What are you reading right now?

[Orbost]

Originally posted by RoSs_bg2_rox: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Orbost: Currently re-reading "Bravo Two Zero" by Andy McNab, his true account of a British SAS mission during the first Gulf War that went horribly wrong.

A good read, I'd say one of his best. There was a documentary on about this before, in dispute of the accuracy of numbers. It was very interesting. The part I find scariest (if indeed it was real) and hardest to believe (not that it really bothers me either way) is when he mentions the tank fire and heavy military fire against 3 guys or how ever many it was, and they were running with their full kit, and they got away, with an army after them basically. </font>[/QUOTE]Early on in the mission they are compromised by a couple of APCs and atruck load of soldiers, which they attack. It was pitch black and the attack evidently took the Iraqis by surprise. In the confusion and darkness the SAS team managed to slip away.

The Bravo Two Zero seems to have developed a mythology of its own. The McNab book was the first. Chris Ryan then wrote the story from his point of view (he was The One That Got Away - the only squad member to escape to Syria), which painted him rather than McNab as the real hero. Then various accounts came out questioning the accuracy of these versions, and suggesting that there may have been substantial exaggeration of the truth. Its hard to know the truth as two of the survivors are now wealthy authors who have a strong vested interest in maintaining the myth.

Returning to the subject of the book. Yes it is well written, and his subsequent fiction books are actually very good. In contrast to Chris Ryan who is a hack writer at best.

[Mack_Attack]

Just picked up Motley Crue (Dirt).

It was at work on the desk. I picked it up and dam I can not put it down. The book is not for the weak. I mean it is not PG 13. More on the X scale. But still a very good rock Book. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[TiliaLyn]

Originally posted by Orbost: Oh, I know. I wander into bookshops at least twice a week on my lunchbreak, and just nose around. And I can pick up a book a dozen times and think 'yeah, this looks cool', but it will take me months to actually buy the thing. Also, I don't like to spend heaps of money on new books when firstly, I have a huge collection of books to reread at home, and secondly, my wife is not a big reader and gets grumpy if I splurge out on hundreds of books.

I too know the feeling, my husband is not a big reader and says if I want to get a new book, I must decide which old book I'll give up. My work has a neat book drop in the kitchen and that's where I tend to drop off the books I really don't care to re-read. Isn't it funny that those who are not avid readers just don't understand books are people too!

[Charlie]

Originally posted by Orbost: Currently re-reading "Bravo Two Zero" by Andy McNab, his true account of a British SAS mission during the first Gulf War that went horribly wrong.

A good read, I've read it. Sadly it's not a "true account". Infact it's a pack of gung ho lies pretty much from start to finish and has been exposed as such. It's a good read none the less.

If you like this genre, you may like Chickenhawk by Robert Mason. An American chopper pilots account of his time during the Vietnam war. A very good read.

Found this -

http://www.robertcmason.com/Books/chpage.html

[ 06-19-2005, 07:44 AM: Message edited by: Charlie ]

[Dragonshadow]

The Odessy.

[Mack_Attack]

Moved onto the Da Vinci Code. Vey good book. I am sure loads of other people have read this one. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Stratos]

I'll look into the Da Vince Code as well when I have time. It's a controversial book, and controversial books are meant to be read.

[Marathon]

Originally posted by Jotin: finishing 100 years of solitude, 30 more pages to go

So what did you think of it? I loved that book.

[Winter Wolf]

Reading mostly Japanese textbooks and HP Lovecraft anthologies. And the latest installments of Order of the Stick. Incredibly funny web comic, provided you like D&D (my wife kept looking at me like I was deranged, apparently because I was laughing so hard). Otherwise you'd either not get most of the jokes or not find them funny if you did get them.

[calon]

I'm reading history at the moment. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Rising '44: The Battle for Warsaw by Norman Davies