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What book are you reading now?

Kitsune

I decided that I needed a new book to read and managed to find one on my bookshelf that I’d only half read so thought I’d finish it off: Tower, An epic History of the Tower of London by Nigel Jones. I just wondered what everyone else is reading at the moment? What does everyone else like to read?

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  • I've just read The Art Of War.    I'm disappointed - I was expecting something heavy and highly technical - but it's actually almost a pamphlet with short bullet points which are actually common sense and logical thoughts before starting a war - or not.

    The book is padded out by people's opinions - a bit like those annoying TV programmes where they keep cutting away to some irrelevant Z-list 'sleb for their inane comment.

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  • I've just read The Art Of War.    I'm disappointed - I was expecting something heavy and highly technical - but it's actually almost a pamphlet with short bullet points which are actually common sense and logical thoughts before starting a war - or not.

    The book is padded out by people's opinions - a bit like those annoying TV programmes where they keep cutting away to some irrelevant Z-list 'sleb for their inane comment.

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  • in reply to Plastic

    Who are you planning to declare war on Plastic?   Open mouth

  • in reply to Plastic

    Aw that's a shame, that you read the book expecting something 'meaty' but instead got something a lot less informative. When it comes to 'factual' books I prefer evidence based facts as opposed to people's opinions. Warfare is not usually my 'thing' to read about but I picked up a copy of the 'Suffolk Invasion' last time that I visited the Languard Fort. It's about the Dutch attack on Languard Fort in 1667. I shall read it purely for the historical accounts of how things were at that time, because the 1600's is an era that interests me. It's quite a small book too so not too much blood and gore for me to handle :-)