Two books I’d like to call your attention to…
Well, one ‘real’ book and one E-Arc.
The E-Arc is Larry Correia’s new book Monster Hunter Alpha. In it we FINALLY get the backstory on Earl Harbinger, and it’s presented in a rather interesting fashion. We also get the introduction of, what I believe, will be another major character in the Monster Hunter Universe…
And the whole thing about pies just kicked over my giggle box… 🙂
I do have a complaint though… It wasn’t nearly long enough, it only lasted three hours into a 12 hour flight! Larry, write faster 🙂
Seriously, I didn’t see any sign of a sophomore drop off in quality, characters, story arc or any formulaic writing. It was new, fresh, and the continuity was excellent!
And the guns are right, as usual! 🙂
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The second book report is Effective Handgun Defense, by Frank James.
It’s a short book, only 250 pages, but it is 250 pages of EXCELLENT reference information on handguns, calibers, uses, manufacturers, holsters, and basically everything one needs to get and stay informed on defensive handguns. Frank walks us through history, with excellent pictures, anecdotes that make good points, and gives his recommendations along with the rationales for them.
Pros and cons are all on paper, giving the reader quite a few thought provoking options on concealment vs. stopping power vs. reliability. This is one I’d strongly recommend for anyone interested in handguns for use in self defense.
And for some reason the thought that kept running through my head was- Beware the old man with the one gun (in this case a .41 Magnum revolver) with all the bluing worn off… 🙂
And yes, Frank was nice enough to actually GIVE me a copy, although I was more than willing to pay for it, and I was not under ANY obligation to put up a report on it, but I think it is well worth the $$, probably better than about 75-80% of the so called expert’s books I have in the library right now…
Thanks for the reviews! I do have Larry’s MHI book in dead tree form on pre order.
I and a soon to be shipped off to Navy OCS friend read Hard Magic and we both agreed that it left us somewhat underwhelmed. That’s just our opinion though.
I gave him all three books and he loved the MHI series so far, as do I.
I Just Downloaded the MH Alpha E-Arc.
MH-A will take the e-reader virginity from my new tablet.
I have Effective Handgun Defense. I read it cover to cover and it is an EXCELLENT book!
Keads- It’s GOOD! 🙂
Teke- That’ll work!
North- Agreed!