What Are You Reading

[DNO]

Finished rereading the first installment of the Flashman Papers. The delopement at the duel is quite good, and of course there's Flashman's survival at Piper's Fort. Nothing like a bounder that makes good in spite of himself.

Don't forget: a self-confessed cad, womanizer, cheat and coward! Quite a good hand at languages, though. The Flashman Papers are one of my absolute favourite series of books.

 

[jamespowers]

Finished The Great Degeneration. Now on to The Highland Hawk.

 

[Hercule]

Currently engrossed in The Island at the Center of the World.

 

[J.W.]

The Town and the City - Jack Kerouac

 

[Black Dahlia]

Fortunately, his works are pretty easy to find whether it be a paperback or an e-reader format. Enjoy!

Hi TOE,

I saw some of his books in a local bookstore last week. Very expensive! I'll wait until I find more at flea markets or used book stores!

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[FaceOfBoh]

Currently making my way through John D MacDonald's Travis McGee series. Just working on A Purple Place for Dying.

 

[Touchofevil]

Hi TOE,

I saw some of his books in a local bookstore last week. Very expensive! I'll wait until I find more at flea markets or used book stores!

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Good evening B. Dahlia,
One more reason Amazon is a good friend of mine. I was able to load up on Simenon many years ago for a pretty decent price. You can fnd used versions selling for pretty cheap prices. Best of luck in your search.

 

[KILO NOVEMBER]

How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed by Ray Kurzweil

 

[Harp]

Nothing like a bounder that makes good in spite of himself.

Don't forget: a self-confessed cad, womanizer, cheat and coward! Quite a good hand at languages, though.

...a good soldier adjusts and adapts, makes the terrain work to his advantage---

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A chance find: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, A Bondage of Opium by Molly Lefebure

 

[VintageBee]

Getting ready to read, "The Poisoners Handbook". Is a Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder.
And then there is, "The Shell Seekers", by Rosamunde Pilcher, which I re-read at least once a year. It takes place in the current day but then recalls a woman's life growing up during WWII.

 

[jamespowers]

Getting ready to read, "The Poisoners Handbook". Is a Jazz Age tale of chemistry and detection, poison and murder.

If you are married, I bet your husband will want to eat out for the next few weeks if he sees you reading that. lol lol

 

[VintageBee]

LOL! I love him too much to even think about that
Actually, he was given the book by our county Agriculture commissioner! (He's definitely not a reader).

There is an interesting book I haven't finished reading yet titled, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. It takes place in WWII

 

[cw3pa]

Finished reading Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier this mourning. It's amazing how closely Hitchcock and Selznick's script stayed to the story line. And We still don't know her name.

 

[Smithy]

Just finished Tom Robb Smith's "Child 44", a brilliant and rollercoaster thriller set in Stalinist Russia.

And today just started "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and I already love it.

 

[Touchofevil]

Just finished Tom Robb Smith's "Child 44", a brilliant and rollercoaster thriller set in Stalinist Russia.

And today just started "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon and I already love it.

I have both books, but have yet to get to either. I am going to have to live well past 150 years of age to make it through my library.

 

[Sylvesterd]

Check out the Agent Pendergast series from Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston. I think their character Special Agent Alyosius Pendergast would read this blog. He deals with crimes of an unusual nature, always wears a suit, has refined tastes and drives a vintage Rolls. Not Hemingway but a good beach read


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[maduro 5]

Robert Harris "An Officer and a Spy". It arrived today, had it pre-ordered, it hit the stores last week. 1895 "Dreyfus" affair, as it was called.

 

[Smithy]

I have both books, but have yet to get to either. I am going to have to live well past 150 years of age to make it through my library.

Hi TOE,

"Child 44" is excellent and does a wonderful job of conveying the paranoia and terror of the Soviet regime under Stalin. I honestly couldn't put it down, it's one of those books where you miss your train stop because you've got your nose so buried in it.

Only just started "The Shadow of the Wind" but it's so intriguing and the writing is really beautiful - also testament to Lucia Graves (Robert Graves' daughter) who translated it.

Definitely put either of these at the top of your next to read list.

 

[Matt Crunk]

Been reading through the "Mammoth Book of Great Detective Stories" and "Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories" this week. Good stuff.

 

[esteban68]

recently finished child 44 and yes it's a good one it really showcases the Soviet regime of the time...stark!

I've read quite a few of the 'Joe Picket' books by C J Box which I have enjoyed immensly!