The Conquering Tide – Ian Toll
I enjoyed Toll's first book about the first year of the Pacific war, Pacific Crucible, but as my post noted,...
Accelerando – Charles Stross
Oh boy, was this book awful. I love Stross' work, but this book was over the horizon. It is actually...
The Exorcist – William Peter Blatty
I've had a hardback dust-jacketed copy of Blatty's book for a while, and finally got a chance to read it....
New Books: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo & The Battle of the Denmark Straits
Obviously I'm catching up on a series of purchases over the last few months. This pair from King Hobby in...
New Books: Carrier Combat & Delilah
I haven't written a post yet on Alvin Kernan's Crossing the Line about his service on carriers in the Pacific...
New Books: Bob Lilly: Reflections & A Ship to Remember: The Saga of the Hornet
Yesterday afternoon I made a couple of finds at a used bookstore. The first, Bob Lilly: Reflections is a first...
American Warlords: How Roosevelt’s High Command Led America to Victory in World War II – Jonathan W. Jordan
Just finished listening to this book and really enjoyed it. Although I've recently read at least four or five books...
Study Ceiling additions: Thomas Jefferson & George C. Marshall
Got two more ceiling medallions up this week - the long-awaited Thomas Jefferson for American history and Gen. George C....
The Eagle and the Rising Sun: The Japanese-American War 1941-1943: Pearl Harbor through Guadalcanal – Alan Schom
The publisher calls the author's style "iconoclastic", but that's mistaken. It's just plain offensive. When a book starts out following...
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street Hardcover – Natasha Pulley
This book looked like the sort of thing I'd like - speculative fiction set in 1883 London, and although not...