crunchy frog Posted December 27, 2024 Posted December 27, 2024 Got this for Christmas, I'm fair enjoying it. Quote
Shanks said no Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 Excellent, last of the trilogy Quote
TuckerCarlsonsToupee Posted December 28, 2024 Posted December 28, 2024 A music book called “The Birth and Impact of Britpop”. An interesting take on the period. Lots of stuff about bands outside of the big names. Quote
EH11_2NL Posted December 29, 2024 Posted December 29, 2024 I've seen A Sense of Freedom a dozen times and read the book 3 or 4. Quote
superjack Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 My daughters boyfriend got me a cracking book for Christmas, the 51 shirts book. Considering he's a hibby I think it's an amazing present. Quote
periodictabledancer Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 Just finished it. Fascinating stuff about where DNA research is at now and what it can/ can't tell us. Some revelations about human origins. Quote
Malinga the Swinga Posted December 31, 2024 Posted December 31, 2024 Finally got 'The Instruments if Darkness' by John Connolly. It's the latest in Charlie Parker series and it's awesome. Quote
periodictabledancer Posted January 1 Posted January 1 5 hours ago, Boof said: I've heard of it. Quote
Ulysses Posted January 1 Posted January 1 1 hour ago, periodictabledancer said: I've heard of it. Have you? Quote
Boof Posted January 10 Posted January 10 On 01/01/2025 at 16:56, Boof said: On 01/01/2025 at 22:17, periodictabledancer said: I've heard of it. Up to chapter 34 - still no mention of fitba'. Thinking it's a bit of a dud... Quote
periodictabledancer Posted January 10 Posted January 10 39 minutes ago, Boof said: Up to chapter 34 - still no mention of fitba'. Thinking it's a bit of a dud... Quote
Seymour M Hersh Posted January 10 Posted January 10 True Believer by Jack Carr. Finished his first, Terminal List, just before Christmas it was v good. Quote
Haken Posted January 15 Posted January 15 One of King's better efforts of late. Its politics have apparently upset a few folk and I doubt it's a coincidence that the two perpetrators' surname is Harris (not a spoiler, you know from the prologue who the baddies are). And now onto: Quote
ehcaley Posted January 22 Posted January 22 Just finished Jo Nesbos The Kingdom and Blood Ties which,IMO,are his best so far. Quote
BlueRiver Posted January 27 Posted January 27 Also On 21/01/2025 at 23:52, BlueRiver said: And Finished The Wager the other night. Anybody that likes a story about shipwrecks, mutiny and survival in the 1700s...couldn't recommend it enough. Lord Byron's grandad was a midshipman on it and spent about 6 years away from home. Influenced a lot of his grandson's writing. Will definitely be picking up more by Grann. Quote
Tazio Posted January 29 Posted January 29 All the time I was reading this I was thinking he’s going to make a lot of money from film and TV adaptations and it turns out Netflix have bought the rights to this already. And a film is planned based on his Thursday Murder Club series of books. Quote
Francis Albert Posted February 12 Posted February 12 (edited) Georcg Orwell 's Inside the Whale, selection of essays first published in 1941. still relevant and readable today. (Ironic that a thread about reading consists almost entirely of pictures. Google Amazon Books if you want a picture of one of the many covers of the book) Edited February 12 by Francis Albert Quote
Ribble Posted February 18 Posted February 18 About 75% of the way through the below and now fully aboard the Tony Bloom/Jamestown analytics train Quote
HeartsandonlyHearts Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Watched Slow Horses so thought I’d try Mick Herron. The dark humor comes through even in the books. I like them. Finished Dolphin Junction and now reading The Secret Hours. Quote
SE16 3LN Posted February 27 Posted February 27 Endell Street by Wendy Moore Was always marketed as a feminist Suffragette book, but the horror story is the class system that broke young men in the trenches, most of whom didn't have the vote. Alright, Women who graduated Cambridge didn't have the same rights as their upper class male colleagues, but the malnourished, lice and disease ridden men they tried to save had none of their privileges. Quote
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