sage Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I'm currently reading D-Day by Anthony Beevor. Unbelievably detailed and thorough. Fascinating insight into the largest, most complicated military operation of all time. Learning so much on a subject I thought I was pretty clued up on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Ram Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Cool. I'm reading young stalin. Highly recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 1984 - 2 days of my life I'll never get back.Probably I'm too thick to get it, but it builds up to a great rebellion which gets no further than the hero reading a few passages of a book before he's nicked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 1984 - 2 days of my life I'll never get back.Probably I'm too thick to get it, but it builds up to a great rebellion which gets no further than the hero reading a few passages of a book before he's nicked! Agreed.Had to read this during my senior year in High School. Had to read Animal Farm by him also which I thought was better, but still not great imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Ram Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 1984 - 2 days of my life I'll never get back.Probably I'm too thick to get it, but it builds up to a great rebellion which gets no further than the hero reading a few passages of a book before he's nicked! It's about human nature in light of living in a negative utopia and the narrative is as timely as ever. It is a great book.MY fav quote: "He who controls the past, controls the future, HE who controls the present, controls the past." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Ram Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Agreed.Had to read this during my senior year in High School. Had to read Animal Farm by him also which I thought was better, but still not great imo.War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 It's about human nature in light of living in a negative utopia and the narrative is as timely as ever. It is a great book.MY fav quote: "He who controls the past, controls the future, HE who controls the present, controls the past."It's an interesting read, but the over-riding impression I got was the working class will be happy no matter what conditions they live in, as long as they have a modicum of freedom. Power and influence are the preserve of the middle/upper class, fook the rest of us, it may be a true reflection of society but it wasn't the life changing read I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLACML Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Who is John Galt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Who is John Galt?Atlas Shrugged; good read that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEL Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Reading The Berlin Wall book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Currently reading Black Mass:Whitey Bulger,the FBI, and a Devil's Deal.Great so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Got ~"Finders Keepers" on the shelf waiting to be read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Got ~"Finders Keepers" on the shelf waiting to be read.Very good read pal I thought,enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmuss88 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I'm currently reading D-Day by Anthony Beevor. Unbelievably detailed and thorough. Fascinating insight into the largest, most complicated military operation of all time. Learning so much on a subject I thought I was pretty clued up on.Been sat on my shelf for over a year... Currently reading Sharpe's Trafalgar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmericanRam Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Started "Go Set A Watchman" today, the sequel to the classic "To Kill A Mockingbird." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 "The Damage Done" a true story about an Australian drug smuggler spending time in a Thai jail....very interesting but dark read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posh Ram Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 David & Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell. Fascinating read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Posted July 19, 2015 Share Posted July 19, 2015 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S Thompson. Great book, very short and can be read quite quickly, had me laughing throughout. The Establishment - Owen Jones. A modern day socialist read, very interesting. Regardless of where you sit on the political fence, Jones is an excellent author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoetheRam Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 Finished re-reading Fear and Loathing about a week ago myself. It's a good read and there's a great chapter in it about the 60's counter culture - the one with the famous quote:"San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run . . . but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant. . . ." But i'm still not entirely sure what the overall point is that Thompson is trying to make, if there is one or if it's just too druggy. Currently half way through "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac - loving it so far, can see why it's on the Penguin classics list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 Been sat on my shelf for over a year... Currently reading Sharpe's TrafalgarJust bought Beevor's book on the Spanish Civil War as well as Go Set a Watchman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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