What are you reading (04/08/2007)?

I finished West Wind, Flood Tide and Projekt Natter. There's mostly science fiction in my immediate reading future.

I've just this minute finished reading The Full Monty: Montgomery of Alamein 1887 - 1942 by Nigel Hamilton. An extremely readable and impressive biography. I look forward to the second volume and intend to track down his earlier three-volume biography to read as a comparison. I enjoyed his detailed descriptions and extensive use of orders and other source material. He doesn't shy away from Montgomery's the less savoury aspects of his personality but provides a wealth of evidence to support Monty's place among the great generals. I enjoyed this book immensely.

Now I have to decide what to read next. I seem to be acquiring books at a much greater rate than I manage to get through them at present. I have a non-military history book, fiction Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman that I ought a couple of weeks ago. Has anyone read any of his work?

i may give myself a break from WWII and read either The Command of the Oceans: A Naval History of Britain, 1649 - 1815 by N. A. M. Rodgers or Civil War: The Wars of the Three Kingdoms, 1638 - 1660 by Trevor Royle next.

Reading John Dower's War without Mercy: Race and Power in the Pacific this week.

Zennor, I think Gaiman's work is absolutely wonderful. Mostly dark-ish fantasy, but usually with a good sense of humor. Neverwhere is not my personal favorite (that would have to be Good Omens or American Gods) but is still worth reading.

I'm re-reading Len Deighton's "Blitzkrieg" which covers the period from Hitler's rise to power through to the fall of France in 1940 - amazing details that I had forgotten. I'm also reading a volume that is a modern addition to Oman's History of the Peninsular War, each chapter is by a different author and examines a different aspect of the war in the Iberian Peninsula as well as often discussing how Oman treated or even neglected different aspects and elements of that war.

Robert A. Mosher
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