Post by Gravedigger on Jun 7, 2016 13:57:15 GMT -6
So I finished Patient Zero. It was an amazing book! Great twist near the end that upped the ante on a zombie apocalypse scenario. I definitely recommend you read it if you're into that kind of book.
My next book I started reading this morning is "The Guns of the South" by Harry Turtledove. I had started reading it a couple of years ago but got distracted by something and never finished it. Well, I restarted it this morning so I can finally get to it. It's one of those alternate history type books. Basically a guy shows up one day in General Lee's Confederate camp with an AK-47, proposing to help the South win the Civil War. In case anyone else is interested (Bates would probably orgasm if he read this), I won't go into any further detail but from what I read previously combined with curiosity getting the best of me, causing me to further research it, it gets crazy and sounds awesome. Also the author has written a bunch of books so I'm excited to see what other alternate history stories he's written.
Also, here's the excerpt from Goodreads:
"January 1864—General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equipped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower.
Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking—and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantities to the Confederates.
The name of the weapon is the AK-47…"
I'm someone who likes to take pride in charting his (he refers to pretentiously as) "reading conquests"...well, its more I'm a bit OCD about making sure that shit is listed and noted somewhere, and yeah, Goodreads is a great place for that haha.
My "Have Read" List
Yeah, Gable saw me looking at this thread and looking over at our three bookshelves filled with books trying to remember everything I've read lately so I could properly update my goodreads profile (which has been updated now that I am home haha)
Are we friends on there? If not, add me: www.goodreads.com/user/show/20919353-michael-wall
My next book I started reading this morning is "The Guns of the South" by Harry Turtledove. I had started reading it a couple of years ago but got distracted by something and never finished it. Well, I restarted it this morning so I can finally get to it. It's one of those alternate history type books. Basically a guy shows up one day in General Lee's Confederate camp with an AK-47, proposing to help the South win the Civil War. In case anyone else is interested (Bates would probably orgasm if he read this), I won't go into any further detail but from what I read previously combined with curiosity getting the best of me, causing me to further research it, it gets crazy and sounds awesome. Also the author has written a bunch of books so I'm excited to see what other alternate history stories he's written.
Also, here's the excerpt from Goodreads:
"January 1864—General Robert E. Lee faces defeat. The Army of Northern Virginia is ragged and ill-equipped. Gettysburg has broken the back of the Confederacy and decimated its manpower.
Then, Andries Rhoodie, a strange man with an unplaceable accent, approaches Lee with an extraordinary offer. Rhoodie demonstrates an amazing rifle: its rate of fire is incredible, its lethal efficiency breathtaking—and Rhoodie guarantees unlimited quantities to the Confederates.
The name of the weapon is the AK-47…"
My "Have Read" List
Yeah, Gable saw me looking at this thread and looking over at our three bookshelves filled with books trying to remember everything I've read lately so I could properly update my goodreads profile (which has been updated now that I am home haha)
Are we friends on there? If not, add me: www.goodreads.com/user/show/20919353-michael-wall
