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August #BookspinBingo board is finally ready!

My #Bookspin is Rogue Heroes and #Doublespin is Bleak House.

I‘ve been reading Bleak House for what feels like literally forever (3 years), so hopefully this will be my impetus to finally finish! Rogue Heroes I have been excited for since watching the Apple TV series based on the true story of the SAS.

I‘ve got a couple others in progress already, so I‘m hoping for a good month of reading!

I love Ben Macintyre- the best “story-telling historian” writing right now, in my opinion. Though not my favorite of his books, I still had trouble putting this book down. He did a nice job of raising the “how far is too far” question in terms of what they were willing to do to win the war. While in no doubt of the bravery and importance of these soldiers, you can‘t helping thinking of the old adage: “it‘s the winners who write the history.”

Another military history, the one focussing on the actions of the SAS in WW2. The key thing which I took away from this book was how unlike regular soldiers these guys were; misfits, outsiders, troublemakers whose discipline came from within rather than imposed externally, closer to being outlaws raiding behind enemy lines conducting sabotage, targeted killing and creating confusion. The template for one class of modern special forces soldier.

I liked this audiobook a lot. Story of the origin of the SAS

Good write ups of the men and soldiers behind some of the infamous campaigns of the regiment. Fascinating.

Poolside reading. Bookmark by my daughter from 1997.

I can't get enough of Ben Macintyre's books, particularly in audio form. This doesn't disappoint.

I've been in the mood for history recently and checked out this book after hearing about it at ALA (all the ARCs were gone by the time I got there, sadly). This was an interesting read about a special British unit during WWII who carried out top secret attacks behind enemy lines. This book captures both the personalities of the ragtag band of soldiers and the significance of their actions to the war. Loved it!

http://wp.me/p7D1lG-zi New #bookreview at www.theirregularreaderblog.wordpress.com! Rogue Heroes is a fascinating history of the British SAS by Ben MacIntyre!

I'm loving this history of the British SAS. Some of the things these guys did are absolutely unbelievable!

All about the SAS and how they were a small brave force with great leaders.

This is what I do during a slow day at work

I like Ben MacIntyre's nonfiction style, which is really the reason I finished this book. The kind of hyper-bravado requirred for SAS service is not the kind of story I'm most interested in. (Dinner: sweet potato & chickpea soup & leftover greens gratin) #bookanddinner

If I had a better attention span at the moment, it would be an unreserved Pick. It is still a Pick, because what I did manage to read yielded lots of interesting quotes.

I am impressed by anyone being able to improvise convincingly in Shakespearean style.

Now there's an interesting image.

Mo sounds awesome. Also, glad that my neighbours aren't this noisy 😆