{"id":36793,"date":"2016-12-31T03:00:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-31T08:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=36793"},"modified":"2016-12-30T21:23:51","modified_gmt":"2016-12-31T02:23:51","slug":"what-i-was-reading-in-2016-and-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2016\/12\/31\/what-i-was-reading-in-2016-and-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"What I was reading in 2016 (and 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t read as much as I&#8217;d like, and time spent blogging or gaming certainly eats into the available time that would otherwise be spent between the covers of yet another book. Here are the books and publications I managed to digest this year (not counting re-reads of old favourites):<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tim Cook, <em>The Necessary War: Volume One, Canadians Fighting the Second World War<\/em>, 1\/2\/2016, 978-0-670-06650-6<\/li>\n<li>Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr., <em>The Desert Fox in Normandy: Rommel&#8217;s Defense of Fortress Europe<\/em>, 1\/7\/2016, 0-8154-1159-6<\/li>\n<li>Bernard Kempinski, <em>45 Original Track Plans<\/em>, 1\/9\/2016, 978-1-62700-215-8<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Wilson, <em>Freight Cars of the 40s and 50s<\/em>, 1\/12\/2016, 978-1-62700-144-1<\/li>\n<li>David Popp, <em>Building a Model Railroad Step by Step, Second Edition<\/em>, 1\/16\/2016, 978-0-89024-832-4<\/li>\n<li>Lois McMaster Bujold, <em>Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen<\/em>, 2\/3\/2016, 978-1-4767-8122-8<\/li>\n<li>Sir Brian Horrocks W\/Eversley Belfield and M\/Gen H. Essame, <em>Corps Commander<\/em>, 2\/4\/2016, 0-684-15324-6<\/li>\n<li>B.H. Liddell Hart, <em>Sherman: Soldier, Realist, American<\/em>, 2\/18\/2016, 0-3068-0507-3<\/li>\n<li>Tim Benbow, <em>Naval Warfare, 1914-1918: From Coronel to the Atlantic and Zeebrugge<\/em>, 2\/18\/2016, 978-1-90626-16-7<\/li>\n<li>Mark E. Stille, <em>The Imperial Japanese Navy in the Pacific War<\/em>, 3\/21\/2016, 978-1-4728-0146-3<\/li>\n<li>John Ringo W\/Ryan Sear, <em>Tiger By The Tail<\/em>, 3\/25\/2016, 978-1-4767-3615-0<\/li>\n<li>John Ringo, <em>Under a Graveyard Sky<\/em>, 3\/30\/2016, 978-1-4767-3660-0<\/li>\n<li>Tom Kratman, <em>Countdown: H Hour<\/em>, 3\/31\/2016, 978-1-4516-3793-9<\/li>\n<li>Tom Kratman, <em>Come and Take Them<\/em>, 4\/8\/2016, 978-1-4767-8042-9 <\/li>\n<li>Larry Correia, <em>Monster Hunter International<\/em>, 4\/13\/2016, 978-1-4391-3285-2 <\/li>\n<li>John Ringo, <em>To Sail a Darkling Sea<\/em>, 4\/16\/2016, 978-1-4767-8025-2 <\/li>\n<li>John Ringo, <em>Islands of Rage &#038; Hope<\/em>, 4\/20\/2016, 978-1-4767-8043-6 \/li>\n<\/li>\n<li>John Ringo, <em>Strands of Sorrow<\/em>, 4\/22\/2016, 978-1-4767-3695-2<\/li>\n<li>Tom Holland, <em>Dynasty: The rise and fall of the house of Caesar<\/em>, 4\/26\/2016, 978-1-4087-0338-0 <\/li>\n<li>L. Neil Smith, <em>Sweeter Than Wine<\/em>, 5\/7\/2016, 978-1-60450-483-5 <\/li>\n<li>David Drake, <em>The Road of Danger<\/em>, 5\/10\/2016, 978-1-4516-3878-3 <\/li>\n<li>David Drake, <em>The Sea Without a Shore<\/em>, 5\/13\/2016, 978-1-4767-8041-2 <\/li>\n<li>Fine Woodworking, <em>Workstations and Tool Storage<\/em>, 5\/15\/2016, 1-56158-785-0 <\/li>\n<li>Edwin P. Hoyt, <em>Backwater War: The Allied Campaign in Italy, 1943-45<\/em>, 5\/15\/2016, 78-0-8117-3382-3 <\/li>\n<li>Penn Jillette, <em>God, No! Signs You May Already Be An Atheist and Other Magical Tales<\/em>, 5\/16\/2016, 978-1-4516-1036-9 <\/li>\n<li>John Ringo, <em>The Hot Gate<\/em>, 5\/18\/2016, 978-1-4516-3818-9 <\/li>\n<li>Joss Whedon, <em>Serenity: Leaves on the Wind<\/em>, 5\/21\/2016, 978-1-61655-489-7 <\/li>\n<li>Paul S. Dull, <em>The Imperial Japanese Navy (1941-1945)<\/em>, 5\/30\/2016, 0-87021-097-1 <\/li>\n<li>Lois McMaster Bujold, <em>Penric&#8217;s Demon<\/em>, 6\/7\/2016, 978-1-59606-769-1 <\/li>\n<li>Clay Blair, Jr., <em>Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan 1<\/em>, 6\/10\/2016, 78-0-3970-0753-0 <\/li>\n<li>Clay Blair, Jr., <em>Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War Against Japan 2<\/em>, 6\/15\/2016, 78-0-3970-0753-0 <\/li>\n<li>Tom Kratman, <em>The Rods and the Axe<\/em>, 6\/17\/2016, 978-1-4767-8074-0 <\/li>\n<li>Yahtzee Crowshaw, <em>Jam<\/em>, 6\/20\/2016, 978-1-59582-957-3 <\/li>\n<li>Charles Stross, <em>The Nightmare Stacks<\/em>, 6\/29\/2016, 978-0-425-28119-2 <\/li>\n<li>Daniel Hannan, <em>Inventing Freedom: How the English-speaking peoples made the modern world<\/em>, 6\/30\/2016, 978-0-06-223173-4 <\/li>\n<li>Garnet Rogers, <em>Night Drive: Travels with my brother<\/em>, 7\/13\/2016, 978-0-9950742-0-0 <\/li>\n<li>Richard Blake, <em>Game of Empires<\/em>, 7\/13\/2016, 978-1-5307-8096-9<\/li>\n<li>Robin LeBlanc &#038; Jordan St. John, <em>The Ontario Craft Beer Guide<\/em>, 7\/13\/2016, 978-1-4597-3566-8 <\/li>\n<li>Arturo P\u00e9rez-Reverte, <em>Captain Alatriste<\/em>, 7\/18\/2016, 0-452-28711-1 <\/li>\n<li>Richard Blake, <em>Death in Ravenna<\/em>, 7\/25\/2016, 978-1-5307-8181-2 <\/li>\n<li>Giovanni Guareschi, <em>The House That Nino Built: A novel (very autobiographical- very)<\/em>, 7\/30\/2016, No ISBN<\/li>\n<li>David J. Bercuson, <em>The Fighting Canadians: Our Regimental History From New France to Afghanistan<\/em>, 8\/24\/2016, 978-1-55468-556-1 <\/li>\n<li>George MacDonald Fraser, <em>The Light&#8217;s on at Signpost<\/em>, 8\/26\/2016, 978-0-00-713647-6&#8243;, <\/li>\n<li>Larry Correia, <em>Monster Hunter Vendetta<\/em>, 8\/29\/2016, 978-1-4391-3391-0 <\/li>\n<li>Larry Correia, <em>Monster Hunter Alpha<\/em>, 8\/31\/2016, 978-1-4391-3458-0 <\/li>\n<li>Larry Correia, <em>Monster Hunter Legion<\/em>, 9\/8\/2016, 978-1-4516-3906-3 <\/li>\n<li>Stephen M. Timko, <em>Toronto, Hamilton &#038; Buffalo In Color<\/em>, 9\/9\/2016, 1-58248-537-2 <\/li>\n<li>Robert Harris, <em>Imperium<\/em>, 9\/13\/2016, 978-0-091-80095-6 <\/li>\n<li>Max Arthur, <em>The Navy: 1939 to the Present Day<\/em>, 9\/17\/2016, 0-340-68469-0 <\/li>\n<li>Bill Linley, <em>Canadian Pacific In Color, Volume 1: Eastern Lines<\/em>, 9\/23\/2016, 1-58248-099-0 <\/li>\n<li>Desmond Seward, <em>Napoleon and Hitler: A comparative biography<\/em>, 9\/23\/2016, 0-670-81480-6 <\/li>\n<li>George Orwell, <em>Keeping Our Little Corner Clean: 1942\u20131943<\/em>, 9\/28\/2016, 978-0-436-40407-8 <\/li>\n<li>Robert Harris, <em>Lustrum<\/em>, 10\/1\/2016, 978-0-09-180100-7 <\/li>\n<li>Algrove Publishing, <em>Book of Trades<\/em>, 10\/3\/2016, 978-1-897030-68-4 <\/li>\n<li>Oakley Hall, <em>Ambrose Bierce and the Queen of Spades<\/em>, 10\/3\/2016, 0-14-028860-0 <\/li>\n<li>Oakley Hall, <em>Ambrose Bierce and the Death of Kings<\/em>, 10\/5\/2016, 0-670-03007-4 <\/li>\n<li>Tim Cook, <em>Fight to the Finish: Canadians in the Second World War 1944-1945<\/em>, 10\/19\/2016, 978-0-670-06768-8 <\/li>\n<li>Oakley Hall, <em>Ambrose Bierce and the Trey of Pearls<\/em>, 10\/24\/2016, 0-670-03270-0 <\/li>\n<li>Ken Greenwald, <em>The Lost Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Based on the original radio plays<\/em>, 10\/28\/2016, 1-56619-540-3 <\/li>\n<li>Hunter S. Thompson, <em>The Great Shark Hunt: The Gonzo Papers Vol. 1<\/em>, 10\/29\/2016, 0-445-04596-5 <\/li>\n<li>Jonah Goldberg, <em>Liberal Fascism: The secret history of the American Left, from Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning<\/em>, 11\/9\/2016, 978-0-7679-1718-6 <\/li>\n<li>Penn Jillette, <em>Every Day Is An Atheist Holiday!<\/em>, 11\/18\/2016, 978-0-399-16156-8 <\/li>\n<li>Max Hastings, <em>Catastrophe 1914: Europe Goes To War<\/em>, 12\/17\/2016, 978-0-307-59705-2 <\/li>\n<li>Mary Beard, <em>SPQR: A history of ancient Rome<\/em>, 12\/28\/2016, 978-1-63149-222-8 <\/li>\n<li>Randall Munroe, <em>xkcd volume 0<\/em>, 12\/29\/2016, 978-0-615-31446-4 <\/li>\n<li>Niall Ferguson, <em>The Great Degeneration: How Institutions Decay and Economies Die<\/em>, 12\/30\/2016, 978-1-59420-545-3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As I was <a href=\"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2015\/12\/31\/blogging-will-continue-to-be-light\/\" target=\"_blank\">unable to do my usual year-end posts last year<\/a>, here&#8217;s the list from 2015:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Richard Blake &mdash; <em>The Sword of Damascus<\/em> &mdash; 1\/6\/2015, 978-1-444-70967-4<\/li>\n<li>Richard Blake &mdash; <em>The Curse of Babylon<\/em> &mdash; 1\/15\/2015, 978-1-444-70973-5<\/li>\n<li>S.M. Stirling &mdash; <em>The Golden Princess<\/em> &mdash; 1\/17\/2015, 978-0-451-41733-6<\/li>\n<li>Richard Blake &mdash; <em>The Ghosts of Athens<\/em> &mdash; 1\/23\/2015, 978-1-444-70970-4<\/li>\n<li>Pelle K. Soeborg &mdash; <em>Rebuilding a Layout from A-Z<\/em> &mdash; 1\/27\/2015, 978-0-89024-817-1<\/li>\n<li>Robert J. Knecht &mdash; <em>The French Religious Wars 1562-1598<\/em> &mdash; 1\/31\/2015, 1-84176-395-0<\/li>\n<li>Christopher Schwarz &mdash; <em>The Anarchist&#8217;s Tool Chest<\/em> &mdash; 2\/3\/2015, 978-0-578-08413-8<\/li>\n<li>Peter Thiel &#038; Blake Masters &mdash; <em>Zero to One: Notes on startups, or How to build the future<\/em> &mdash; 2\/8\/2015, 978-0-8041-3929-8<\/li>\n<li>Radley Balko &mdash; <em>Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America&#8217;s Police Forces<\/em> &mdash; 2\/20\/2015, 978-1-61039-457-4<\/li>\n<li>Duncan B. Campbell &mdash; <em>Greek and Roman Artillery 399 BC &#8211; AD 363<\/em> &mdash; 2\/24\/2015, 1-84176-634-8<\/li>\n<li>David Boaz &mdash; <em>The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto For Freedom<\/em> &mdash; 3\/4\/2015, 978-1-4767-5284-6<\/li>\n<li>George Orwell &mdash; <em>Homage to Catalonia<\/em> &mdash; 3\/10\/2015, 978-0-141-18305-3<\/li>\n<li>Pelle K. Soeborg &mdash; <em>Essential Model Railroad Scenery Techniques<\/em> &mdash; 3\/17\/2015, 978-0-89024-736-5<\/li>\n<li>James Romm &mdash; <em>Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the war for crown and empire<\/em> &mdash; 3\/17\/2015, 978-0-307-27164-8<\/li>\n<li>George Orwell &mdash; <em>A Patriot After All, 1940-1941<\/em> &mdash; 4\/14\/2015, 978-0-436-20540-8<\/li>\n<li>Lou Sassi &mdash; <em>Basic Scenery for Model Railroaders &#8211; Second Edition<\/em> &mdash; 4\/20\/2015, 978-0-89024-946-8<\/li>\n<li>Andr\u00e9 Domine &mdash; <em>A Wine Lover&#8217;s Guide<\/em> &mdash; 4\/29\/2015, 978-3-8480-0341-9<\/li>\n<li>Dominic Sandbrook &mdash; <em>Seasons In The Sun: The Battle for Britain, 1974-1979<\/em> &mdash; 5\/5\/2015, 978-0-141-03216-0 <\/li>\n<li>Dominic Sandbrook &mdash; <em>White Heat: A History of Britain in the Swinging Sixties<\/em> &mdash; 5\/24\/2015, 978-0-349-11820-8<\/li>\n<li>Charles Murray &mdash; <em>By The People: Rebuilding Liberty Without Permission<\/em> &mdash; 5\/27\/2015, 978-0-385-34651-1 <\/li>\n<li>Dominic Sandbrook &mdash; <em>State of Emergency: The Way We Were: Britain 1970-1974<\/em> &mdash; 6\/16\/2015, 978-0-141-03215-3<\/li>\n<li>Ashlee Vance &mdash; <em>Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future<\/em> &mdash; 6\/20\/2015, 978-0-06-230123-9<\/li>\n<li>Bernard Cornwell &mdash; <em>Waterloo: The history of four days, three armies and three battles<\/em> &mdash; 6\/24\/2015, 978-0-00-758019-4<\/li>\n<li>Murray N. Rothbard &mdash; <em>America&#8217;s Great Depression<\/em> &mdash; 6\/29\/2015, 978-0-9454-6605-5<\/li>\n<li>Robert B. Strassler &mdash; <em>The Landmark Herodotus<\/em> &mdash; 7\/5\/2015, 978-1-4000-3114-6 <\/li>\n<li>Fletcher Pratt &mdash; <em>Civil War in Pictures<\/em> &mdash; 7\/9\/2015, No ISBN<\/li>\n<li>Neal Stephenson &mdash; <em>SevenEves<\/em> &mdash; 7\/21\/2015, 978-0-06-219037-6<\/li>\n<li>Randall Munroe &mdash; <em>What If? Serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions<\/em> &mdash; 7\/25\/2015, 978-0-544-27299-6<\/li>\n<li>Duncan B. Campbell &mdash; <em>Siege Warfare in the Roman World 146 BC &#8211; AD 378<\/em> &mdash; 8\/9\/2015, 1-84176-782-4 <\/li>\n<li>Dominic Sandbrook &mdash; <em>Mad As Hell: The crisis of the 1970s and the rise of the populist right<\/em> &mdash; 8\/14\/2015, 978-1-4000-7724-3<\/li>\n<li>John Mosier &mdash; <em>Verdun: The Lost History of the most important battle of World War 1<\/em> &mdash; 8\/24\/2015, 978-0-451-41462-5<\/li>\n<li>David O&#8217;Keefe &mdash; <em>One Day in August: The Untold Story Behind Canada&#8217;s Tragedy at Dieppe<\/em> &mdash; 8\/31\/2015, 978-0-345-80770-0<\/li>\n<li>Adrian Goldsworthy &mdash; <em>Augustus: From Revolutionary to Emperor<\/em> &mdash; 9\/12\/2015, 978-0-297-86425-7<\/li>\n<li>Robert B. Strassler &mdash; <em>The Landmark Xenophon&#8217;s Hellenika<\/em> &mdash; 9\/22\/2015, 978-0-375-42255-3<\/li>\n<li>Terry Pratchett &mdash; <em>The Shepherd&#8217;s Crown<\/em> &mdash; 9\/24\/2015, 978-0-857-53481-1<\/li>\n<li>James Romm &mdash; <em>The Landmark Arrian: The Campaigns of Alexander<\/em> &mdash; 10\/7\/2015, 978-0-375-42346-8<\/li>\n<li>Bernard Kempinski &mdash; <em>Model Railroads Go To War<\/em> &mdash; 10\/12\/2015, 978-0-89024-953-6<\/li>\n<li>General Smedley Butler &mdash; <em>War is a Racket<\/em> &mdash; 10\/27\/2015, 978-1-2782-0738-2<\/li>\n<li>Conrad Black &mdash; <em>Rise to Greatness: The History of Canada from the Vikings to the Present<\/em> &mdash; 11\/1\/2015, 978-0-7710-1354-6<\/li>\n<li>C.P. Stacey &mdash; <em>Six Years of War<\/em> &mdash; 11\/3\/2015, No ISBN<\/li>\n<li>Pete Brown &mdash; <em>Man Walks Into A Pub: A sociable history of beer<\/em> &mdash; 11\/5\/2015, 978-0-330-41220-9<\/li>\n<li>Charles Stross &mdash; <em>The Annihilation Score<\/em> &mdash; 11\/10\/2015, 978-0-425-28117-8<\/li>\n<li>James F. Dunnigan &mdash; <em>The Perfect Soldier: Special Operations, Commandos and the Future of US Warfare<\/em> &mdash; 11\/17\/2015, 0-8065-2416-2<\/li>\n<li>Robin Waterfield &mdash; <em>Dividing the Spoils: The war for Alexander the Great&#8217;s Empire<\/em> &mdash; 11\/18\/2015, 978-0-19-964700-2<\/li>\n<li>Charles Stross &mdash; <em>Neptune&#8217;s Brood: A Space Opera<\/em> &mdash; 11\/19\/2015, 978-0-425-25677-0<\/li>\n<li>Gavin Mortimer &mdash; <em>The SAS in World War II<\/em> &mdash; 11\/26\/2015, 978-1-4728-0875-2<\/li>\n<li>Robin Waterfield &mdash; <em>Taken at the Flood: The Roman conquest of Greece<\/em> &mdash; 11\/27\/2015, 978-0-19-965646-2<\/li>\n<li>Pete Brown &mdash; <em>Three Sheets to the Wind: 300 bars in 13 countries<\/em> &mdash; 12\/6\/2015, 978-0-330-44247-3<\/li>\n<li>Alexander Payne &mdash; <em>Sideways: The Shooting Script<\/em> &mdash; 12\/20\/2015, 978-1-55704-655-U W\/Jim Taylor<\/li>\n<li>Mungo Melvin &mdash; <em>Manstein: Hitler&#8217;s Greatest General<\/em> &mdash; 12\/26\/2015, 978-0-7538-2853-3<\/li>\n<li>Troy Little &mdash; <em>Hunter S. Thompson&#8217;s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas<\/em> &mdash; 12\/27\/2015, 978-1-60309-375-0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t read as much as I&#8217;d like, and time spent blogging or gaming certainly eats into the available time that would otherwise be spent between the covers of yet another book. 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