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Welcome to the 100+ Book Challenge. Glad you joined!! :-D We also have a blog. It’s at http://100-book-challenge.blogspot.com/ and a Yahoo Group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/100-plus-book-challenge/Best of luck!
Would not recommend. Was expecting great things from this book. Reading the book was a disappointment.He certainly has the right to express his views, and since he does have more experience in this field, it is possible that I am just dead wrong, and he is dead right.His views seem extreme to me, and frankly they border on crazy, Genghis Khan like, spread salt on the enemy's earth (he actually uses that), use landmines on the Mexico border, etc.This book more than others makes me realize why policy makers may not have listened to him. He is extremely well informed, but his opinions are very outside what most people would consider civilized behavior.He realizes this himself, and does a half-decent job defending his position (basically: empires are bloody), but never is totally convincing.The book made me feel kind of good that people like him are looking out for the national security of the United States, and also made me realize that those people need to have serious checks.Should you read the book?I would not discourage it: he has a point of view that comes from experience and knowledge, and therefore it is worth reading even if you disagree with it.But do not read it expecting something like Imperial Hubris.
Hi Nicole.I really enjoyed sniper one. It was written well and feels quite real and gritty in a way (not sure how to word what I'm thinking). I'd say I enjoyed it as much as Bravo Two Zero. Two really good books in my opinion.I'll have a look at Patrick Robinson - thanks for the suggestion!Cheers,Damien
Hi Nicole. Hope you enjoy Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead. The other books you mention are on my to be read shelf. Haven't read them yet. I do own most of the books on my shelves. I have a terrible addiction to buying books! Once I read a book, I pass it on, usually to my daughter-in-law. I very seldom ever read a book twice.My husband is building bookshelves for me--and not very fast. So my books are mostly still in boxes and it's driving me crazy.
Nicole - The Strongest Tribe is very good with very good ground truth on the war in Iraq. I read from Beirut to Jerusalem a long time ago but I remember it being very interesting but not the easiest read.
Sorry, Nicole, I haven't read it yet. Soon, hopefully! Let me know your thoughts if you get to it first!
Just remembered the third book was Blindsided. It is written by Richard Cohen, husband of Meredith Viera, who came down with MS. Enjoyed that one too and his experiences coping with the disease.
Hi Nicole, Will be glad to be your friend. I love to read books about medicine, doctors, and nurses etc. I must have read the Trauma book a long time ago because I don't remember any details. I rated it three stars though so it must have been fairly interesting. The book by Dr. Austin, a doctor in Durham, NC, was very good. I just finished that and enjoyed it a lot. He tells how his life as an emergency room physician affected his family life. The third book ( the title now escapes) me was also one I liked. If you look at my tags for physician and medicine you will see other titles I enjoyed. Thanks, Judy
Sorry one of the many I Want to read but When is uncertain.
Hi Nicole: OK dear heart..to your questions. Before you read "House Rules" by Mike Lawson see if you can check out his first two books from the library to become familiar with the character, "The Inside Ring" and "Second Perimeter." I don't think I've ever read a Brian Haig novel (need to check my shelf to see if I have any..I've got so many books, some I'll probably never get to. I've read several of Clive Cussler's NUMA series and they are ok..I've got a lot I haven't read yet. However I loved his book "The Chase" which is so different than any of his others and I hope he will write more of this type. I liked the Echelon Vendetta by David Stone but got somewhat confused with the Orpheus Deception..I think I gave them both 3 stars but I thought Echelon was better than Orpheus. I would suggest the library instead of buying them as that is where I discovered them. That's what I've been doing lately as I hate spending money on books that I don't like. I've just been lucky in the past. The Earl and Bob Lee Swagger novels by Stephen Hunter are novels I really like also..."Havana" was disappointing however. "Point of Impack, Dirty White Boys, Black Light, Time to Hunt, Hot Springs, Pale Horse Coming" were very enjoyable to me. I just finished his latest and it was alright although not one of my favorite Swagger novels. You have so many good books yet to read so I would put the David Stone novels down at the boot. The Andrew Britton books, "The American", his first is pretty good but I think the next two were excellent and my husband and I both enjoyed them. As well as Daniel Silva's latest book "Moscow Rules" is great. I gave it 5 stars and a heart. I just wish his books were longer. I start one day and finish the next. I good mine at half-price because it was used. I really liked all of Lee Child's books but this last one he wrote...I was so disappointed in it that I didn't even finish it and he was right up there with my favorite authors list. I hope my opinion helps you and you are not disppointed in my suggestions...as sometimes one person can love a novel and another hate it but it sounds like you and I have similar tastes. Happy reading!!
Hi Nicole! I can recommend a few books for you, but it depends on what aspects of Secrets of a Shoe Addict you liked. If you liked to idea of the women bonding and supporting each other, I would recommend Debbie Macomber's book series about the yarn shop. I would also recommend Jane Green's books (I saw you read Swapping Lives) and The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives by Sarah Strohmeyer. You might also like some of her other chick lit titles. In a different direction, you might enjoy The Manolo Matrix and Prada Paradox. Think Meg Cabot meets Alias with a little love of good shoes thrown in and you've got a feel for those books. Good luck! Let me know what you think! :)
Hi Nicole, Charles Cumming's "A Spy by Nature" is one of my favorite books, I've been trying to get a copy of his newly released "Typhoon" but it's pretty pricey to get from the UK. I'd definitely recommend reading anything by him, he's an excellent contemporary spy author - a modern le Carre without the political/social axe to grind that has ruined the latter in my opinion. I haven't read anything by Dan Fesperman yet, let me know how "The Amateur Spy" is though if you read it. I'm curious myself.
No problem. I have both of Ward's books in my TBR stack. I'll let you know how they are.
Have I found the book for you! "Body of Work: Meditations on Mortality from The Human Anatomy Lab" -- it was fantastic!
Hi there. I did read Book of Lies. It was fun. A really easy read, not too complex a story. As for the other, did you mean Perfect Assassin by Ward Larsen? I've got it in my stack to read shortly but haven't read it just yet.
Hi Nicole: Sorry it took me so long to answer. I don't go into Shelfari as often as before and read 4-5 books between visits. I'm so glad you love Daniel Silva's books as I do. The second in the series is "The English Assassin." I recommend reading them in the order they are written and if you can't find it I'm sure you will locate it in a library. Gabrielle is definite in the second book as I saw her name a lot while scanning my books. I read so many that I forget all the characters names until I read a new Silva book (except of course I never forget Gabriel's name). I really enjoyed the 3 Borne series by Robert Ludlum. Did not like the moves with all the modern fancy electronics that were not in the books. The rest of the Borne series by other authors after Robert Ludlum died do not have near the quality of writing about Jason Borne. I've read about all of Robert Ludlum's other books and found them just as entertaining. He was a great author. Happy reading and stay in touch...I enjoy hearing from you.
Hi there - thanks so much for the list of medical books! Yay - I will go to bn.com and see about ordering them. Yes, I did read a book by Atul Gwande - he's brilliant but a bit of a whiner LOLIt wasn't my favorite but you might enjoy it more than I did !I'm so sorry to hear you are having medical problems -- I hope you will be back to complete health soon. Stay in touch please and I will do the same!
hmmm, Moscow Rules, which is Silva's newest, is the last adult book I read this summer. Right now I'm reading some Young Adult books for a lit conference I'm attending this fall. I say work your way through all of Silva's Gabriel Allon books. There are 8 in total. And they're all awesome.
Hi! Sorry it took me so long to accept your friendship request. We just moved from CT to FL and I've been very busy! The best book I've read lately is Dear Neighbor, Drop Dead by Saralee Rosenberg. I just loved it!
I just got A Spy by Nature and haven't had a chance to read it yet. Yes, I did read a couple of Stephen Coonts books years ago. I remember liking them but, at this point, I don't even remember their names.