CUK Book Club: Currently reading...

[sadkingbilly]

His early ones were pretty good. His latest one had interesting moments, but over all pretty poor.

yep, not so great.
his collaboration with C stross was good, that's why i tried him.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: funny old place the Caucasus . Written in 1994 before the advent of Putin.

Next: "A delicate truth" by J. Le Carre.

I must be getting old: I'm finding this one quite confusing. Have to leaf back through it remind myself WTF is going on, who's doing the needful going, and who the feck anyone is. And then, suddenly, it's 3 years later. .

It's odd how these books somehow grind to a halt for weeks for some reason. 20/11/24.

Done, finally. Odd sort of book really. I may have to read it again before it meets Oxfam.

Next: "The Night Manager" by J. Le Carre (1993).

In a fit of complete insanity (though who would notice?) I bought two copies of this 4 weeks apart for no readily apparent reason, it being ticked off on the list in my pocket. Ho very hum.

Stone me, it's a sloooooow read..

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "Crazy Horse & Custer" by Stephen E. Ambrose. 1975. When he still had curly hair as witnessed by his appearance on World at War.

It's all about General Custard. The Glory Hunter. And Crazy Horse, the chap who did away with him.

Blah.

Done: off to Oxfam with it. Those poor poor people*.

Next: "Pegasus Bridge" by Stephen E. Ambrose: Brits in this one. For a change.


*The Native Americans, though the grunts had a hard time of it too.

[NotAllThere]

Navalny, Patriot done. Back to Anthony Beevor's "Russia".

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: off to Oxfam with it. Those poor poor people.

Next: "Pegasus Bridge" by Stephen E. Ambrose: Brits in this one. For a change.

Done: Off to Oxfam with it. Happily enough the print was rather larger than usual which was a distinct plus.

Next: "The Victors: the men of WWII" by Stephen E. Ambrose. The print is back to the usual size. .

Gosh. Chunks of this are word for word out of "Pegasus Bridge". I suspect this may be true of "D Day" and "Citizen Soldier" also by Ambrose.

Sounds like Omaha Beach was an even worse hell than I'd previously realised.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: Off to Oxfam with it. Happily enough the print was rather larger than usual which was a distinct plus.

Next: "The Victors: the men of WWII" by Stephen E. Ambrose. The print is back to the usual size. .

Gosh. Chunks of this are word for word out of "Pegasus Bridge". I suspect this may be true of "D Day" and "Citizen Soldier" also by Ambrose.

Sounds like Omaha Beach was an even worse hell than I'd previously realised.

Done: Off to Oxfam with it next month.

Next: TBD but it might be "D Day June 6th 1944 the battle for Normandy Beaches" by, you guessed it Steven E. Ambrose.

Innerestingly there's a reference to a "Martin V. Hersh" in said tome, but there seems to be no further reference on line other than sad gits like me searching for the name.

There are questions of whether Ambrose invented him or not.

Can't find a reference to Pvt John Fitzgerald 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne either other than quotes from Abrose's book which refer to the above Martin V. Hersh.