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Subscriber nudge+ Posted September 13, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted September 13, 2022 Starting this tonight. Has been touted as the best science book of 2022 by so many; really eager to check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted November 2, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted November 2, 2022 Just ordered the book below by Andrew Grant, the younger brother of Lee Childs who writes the Jack Reacher books and Andrew is co-writing Reacher with his brother atm and will soon take over writing about Jack Reacher as Lee Childs will be retiring from writing Reacher. Spoiler “When I saw the body, my first thought was to just keep on walking. This one had nothing to do with me.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted December 26, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 26, 2022 Starting this tonight. I love reading about exploration and adventures that actually happened, and according to the reviews I've read, this one seems to have it all - wild orgies, bloody battles, mutinies, shipwrecks, torture, disease, treasure, as well as the historical details of the state of navigation, European politics, global trade, and early European encounters with other cultures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandito Burrito Posted December 26, 2022 Share Posted December 26, 2022 Perceval ou le conte du graal french book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waylander Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Currently reading this and very good too........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted December 27, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 27, 2022 On 02/11/2022 at 10:38, CaaC (John) said: Just ordered the book below by Andrew Grant, the younger brother of Lee Childs who writes the Jack Reacher books and Andrew is co-writing Reacher with his brother atm and will soon take over writing about Jack Reacher as Lee Childs will be retiring from writing Reacher. Spoiler Hide contents “When I saw the body, my first thought was to just keep on walking. This one had nothing to do with me.” A bit disappointed with reading it and if I give it a rating I would give it a 4/10, a strange ending, and to me, I think he was trying to make the guy another Jack Reacher with a different personality and I could pick up little bits of a Lee Child in the book, so in all, he was trying to write the same as his brother but he got it all wrong. Now I am reading the book below by an ex-actor now turned author, Gene Hackman and the book is not a bad read at all. Spoiler In their second novel, Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan bring to life the harsh plains and smouldering courtrooms of the Midwest: the small town of Vermilion, Illinois, on the brink of the Great Depression. Boyd Carter is a troubled World War I veteran on the run from the law, suspected of murdering his estranged wife and her lover.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandito Burrito Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 1 hour ago, CaaC (John) said: A bit disappointed with reading it and if I give it a rating I would give it a 4/10, a strange ending, and to me, I think he was trying to make the guy another Jack Reacher with a different personality and I could pick up little bits of a Lee Child in the book, so in all, he was trying to write the same as his brother but he got it all wrong. Now I am reading the book below by an ex-actor now turned author, Gene Hackman and the book is not a bad read at all. Spoiler Reveal hidden contents In their second novel, Gene Hackman and Daniel Lenihan bring to life the harsh plains and smouldering courtrooms of the Midwest: the small town of Vermilion, Illinois, on the brink of the Great Depression. Boyd Carter is a troubled World War I veteran on the run from the law, suspected of murdering his estranged wife and her lover.......... where can i buy it? are there online pdfs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted December 27, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 27, 2022 2 hours ago, Bandito Burrito said: where can i buy it? are there online pdfs? Even: Amazon.co.uk: Andrew Grant: 9780312358488: Books Justice for None by Gene Hackman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bandito Burrito Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 1 minute ago, CaaC (John) said: Even: Amazon.co.uk: Andrew Grant: 9780312358488: Books Justice for None by Gene Hackman cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted December 31, 2022 Subscriber Share Posted December 31, 2022 Our son has finally arrived with the book he promised, the next Lee Child/Jack Reacher book... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Very good so far. Even before it gets to the Mexican War or the Civil War I'm finding it a page-turner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 Most of the way through this. A good introduction to a period of history I didn't know too much about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted January 24, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted January 24, 2023 (edited) Re-reading this: because I recently got this one, which is a sort of a follow-up: The former is probably one of the most harrowing, heart-wrenching books I've ever read; makes me both sad and furious at the same time. Edited January 24, 2023 by nudge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber CaaC (John)+ Posted January 25, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted January 25, 2023 Lee Child's younger brother, 2nd book of his just about to read. Spoiler Obliged to leave New York City in the aftermath of his previous mission, David Trevellyan is summoned to the British Consulate in Chicago. To the same office where, just a week before, his new handler was attacked and shot by a Royal Navy Intelligence operative gone bad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 (edited) Edited February 6, 2023 by Inverted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted February 6, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted February 6, 2023 11 minutes ago, Inverted said: How do you like it so far? I could never get into García Márquez, for whatever reason. Both this one and Love in the Time of Cholera, which I thought was extremely annoying, especially in terms of characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 37 minutes ago, nudge said: How do you like it so far? I could never get into García Márquez, for whatever reason. Both this one and Love in the Time of Cholera, which I thought was extremely annoying, especially in terms of characters. So far I would say I'm more impressed by it than I really enjoy it. It's interesting more than captivating, I would say. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eco Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 3 hours ago, Inverted said: Crazy that you are reading this, as I was just talking about picking this book up again (I tried years ago and never finished). Let me know what you think. I'm about to finish this - Which is really good actually, as he lived in a ashram, and there was a time in my life that I was seriously considering becoming a Buddhist monk. Volume 2 of the series, and the first book was fantastic, whereas this one hasn't caught my attention yet and I haven't felt inspired by the words as of yet, but I'm not half-way through yet so we'll see how it progresses. And then this, which so far is a fantastic read about someone I know very VERY little about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Eco Posted February 17, 2023 Author Share Posted February 17, 2023 (edited) Edited February 17, 2023 by Eco 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subscriber nudge+ Posted February 19, 2023 Subscriber Share Posted February 19, 2023 Camus final work, and his only novel that I haven't read so far. I've been delaying it for years, think it's a good time to start reading it at last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluewolf Posted February 19, 2023 Share Posted February 19, 2023 5 minutes ago, nudge said: Camus final work, and his only novel that I haven't read so far. I've been delaying it for years, think it's a good time to start reading it at last. Better hurry before someone asks for changes to it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inverted Posted April 10, 2023 Share Posted April 10, 2023 (edited) I've read Siddartha, and Narziss und Goldmund, in English, but I'm reading this in German. Not read a book in German for quite a long time so this will likely take me a while. Edited April 10, 2023 by Inverted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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