Blades upon Books - Traditionals

Almost 3 weeks ago I checked out 3 books from the public library that I hoped would represent "a new page" in my reading this summer, namely non-mathematical nonfiction. But I've only finished one of the books so far (and renewed the other two for another 3 weeks). This is the one I completed. Very enjoyable read for someone who has been a baseball fan almost my entire life, and a Cubs fan (of varying intensity) for at least 60 years.
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- GT
 
Here's a "military special forces" thriller I read earlier this summer. First book I ever read by this author, but I doubt if I'll read any more by him. I think it was the most unapologetic "the end justifies the means" novel I've ever read (and I've read lots of Jack Reacher novels), as well as a novel promoting the detestable view (about a decade after 9/11) that the only good Muslim is a dead Muslim. Fast-paced action, though.
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- GT
 
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I confess, yet to start reading it. Have dipped into it quickly and sadly upon first impressions it's rather, me, me..........me.

Used to live and work in Seychelles and am going to write a book about my time/s there..........this is part of my self-imposed background reading, as I arrived at the coup in '77.


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I've been nursing a tweeked lower back the last three days. Walking and riding the exercise bike has been ok, but house maintenace, yard work, motorcycling and other fun stuff has been a no go Disappointed.gif Laying down has been more comfortable than sitting so I've been doing a lot of reading. Burned through the Nevada Barr and now I'm 360 pages into Ocean Prey 🤓
Totin' this fine Buck 303 in jigged buffalo horn around the place today.
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mbkr said:
I've been nursing a tweeked lower back the last three days. Walking and riding the exercise bike has been ok, but house maintenace, yard work, motorcycling and other fun stuff has been a no go View attachment 2248481 Laying down has been more comfortable than sitting so I've been doing a lot of reading. Burned through the Nevada Barr and now I'm 360 pages into Ocean Prey 🤓
Totin' this fine Buck 303 in jigged buffalo horn around the place today.
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Sorry to hear about your back Mike, I've been in a similar place. I hope it's OK again soon :) Glad you've got plenty to read :thumbsup:

A boyhood favourite :)

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mbkr said:
I've been nursing a tweeked lower back the last three days. Walking and riding the exercise bike has been ok, but house maintenace, yard work, motorcycling and other fun stuff has been a no go View attachment 2248481 Laying down has been more comfortable than sitting so I've been doing a lot of reading. Burned through the Nevada Barr and now I'm 360 pages into Ocean Prey 🤓
Totin' this fine Buck 303 in jigged buffalo horn around the place today.
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First Mike, I hope you can find some relief. Many of us can sympathize.
Very nice cover on your Buck.
John Sanford is a great change of pace from my non-fiction reads.
 
Jack Black said:
Sorry to hear about your back Mike, I've been in a similar place. I hope it's OK again soon :) Glad you've got plenty to read :thumbsup:

A boyhood favourite :)

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Rufus1949 said:
First Mike, I hope you can find some relief. Many of us can sympathize.
Very nice cover on your Buck.
John Sanford is a great change of pace from my non-fiction reads.
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Thanks guys :thumbsup::)
My lower back has been pretty good for years, so I've felt blessed and I guess I was due. I don't know how I hurt it. It started bothering me during the last pool game on Friday. Saturday, I had a hard time straightening up (pants suddenly became optional shog.gif ). No sciatica so that's good. Real, real good. I didn't even think it was my spine since it hurt to one side, but when I looked in the mirror I was "S" shaped eeksmaller.jpg

I don't want to whine too much (too late :) ) since I think Jack's is much worse and persistent. Gave me an excuse to read a couple of fast paced mysteries. I've been a fan of Sandford's since the beginning of the "Prey" series. Fast easy read that moves along. Just what the doctor ordered :)
Nevada Barr is one I discovered through this thread. Anna Pigeon is a decently interesting character.
 
mbkr said:
Thanks guys :thumbsup::)
My lower back has been pretty good for years, so I've felt blessed and I guess I was due. I don't know how I hurt it. It started bothering me during the last pool game on Friday. Saturday, I had a hard time straightening up (pants suddenly became optional View attachment 2248944 ). No sciatica so that's good. Real, real good. I didn't even think it was my spine since it hurt to one side, but when I looked in the mirror I was "S" shaped View attachment 2248943

I don't want to whine too much (too late :) ) since I think Jack's is much worse and persistent. Gave me an excuse to read a couple of fast paced mysteries. I've been a fan of Sandford's since the beginning of the "Prey" series. Fast easy read that moves along. Just what the doctor ordered :)
Nevada Barr is one I discovered through this thread. Anna Pigeon is a decently interesting character.
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Maybe I just moan more Mike! :D It sounds like we have something similar at the moment, I'm not sure what brought mine on, exactly, but at least it's not sciatica! :eek: I've been doing my exercises religiously this year, and mine was OK, until I had an examination about a month ago, (which I've been waiting for since last year). The examination caused me a lot of pain, and my back hasn't been right since, and I wasn't able to continue with my exercises, which I think left me vulnerable :( It's bizarre how a small thing, or even nothing, can set off a bad back. I hope you'll be OK again soon buddy :thumbsup:
 
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I've been nursing a tweeked lower back the last three days. Walking and riding the exercise bike has been ok, but house maintenace, yard work, motorcycling and other fun stuff has been a no go View attachment 2248481 Laying down has been more comfortable than sitting so I've been doing a lot of reading. Burned through the Nevada Barr and now I'm 360 pages into Ocean Prey 🤓
Totin' this fine Buck 303 in jigged buffalo horn around the place today.
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How did you like Ocean Prey, Mike? I didn't enjoy the half-Davenport, half-Flowers approach as much as I usually enjoy a novel entirely about either one of them. Here's another "joint" novel that was OK, but Virgil didn't seem to be his "usual self" when working as Davenport's partner.
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mitch13 said:
I believe that is the Doctor's motto, I know it's my Doctor's motto😉

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After not reading any Baldacci books for several years, I've read a few again this year. One of them featured a new-to-me protagonist, an FBI agent named Atlee Pine who happens to stumble upon a treasonous plot involving a nuclear bomb in the Grand Canyon.
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When I was a child, we had a book at home by Ernest Thompson Seton. It was Wild Animals I Have Known; the first chapter was about a gigantic wolf named Lobo in New Mexico. I enjoyed the book very much when I was young, and after seeing your photo, I found the book I remembered free online (part of the Gutenberg Project). I've read the first 2 short stories in the book this morning (about Lobo and a crow named Silverspot), and while they were interesting tales, I have a harder time believing that they're factual today than I did as a kid!

Here's a book I recently finished; it took a while, since it's a "coffee table" size book of over 600 pages (intended to accompany a Ken Burns documentary that I haven't seen). It was a very interesting book, but quite sobering. The U.S. efforts in Vietnam (politically, militarily, diplomatically, morally/ethically) were presented as SNAFU, start to finish. (US problems in Vietnam reminded me of what I learned in history classes about British problems during Revolutionary War, and a Google search this morning indicates I'm by no means the first person to see such parallels.)
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- GT
 
Reread this Reacher novel earlier this summer. It's a flashback to a time when Reacher was still in the Army serving as an MP. Pretty good whodunnit (and whydunnit) IMHO.
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Here's a Lucas Davenport novel I also read early this summer. A significant part of the book consists of flashbacks to when Davenport was a young cop and given a chance to do some "plainclothes detective" work when his police department needed all the manpower it could muster to try to find a couple of little girls that went missing. The rest of the novel consists of how the case proceeds decades later when the girls' bodies are found under the basement floor of a house in a neighborhood being demolished for "urban renewal" (or something like that). Good "origin story" for fans of the Davenport character.
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- GT
 
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