Deployment Reading
I’ve been getting a lot of reading done on this deployment. By reading, I mean both reading reading and audiobook listening. They both count, because hey it’s the ingestion of books, right?
Right.
I haven’t gotten as much writing done in the last month and a half or so as I thought I would, partly because this time has been operationally more busy than the previous two months, but also because I shifted my focus away from getting words down to other things for a little while, reading included. I don’t think that’s a bad thing. It is what it is. But I’m getting re-started on my writing habits again. If all goes well, I’ll have at least two more books finished by the time I get home at the end of April. Or maybe one and a half. 😉
But anyway, I figured I’d take a couple minutes and list all the books I’ve gone through since I left home at the end of September, both because I feel like sharing and because I know there’s been a lot but I’m not entirely sure how many and I’m curious to count it up.
So, Audiobook first:
- The Dummy Line – Bobby Cole
- The Gravy Train – David Lender
- The Mote In God’s Eye – Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- Gabriel: Zero Point – Steve Umstead
- The Accounting – William Lashner
- World War Z – Max Brooks
- Watership Down – Richard Adams
- The Passenger: Surviving The Dead – James Cook
- From Dead To Worse – Charlaine Harris
- The Jester: A Riyria Chronicles Tale – Michael J Sullivan
Written books:
- Decision Points – George W. Bush
- Monster Hunter International – Larry Correia
- Warbound – Larry Correia
- Writers of the Future, Vol 30 – Various
- A Dance With Dragons – George R R Martin
- Winning Low Limit Hold ‘Em – Lee Jones
- The Theory of Poker – David Sklansky
- Hold ‘Em Poker for Advanced Players – David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth
- Dead Money – Dean Wesley Smith
- The Chaplain’s War – Brad R Torgersen
- Big Boys Don’t Cry – Tom Kratman
- The Big Ship and the Wise Owl – Sarah Hoyt
- Freehold – Michael Z Williamson
- One Bright Star To Guide Them – John C. Wright
- An Answer From The North – Sarah Hoyt
- Smilla’s Sense Of Snow – Peter Hoeg
That’s a pretty good list. I’m currently listening to:
- The Legend of Drizzt – R. A. Salvatore
And currently reading:
- Colonel Roosevelt – Edmund Morris
- Monster Hunter Vendetta – Larry Correia
On my plate for future audiobooks:
- Dead And Gone – Charlaine Harris
- Eternity Base – Bob Mayer
- The Damnation Game – Clive Barker
- The Lies of Locke Lamora – Scott Lynch
- Jumper – Steven Gould
- The Bourne Identity – Robert Ludlum
- The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Stories – Edgar Allan Poe
Future written books:
- Flow – Arlan Andrews, Sr
- Veil Of Lies – Jeri Westerson
- The Legacy of Heorot – Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle, and Steven Barnes
- The Disappeared – Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Swarm – B V Larson
- In Hero Years, I’m Dead – Michael A Stackpole
- Awake In The Night Land – John C Wright
- The Nelson Touch: Ark Royal II – Christopher Nuttall
- Darkship Thieves – Sarah Hoyt
There are many others in the TBR corner of my Kindle, but those are the ones I intend to get through first. I’m actually surprised; I thought I’d listened to more audiobooks than that. But then, I also listen to a lot of podcasts too. That’s how I keep my mind entertained while I’m working out, or during my evening cigars on the weatherdecks, or if I’m just roaming around on deck working on my tan (yes, for the first time in my life I’ve actually been able to grow and keep a tan, and without becoming a lobster first! I’m amazed and trilled.).
So that’s what I’ve been up to. Not a bad four months’ work, I think. Tell you what, I’ve enjoyed all of these books, to one extent or another. Can’t say any of the books on the “have been read” lists did not agree with me, to one degree or another. Hopefully, those on the TBR lists will as well. Not sure if I’ll get through all of them before I return home in two months (probably not), but I’ll definitely make a big dent in the stack, that’s for sure.
Later, folks. Go read lots of books – some suggestions are off to the right. 😉