Monday, December 31, 2018

The Ghost Brigades, Book 2 of the Old Man's War Series by John Scalzi

I rate this 6 out of 10. I'm only raising it to a 6 is because of the last chapter. Sort of a 'and they lived happily ever after' chapter.

The Ghost Brigades is a book about a traitor, his research, and the Special Forces of the Colonial Union. Jared Dirac was created for two purposes. Number one is to be a member of the Special Forces and two, to carry around the consciousness of the traitor Charles Boutin. The story is good and sort of stalls out for me towards the end when the evil scientist goes "Bwahahahaha" and starts revealing his evil plan to take over the world. It is Jared Dirac's job to stop him. Or is it? That is the job of Jane Sagan, one of the heroes in the first book, Old Man's War., to find out.   Is Jarad really Jared or is he Charles Boutin.   With the balance of mankind life as they know it Johns Scalzi puts Generals, Majors, scientist, and other Special Forces members in Jared's team have to fight through.

The Ghost Brigades is a good book and even if in my opinion it stalls out a little it is still worth the investment of time for the entertainment you get from reading it. Only a small handful of characters return from the first book I think you need to read Old Man's War before you read this.


Finished January 1, 2019

The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi (2007)
Book 2 in the Old Man's War
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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Old Man's War by John Scalzi

I rate this 7 out of 10

Old Man's War is the 1st book of a series by John Scalzi called Old Man's War. I plan to read the series through to the last book available but I'm not sure if I'll read the novellas.

Old Man's War is written around the life of John Perry starting on his 75th birthday. The day he starts his two-year commitment in the military. This military will only take people 75 years old. The thing about it is he has no idea what happens to him after he starts his new career. Nobody on earth does either.

There is no antagonist in this book, it's just his military life, his successes, and losses.

As a book, it is a good read.  Not great but well worth the read.  This book can be read as a stand-alone book as it does end with no open-ended story lines. 



This is the type of books I love! Enjoy

Finished 12/29/2018


Old Man's War by John Scalzi (2005)
Book 1 in the Old Man's War series
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Saturday, December 29, 2018

If I'm not reading it's BAMA football.


And now a break from our reading . . .

Everything is set. Now one more game. ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!



This is for more Brother-in-Law, Dan Vernon, who passed away December 5th, a lifelong Alabama Football fan. I know he was watching and just as pissed as I was because of all the stupid penalties we had this game.


Outwork Yesterday

Roll Tide Roll


... and now back to Old Man's War.


So now I think I'll blog . . .

A new year so I'll start blogging.

2019 is coming so I'm going to start putting my reading interest to pen and paper, or at least to pixels.  Probably because I've come across BookLikes and also because I've been on Goodreads for a few years. My first book for the New Year is John Scalzi's Old Man's War.  Even though I'll finish it before the start of 2019 it's the first in a series I'll read in 2019.

My habit of grading books only gives 5 stars to a book that will really stay with me a long time.  Some of these are popular books and some could be self-published books.  So expect a lot of 3 and 4 stars for what most people will give 5 stars to. But I don't like the 1/2 stars that people tend to throw in and 5 stars just doesn't do a book justice. So I'm going to use a 1 thru 10 rating system. No stars, just numbers.

"Reading is joy and joy is reading. As words, there is no meaning. Without meaning there is nothing. No Love, no life, nothing. To read is everything. It is the first page, the first breathe and the beginning of an adventure to last lifetimes."

To close my first post I want to wish everybody a very Happy New Year!

Larry