What are you reading?

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  1. Gray Wolf

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  4. Minuteman

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    Actually listening to the audio book version I grew up as a big fan of the fantasy genre. Swords and sorcery stuff. I loved the Conan books. Robert Jordan wrote most of the Conan series after Robert E. Howard died.
    He came out with his own series in the early '80s called The Wheel Of Time. I started reading it about 4 books in. More than a decade later it ended with book 14. It's one of the most expansive series in any genre. It has over 2,500 named characters, amd has a higher word count than the Game of Thrones books (a song of fire and ice) all the Lord of The Rings, the Hobbit and the bible, combined. Over 4 million words.
    Amazon Prime has made it into a series that premieres next month. It is supposed to be a rival of Game Of Thrones. I actually think the WOT were much better. I have high Hope's for the series. But waiting to see.
    So I decided to revisit the series before the TV version comes out. I don't have time to read the entire thing again but found it online in audio format that is actually pretty good. I drive all day during the week so it keeps me entertained on long boring road trips.
     
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    DL Talbot's "America's Last Days" series. Pure entertainment and a Christian perspective of dystopian America. Some is pretty far fetched but some is thought provoking.
     
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    I shop after 11:30 at night, and the only people I talk to are the floor buffer guy, the cashier girl who remembers my Secret Santa antics and the rough looking gal on the three wheeled shooter. This story was found on The Feral Irishman.

    You Never Know What Awaits......



    On the ride home tonight I made a quick detour into the local Supermarket

    to grab some stuff for dinner. I hate shopping and crowds but I do my best to

    get through it. I made the rounds and had maybe 8-10 items

    in the "little kid" cargo area. It was busy as I approached the checkout lines.

    The three that were open had three patrons each.

    I scanned the check out belts and loaded carts in front of me

    to quickly assess which line would move faster, made my choice,

    and took my six foot distancing spot out in the cross aisle.

    As luck would have it, they had to change the register drawer on patron

    one. So I stood and fucked around on my phone.



    MORE>>>







    A younger woman , late 20's early 30's showed up at the lines and was scanning

    for a spot. She, had a full carriage. One of the young men must have seen her

    and motioned for her that he would help her in the aisle on my left.

    We exchanged glances and , to my surprise, she said " Go ahead, you were here

    and you only have a few things".



    And with that my brain farted.... "Uh, Uh, are you sure?"

    "Yes, go ahead" she replied.

    " Geez, thanks" still in shock at the kindness of a stranger.

    Then I went for a laugh.

    "My mother always taught me ladies before gentlemen" I smiled.

    She laughed and said "go ahead."

    I moved up to the check out and quickly loaded my stuff on the conveyor.

    Turning back I smiled again and said "Thanks, that was very nice."

    She started loading her stuff on the conveyor and the first two items were

    kid's ice creams. I grabbed both boxes, handed them to the cashier and

    said "I'll pay for those"

    She spoke up and said "You don't have to do that".

    "Yes I do" I replied, "You were very kind."

    At that point she placed some huggies on that conveyor and said

    "Well at least you didn't grab these!" laughing.

    "My two year old is streaking around the house like a nut"

    As we laughed I said "Tell him it ain't the seventies any more."

    At that point, my subconscious quickly did math on his slide rule and whispered:

    "Dude, she was probably born the 90's and has no idea what the fuck the 70's were.

    I outta kick your stupid ass."



    I wished her a Happy New Year and thanked both young men at the check out.



    Have you ever left some situation with a bounce in your step, a warmth in

    your heart and a smile on your face? I did just that, earlier tonight.

    As I walked to the truck and loaded the bags I said to myself,

    "She just renewed my faith in humanity". I hopped in, circled around the aisles

    of cars and headed down the exit aisle.

    As I neared the end, she was coming up the aisle on my drivers side.

    No way.

    I rolled down the window slowed to a stop next to her and said,

    "I just want to let you know that you renewed my faith in humanity this evening."

    She gasped and raised her hand to her mouth...

    She said. "I can't believe you just said that. After you left and I was finishing up,

    the young boy bagging my stuff said, "What I just witnessed renewed

    my faith in humanity."" She went on, "Can you believe that a young kid like that

    saw the simple interaction and felt the same way and said the same thing?"

    "Maybe there IS hope." she finished.

    I replied "After hearing that the kid said that to you, I think there just might be!"

    I reached out with a fist bump wishing her, again, a happy new year.

    She responded in kind.

    "Have a great night." I smiled again....

    It was then that I noticed the dust in her eyes through the dust in mine.........

    I drove off as she started pushing her cart up the aisle....



    Thank you kind soul. You made my night.
     
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  12. Motomom34

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    Just started last night. It is starting out odd but hoping it gets better. Never been an alien fan but this is supposed to be a survival type doom book.

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    Not a pleasant read in some places, but most first-hand accounts of battle are like that. Mud, blood, floods and filth, coupled with incredible luck and bravery. A tremendous adventure.

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    I just finished the Matched book series by Ally Condie. It is a young adult dystopian romance trilogy. I have been reading YA dystopian books for years and I can understand why Gen Z is so different towards the Gov and country. After Hunger Games, Divergent and other popular series, young adults are reading that Government controlling ones life is not the best thing, perfection comes at a steep cost. Some may not agree but I believe that books do shape lives or even a generation.
     
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    Reading some of Andre Norton's science-fiction. I've loved her writing since I was a teenager.
     
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    Ugh, that's a terrible image. The book is outstanding. Five hundred pages in four days and it seemed like there was always something new. Did I read this character wrong? Is that a good guy or a bad guy? Oh No!

    L. Neil Smith died in 2021. I had read several of his earlier books, but had especially enjoyed Pallas (1993). As a libertarian writer his views meshed well with mine. But it was his writing style that got my attention. He wrote interplanetary fiction nearly the same way the "dean of science fiction writers," Robert Heinlein had. Ceres, the continuation of the Ngu family saga was a wonderful escape from actual reality, and other than annoying modern editing errors was absolutely wonderful, thought provoking and educational.

    Read this book.
     
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