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10:04a, 7/5/26

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Yanks by John S. D. Eisenhower. The epic story of the American Expeditionary Force in WWI. Learned a lot from this book.

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3:17p, 7/6/26

The Zournal (Series Box Set books 1-6) by R. S. Merritt -- Apocalyptic zombie series much in the style of Day by Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne. Entertaining enough to stick it out. The author must hold a serious grudge against the military (except for Navy S.E.A.L.S.) and North Koreans though. A good in between more desired readings. A place holder if you will.

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11:41p, 7/6/26

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Galatians, an Expositional Commentary by RC Sproul

A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (audiobook)

CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.

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10:09a, 7/7/26

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Howling Dark (The Sun Eater #2) - Christopher Ruocchio

Just like the first book, it took me longer than I expected to finish this. I'm really enjoying this series and I've seen on here that book 3 really takes off. It's interesting picking up the influences from other books in here as well. Dune is front and center in book 1 and continues in book 2. But then book 2 has pretty blatant Warhammer 40k influence notably with the description of Kharn Sagara's ship, the God Emperor human leader, and use of ancient Roman military tradition.

I'm going to divert next to Adrian's Undead Diary and finish that series with the final book and knock out the latest DCC book before coming back to book 3 in Sun Eater.

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Finished Academy of Outcasts by Larry Corriea based on talk on here and circling around his stuff. Light read and enjoyable. Will start the next one.

Finished Let Them by Mel Robbins. Wife said I needed to listen to it. Not a terrible concept I guess. Can see applications for it. Probably twice as long as it needed to be and skipped through some chapters

Started listening to Iron Gold on my RR reread when let them got to much.

Keep trying to get into Suneater number 4, but I'm really struggling with it and keep pausing on it.

Purchased Lonesome Dove. Need to start that. For some reason westerns take a certain mood. Have some long drives coming up for vacations. Is the audio book any good?

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3:55p, 7/8/26

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I ordered a bunch of Princess Donut/DCC stuff on the internet yesterday, because why not? Also, finished DCC 8: APOH, you might not be surprised to discover.

He's keeping time with all the others. Characters are developing their story lines, and you can JUST START to see the possibilities to wrapping the whole thing up in the next few books.

But I don't want the ride to end.

I also picked up Swan Song by Robert McCammon. I read A Boy's Life last year, and decided to tackle another 800+ page book by a fun author.

The news is a bit old, but who let Dan Simmons die??? I DID NOT give him permission, and he was sooo much fun to read. Very sad, but glad he wrote so much.

MONGO NO!

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In reply to Absolute • 4:15p, 7/8/26

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Absolute said:

Purchased Lonesome Dove. Need to start that. For some reason westerns take a certain mood. Have some long drives coming up for vacations. Is the audio book any good?

the audio book performed by Lee Horsley starts off rough. Very deep breaths that become annoying. But it gets much better after the first chapter.

In Audible, there is a another version with a forward by taylor sheridan and a different reader, but not sure how that one listens.

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Dead Man's Hand (Unorthodox Chronicles, book 1) and Long Past Dues (Unorthodox Chronicles, book 2) by James J. Butcher -- Like father, like son. Very enjoyable books.

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In reply to Dr. Mephisto • 8:34p, 7/8/26

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Dr. Mephisto said:
I ordered a bunch of Princess Donut/DCC stuff on the internet yesterday, because why not? Also, finished DCC 8: APOH, you might not be surprised to discover.

He's keeping time with all the others. Characters are developing their story lines, and you can JUST START to see the possibilities to wrapping the whole thing up in the next few books.

But I don't want the ride to end.

I also picked up Swan Song by Robert McCammon. I read A Boy's Life last year, and decided to tackle another 800+ page book by a fun author.

The news is a bit old, but who let Dan Simmons die??? I DID NOT give him permission, and he was sooo much fun to read. Very sad, but glad he wrote so much.

MONGO NO!

Wow, a swan song mention! One of my favorite books. Though it's been nearly a decade since I've read it, I still think of it often. Enjoy.

CNN is an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.

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BenFiasco14 said:
Dr. Mephisto said:
I ordered a bunch of Princess Donut/DCC stuff on the internet yesterday, because why not? Also, finished DCC 8: APOH, you might not be surprised to discover.

He's keeping time with all the others. Characters are developing their story lines, and you can JUST START to see the possibilities to wrapping the whole thing up in the next few books.

But I don't want the ride to end.

I also picked up Swan Song by Robert McCammon. I read A Boy's Life last year, and decided to tackle another 800+ page book by a fun author.

The news is a bit old, but who let Dan Simmons die??? I DID NOT give him permission, and he was sooo much fun to read. Very sad, but glad he wrote so much.

MONGO NO!

Wow, a swan song mention! One of my favorite books. Though it's been nearly a decade since I've read it, I still think of it often. Enjoy.

Read it two years. Good book. I think it got lost over time in The Stand's shadow since they are similar books.

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9:10p, 7/8/26

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Finished the book Cujo by Stephen King as I was waiting on The Talisman. It's very sad and terrifying at the same time. I enjoyed the story, even though the content was very difficult at times.

Started the Talisman today and so far it's been good.

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