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Post by Admin on May 12, 2023 13:23:34 GMT 10
The idea of this thread is for people to post the title and author of the book they are currently reading along with a brief description of its genre or content/storyline.
Hopefully we'll find authors or genres which we would not otherwise have discovered.
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Post by Mike Harding on May 12, 2023 13:37:38 GMT 10
I'm currently re-reading The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth, it was published in 1974 but still feels contemporary.
Its, fictional, story regards a UK minerals company who hire a group of mercenaries to overthrow the government of a small African country in order to gain mining rights. As always Forsyth writes well.
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Post by pete on May 20, 2023 23:29:56 GMT 10
The Dogs of War, that brings back some old memories.
Read that, must have been late seventies. I do remember I liked it then.
Another good one of his books I read back then was The Day of the Jackal.
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Post by magnarc on May 25, 2023 9:03:59 GMT 10
I once tried Catcher in the Rye. Surrendered after two chapters!!! Just finished the latest Jack Reacher by Lee Child. At my time of life I prefer a little bit of light reading that doesn't tax my brain cells any more than necessary.
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Post by santa on May 25, 2023 11:00:40 GMT 10
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Reading for the third time.
Its a great read, set in 19th century Russia it looks at god, free will and morality.
Its complex and takes some dedication to get through, each time I read it I see more and more in the make up of the characters.
Dostoevsky deserves his place as one of the worlds literary giants.
As a matter of interest it was also an engrossing movie from 1958, starring Yul Brynner, Maria Schell (what a stunner she was) Lee J Cobb and Claire Bloom.
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Post by Mike Harding on May 25, 2023 12:25:18 GMT 10
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky. It is on my Kindle awaiting its turn on the reading list  |
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Post by santa on May 25, 2023 12:58:49 GMT 10
Will be interested in your thoughts after reading Mike.
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Post by Mike Harding on Jul 11, 2023 16:43:02 GMT 10
Act of Oblivion by Robert Harris.
A novel regarding the hunt for two men who signed the death warrant of King Charles 1st.
It's OK but Robert Harris has written better.
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Post by Mike Harding on Nov 13, 2023 11:34:19 GMT 10
Truth by Peter Temple Goodreads
The main character, Steve Villani, is head of homicide in Melbourne; the story follows both his personal and professional life as he investigates a murder. I became a little tired of the inner city "cop speak" and if anyone was under as much pressure as Villani I think they'd be spending a lot of time with their psychiatrist nevertheless Peter Temple writes very well and creates excellent plots - 7/10 from me. |
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Post by magnarc on Nov 13, 2023 11:58:39 GMT 10
Currently reading Wilbur Smith, "Predator". A Hector Cross novel. Plenty of action with terrorism and the like. Have read a couple of his books, The Dark of the Sun and A Time to Die. Like his work. Also partial to Forsyth but have not read any of his work for sometime.
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Post by pete on Nov 14, 2023 19:29:39 GMT 10
The Appeal by John Grisham.
An easy read about how corporate can buy and own the judiciary.
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Post by pete on Dec 22, 2023 0:28:32 GMT 10
Another John Grisham book: The Summons.
About the doings of a small town judge.
Just started so no comment yet.
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Post by Mike Harding on Dec 22, 2023 6:36:45 GMT 10
I'm re-reading Altered Carbon by Richard K Morgan Goodreads
It's a science fiction novel with a host of futuristic concepts all of which are quite believable. Surprisingly it's Morgan's first novel and a long, complex and very well written book. It was made into a Netflix TV series which I thought was rubbish, the book is too complex to readily translate to TV or film. |
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Post by santa on Dec 22, 2023 11:55:42 GMT 10
Crime and Punishment, once again Dostoevsky, I have a passion for Russian authors.
Just finished War and Peace, what a marathon.  |
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Post by santa on Dec 22, 2023 11:59:47 GMT 10
The Appeal by John Grisham. An easy read about how corporate can buy and own the judiciary. Don't think I've read The Appeal Pete, will have to chase it up.
I enjoy Grisham.
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