John’s Comments (group member since Jul 09, 2014)

John’s comments from the Advance After Combat group.

Here are a few books I'm interested in reading.

History:Another Man's War by Barnaby Philips (African soldiers in Burma during WWII)

SciFi/Fantasy: The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell (he wrote Cloud Atlas which is fabulous) and The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North (Groundhog Day meets WWII and time travelers)

I'm in.

Any thoughts on a book? Genre? Fiction (I'm guessing sci-fi or fantasy) or History (warfare oriented - time period?).

Mitchell wrote: "Dare we pick a book and read/discuss it as a group?"

Any suggestions? Any preferred genre?

I am in the midst of doing the same. I'm trying to get through The Afghan Way of War: How and Why They Fight. The first part was a very academic historiographical essay (it reads like the first chapter of a Ph.D. dissertation - which it probably was). Im currently into the 2nd Anglo-Afghan War (1878-79) and it gets much better.

I needed some fluff to keep my brain somewhat focused. I just finished Half a King. It was a very quick read - done in about a day or so. A crippled prince, not the heir, quickly becomes king and loses his throne. A nice little book and the first in a series - the remainder will be published late this year.

Presently, in the lighter category as well is Prince of Fools. Only just started and another fantasy in the vein of George RR Martin.