16-09-2021, 19:47
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Re: What are you reading?
Recently read
The End of Men - Christina Sweeney-Baird
The Great North Road - Peter F Hamilton (re-read)
Light Chaser - Peter F Hamilton & Gareth L Powell
Home - Harlan Coben
Zero Day Code - John Birmingham
Fail State - John Birmingham
Sleeper Agent - John Birmingham (got a pre-release version because I support him on Patreon)
Reading now
Billy Summers - Stephen King
Ready Player Two - Ernest Cline
Persephone Station - Stina Leicht
A History of What Comes Next - Sylvain Neuvel
Love being retired - I’ve really got back into reading; read 71 books this year so far.
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17-09-2021, 14:48
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Re: What are you reading?
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth Von Arnim.
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19-04-2022, 21:51
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Re: What are you reading?
Joy of being retired - I have got back into reading books most days/evenings.
Read 31 books so far this year (according to my "Read2022” folder in my iPad Books app).
Recently (re-)read the first 5 Reacher books (having watched the TV series) -
Killing Floor
Die Trying
Tripwire
Running Blind
Echo Burning
Also recently read (amongst others)
Beyond the Hallowed Sky - Ken Macleod
Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi
Stars & Bones - Gareth L Powell
Aliens:Bug Hunt - edited by Jonathan Maberry
The Shattered Skies - John Birmingham
Old Twentieth - Joe Haldeman (re-read)
Camouflage - Joe Haldeman (re-read)
The Doors of Eden - Adrian Tchaikovsky
Reading now -
Without Fail - Lee Child
Amongst Our Weapons - Ben Aaronovitch (latest "Rivers of London" book)
Dark Horse - Gregg Hurwitz (latest in the "Orphan X" series)
Tornado - John Nichol
Top 10 Dubrovnik & The Dalmatian Coast - DK Eyewitness Travel (off to Dubrovnik in July, so prepping)
Explore Hawaii Insight Guide (thinking of going to SF/Hawaii/Washington DC May 2023, so doing some research).
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Last edited by Hugh; 19-04-2022 at 22:05.
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20-04-2022, 02:26
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Re: What are you reading?
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Amongst Our Weapons - Ben Aaronovitch (latest "Rivers of London" book)
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I didn't know there was another one out, great books, thanks for the heads up Hugh
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20-04-2022, 12:28
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Re: What are you reading?
I'm starting to read The Expanse series.
But I'm reading "Memory's Legion" this contains books that give backstories and fill in the gaps, that go between the 9 books.
So I'm reading 3 of them before I can read Book 1 "Levathan Wakes"
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20-04-2022, 12:50
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Re: What are you reading?
The Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North.
Bought this first edition paperback when it was first released in 2014. Just found it at the back of my bookcase so thought it was about time I read it.
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20-04-2022, 19:08
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Re: What are you reading?
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The Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North.
Bought this first edition paperback when it was first released in 2014. Just found it at the back of my bookcase, so thought it was about time I read it.
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My bookcase has no room, but I will still buy them, one day I might read my late mums dick Francis books in order, but I might have to fill a few gaps as she used to read them from the library.
I have over 900 books.
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20-04-2022, 20:12
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Re: What are you reading?
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My bookcase has no room, but I will still buy them, one day I might read my late mums dick Francis books in order, but I might have to fill a few gaps as she used to read them from the library.
I have over 900 books.
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I probably beat you by a few hundred.
Most of my shelves are 2 books deep and I have bookcases in most rooms. My main addiction is to science fiction and fantasy. I also have a lot of books dealing with restoration techniques which I inherited from an old friend who helped me when I set up my gilding business.
Oh and being somewhat interested in shoes I have quite a collection of books about their design over the last couple of centuries.
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21-04-2022, 17:28
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Re: What are you reading?
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My main addiction is to science fiction and fantasy
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I am just about to finish my re-reading the Chronicles of Thomas Covenant Best fantasy series I have ever read .. highly recommended.
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21-04-2022, 17:34
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Re: What are you reading?
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I've read those and echo your comments.
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21-04-2022, 17:38
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Re: What are you reading?
Remember avidly reading those many moons ago, might be time I revisited
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21-04-2022, 17:41
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Re: What are you reading?
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Originally Posted by joglynne
I probably beat you by a few hundred.
Most of my shelves are 2 books deep, and I have bookcases in most rooms. My main addiction is to science fiction and fantasy. I also have a lot of books dealing with restoration techniques which I inherited from an old friend who helped me when I set up my gilding business.
Oh and being somewhat interested in shoes I have quite a collection of books about their design over the last couple of centuries.
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I recommend the 9 Expanse books plus the latest book Memory's Legion which has the prequel and fill in bits not in the books.
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26-04-2022, 14:23
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Re: What are you reading?
Lamb by Christopher Moore.
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26-04-2022, 14:41
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Re: What are you reading?
Air Pilots Manual - Flying Training
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01-03-2023, 22:16
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Re: What are you reading?
Books read this year so far
Mickey 7 - Edward Ashton
American Kill Switch - John Birmingham
I was a Cold War Penguin - Daffyd Manton
The Kassini Division - Esa Ortega
Dark Matter - Blake Crouch
Upgrade - Blake Crouch
This Is The Way The World Ends - Keith Taylor
Roadkill - Dennis E Taylor
Aurora - David Koepp
Passages - Olan Thorensen
An Ancient Enemy - Olan Thorensen
A Dubious Peace - Olan Thorenson
A Fearful Symmetry - Olan Thorensen
Company Men - Adam Stemple
Reading now
Paradox Bound - Peter Clines
The Hunter - Richard Stark
The Last Orphan - Greg Hurwitz
Rise of the Exiles - Esa Ortega
Next in my TBR pile
The Ancient Ones - David Brin
Critical Mass - Daniel Suarez
Cold People - Tom Rob Smith
Recursion - Blake Crouch
Red Metal - Mark Greaney
Fairy Tale - Stephen King
The Secret War:Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-45 - Max Hastings
Vietnam:An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 - Max Hastings
The Maze - Nelson De Mille
Braking Day - Adam Oyebanji
*To Be Read
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