What book is on your nightstand? Readers!

[corkybstewart]

Re-reading A Time for Trumpets, by Charles Macdonald. Battle of the Bulge. And for the first time in years.....some brewing and Michael Jackson's beer books.

You're alive!

 

[user 246304]

You're alive!

Hey man, so happy to see you! Yep, alive and kicking, if just a tad slower. Been a good and tough road - went from 270 to 220 and holding, training for mountain hunting with my son...and just started working in retirement for our LHBS, so...the itch is driving me pretty bonkers. I have tons to both catch up on...feel like a dinosaur and you kids are still plugging away!

Great to see you buddy. Hope you're doing great. Looking forward to more!

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Welcome back @Gadjobrinus !!! Haven't seen you in a good long while buddy!

 

[WesBrew]

I thought I saw a series based on Whispering Pines. Not sure

 

[passedpawn]

I thought I saw a series based on Whispering Pines. Not sure

Wayward pines. I haven't seen it, but I believe it was directed by M. Night Shamalamadingdong or something like that, the guy who did lots of other spookey movies.

 

[user 246304]

Welcome back @Gadjobrinus !!! Haven't seen you in a good long while buddy!

Thanks man! Awesome to see you too!

 

[soccerdad]

Folks who tie flies might especially like this, but fly fishermen as well. The story of a huge heist of rare bird specimens from the British Museum of Natural History.
https://www.amazon.com/Feather-Thie...hvlocphy=&hvtargid=pla-4584413749548223&psc=1

 

[phbern]

Just finished All Quiet on the Western Front. Starting Chasing the Rising Sun: The Journey of an American Song by Ted Anthony - about the song House of the Rising Sun

 

[riceral]

Rereading East of Eden, one of my favorite books

 

[Jonakr]

Does anyone use morse code still? My dad had to learn it when he was doing military service in the navy and it was considered obsolete even then...

I learned it as a Boy Scout, but never got to where I could translate as someone was sending, or send anything intelligible. I had to re-learn it to successfully identify precision radios, but was informed it isn't being taught anymore. If I'm given the letter, I can tell if the dashes and dots match.

 

[passedpawn]

Rereading East of Eden, one of my favorite books

Read that a year or two ago. Steinbeck is one of Americas greatest writes ever - all of it is so good.

 

[estricklin]

I have pulled a muscle in my calf, and so my audiobook time while cycling to and from work has been cut to 0 lately. Very depressing as I absolutely love cycling. I've been reading on my Kindle in bed or on the couch, lots of books on corporate finance and business, along with some computer science stuff.

Here are some I've managed to read lately that I feel are worth mentioning:
Never Look At The Empty Seats: A Memoir by Charlie Daniels
My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, Drugs, and Gun N' Roses by Steve Adder
Hell Divers III by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

I've been in oil and gas for almost 2 decades, and I finally decided to learn something about Geology, other than the incidental facts I've picked up over the years. I must say, I find this VERY fascinating.

My wife and I own and operate an Airbnb in the Ozarks, and are planning to build a small cabin (near Tulsa?) and so I've been looking for books on construction. I'm going to be my own GC, and will do almost all the work myself, except slab and framing, so I've been studying up a little.

@passedpawn I hope the CW is going well, I have a practice keyer and never put in enough effort to be any good.

 

[passedpawn]

I have pulled a muscle in my calf, and so my audiobook time while cycling to and from work has been cut to 0 lately. Very depressing as I absolutely love cycling. I've been reading on my Kindle in bed or on the couch, lots of books on corporate finance and business, along with some computer science stuff.

Here are some I've managed to read lately that I feel are worth mentioning:
Never Look At The Empty Seats: A Memoir by Charlie Daniels
My Appetite for Destruction: Sex, Drugs, and Gun N' Roses by Steve Adder
Hell Divers III by Nicholas Sansbury Smith

I've been in oil and gas for almost 2 decades, and I finally decided to learn something about Geology, other than the incidental facts I've picked up over the years. I must say, I find this VERY fascinating.

My wife and I own and operate an Airbnb in the Ozarks, and are planning to build a small cabin (near Tulsa?) and so I've been looking for books on construction. I'm going to be my own GC, and will do almost all the work myself, except slab and framing, so I've been studying up a little.

@passedpawn I hope the CW is going well, I have a practice keyer and never put in enough effort to be any good.

I admire your ambition in all your endeavors. I hope your successes exceed mine in CW (at least, so far).

 

[agentbud]

FREE Book Jan 31 - Feb 4.
Trying to pick up some Amazon reviews for my book, so I will have it listed for FREE on Amazon Jan 31 through Feb 4. The Lich of Thandorien, Crypts and Crusades, Book 1: Amazon.com
If you grab a free copy (and manage to make it to the end), all that I ask in return is that you leave an honest Amazon review when you are done. The book is a satirical (and somewhat funny, I think) story involving role playing and beer. If you enjoyed playing D&D and also enjoy beer, I hope you enjoy the book. If those things are not up your alley, maybe I don't want you to write a review.
It's free either way. $0, Nada, Zilch. But 5 days only Jan 31 - Feb 4.

 

[passedpawn]

Well, I was a D&D player, and I've been known to knock back a beer or 3... and free seals the deal. I promise, if I read it (i've got a backlog of unread books), I'll leave a review on Amazon.

 

[JohnSand]

CG 41332, John Kopp. The Forgotten Tragedy that Transformed USCG Boat Operations.
Just started, very good so far.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

I’m reading the 8th book in the Expanse series called Tiamat’s Wrath. I also have watched the TV series.

 

[corkybstewart]

The name of my newest book is irrelevant, it's a self published family history.
I was talking to a friend recently, he's 84 and from Florida, and he mentioned that his mother was from the same small town in Alabama my grandparents and father were from. He loaned me a copy of his mom's book, and in the first chapter I realized his grandparents and my grandparents would have to have known each other very well, they were born within 3 or four years of each other. This will give me a depiction of the life my grandparents lived, something i never got from them.

 

[passedpawn]

The name of my newest book is irrelevant, it's a self published family history.
I was talking to a friend recently, he's 84 and from Florida, and he mentioned that his mother was from the same small town in Alabama my grandparents and father were from. He loaned me a copy of his mom's book, and in the first chapter I realized his grandparents and my grandparents would have to have known each other very well, they were born within 3 or four years of each other. This will give me a depiction of the life my grandparents lived, something i never got from them.

It's amazing some of the things I've learned as an older adult, questions I only now have, and there is noone to answer them - all dead.

 

[mac_1103]

You know what's really amazing? The things my father told his grandchildren about his life that he never told his children.

 

[Jayjay1976]

As a kid I fell just shy of invitable to D&D happenings. For the same reason professional sports do not interest me, I struggle to grasp the importance of imaginary constructs.

All that aside, I can't help feeling like I've missed out on a lot of joy, and so I'll give it a read, to dip a toe. Thank you.

 

[passedpawn]

As a kid I fell just shy of invitable to D&D happenings. For the same reason professional sports do not interest me, I struggle to grasp the importance of imaginary constructs.

All that aside, I can't help feeling like I've missed out on a lot of joy, and so I'll give it a read, to dip a toe. Thank you.

D&D was magical. I really liked it. This was in the early 80's I think, and we had the crazy dice and booklets that worked us through some odd scenarios. I don't know if it was the D&D that others were doing, but I loved it. It came and went in one summer, but I still remember with new fondness.

I read fantasy for a quick bit, perhaps a few years later. I remember being entranced with that. Haven't revisited since.

So, we'll see.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

I'm reading the second book in Conn Igulden's trilogy about the war of the roses.
A fictional story but with a mix if real and fictional characters and based on actual history.

 

[Airborneguy]

Well, I was a D&D player, and I've been known to knock back a beer or 3... and free seals the deal. I promise, if I read it (i've got a backlog of unread books), I'll leave a review on Amazon.

Which leads to my nightstand piled high with:

An AD&D magazine I write for.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (I started Fellowship last night)
Hamilton
And a Gary Gygax Gord the Rogue novel I can’t recall the name of.

I have to get through at least 2 of them by the end of February.

I play Dungeons and Dragons almost daily. I run a home brew world called Thirith. Between sessions, there’s always something to fiddle with. I even created a custom set of random dungeon generation rules so I can play solo when I have downtime in the middle of a day.

https://thirith.proboards.com/

 

[agentbud]

Which leads to my nightstand piled high with:

An AD&D magazine I write for.
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (I started Fellowship last night)
Hamilton
And a Gary Gygax Gord the Rogue novel I can’t recall the name of.

I have to get through at least 2 of them by the end of February.

I play Dungeons and Dragons almost daily. I run a home brew world called Thirith. Between sessions, there’s always something to fiddle with. I even created a custom set of random dungeon generation rules so I can play solo when I have downtime in the middle of a day.

https://thirith.proboards.com/

I played D&D starting in about 1980-81 pretty regularly through the 90s. 1st edition only. Still have all the books, modules, character sheets, dice, etc. After computers came out (I feel old saying that), we wrote visual basic programs to automate a lot of the activities (random monsters, treasure generation, spell books, etc) and even created a digital mapping program using a digi board. Man were we some nerds! We are much cooler these days, right?

 

[Airborneguy]

I played D&D starting in about 1980-81 pretty regularly through the 90s. 1st edition only. Still have all the books, modules, character sheets, dice, etc. After computers came out (I feel old saying that), we wrote visual basic programs to automate a lot of the activities (random monsters, treasure generation, spell books, etc) and even created a digital mapping program using a digi board. Man were we some nerds! We are much cooler these days, right?

We still are.

 

[agentbud]

^ Very nice!

 

[OakIslandBrewery]

I just finished reading Lift Off about the early days of SpaceX. I'm big into SpaceX, especially the work at the Starbase in Texas.

 

[passedpawn]

I just finished reading Lift Off about the early days of SpaceX. I'm big into SpaceX, especially the work at the Starbase in Texas.

did you enjoy it?

 

[passedpawn]

We still are.

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every legit dude of nerdish origin needs an excaliber sword somewhere in their lair. I see yours hanging near the door.