HOW DO I RANK UP?

I don't think he is doing very well. He's not been on WW2Talk since December.

 

I'm sorry to hear that. His posts were like a breath of fresh air, if somewhat pointed.

 

Much to my wife's chagrin, I have 150 devoted to WWII, with 5 more expected in this week. That does not count books on other wars and other subjects. Many of them are packed in plastic crates and stored in my shed.

I need far more shelf space.

 

This got me to thinking and if I discount the 36 volume set of World War II Encyclopedia; I have an 8 volume set on World War I, an 11 volume set of "The Journals of Louis & Clark", a couple of books on the Civil War, another dozen miscellaneous books of Military Biographies - Battleships, 2 or 3 on Famous Speeches, a few more on each branch of the Armed Services, around 10 or 12 on Aircraft -WW2 to present day, 1/2 a dozen books on Native Americans, a couple on Custer, most of Tom Clancy's books, a few on the early years of Nasa and the Apollo missions, a few 1940's era Military issued textbooks, pamphlets and handbooks, around a dozen on early America history and approximately another 60 to 80 of eclectic titles to round it all off. Once I get a "Kindle" and with the 'web', I'll quickly add a few hundred more.
As for age of TT? Eleven and a half.
Unlike Texas, we have long Winters and plenty of time to sit back and enjoy a good book in the evenings since it gets dark by 4pm.

 

Seven? Well we'll see what we can do about that.

 

Thanks Biak!

I use Librarything.com to catalogue my books. If you go there, you can see all of my books. It's free to join, but I went ahead an bought a lifetime membership.

The books I ordered came in, also
German Order of Battle, books I & II, Mitchum (Stackpole, Pub)
The United States Army in World War I (one), Rinaldi
Order of Battle The Red Army in WWII, Porter
The Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year (2011) I have the previous 12 years of this book

I wanted George Forty's Handbook of the British Army, but it is out of print and a USED copy was better than $60.

 

I've started to narrow my reading to the 5th Air Force and the SWPA. Predominately the 348th Fighter Group operational area (go figure) Found a lot of excellent information on the web, such as General Kenney's Report and a nearly complete listing of P-47 serial numbers for the years 1941-1945. Thanks to USMCPrice - I'll throw in the occasional Civil War book now and then. I want to peruse the WW1 series this Spring. B-Day coming up in a couple of months and nonchalantly drop the hint about the "Kindle" no more than three or four times a day.

 

What's $329 anyway? Get two while you are at it-one for bedside and the other for the john.

 

I'm also registered at Librarything.com (thanks to a "gentle" nudge from Jeff). So far, I have about 28 WW2 books listed. It's given me the incentive to clear some space in my son's old room to make a WW2 library of sorts (they're kind of wedged into a small space now). However, my wife is getting me a Nook for my birthday, and my plan is to load it with books from WW2. It won't take up nearly as much room.