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Guys,
I published a short story on Amazon.com and I'm making it free for Kindle download for 5 days starting tomorrow (Saturday). Please feel free to download it, read it, and give feedback either here or on Amazon. I would appreciate any constructive criticism anyone has.
http://www.amazon.com/Catch-Sniper-M...catch+a+sniper
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"when you're happy you enjoy the melody but, when you're broken you understand the lyrics".
I just read the short story. Not bad as far as I'm concerned. Falls into the typical ex-military-badass-as-a-hero theme. I tend to devour books and series of books like the Reacher series so I'd be happy to see another author join in.
Originally Posted by Great-Kazoo
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I'm a fan of the 3-500~ pg books, what i don't like is getting to book 2 and seeing, This is book 2 out of 35 in the epic saga of..................... Write a book, maybe 1-2 others to tie up loose ends, call it good. You read a H.G. Wells book, when you close it, FINI.
This 27 pg is another of those space fillers, i've been getting in to last few months. 25 - 125 pages, It's over. Story moved along, Keeps your attention and satisfied once done. There are books out there, doesn't matter how long or short, 5-10 pages in you know it's a shitty read.
The Great Kazoo's Feedback
"when you're happy you enjoy the melody but, when you're broken you understand the lyrics".
In preparation for the movie release, I reread The Giver by Lois Lowry
http://www.amazon.com/The-Giver-Read.../dp/0440237688
IMO, much better than the two Hunger Games books I read. I like when evil isn't portrayed as blatantly evil. IMO, true evil often is much more subtle and can be very appealing. So many people today seem to seek sameness, regardless of what that sameness may be. Choice is good, and making good choices should be difficult. We are not honed to be useful by a soft and easy life.
Just finished "Crusade in Europe", by Dwight Eisenhower. It is his story of WWII from the time he was ordered, by Marshall, to Washington through the occupation of Berlin. Eisenhower was a brilliant leader, and the book is filled with examples of his philosophy and how he managed to keep the allies unified.
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One of my favorite authors is Gerald Seymour. I highly reccomend "Holding The Zero", a story about a British sniper in Iraq. Sniper and counter-sniper action, very well written.
Last edited by Duman; 08-24-2014 at 17:45.
Jake Tapper is a POS, so anything with his name attached I approach with caution. If you think it's a balanced book, and a good read, I'll give it a go.
Some of these are mentioned previpusly, but I emphasize them as high quality reads:
1. Rick Atkinson - Liberation trilogy
- Army at Dawn - Winner of the Pulitzer Prize
- Day of Battle
- Guns at Last Light
2. Stephen Hunter - everything he writes is good fiction. Just finished "The Third Bullet", good read but not his best.
3. Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors - James Hornfischer - Amazing history of the battle between outgunned US navy and the Japanese fleet.
4. T.E. Lawrence - Revolt in the Desert or Seven Pillars of Wisdom
5. War of the Rats - David Robbins- Fictionalization of the sniper battles in Stalingrad
6. The Griffin - Arnold Kramish - Story of how one of Hitler's top scientists fed info to the allies
7. A Man Called Intrepid - William Stevenson - Story of how William Stephenson brought the US and British intelligence agencies together on the eve of WWII, and ultimately led to the creation of the CIA. By FAR one of the best books I've ever read, hands down.
8. Intrepid's Last Case - Post WWII actvities of William Stephenson
9. David Grossman - psychology of killing other humans
- On Combat
- On Killing
Atlas Shrugged, Small print and THICK but so far so good.
My brother recommended these 2 books to me- I tore through them in about a weekend. Easy read, fun sci-fi:
http://www.amazon.com/Terms-Enlistme...+of+enlistment
and:
http://www.amazon.com/Lines-Departur...+of+enlistment
there's a 3rd book to come but I don't know when...
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