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Free country by George Mahood... funny!
The Three by Sarah Lotz. Can't put it down
"The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid" by Bill Bryson.
Just hilarious and a wonderful recollection of a far simpler time
Rereading Kim Stanley Robinson's "Blue Mars", the best science fiction novel ever written
I've only just started Blue Mars having Read Red and Green in quick succession last year...
I've a backlog on the kindle now with [i]"Leviathan Wakes"[/i] and some other books to get to, plus I downloaded some book on the Tour Divide I need to pick up again...
I am also a bit of a Phillip K Dick-head but have never read The Man in the High Castle, so will be getting on it as I have started the TV series.
My current thinky book is A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James, and my non-thinky books are the Jack Reacher series. The Feynman book mentioned earlier is excellent too.
Currently got three on the go
Star Wars Aftermath: Empires End
Leviathan Wakes (First Expanse novel)
And my Granddads lake district walking guidebook from 1935
Just finished A Brief History of Seven Killings that I found cheap in the local bookshop. Although a bit of a slog at first, it became very compelling. Now changing gears with a bit of James Herriott, but looking forward to Perdido Street that I have lined up next - hoping it's more like The Scar than Iron Council.
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I am also a bit of a Phillip K Dick-head but have never read The Man in the High Castle, so will be getting on it as I have started the TV series.
The TV series only has a passing reference of similarity to the book.
I'm part way through Celts by Dr Alice Roberts and Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch. Rivers of London was described to me as "Policeman Harry Potter solves crimes whilst meddling with the River Gods... With swearing". Not quite, but it's easy reading and quite fun.
Just finished Faster by Michael Hutchinson.
Just started Corsa Rosa; a history of the Giro D'Italia by Brendan Gallagher. Hopefully finish it just as the race starts so I will be able to bore people with factoids for 3 weeks.
The Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Natasha Pulley.
S'ok.
Treasure Island.
First time too.
🙂
Last: Odyessey - Homer
Filler: Salvador Dali: Eccentric and Genius - Conroy Maddox
Now: [b]Sword of Honour[/b] - Evelyn Waugh
Next: Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
Having not a read a book in over a year I've got two on the go just now:
"The Curse of Brink's Mat" by Wensley Clarkson. A non-fiction book about the heist and the unexpected waves which followed in its wake,
"Bent Coppers" by Graeme McLagan. Another non-fiction about corrupt Metropolitan police officers.
hamishthecat - MemberThe Watchmaker of Filigree Street, Natasha Pulley.
S'ok.
Oh man, I [i]loved[/i] that. Absolutely destroyed it on holiday in the lakes, sat on a rock beside windermere reading in the dark for hours.
Red Fortress - a history of the Kremlin.
Agree that In Search of Robert Miller is an excellent read.
+1 for The Expanse series.
Just reading the third Fire and Ice book (Game of Thrones).
Great reads even if you've seen the TV show. In fact, you're better off watching the tV show first then reading the books otherwise the TV show will seem average.
A selection on the go, as usual;
"The Wake", by Paul Kingsnorth. It's great but the phonemic/cod Anglo Saxon script is a bit of a haul.
Re-Reading "The things the carried" by Tim O'Brien. Still awesome Vietnam narrative.
"Landmarks" by Robert Macfarlane. Only read the preface of his latest, this time on the link between dialect and language. I suspect it will take preference over the other two now I've started!
A couple on the go:
"Nowt but a fleein' Thing" by Al Phizacklea. It's the history of climbing on the crags of Scafell.
"The strange last voyage of Donald Crowhurst" - what it says on the tin really. Entered a round the world solo yacht race, lost his bottle, lost his sanity and eventually stepped off the boat.
That Crowhurst book is great - there's another good book about the race, think it's A Voyage For Madmen ot something, if you want some further reading.