Location, at
Home, CA
Maybe I
should have been a book reviewer. I certainly have read enough books lately to
qualify.
I am
particularly stuck on authors who write a series of books based on the same character.
To that end, I keep lists of authors and which of their books I have on hand to
read vs those the author has written but I have not gotten my hands on yet.
Authors high
on my list right now are C. J. Box and his Wyoming Game and Fish Warden Joe
Pickett series. Also, I really like Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series. Jack is
one of those guys who finds trouble where ever he goes.
I have been
reading a lot of James Lee Burke’s books after recommendations by our friend
Cindy. One of his latest, Tin Roof Blowdown was a little hard to take as it was
an inside look at New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina and Rita. The scenes he
paints leave a bad taste in your mouth as an American especially about the
breakdown in our government response during this crisis.
I read a lot
of books based on terror attacks or possible attacks against the United States.
Some of the books by Stephan Coonts, Tom Clancy, books by Alex Berenson and Vince
Flynn who fight back against our enemies are some of my favorites.
One of my
all time favorite writers is W. E. B. Griffin who writes several series based
on different military services. His series The Corp about the Marines after
WWII until the present are classics as is his series called Brotherhood of War
about the Army from WWII until now or the series Men at War about the OSS the
fore runner to the CIA. The Honor Bound Series is about America’s efforts to
stop the Nazi’s from taking over Argentina during WWII. He also wrote a series
called Badge of Honor about the Philadelphia Police Department. He continues to
write about two books a year with the help of his son.
I do read
non-fiction also. Especially books about WWII or related. After reading some of
the classic WWII books I wondered how the German civilian population survived
after WWII. To this end I read a book called German Boy written by a survivor
of the war who resided near Berlin. It truly was a story of survival. I followed
this by reading Post War by Tony Judt which chronicled the rebuilding of Europe
after the war until the establishment of the European Union. Reading it gave me
an insight into the problems with the Euro Union today.
I have read
and am reading British sailing ship stories from the late 1800’s. Books by C.S
Forrester and his Hornblower series, Patrick O’Brian’s series, and Dudley Pope’s
Ramage series which I have just started to read.
I love John
Sandford and his Prey Series or Stuart Woods many books. Recently I read all
three books by Stieg Larsson of the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Good Stuff!
I love Naval
stories. Especially about submarines, Navy Seals, or the Navy in general. I
guess that’s why I served my military service in the Navy.
This really
is only a small sum of the total books I read or of my interest in different
topics.
I find my
books wherever I can. I keep a list by author and mark off those I have on hand
vs those I have read. I find books at the local library or a local used book
store which does buy back some of me used books, and on-line at Paperbackswap.com.
I have
always loved to read. It opens whole vistas to a world to which anyone can enter
with just your mind. If I don’t have a shelf full of unread books, I start to
panic. Fortunately, that rarely happens.
