"Band Of Brothers"

Now I've promised you a review on this book so here it is:

"Band Of Brothers" by Stephen Ambrose is very interesting, if you're in to WWII history at all. As I love WWII history I enjoyed this book. In this book you will learn about the 506th Regiment 'E' Company 101st Airborne Division, " The Screaming Eagles." You will learn about brutally intense training at Toccoa, dropping for the first time in Normandy on D-Day, and ultimately, the surrender of Germany and the end of WWII.

This book is filled with stories of the soldiers, quotes from personal diaries, and interviews.

There is a lot of swearing all through the book { as most war books have } as well as some crude humor, and a bit of innuendo, but that is more toward the end of the book. The violence is not very intense. Also some people might take offense at the amount of drinking that goes on in the books. I would say this is probably not a book for someone under the age 15.

If you decide to read the book please make sure you read the last chapter,
" Post War Careers." This chapter tells about some of the men's lives after the war.

One of the stories is about a man { Stg. Skinny Sisk} that was haunted for all the things he had done in the war and took to drinking heavily. He stayed that way until his sister's daughter { only 4 years old} told him that Jesus loved him. It sounds like he became a Christian and was ordained in 1949 into the ministry.

Altogether I enjoyed the book so I give the highly action packed "Band Of Brothers" 3 1/2 stars.

"The Lord Of The Rings"

Now I know a lot of people have mixed opinions about J.R.R. Tolkien's "Lord Of The Rings", but since this is my blog; I will give you my opinion. I have to admit this series is probably my favorite series of books of all time, and I'll tell you why.

These books { The Hobbit, Fellowship Of The Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return Of The King} are very well written and set in the mythological Middle-earth. The story is very engrossing, exciting etc. However, many people have problem with these books because of the magic that Tolkien describes in his books. Some of Tolkien's characters use Magic, some of themon the good side some on the bad, but never do you get the impression that magic is something you should to try to acquire. At least that is my impression when I have read it.

The books also show Good vs. Evil very well, and while you read you begin to hate the evil characters ( Sauron, Saruman orcs, etc. ) and learn that the good people can become as corrupted by ring as much as the Evil characters .

Also in different times in the book Gandalf mentions a higher power that is in control of everything.

I have read all the the books multiple times and love them. I give the first book { The Hobbit } 4 stars, the second { The Fellowship } 4 and a half stars, The third { The Two Towers } 5 stars, and the fourth { The return of the King } 5 stars.

Warnings: There is magical content that some might find offensive and some violence.

I also enjoyed the movies, but they are not as good as the books.

"Twelve Angry Men"

Twelve Angry Men is one of my favorite movies. It is about a jury which has to decide between a guilty or not guilty sentence on a boy accused of first degree murder.

The movie is filmed almost entirely in one room but is very engrossing, and there are many famous actors including Henry Fonda.

There is just a little bit of swearing because as the movie progresses tensions rise, as the movie title implies- Twelve Angry Men.

As I said this is one of my favorites because of the high reasoning involved, invoking a lot of thought in a electrifying atmosphere. So I give it 4 1/2 Stars, for the highly thought provoking - Twelve Angry men.

When Hell Was In Session.

" When Hell Was In Session" a true story written by a Vietnam POW Admiral Jeremiah Denton JR..

It depicts life in a Vietnamese prison camp over 7 and a half years until he was released in 1973.

This book is written as a Biography so you learn what he was thinking, feeling, and wanting.

I am going to give you some warnings, this book has a medium amount of language a little bit of sexual content, and he describes his torture sessions in detail.

I liked the book because of how historically accurate it is, and that it shows the dedication of our military. A good read and I would recommend to people over the age 15.

I give the book 4 stars.

There is also Documentary called Return With Honor Directed by Tom Hanks that is about this same subject which also has Jeremiah Denton Jr. in it. I would Also strongly recommend this Documentary.