It was your recommendation that made me aware of it. Thanks. I'm going to look at his other books in the near future. I would have acknowledged you in the last post, but I couldn't remember your username.

lurker76 said:

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It was your recommendation that made me aware of it. Thanks. I'm going to look at his other books in the near future. I would have acknowledged you in the last post, but I couldn't remember your username.

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lol I didn't recognize your username. I really enjoyed all Kilmeade books. I highly recommend this book:

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Smeghead4761 said:

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Pre-ordered as well!

I think the reason it took me so long to get around to Shattered Sword is for some reason I had to confused it with Craig Symonds' The Battle of Midway. (Which is also good, but primarily US focused.)

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If you're interested in Midway from the Japanese perspective, Midway: The Battle That Doomed Japan was written by Mitsuo Fuchida and Masatake Okumiya. I've read this one. I thought it was pretty well written at the time, but have since read some reviews claiming it is not exactly accurate. Fuchida was an aviator who participated in the Battle of Midway.

Regarding Shattered Sword, I consider it to be the best book written on the topic. When watching the most recent Midway movie, I felt like the screen writer had definitely read the book even though I don't recall the book being listed as a source for the movie (but I didn't read all of the end credits).

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Parshall specifically challenges and refutes a good bit of what Fuchida wrote, particularly about the so-called "flight deck myth" concerning where the Kido Butai's planes were and what was going on with them when the American dive bombers hit at about 1020 am.

He talks about it in this video:


ETA: In the book, Parshall also discusses the place of the late-launched Japanese scout plane, and why the commonly held notion about that is incorrect.

Read the short story "Aftermath" and the novel "Ghost Story" recently, started "Cold Days". Im not going to finish everything before "Twelve Months" comes out. I muted the Dresden Files fb groups, need to do the same on reddit

I'm 90% done with Man Plus by Fredrick Pohl. I wanted to re-read his Heechee Saga book 1 (Gateway) but oddly enough I couldn't find it on Kindle (although they have others in the series) or any of the online libraries I have access to. I saw Man Plus is a Nebula award winner and it was available for free on Libby, so I chose it.

Good, not great, although I see a likely "suprise ending" coming up. I haven't guessed what it is, but something has clearly been set up.

It's only 2 hundred and something pages, so I'd say it's worth the time.

Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Shattered Sword is one of the best books I have read about the war. I will grab 1942 as soon as it is published.

Just preordered the hard cover on Amazon. It is expected June 1.

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Not sure if y'all are aware that one of the authors of Shattered Sword is a regular TA poster.

YouBet said:

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Cinco Ranch Aggie said:

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Shattered Sword is one of the best books I have read about the war. I will grab 1942 as soon as it is published.

Just preordered the hard cover on Amazon. It is expected June 1.

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Not sure if y'all are aware that one of the authors of Shattered Sword is a regular TA poster.

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Titan, I believe

Finished book 1 of Wayward Pines (Pines, Blake Crouch). Definitely ended up up much better than it had started. Wasn't quite sure where it was going until the twist was revealed. A different book that Recursion and Dark Matter (which I loved)were, but good none the less. Intrigued to see if it can sustain itself through two more books.

The splendid and the vile by Erik Larson. "Finis"

Definitely not as riveting as Issac's storm , DIWC, or dead wake but a good read. I'd pay to have a beer with Churchill.
Onward to the demon of unrest.

It does. Keep going!

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Finished book 1 of Wayward Pines (Pines, Blake. Crouch). Definitely ended up up much better than it had started. Wasn't quite sure where it was going until the twist was revealed. A different book that Recursion and Dark Matter (which I loved), but good nome the less. Intrigued to see if it can sustain itself through two more books.

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Great series. I wish apple would make this into a show on their service instead of adding more seasons of Dark Matter, which has no additional source material to work with.

I know that a show was made years back, but Apple TV+ does stellar work and would love to see what a bigger budget effort would look like.

Finished: The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey. I didn't love his writing style, but that may be because my immediate previous book was Lonesome Dove. I don't play tennis, either, but I got enough out of his Self 1 and Self 2 concepts to make it worth my while.

Up next: Read Write Own - Building on the Next Era of the Internet by Chris Dixon. Overview of three "eras" of the internet and where it may go from here. Recommended to me by a senior attorney at my employer. We'll see.

Finished my first three books of the year, a couple of which I started in late December.

Ember (Tier one series) - Andrews/Wilson
The Adversary (Tier one series) - Andrews/Wilson
Dark Horse (Orphan X series) - Hurwitz

Those last two I think were the best books in each respective series so far, both because of a more sentimental/emotional tone and connections between the protagonists and the characters around them. Both series are heavy on action and violence but the Orphan X series in particular feels more engaging to me because of the personal relationships the author includes for the protagonist instead of him being an unfeeling robot like some other series' in the genre.


Just started Dungeon Crawler Carl after seeing so many people here reading that series. Very entertaining start so far.

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Finished: The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey. I didn't love his writing style, but that may be because my immediate previous book was Lonesome Dove. I don't play tennis, either, but I got enough out of his Self 1 and Self 2 concepts to make it worth my while.

Up next: Read Write Own - Building on the Next Era of the Internet by Chris Dixon. Overview of three "eras" of the internet and where it may go from here. Recommended to me by a senior attorney at my employer. We'll see.

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This is the second time I've heard reference to Inner Game of Tennis. Never had heard of it. Curious as to what drew you to it if you don't play?
Edit: I did take a minute and googled it, makes sense now

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Claude! said:

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Finished: The Inner Game of Tennis by Timothy Gallwey. I didn't love his writing style, but that may be because my immediate previous book was Lonesome Dove. I don't play tennis, either, but I got enough out of his Self 1 and Self 2 concepts to make it worth my while.

Up next: Read Write Own - Building on the Next Era of the Internet by Chris Dixon. Overview of three "eras" of the internet and where it may go from here. Recommended to me by a senior attorney at my employer. We'll see.

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This is the second time I've heard reference to Inner Game of Tennis. Never had heard of it. Curious as to what drew you to it if you don't play?
Edit: I did take a minute and googled it, makes sense now

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In my case, someone recommended it to a poster on the Outdoors board with respect to improving his archery. That was the first I'd heard of it, and I figured I'd give it a shot, since I'm trying to read a variety of books this year.

FINALLY finished book 3 of the Red Rising series (Morning Star?). Books 1 and 2 were awesome and quick reads. For whatever reason that 3rd book was kind of a slog.

Count me in on Dungeon Crawler Call. SO many people have recommended it, even offered me the hardcover to borrow. It sounds like a fun read, and with football winding down I could use one.

Delta V finished today.

Liked it!

Just finished "How The Word is Passed" by Clint Smith. Pretty interesting read. I have about two months of baby leave that I'm taking, so I'm tackling my library of TBR books. I'm starting "Empire of Silence" next.

I'm sure many of us have thought that the tug port was the trick but should probably read up on it

Ashes of Man (Suneater Book 5)

Twelve Months, book 18 of The Dresden Files is out today. Planning on starting it tonight.

The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynn - B+

Twelve Months next

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Next up to bat

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I bet that one really tugged at your heart and needed to be next.

I actually wanted to read a different book next but I left it down on my work boat and I was up on a ship and this was the only one I had with me.