Books - What are you reading?
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Nom de ploom said:
The Martian is prgressing nicely, i'm 60% in.
I have to say though the constant references to [spoiler] technical refernces about kilo-watt hours, x-liters, battery life, potatoes (how was he going to eat them btw?) etc is getting a bit tedious although the pirate-ninja was quite funny... [/spolier]
Just started this , I think I am going to enjoy it..I have to say though the constant references to [spoiler] technical refernces about kilo-watt hours, x-liters, battery life, potatoes (how was he going to eat them btw?) etc is getting a bit tedious although the pirate-ninja was quite funny... [/spolier]
Shadow R1 said:
I brought a set, dragon (finished that) inca gold, sahara, then treasure.
I have a few of the numa files that i have finished already.
If the world of wikipedia is correct (and I certainly can't remember independently) that should be Treasure, Dragon, Sahara, then Inca Gold. But it won't make much difference - there's the odd reference to stuff outside of the main story that can be jarring, especially if you're reading one after the other.I have a few of the numa files that i have finished already.
Shadow R1 said:
What other author do you suggest, in a similar vein ?
Hard to think of someone that's all that similar - I've enjoyed some of his other series (Fargos, and the one with the disguised ship) but I didn't like the Isaac Bell ones. Matthew Reilly is a bit similar in some of his books, but they descended almost into comic-book style at one point, which put me off.jbudgie said:
Nom de ploom said:
The Martian is prgressing nicely, i'm 60% in.
I have to say though the constant references to [spoiler] technical refernces about kilo-watt hours, x-liters, battery life, potatoes (how was he going to eat them btw?) etc is getting a bit tedious although the pirate-ninja was quite funny... [/spolier]
Just started this , I think I am going to enjoy it..I have to say though the constant references to [spoiler] technical refernces about kilo-watt hours, x-liters, battery life, potatoes (how was he going to eat them btw?) etc is getting a bit tedious although the pirate-ninja was quite funny... [/spolier]
TheChampers said:
Started this yesterday, 30 pages in, 858 of smallish print to go, will report back in 2016 
It took me a little while to get used to his 'style' (I guess more that the stories are 100 years old and hence the context is 100 years old) - once I had, and I read them with a little sympathy to that fact, I really enjoyed them. But there's no getting away from the fact that they do come across dated in some regards, like a lot of classics...TheJimi said:
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blindswelledrat said:
I am Pilgrim.
Best thriller I have read in ages. Thoroughly recommend it.
£1.49 on kindle. Best thriller I have read in ages. Thoroughly recommend it.
Really enjoying it, and given the backdrop of what is currently happening with ISIS etc, it makes for topical reading.
Great book, I don't usually read fiction but thought I'd try it,barely put it down each evening since.
Cheers.
K12beano said:
The Silmarillion - Tolkein
You have to wonder what glues that man was sniffing....
Not sure if it's an enjoyable read or a struggle for martyrs!
One of a few books I've never managed to complete. Catch 22, and In The Name of the Rose being 2 others I can think of I've tried more than once to read. Let me know how you get on. You have to wonder what glues that man was sniffing....
Not sure if it's an enjoyable read or a struggle for martyrs!
Just finished "Bones of the Lost" by Kathy Reichs. I used to think her a cut above Patricia Cornwell, and it is a while since I have read one of her books, but all the acronyms, plus a plot that is totally unbelievable, left me rather cold. I frankly preferred her post-script note to the book.
Now moving on to Steve Mosby and "The Nightmare Place". Never heard of him, so we'll see where it takes us.
Now moving on to Steve Mosby and "The Nightmare Place". Never heard of him, so we'll see where it takes us.
Atlas Shrugged is dragging on. I am getting rather tired of our heroine's tedious over-analysis of her feelings and the overemphasis of the significance of nothings. Not to mention the descriptions of the near supreme being that is love of her life with no apparent sense of irony that she is now on her third!
Just finished Jerusalem by Simon Sebag Montefiore - a compelling read and even-handedly sorts the lies from the truth and displays the weaker parts of all the Middle East religions.
Now eating into Orlando Figes 'A Peoples Tragedy' which has sat unread on my bookshelves for the better part of 20 years.
Now eating into Orlando Figes 'A Peoples Tragedy' which has sat unread on my bookshelves for the better part of 20 years.
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