What book are you reading?

[sensei8]

9 hours ago, bushido_man96 said:

I've got the same book, but haven't gotten around to reading it yet.

Shannon’s writing skills were a pleasant surprise for me. Perhaps that’s why it’s quite difficult to put her book down.

[Patrick]

On 7/20/2025 at 10:59 AM, Patrick said:

I'm about to start Fourth Wing. If I like I'm, I am going to try to catch up to my wife before the next book comes out.

I have begun the second book in this series, Iron Flame.

[sensei8]

22 hours ago, Patrick said:

I have begun the second book in this series, Iron Flame.

What’s those books about, Patrick??

[Patrick]

On 1/10/2026 at 3:18 PM, sensei8 said:

What’s those books about, Patrick??

Well, the author's website describes the first book with this phrase: "enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders." I guess it's described as fantasy romance, adventure, sci-fi, dystopian... it's about a young woman who is the daughter of a general, attending said college, and learning things about what they are/aren't fighting against. I'm not even half way through the second book so I don't really know where the story is at the moment, but my wife has read them and likes them, so that's what started me trying to catch up before the fourth book comes out (TBD, but not soon). 

[sensei8]

1 hour ago, Patrick said:

Well, the author's website describes the first book with this phrase: "enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders." I guess it's described as fantasy romance, adventure, sci-fi, dystopian... it's about a young woman who is the daughter of a general, attending said college, and learning things about what they are/aren't fighting against. I'm not even half way through the second book so I don't really know where the story is at the moment, but my wife has read them and likes them, so that's what started me trying to catch up before the fourth book comes out (TBD, but not soon). 

I’ll tell my wife because she loves that genre immensely. Thank you, Patrick!!

[KarateKen]

Everyone Loses by Danny Funt.  

It is a 2026 release about the epidemic of sports gambling. 

 

[bushido_man96]

The Lost Forms of Oh Do Kwan Taekwondo, Volume 1:  Taegeuk 1-3 Hyeong, by Orjan Nilsen.  The author shows these three forms that were a part of early TKD curriculum in several kwans that had roots in Japanese Karate.  The translations are taken from Choi's early TKD textbook.  It has photos of how the form was done in the Oh Do Kwan, and also descriptions of differences from other Kwans.  It also has some nice bits of kwan history, which I really enjoyed.