tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88346180670348158602024-02-08T03:12:45.420-08:00Reading War Storiesaffordableghosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756166573694425346noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834618067034815860.post-14767682966803072322014-01-02T13:07:00.001-08:002014-01-02T13:07:48.933-08:00Fleming, Ian Fleming! Agent 17F, Royal Navy Intelligence at your service!The Ian Fleming Files: Operation Armada by Damian Stevenson
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Fleming. Ian Fleming. Agent 17F. Yep! Looking for a "James Bond" fix? Then, in that case, I recommend you check out this series of books by Damian Stevenson. As I read this first series book, I kept imagining Sean Connery's voice speaking for the Ian Fleming character...Placed in World War II, Operation Armada affordableghosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756166573694425346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834618067034815860.post-8699473088116103732013-12-14T04:07:00.001-08:002013-12-14T04:32:03.693-08:00"We Regret to Inform You" Entertains on Many LevelsWe Regret to Inform You by Christopher B Scharping
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
"We Regret to Inform You" entertains on so many levels. It is the story of family and war, specifically the Stefaniak family from Medina NY. The elder Stan and his son Allen have a father and son bond that takes them from tragedy to triumph in World War II. The book chronicles the family's different perspectives as affordableghosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756166573694425346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834618067034815860.post-85834156632294819552012-03-02T06:54:00.000-08:002012-03-02T06:54:44.780-08:00Surface and Destroy: The Submarine Gun War in the Pacific by Michael SturmaSurface and Destroy: The Submarine Gun War in the Pacific by Michael Sturma
I am actually about halfway through this book and find the material fascinating and the presentation lively and readable. Not a dry nonfiction history lesson! Why did I pick up this book? I am fascinated by submarine warfare as a subject, this time period in particular, because my father served on four war patrols affordableghosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756166573694425346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834618067034815860.post-54774629566548285712011-10-04T07:09:00.000-07:002011-10-04T07:09:24.648-07:00Sunset - Latest Douglas Reeman from Barnes & Noble1941. To the residents and defence forces of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong, the war in Europe remains remote. Even the massive build-up of Japanese forces on the Chinese border cannot dent their carefree optimism. Yet one man suspects the truth. Lieutenant Commander Esmond Brooke, captain of HMS Serpent and a veteran of the cruet Atlantic, sees all too clearly the folly and incompetence of Hong affordableghosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756166573694425346noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8834618067034815860.post-71397271373580134572011-09-30T06:14:00.000-07:002011-09-30T06:15:00.727-07:00With Blood and Iron by Douglas Reeman
I had not read a Douglas Reeman book in ages! I remember in the 70's I devoured every military novel that came out in paperback, especially the ones involving submarines like "With Blood and Iron."
A friend gave me a former library copy and I was immediately drawn into the wolf pack group "Meteor" commanded by Rudolf Steiger, a by the book aggressive affordableghosthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756166573694425346noreply@blogger.com0