Attack and Die: Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage by Grady McWhiney and Perry Jamieson
Also I have started the first Dresden Files novel by Jim Butcher.
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Never read the books but they had a show on SyFy based on them. I loved it. Maybe I should read the books. 
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Iām now finishing The Book of the New Sun and holy shit.
Thatās something completely different. I can see this book series is not for everyone, since itās dreamlike allegories and stories upon stories all the time. Thereās a āmain plotā, but itās just a clingfilm on the top of the bigger themes.
The whole idea of new (middle age) society and culture thatās build upon the ruins of spacefaring civilization is intriguing. The knowledge, meanings and words have been lost and people are descripting the world with new vocabulary. The narrator (torturer and executioner named Severian) describes things in such a manner that you often only later realize that heās been talking about this or that invention/technology/thing.
Itās a fantastic book. Not an easy one, and certainly not for everyone. But I think Iāll reread the series at some point, since I feel I missed some things in first read.
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Cry Havoc - Jack Carr I had high hopes for this one but, it was meh. He must have talked to Stephen King along the way and learned how to put 5 extra hours of words in a story for no reason.
Terminal Velocity- MP Woodward (Tom Clancy franchise)
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The last two good ones Iāve listened to (because I havenāt posted anything for a long time in hereā¦)
The Woman In Suite 11 by Ruth Ware (The sequel to The Woman In Cabin 10 now on Netflix)
Donāt Let Him In by Lisa Jewell. This one wasnāt as good as None of This Is True, but still good!
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Same. Show deviated from the books -I watched the show first, was disappointed it was cancelled, then realized that there was a book series.
Books are better than the show imo. If you get Butcherās sense of humor, youāll really love the books. Series starts off a little bit slow, then really takes off; and itās still going strong.
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This is usually the case in my experience. I will definitely check out the books. Iām in need of a new genre.
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@SepCalla @Polar-Bear just finished Children of Time. Fantastic! Thanks for the suggestion!!!
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About 3/4 through another Dan Brown book. Robert Langdon is back. Premise of the book is intriguing as are most of Brownās books.
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I just reread Thielās classic Zero to One. It is a combination of good business advice, simplified ways of looking at the world (not always very accurately), restrained techno-optimism (Thiel equates technology and miracles) and plenty of opinions. These are always interesting, but are occasionally self-serving or disjointed. The book holds up pretty well, at least for business, and it is always refreshing to read original, contrarian opinions from someone educated with real life experience. Some of Thielās later opinions seem much less coherent.
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I have heard this is good. Neither of my libraries have it 
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Audible says it is an audible exclusive. My library has the e-book but I hate reading books on my phone. Guess Iāll have to buy it.
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Yeah, that āAudible exclusiveā can kiss my ass! I just like to listen and play with my crafty things. I donāt want to read a real book anymore. I started one a few weeks ago and itās still sitting right where I left it. 
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Lol. I have like 5 real books sitting with bookmarks.
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Starting my second back-to-back reading of Charlotteās Web. Have also read Ferdinand about 60 times in the past two weeks. Good times.
In my free time, I am in Tarzan and the Ant Men.
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Exceptional book.
100% My voice overs were crisp by the time I finished the first reading. Have you read anything else by EB White? Thinking of grabbing Stuart Little or whatever else he has next time Iām at the library.
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Iāve not. To be fair Iāve never read Charlotteās Web. My mother read it to me when I was a child. 
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I read āItā by Stephen King. I understand what Chicken Little meant about King drawing things out. It took a while to get through.
That aside, it was a neat experience. I remembered some of the TV mini series from when l was a kid, so like the characters in the book, the story was coming back to me in pieces as the book went on.
Iāll probaby dig up another King book soon. I havenāt been reading a lot lately, and it was nice before bed. Probably something old, for nostalgia.
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