Books - What are you reading?

Books - What are you reading?

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Pericoloso

44,044 posts

162 months

Friday 2nd November 2018
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I took "The unknown Kimi Raikkonen " on holiday with me last week.

It's not a biography ,the author quickly tells us this.

It wasn't a difficult or long read but found it enjoyable to find a little more about the bloke who doesn't say much.

It's also billed as the first and last book on the subject ,quite a bold statement if KR wants to write a full autobiography

later on but going by what's written in this one ,looks unlikely he'll ever do that.

TheJimi

24,860 posts

242 months

Friday 2nd November 2018
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Have just started this -



Anyone else read it?

Prolex-UK

3,010 posts

207 months

Saturday 3rd November 2018
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TheJimi said:
Have just started this -



Anyone else read it?
Read them all.

Most enjoyable

droopsnoot

11,810 posts

241 months

Saturday 3rd November 2018
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I've just finished the latest Ian Rankin Rebus book, very good as always.

GrandChampion

15 posts

65 months

Monday 5th November 2018
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Just started Dracula by Bram Stoker, sort of feel like reading some classics at this point in my life.

TheJimi

24,860 posts

242 months

Monday 5th November 2018
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GrandChampion said:
Just started Dracula by Bram Stoker, sort of feel like reading some classics at this point in my life.
Love that book. Easily in my all time top 3 yes

lowdrag

12,869 posts

212 months

Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Dark Side of the Moon" by Les Wood. No, nothing to do with Pink Floyd as one might expect from the title. I'm really not sure about this one; not your usual pot boiler but a rather strange novel with an even stranger ending. A tale of drug dealers turned bungling jewel thieves set in Glasgow. You might like it, but then you might not. It is rather as if the author was sniffing too much of the white stuff and he wrote the book under the influence.

joshcowin

6,775 posts

175 months

Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Prolex-UK said:
TheJimi said:
Have just started this -



Anyone else read it?
Read them all.

Most enjoyable
You're in for a good series, I really enjoyed it!

Can recommend Conn Igulden if you end up liking these.

Prolex-UK

3,010 posts

207 months

Tuesday 6th November 2018
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joshcowin said:
Prolex-UK said:
TheJimi said:
Have just started this -



Anyone else read it?
Read them all.

Most enjoyable
You're in for a good series, I really enjoyed it!

Can recommend Conn Igulden if you end up liking these.
+1 also Simon Scarrow

Marcia

5,099 posts

189 months

Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Recently saw Bohemian Rhapsody at the cinema, which was absolutely brilliant, so I've decided to read this that I've had a while, just not got round to it, enjoying it so far.

NorthernSky

981 posts

116 months

Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Gripping, page turning account by an extremely meticulous and thoughtful survivor of Auschwitz - guaranteed to be a more important read than any other book... EVER. A challenging account. Well, well worth it to read...




BoRED S2upid

19,641 posts

239 months

Tuesday 6th November 2018
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Just finished A boy made of blocks by Keith Stuart a very good book and a must read especially if anyone has a child with autism.

Eyersey1234

2,895 posts

78 months

Tuesday 6th November 2018
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The Lighthouse by Keith Mccloskey, its about the lighthouse version of the Mary Celeste, three lighthouse keepers went missing in 1900 from the Outer Hebrides. Really interesting.

Ruskie

3,982 posts

199 months

Wednesday 7th November 2018
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E24man said:
My holiday reading has been 'This is going to Hurt', a diary recollection of a med student to Senior Registrar - wickedly funny throughout but devastatingly heartbreaking in short, sharp shocks, and 'The Secret Barrister' which initially seems (like the writer admits about herself) is a 'look at me, look at me, aren't I important' warts and all in-depth appraisal of the Criminal Justice system and process in England and Wales, but actually contains a huge amount of useful and interesting knowledge and is very amusing along the way.

As a former medical practioner, 'This is going to Hurt', by Adam Kay, had me belly-laughing almost all the way through.
Just bought this and looking forward to reading it.

IanA2

2,762 posts

161 months

Thursday 8th November 2018
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NorthernSky said:
Gripping, page turning account by an extremely meticulous and thoughtful survivor of Auschwitz - guaranteed to be a more important read than any other book... EVER. A challenging account. Well, well worth it to read...



Agreed, an astonishing man and a truly important work.

If I recall Carlo Levi was a cousin. Cristo Fermata a Eboli is worth a read.

Not comparable, but an interesting account of internal exile by the fascists.

toasty

7,441 posts

219 months

Thursday 8th November 2018
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Dark fairytale of childhood, witches and monsters.

I'm currently listening to this read by the author and am really enjoying it, it's like a dark twisted Enid Blyton tale.

havoc

29,928 posts

234 months

Thursday 8th November 2018
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toasty said:

Dark fairytale of childhood, witches and monsters.

I'm currently listening to this read by the author and am really enjoying it, it's like a dark twisted Enid Blyton tale.
Read that last year...beautiful little story.

Nom de ploom

4,890 posts

173 months

Friday 9th November 2018
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I thought it was garbage if i'm honest - each to their own.

currently 85% through Imperium by Robert Harris.

really enjoyed it if a little repetative...


Spency123

3 posts

64 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
Book by Dale Carnegie

Whitefly Swatter

1,112 posts

198 months

Monday 12th November 2018
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Never Home Alone By Rob Dunn
"A Gala of Stories, Foods,and Insights from the Study of the Life in Homes "