What are you reading at the moment?

Onto the 14th.

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balidey said:
Tried Mark Urban, Task Force Black, but just couldn't understand why I wasn't enjoying it, then realised its because its a war story told by a journalist. Nothing wrong with that, but all the other soldiering books I enjoyed were all written by the soldiers. So I gave up.
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Are you able to elaborate any further as I was thinking of getting this book. I like Urban he knows his stuff and clearly has some good sources within that particular world.
 
A novelette called William de Goat. The story of William de Goat DSO DFC, the mascot of 609 Squadron during WWll.
Reaching the rank of Air Commodore before demob! Those crazy (and eccentric) RAF lads loved him.
 
Just finished a couple of books, both by ex-Soldier Doug Beattie.
First is 'An ordinary soldier', second was 'Task force Helmand'.
Both really well written, a very honest account of two tours in Afghanistan.
To prove how accurate his version of events was I managed to track down a documentary that was filmed there at the same time. It was quite surreal to read about these people doing things, then watching it happen.

Just started: 'Hell of a journey by Mike Cawthorne. One man climbs all of Scotlands 135 peaks over 1,000m. Alone. Over one winter. Good read so far.*


* I must tell you about the bookshop I bought this from. I was on holiday in Scotland a few weeks back, staying in Linlithgow. Went into a quaint little book store, down stairs were a couple of little rooms crammed with all sorts of titles. When out of nowhere I heard a young femal voice say 'would you like to see a bunny?'. The voice didn't belong to either of my children and we thought we were alone, then from a hidden passage a young girl appears. There is a small reading room tucked away with soft chairs and cushions and on the floor is a little white fluffy rabbit called 'BB' which is short for the Bookshop Bunny. Every weekend the bookshop holds story sessions for young kids in the secret room and BB runs around and over them.
 
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