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desertvixen ([personal profile] desertvixen) wrote2014-06-02 08:33 pm
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30 Day Book Meme (2014 version) - Day 23

Day 23 – A book you wanted to read for a long time but still haven’t
2010 Answer: Equal: Women Reshape American Law

This year's answer is We Were Soldiers Once...and Young.  I've seen the movie, of course (and had to suffer through a recitation of First Cavalry Division History today), and I have the book on my Kindle, but I've never made my way through it.  I never seem to be in the right mood.

It's on the list, though.

DV
Day 24 – A book that you wish more people would’ve read
Day 25 – A character who you can relate to the most
Day 26 – A book that changed your opinion about something
Day 27 – The most surprising plot twist or ending
Day 28 – Favorite title
Day 29 – A book everyone hated but you liked
Day 30 – Your favorite book of all time
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[identity profile] selenite.livejournal.com 2014-06-02 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
I have the sample for that on my kindle. I started it, but there's the implicit dread that anybody I like is probably going to die horribly. So it's winding up in the same category as GRRM.

[identity profile] desert-vixen.livejournal.com 2014-06-03 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it has that whole reality thing. The movie was very good, and I love Sam Elliot's portrayal of CSM Basil Plumley.

Sgt. Ernie Savage: Good morning, Sergeant Major.

Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: How do you know what kind of goddamn day it is?

[identity profile] selenite.livejournal.com 2014-06-03 09:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmmm. I've never seen it. Probably should be next year's Memorial Day movie.

[identity profile] desert-vixen.livejournal.com 2014-06-04 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)

It's good. It does have language (as evidenced by the quote above, as well as my other favorite from the CSM, "who are you, a fucking weatherman?") and a degree of war violence, it's very good. Madeleine Stowe is excellent as Julie Moore, and she's the character that gave it the best moment.
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