy

    Chapter One
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...60922587254787

    Chapter Two
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...38557380157440

    Chapter Three
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...16307970056192

    Chapter Four
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...80688024072198

    Chapter Five
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...75956552540160

    Chapter Six
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...57584557686790

    Chapter Seven
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...44456848678912

    Chapter Eight
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...66581035028480

    Chapter Nine
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...99127350001664

    Chapter Ten
    https://mobile.twitter.com/18airborn...97625279090688

    Chapter Eleven
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...32612419280896

    Chapter Twelve
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...88836088217601

    Chapter Thirteen
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...55251467227137

    Chapter Fourteen
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...10718399877122

    Chapter Fifteen
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...81001572990977

    Epilogue
    https://twitter.com/18airbornecorps/...48682138333184

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Lehr View Post
    Hoping this doesn't have to be about all serious, teach you something books.

    I finished John Sandford's newest 'Masked Prey' just before I read 'The Nightingale's Song.' This is a Lucas Davenport novel, Virgil Flowers doesn't even make an appearance. Good read, as are all Sandford books, IMO. The only disturbing thing to me was the fact that Sandford has Davenport coming off somewhat sanctimonious about gun-control, which was surprising.

    https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...70-masked-prey
    Just finished Masked Prey. I've read most of Sanfords books. Great author, writer and crafts a great plot. He's always been two faced about gun ownership i.e. OK for me but not the peasants. It's really obvious and obnoxious in masked prey. I'd say it very much detracted from the story, but it seems like that was the story or at least integral to the story.

    Not sure if I'll bother with any more of his writing. I'm wondering if he needs to retire.

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    just finished this book about the Battle off Samar in the Leyte Gulf in October, 1944; the author calls it the greatest naval upset in history. It focuses on the men of Taffy 3 in destroyers, destroyer escorts, and escort carriers. It is simply outstanding and I can not recommend it highly enough. I bet your local library has it as did mine. If you enjoy military history, you’ll find this a great tale, well told, and all true.
    Tough read for me. Had to put it down a couple times. I'm in awe of those sailors, and all who served during WWII. Highly recommend

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    African Rifles and Cartridges by John "Pondoro" Taylor.

    If you understand, you know.

    If you don't...I'm sorry for you.

    9.95 on Kindle

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    If you don’t know anything about cryptography, or how bitcoin works, then this is worth reading. If you know something about those subjects, it’s probably worth skimming over.

    If you know a lot about that stuff, then you may want to give it a pass.
    If we have to march off into the next world, let us walk there on the bodies of our enemies.

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    Dystopian sci-fi story by Cory Doctorow with some all too plausible developments of IOT:

    https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/...ot-appliances/

    Roped me in chapter by chapter and, at the end, left me wanting to know what happened next...

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    @blues I just finished reading LA Confidential by James Ellroy. I love the movie. It’s definitely in my top 5 faves. I thought it was dark and cynical until I read the book. The book is very dark very cynical. Guess I’ve got to get the other three In the LA series now. Thanks Blues!
    Just a dog chauffeur that used to hold the dumb end of the leash.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coyotesfan97 View Post
    @blues I just finished reading LA Confidential by James Ellroy. I love the movie. It’s definitely in my top 5 faves. I thought it was dark and cynical until I read the book. The book is very dark very cynical. Guess I’ve got to get the other three In the LA series now. Thanks Blues!
    @Coyotesfan97

    Great to hear...and my pleasure. I hope you enjoy them.
    There's nothing civil about this war.

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    I'm excited about the cover of my next book. It was a custom job by a professional. The cover of my first book was one I purchased from one of those self publishing sites. Sort of generic, certainly not customized for my book. I did the rest of them myself, and it shows. This is the first time I've had a pro do a custom cover.
    The pressure is on now to get it finished.

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