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Man, right now I'm reading everything I can get my hands on. Most of the series I've been reading are between sequels. I'm waiting for the next book of the George RR Martins A Song of Ice and Fire. It's got more twists than a Taiwanese switchback. The nice thing is the protagonists aren't all good and the antagonists all have redeeming qualities. Both are motivated by what they consider to be the best situation for all concerned, especially themselves. Very Machiavellian.

   

Holding Juno has been out since the spring........I think that's when I bought it. At least one of the soldiers he writes about is someone I know personally.
Who wrote the Juno Beach you're now reading?

   

Holy crap!!!!! A translation button just appeared on my screen. Treeeeevoooor is that you?

   

Hey Regina....I have asked you this question before i think but forgot what thread it was in!

The footage of the Canadian troops landing on Juno Beach....is that the Regina Rifles or the Queens Own....I'm pretty sure it was one of them no?

And one for RH concerning "the Black Watch"....was it the Royal Highlanders of Canada that were first into Germany, I've heard an old vet recount the day he heard that "The Black Watch" has entered Germany.....the first Allied force to do so.....was this the Canadian Black Watch...or the Scots(they had a reg. called "TBW" too didn't they?) cause he was British eh!

   

Qweens Own

What Juno book are you reading and who wrote it?

   

I've read all four, with Digital Fortress being the last one. By that time, I found that he was getting a bit predictable with the characters, the cliffhangers, the "red herrings", and the revelation of the real villain. That being said, Deception Point was very different from the other three. I think it might have been his first book published.

   

Juno Beach Canada's D-Day Victory by Zuehlke....that's why I ask eh...perhaps he wrote another that I don't know about yet.

   

maybe his second best. I enjoyed The Stand most, with The Stand and It tied for second.

   

I usually have a couple of books going. In my carry-all, I've got Margaret Somerville's The Ethical Canary. In the living room, Charles de Lint's Someplace To Be Flying. Bedside reading is the new Harry Potter, with a back-up bag of 4 or 5 books on the floor by Jonathan Stroud (my nephew insists I'm going to love these--but Shelby Foote died this year and I'm feeling a yen to re-read some of his books first,).

I read Da Vinci - it was a good read. My only complaint was that the end sort of petered out to "blah". Maybe it's just me, but I've noticed so many of these writers put out really good, interesting stories and then sort of choke at the finish?

Aanii.

   

Just finished Ted Dekker's 'Black' and looking forward to time for 'Red'. Almost done Stephen Barnes, 'Charisma' and am really impressed with his writing. I loved 'Blood Brothers' and this is a similar thought.
'Wide Eyed and Legless' about the Tour de France is sitting bedside with a marker part way through.
And there are several others that are in progress but packed in boxes waiting for my shelf space to clear up.
Damn moving.

   

The "wild" Krakauer is talking about is Alaska but the story unfolds in many places in North America before Alaska.

   

Interesting. Thanks.

   

[quote="victoriasweets"]Hi! I'm currently reading Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series! They're huge books, but I love them![/quote

I have a good feeling about this victoriasweets]

   

Dude. Im reading a book about nucular(sp?) fallout. Forget what its called...

   

right now, The Wedding - Nicholas Sparks (don't laugh)
next, The Water-Method Man - John Irving

   

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