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Post by ohsown on Dec 7, 2016 3:19:59 GMT -8
From our local thrift shop. Big fan of Archer and Deaver. First by Beck, an interesting read.
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Post by feca67 on Dec 13, 2016 1:30:09 GMT -8
Eileen - Starts slowly, introspective and moody, then unexpectedly turns into a thriller near the end. An odd one. Now, a quick bit of murdering before Christmas.
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Post by lordflagpolecrabtree on Dec 17, 2016 14:33:15 GMT -8
Finished a couple of books this week. Forgot I had this one on Kindle: And this one is a real challenge. I'm learning Spanish and thought this would be good book to read as I know the story inside out, back to front and upside down. Still hard work !
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Post by feca67 on Dec 18, 2016 12:37:19 GMT -8
Quarry's List - the usual shootin', rootin' and throwing lawyers out of windows. Next, let's have sympathy with the dark and twisted among us.
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Post by feca67 on Dec 21, 2016 13:07:00 GMT -8
We Have Always Lived in the Castle - A deliciously macabre story of such clever subtlety that even the grand Gothic mass murder of a whole family seems just a silly and perfectly forgivable slip-up. Now, some good old southern boys having fun.
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Post by mirrorman on Dec 24, 2016 5:19:11 GMT -8
Picked up a copy of On The Road - by Jack Kerouac at a second hand market a few weeks ago, and started to read it at last. I am about bout 3/4 through it at the moment.
MAN!! .. there was a lot of "bennies" and "booze" done through the late 40's going by this book.
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Post by small on Dec 24, 2016 6:41:50 GMT -8
Just finished up "Ham on Rye" by Bukowski, pretty quick read. No real revelations but helped explain how he became the man he was. Added it to the shelf of have read's. It came on the heals of "Hollywood" which dealt with his screenplay for Bar Fly (good movie) Checked that out of the local Library not buying my own copy...
Next up "Yalta, Prince if Peace" by Plokhy...
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Post by feca67 on Dec 26, 2016 8:38:50 GMT -8
A Feast of Snakes - A grim tale of hard drinking, wife beating, dog fighting and snakes. Lots of snakes. Next, Algren famously said "Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own."
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Post by feca67 on Jan 5, 2017 12:07:42 GMT -8
A Walk on the Wild Side - A Texas country boy journeys to New Orleans in the depression era 1930s where he experiences a worsening series of misadventures. Written in disjointed and stylised prose that matches the subject perfectly. I read a total of 45 books during 2016, so I'll try to top that in 2017. My top three of 2016 are: 1. Amaryllis Day and Night by Russell Hoban 2. The Bridge by Iain Banks 3. A Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami Kicking of 2017 with some classic sci-fi. Though he won the Hugo and Nebula awards multiple times, I've never read a Varley novel.
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Post by lordflagpolecrabtree on Jan 6, 2017 12:39:44 GMT -8
A bit controversial, but a real eye opener !
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2017 16:47:21 GMT -8
A bit controversial, but a real eye opener ! Have you read god is not GREAT by Christopher Hitchens? Definitely controversial but does sum up much of what I don't believe
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Post by feca67 on Jan 16, 2017 8:55:46 GMT -8
The Ophiuchi Hotline - Classy sci-fi with a bit of everything, slightly dated now, but would have been ahead of its time when first published. Apparently the trilogy improves with each volume, so I'm looking forward to the sequels. Next, doorstop Booker winner:
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Post by lordflagpolecrabtree on Jan 18, 2017 8:15:36 GMT -8
On to this one for my car. Still plodding along learning Spanish in my wife's car.
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Post by feca67 on Jan 26, 2017 2:18:02 GMT -8
The Blind Assassin - A highly authoritative and clever book, or rather a novel within a novel within a novel, but a little dry and definitely too long. Next, another film I've missed:
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Post by feca67 on Feb 9, 2017 7:13:05 GMT -8
The Martian - All very well, but the entire story is completely predictable, right from before you even open the book and start reading. Next, short stories from a new author
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Post by lordflagpolecrabtree on Feb 17, 2017 8:12:15 GMT -8
I really need to get back to reading more ! I'm deliberately not taking my netbook with me at lunchtimes as I can easily just lose half an hour surfing and getting nowhere. Back to my alphabetical list. Who's daft idea was that ? 3 1/2 years on and I'm still only on the Bs and have more books on the list than I started with.
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Post by feca67 on Feb 26, 2017 10:01:22 GMT -8
Sorry for the slow updates - I'm blaming a series of long, long, and longer books. A Manual for Cleaning Women - great writing, masterful short story form, but hard going at times, some pretty harrowing stuff here. Something wilder and weirder now
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Post by lordflagpolecrabtree on Mar 8, 2017 13:08:26 GMT -8
Now on this one (real book): In looking for a picture for the book, I discovered there are two Odd Thomas books that I've missed.Hope they are better than the last one I read ! Audio book for Her Ladyship's car.
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Post by feca67 on Mar 14, 2017 13:51:31 GMT -8
Altered Carbon - Crime does cyberpunk, surprisingly effective, I'm sure I could poke holes in the technical plot details but it would spoil the fun. Netflix are doing a ten episode adaptation apparently. Now, yet another big book, and another film I've not seen.
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Post by lordflagpolecrabtree on Mar 23, 2017 10:13:45 GMT -8
Another challenge. Trying to read and understand rather than translating as I go. Got the set now.
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