Books - What are you reading?

[droopsnoot]

Just finished the latest John Grisham book "The Reckoning". Pretty good overall, a little patchy in some bits and I didn't think there was much of an ending to it. I was losing interest towards the end of the first part and through the start of the second, but it came back after that.

[LordGrover]

Once A Pilgrim - James Deeg (99p on Kindle

Rollicking story of decorated ex-SAS soldier who's early life exploits catch up with him. Almost.
Fast paced, excellent thriller - sort like a Scotch Jack Reacher in the making. Not for the highbrow aficianados, but great fun.
Second in series due out in a couple of weeks.

[Prolex-UK]

LordGrover said:

Once A Pilgrim - James Deeg (99p on Kindle

Rollicking story of decorated ex-SAS soldier who's early life exploits catch up with him. Almost.
Fast paced, excellent thriller - sort like a Scotch Jack Reacher in the making. Not for the highbrow aficianados, but great fun.
Second in series due out in a couple of weeks.

+1 from me ......pre ordered the next one :-)

[andy_s]

Just finished Richard Morgan's Thin Air a sort of follow-on from Black Man [ie it's not a Kovacs] - superb tale set on post-colony Mars with all the Morgan hallmarks of noir-sci-fi, gritty realism and convoluted plotting set in the narration of the hard-boiled augmented head of the protagonist. If you enjoyed his other stuff (which I have immensely) you won't be disappointed with Thin Air.

Edited by andy_s on Monday 31st December 14:32

[droopsnoot]

I've just finished "Long Road to Mercy" by David Baldacci, featuring a new character, a loner FBI agent with a difficult past. A decent read even if that does sound a bit clichéd, possibly a little far-fetched storyline, but maybe not.

[Stan the Bat]

droopsnoot said:

I've just finished "Long Road to Mercy" by David Baldacci, featuring a new character, a loner FBI agent with a difficult past. A decent read even if that does sound a bit clichéd, possibly a little far-fetched storyline, but maybe not.

Not as good as his previous stuff.

IMHO.

[p1doc]

Stan the Bat said:

Not as good as his previous stuff.

IMHO.

very prolific writer have read amos decker and camel club series so far vgood just starting king and Maxwell series

[and31]

Just finished” SAS-Italian job” by Damien Lewis
It’s about the behind enemy lines exploits by the SAS and the Italian partisans.exiting stuff !!

[Stan the Bat]

p1doc said:

Stan the Bat said:

Not as good as his previous stuff.

IMHO.

very prolific writer have read amos decker and camel club series so far vgood just starting king and Maxwell series

Yes, that's what I meant .

This latest one isn't as good as the earlier stuff.

[Scabutz]

mattyn1 said:

On recommendation, I am just about to start this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soldier-Spy-Tom-Marcus/dp...

Anyone read it?

I'm half way through this. fking amazing.

[Amyrich]

Rereading, actually. Alan Moore's Watchmen. One of my absolute favourite graphic novels!

[toasty]

Amyrich said:

Rereading, actually. Alan Moore's Watchmen. One of my absolute favourite graphic novels!

I never understood the plaudits for this. Dull book, dull artwork, dull film. All IMHO, of course.

[sas62]

Prolex-UK said:

omniflow said:

I've just started reading the Lucas Davenport novels by John Sandford. The first book was published in 1989, and there are 30+ books about the same character - he starts life as a maverick policeman in Minneapolis.

It's a little bit like Harry Bosch, and if you like Harry Bosch books you'll probably like these. It's not copycat or samey, the books definitely have a completely separate vibe to Bosch. I am really enjoying them - I've read the first 4 books so far, and it's made commuting a real pleasure. Not sure why it's taken me 29 years to discover them.

I have read them all. great reads all.

John Sandford has another series with a character called Virgil Flowers. Based in the same region of the USA and Lucas is his boss.

Had some proper laugh out loud moments on the commute into work with Virgil.

Bugg£r. Just finished the first Lucas Davenport on kindle to find that he next few aren't out yet. May for 2nd book and June for 3rd. Lots of the later books are already out on kindle which is odd.

[NorthernSky]

If this is a man, by Primo Levi.

Firsthand account of an Auschwitz survivor.

Compelling, gripping, you're left desperate to the outcome of the most minor incident, because in that world, life is treated cheaply. He's got a mesmerising writing style, extremely descriptive and analytical - his training as a chemist and impartiality is a rare thing. I could not rate this book higher (or his other work, The Periodic Table, detailing some encounters that struck the writer as significant for a number of reasons - the characters are named after elements in the chapter headings.)

10/10

Unforgettable

At times, the reader will be struck by a despair coming from realising this event actually was allowed to take place.

Edited by NorthernSky on Friday 11th January 12:02

[unrepentant]

Scabutz said:

mattyn1 said:

On recommendation, I am just about to start this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soldier-Spy-Tom-Marcus/dp...

Anyone read it?

I'm half way through this. fking amazing.

Just ordered it. Thanks!

[droopsnoot]

I've just finished "The Caller" by Chris Carter, a nice slightly-different take on the serial killer story. Worth a look IMO.

[Shadow R1]

droopsnoot said:

I've just finished "The Caller" by Chris Carter, a nice slightly-different take on the serial killer story. Worth a look IMO.

The earlier books in the series are better than that one.
His latest "Gallery of the dead" falls into the same category.

[droopsnoot]

Cheers, I'll keep a look out for others.

[Tony Angelino]

unrepentant said:

Scabutz said:

mattyn1 said:

On recommendation, I am just about to start this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Soldier-Spy-Tom-Marcus/dp...

Anyone read it?

I'm half way through this. fking amazing.

Just ordered it. Thanks!

Ditto.

[FunkyNige]

Prolex-UK said:

D-Day the soldiers story by Giles Milton. Excellent so far well worth a read.

Got Blenheim summer next. About the bristol blenheim light bomber in the early part of WW2.

I'm not sure if it came from a recommendation on here, but 'D-Day through German eyes' is a fascinating read about D-Day, it's taken from interviews with German soldiers in the 1950s.