Reading List.....A couple of Books I would recommend.

I have read the first book of the Dragonlance Trilogy  "THE DRAGONS OF AUTUMN TWILIGHT" which was recommended by Billybob over at HellonEarth. It was a pretty good at taking you away to a place of Good vs. Evil, Elves, Knights, Magicians, Dragons along the lines of Fantasy ala Tolkien.


Overall I would give it a 4 out of 5 stars and enjoyed reading it.

I also finished reading book one of "The Hunger Games". This book was excellent and I look forward to reading part 2 and part 3. I definitely recommend it.

I have not seen the movie and I won't watch it until I finish reading all three books.

This amazon review sums it up better than I can:

 In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. Long ago the districts waged war on the Capitol and were defeated. As part of the surrender terms, each district agreed to send one boy and one girl to appear in an annual televised event called, "The Hunger Games," a fight to the death on live TV. Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives alone with her mother and younger sister, regards it as a death sentence when she is forced to represent her district in the Games. The terrain, rules, and level of audience participation may change but one thing is constant: kill or be killed.

Neither Predator Nor Prey.. Just Got Delivered.

 "JohnnyReb" had recommended this book to me in a comment on an earlier post.


It just got delivered by the good ole USPS.  I am in the middle of "UP COUNTRY" by 

Nelson Demille and plan on reading "NPNP" next.


Have any of you read either one of these?

Fiction and Non-Fiction Survival List

 Reading Through Some Amazon Comments Last Night
I came upon someone that had posted a list of fiction and non-fiction survival books:

I have read the ones in RED  including ones not listed which are:

Patriots

Day by Day Armegeddon II

Can you add any to the list??

***Survival Fiction***
- One Second After by William R. Forstchen
- Enemies Foreign and Domestic by Matthew Bracken
- Domestic Enemies: The Reconquista by Matthew Bracken
- Foreign Enemies And Traitors by Matthew Bracken
- The Road by McCarthy
- Lights Out by David Crawford
- Molon Labe! by Kenneth W. Royce
- Lucifer's Hammer by Niven and Pournelle
- Day by Day Armageddon by J. L. Bourne
- The Collapse by Stanfield (even with all the typos in 'The Collapse' that book blows this one out of the water)
- The Rift by Williams
- Unintended Consequences by Ross

***Survival/Preparedness Non-Fiction or How-To Related Books***
- The Boston Gun Bible by Kenneth Royce
- Boston on Surviving Y2K by Kenneth Royce (Yeah, I know Y2K didn't happen...still packed full of good info on preparedness).
- The Modern Survival Manual: Surviving the Economic Collapse - Fernando 'Ferfal' Aguirre
- Extreme Survival Almanac: Everything You Need to Know to Live Through a Shipwreck, Plane Crash, or Any Outdoor Crisis Imaginable by Reid Kincaid
- Civil War II by Chittum
- The Backyard Homestead by Carleen Madigan
- Total Resistance by H. Von Dach

Unrestricted Warfare........

I have been reading Brad Thor's latest books and can't turn the pages fast enough. They are fast paced and exciting to say the least. On Sunday I posted about "Foreign Influence" which I highly recommend for a great read and I think many of you that come here and comment would enjoy it.


I instantly started in on "Full Black" which is kind of a part 2 to Foreign Influence. If you want to read them I would recommend you read them in order.


In the prelude to "Full Black" the author notes the following:

The attacks as well as the strategy in this novel are based upon a disturbing blueprint designed to assist in and encourage the destruction of America. This blueprint, entitled Unrestricted Warfare, is real.

While this book is a work of fiction, specific information was purposely altered in certain sections so as not to enable those that wish to do us harm.

Many of the vulnerabilities depicted in this novel continue to exist.

"Brad Thor" has an interesting background:


Brad has served as a member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Analytic Red Cell Unit, and is a fellow of the Alexandrian Defense Group. He has lectured to law enforcement organizations on over-the-horizon/future threats and has been a keynote speaker for the National Tactical Officers Association annual conference, and the Ronald Reagan 100 celebration. A strong supporter of The Heritage Foundation, Brad has spoken at their national headquarters on the need for robust missile defense. He also sits on The International Free Press Society’s Board of Advisors, and has served as a judge for the Sam Adams Alliance Annual Awards.


If you choose to get them I hope that you enjoy them as much as I did!