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Post by anothermanicmondas on Dec 24, 2019 11:22:47 GMT
spending my Christmas reading I've read Bernice Summerfield:"Genius loci" then "Somebody owes me money" by Donald E Westlake and now going "Into the Unknown" with Erimem
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Post by polly on Dec 24, 2019 21:45:36 GMT
The Holmes re-read continues with A Study in Scarlet.
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Post by tuigirl on Dec 25, 2019 18:43:45 GMT
Started to read the latest Invisible Library book, The Secret Chapter. I just love these books. And I am amazed that the author manages to find an interesting angle every time. She uses a certain different theme or genre each time, this time it seems to be old James Bond style thrillers. As per usual I am loving it. Wonderful characters und great pacing. A page-Turner.
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Post by anothermanicmondas on Dec 26, 2019 14:44:02 GMT
I finished reading the Erimem 2016 collection yesterday (appropriately ending with "All I want for CHristmas") now onto "Moon over Soho"
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Post by coffeeaddict on Dec 26, 2019 17:36:27 GMT
I finished reading the Erimem 2016 collection yesterday (appropriately ending with "All I want for CHristmas") now onto "Moon over Soho" I love the Peter Grant books by Ben Aaronovich - the eight novel is out in February. The comics which are done by Andrew Cartmel are as good as the novels.
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Post by tuigirl on Dec 26, 2019 18:40:03 GMT
I finished reading the Erimem 2016 collection yesterday (appropriately ending with "All I want for CHristmas") now onto "Moon over Soho" I love the Peter Grant books by Ben Aaronovich - the eight novel is out in February. The comics which are done by Andrew Cartmel are as good as the novels. I seriously can't wait.
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Post by fitzoliverj on Jan 4, 2020 15:09:05 GMT
"Envoy on Excursion", written and set in late 1939, and all about the wartime bureaucracy in Britain and diplomatic wooing of neutral countries. It's the absolute funniest laugh-out-loud book of Brahms and Simon I've read, much funnier than even "No Bed for Bacon". {There's one lovely bit about... well, you know the bit in "Life, the Universe and Everything" about the sun? Like that, but so much better.) (Must also recommend the throwaway line about the US diplomatic objection to Britain reading its dispatches. The Americans are resigned to that, but are unhappy with the censors correcting their spelling).
It's the kind of that wouldn't have been allowed to be published in many countries, with blackouts and censors and all sorts ridiculed. (Quite apart from anything else, it underlines how slowly the war developed at first - in the second half of the novel, getting a train from Eastern Europe to Holland is still considered feasible). In the introduction, Ned Sherrin reports that one reading in the British Expeditionary Force decided he had to destroy his copy in expectation of being captured and not wanting to be in possession of a book featuring Churchill and Hitler as characters; the soldier managed to escape via Dunkirk, however, and on making landfall in Kent his first order of business was to find out how the story ended).
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Post by frisby78 on Jan 16, 2020 23:49:02 GMT
Currently reading ON FIRE by Ben Stokes.
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Post by Tim Bradley on Jan 30, 2020 10:21:49 GMT
Hello everyone! I've finished reading 'Spider-Man: Hostile Takeover' by David Liss. My review on the book will be on my blog tomorrow. Tim.
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Post by Tim Bradley on Jan 31, 2020 7:41:08 GMT
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Post by grinch on Feb 4, 2020 14:27:31 GMT
Currently reading ‘Sharpe’s Tiger’ at the moment. Been trying to broaden my horizons when it comes to genres I read and I’ve heard nothing but good things about Bernard Cornwall.
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Post by mark687 on Feb 4, 2020 19:29:07 GMT
Currently reading ‘Sharpe’s Tiger’ at the moment. Been trying to broaden my horizons when it comes to genres I read and I’ve heard nothing but good things about Bernard Cornwall. The Sharpe Series is brilliant in any format There was a TV Series with Sean Bean and most Audiobook versions were read by a certain Paul McGann Regards mark687
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Post by newt5996 on Feb 11, 2020 1:56:33 GMT
Currently reading Shogun by: James Clavell which is incredibly long and perhaps a bit too waffly, but at about 450 pages into the 1300 page novel. Historical Fiction really isn't my genre, though Clavell's story is quite enjoyable and suitably epic for a long page count.
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Post by Digi on Feb 11, 2020 11:57:57 GMT
Most recently read Carol Leonig & Philip Rucker's A Very Stable Genius. And after that I decided I needed a dose of sanity so I've been reading and am currently about 1/3 of the way through Michelle Obama's book, Becoming.
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Post by polly on Feb 12, 2020 0:04:56 GMT
Still revisiting the Sherlock Holmes canon. After finishing Study in Scarlet, I've been picking short stories at random. Currently enjoying The Speckled Band and I was halfway tempted to just listen to the Nicholas Brickolas BF version, but reading is good for you...
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Castellan
You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Feb 20, 2020 10:43:23 GMT
Arrow: Vengance. Part original, part novelisation.
Very lightweight, but enjoyable
Getting through it very quickly
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Castellan
You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Feb 20, 2020 10:46:03 GMT
Currently reading ‘Sharpe’s Tiger’ at the moment. Been trying to broaden my horizons when it comes to genres I read and I’ve heard nothing but good things about Bernard Cornwall. Cornwell is excellent & Tiger is wonderful.
When you read a lot of Cornwell you find that they all start to seem a bit samey after a while, so read other books in between
You can't go far wrong with Sharpe, but my personal favourite is The Warlord Trilogy (King Arthur)
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Castellan
You know, now that you mention it, I actually do rather like Attack of the Cybermen ...
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Post by lidar2 on Feb 26, 2020 9:11:38 GMT
Lady Audley's Secret by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2020 0:06:39 GMT
Among the Cannibals. Published in 2008 and detailing some of the last surviving cannibal subcultures in the world. You know, just some light reading... Definitely not research for a possible Who story, no sir...
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Post by timegirl on Feb 27, 2020 1:18:07 GMT
Among the Cannibals. Published in 2008 and detailing some of the last surviving cannibal subcultures in the world. You know, just some light reading... Definitely not research for a possible Who story, no sir... Would that happen to be an Androgum related Who story?😉
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