Grand unified books thread

[CountDeMoney]

Binging on Walker Percy in preparation for the inaugural Walker Percy Weekend in St. Francisville, LA.

Now that sounds fun as balls. 

[11B4V]

Ghost Soldiers (The Cabanatuan Raid)

I really enjoyed that book.  Very well written.

Good to hear. I was kind of skeptical on it.

No Holding Back is very good so far. The author gives a good background on the state of the Canuck army from 1920-1939. A good run down on the officer corps too, that led to serious mistakes being made in Verrières Ridge, Operations Atlantic and Totalize.

[Scipio]

Binging on Walker Percy in preparation for the inaugural Walker Percy Weekend in St. Francisville, LA.

Now that sounds fun as balls.

Yeah. All of the Percy scholars are coming in on their own dime, since this is the first one. All the tickets are sold with a week to go. The coolest part: tour either the nuclear power plant or Angola prison, both of which figure into Percy's work prominently. Unfortunately, both of those trips are in conflict with another lecture I want to attend.

Gonna be a fun weekend.

[11B4V]

Appears some good articles for those who have not seen them.

http://legionmagazine.com/en/category/canadian-military-history-in-perspective/army/page/3/

[jimmy olsen]

Words of Radiance, the sequel to Way of Kings.

Holy crap this was great! Sanderson's best yet. He even made big progress on his two flaws, pacing and humor. Plot, world building, characters, and themes were as good as ever.

[crazy canuck]

Words of Radiance, the sequel to Way of Kings.

Holy crap this was great! Sanderson's best yet. He even made big progress on his two flaws, pacing and humor. Plot, world building, characters, and themes were as good as ever.

I liked Way of Kings a lot.  When I was in the book store last week they didnt have the Radiance so it will have to wait for me to get through the stack I did get.

[Grey Fox]

Words is better than WoK.

Is Interlude are less boring and less about random characters. The Oververse of the Cosmere is also more apparent, which is good.

One thing I do not like about Brandon is how young he makes his characters. You are not GRR Martin, ffs.

[Maximus]

Yep, it was a masterwork. Probably his best-written book yet, which is something given its size. The Emperor's Soul may be a contender but it's a novella.

[Pedrito]

Anyone else read 2666?

I slugged up to two thirds but never managed to finish it, although it seemed to be a good book. The killings part becomes almost unbearable. I'll try again in the future, but right now I need something lighter.

L.

[Queequeg]

In Spanish?

[Maladict]

The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain 660-1649
The Command of the Ocean: A Naval History of Britain, 1649-1815

I was amazed how quickly I read the first one. I've got the second one on my shelf, though I've not read it yet.

You're right, especially the second half was a very quick read. Excellent book, looking forward to the second part.

[jimmy olsen]

Words is better than WoK.

Is Interlude are less boring and less about random characters. The Oververse of the Cosmere is also more apparent, which is good.

One thing I do not like about Brandon is how young he makes his characters. You are not GRR Martin, ffs.

Most are late teens or early twenties. There are others in their 30s or 50s. Only a couple of interlude characters are in their early teens. That's a bit older than GRRM's characters, he has tons of major characters under 15.

[Grey Fox]

Exactly.

[Syt]

Anyone else read 2666?

I slugged up to two thirds but never managed to finish it, although it seemed to be a good book. The killings part becomes almost unbearable. I'll try again in the future, but right now I need something lighter.

L.

I got about half way through. I liked the part with the professors of German literature, but afterwards it lost me.

[Pedrito]

In Spanish?

no. Translated in italian.

L.