So...what book are you reading at the moment?

[chickenstrip]

[bhinso]

I'd recommend any of Edward Rutherford's books (Sarum, London, Russka, New York, etc.)

He sets each novel about a place at the beginning of its history. For example London starts with Ceasers invasion in 54BC, and works its way all the way up to the Blitz and the present day. The characters are from the same families through the generations, and they are intertwined with major historical events.

New York starts with New Amsterdam. Why they changed it I can't say, people just liked it better that way..

[Clanger]

I have just read a book called Marked For Death by Tony Kent - at last, an author who doesn't feel he needs to round it off with a mushy / cheesy / Americanised finish.

I now need the charity shops to re-open so I can find his first book, since this was the second.
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[hellkat]

[Clanger]

[panrider_uk]

We Are Legion (We are Bob)

Re-reading the 1st of the Bobiverse trilogy by Dennis E. Taylor
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[hellkat]

I've just got down "The Prince" (Niccolo Machiavelli) to read; it's been sat up there for WAY TOO LONG and because it is reasonably short, I figured I could do it justice in what's left of the lockdown - seeing as how I have achieved fuck all else

I have a long list of classics I haven't yet crossed off
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Not nearly as interesting in real life.

[spottedtango]

I’ve recently started reading Aldous Huxley’s Island. I’m actually quite enjoying it.

It’s about a journalist on a fictional island called pala where eastern and western philosophy meet. It’s quite thought provoking at times.

[hellkat]

Well that wass a short sweet interlude.

I started the Prince, got to page 4 and then someone phoned me and asked me to edit a book about food supplements. Its much less engaging.

But slightly more lucrative.
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[Omega]

The Nowhere Man, part of the Orphan X series. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes Andy McNab or Chris Ryan type books.

Basically, Orphan X is your typical black ops type character who has "gone rogue" using his skills to help people in need. Easy reading.

[Clanger]

I have just finished The Hundred Year Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson - an international best seller by all accounts.

This started off as a really good adventure and great read, but it started getting bogged down in too much irrelevant detail...and then didn't finish where it should have finished. So I stopped reading it at the point I felt the story ended.

The sad thing about this book is, that the initial pages started falling out, each time I got further through the book more pages fell out. Which was rather distracting too. They need gluing back in, which I cannot d o.
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Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter won't mind - Dr. Seuss

[chickenstrip]

Been back to mostly military history stuff lately, currently close to finishing one on fast jets in Vietnam.
But my mind has also been on mountains again lately. I think I'm trying to figure out a way to go and die on one - since if I try anything ambitious, that is undoubtedly what I will do
So, browsing t'net I stumbled on a blog site by one Mark Horrell. I've read a few of his his free E books and enjoyed them. Here's a mountain man after my own heart! For him I think it has always been more about enjoying his time among such spectacular regions of the Earth, rather than climbing, or anything so dodgy

A taster from his website:

https://www.markhorrell.com/blog/2020/why-im-not-a-big-fan-of-rock-climbing/

Are you taking note, ThunderGuts & mentalboy?

And then I saw he had a book up that I hadn't read, so sacrificed a couple of kilos of rice for the month, and will be launching into it shortly:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B014RGVXAS/?tag=markhorr-21
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[Ribenapigeon]

Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L Trump

Just started it. Its not often i buy a book like this but given her qualification and experience i think its worth a read.

[blurredman]

The Keep - F. Paul Wilson

Watched the film several times- really enjoying the book!
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[thx1138]

Class Power on Zero Hours

[thx1138]

[thx1138]

[bhinso]

Turns out the Spambot did it.

[blurredman]

[hellkat]

Hardback
Cat Detective, solving the mystery of your cat's behaviour
Always worth a look into the reasoning behind cat headfuckery

Kindle
The Flogger Fetish, understanding the pleasure of pain
yeah yeah

Audible
My Dad the Spy - Stewart Copeland
Yes, that Stewart Copeland

I haven't got a novel going on at the moment. The last one I read was a re-read, The Hangman's Daughter by Oliver Potsch.
Very good series about a medieval hangman in Germany.
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[panrider_uk]

The MArtian - the book of the film with Matt Damon in it.
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[Islander]

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