Books - What are you reading?

Books - What are you reading?

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g3org3y

20,606 posts

190 months

Sunday 18th July 2021
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After a really interesting Jordan Peterson podcast with theoretical physicist and cosmologist Lawrence M. Krauss.



Too many books, not enough time. For every book I read, another five are delivered from Amazon!

DRFC1879

3,437 posts

156 months

Monday 19th July 2021
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droopsnoot said:
I've just finished "The Thursday Murder Club" by Richard Osman, on the local charity bookshelf in the Co-op so I thought I'd give it a go. It was pretty good, decent enough storyline.
Likewise. Got it for my birthday at the end of June and read it last week. Quite an enjoyable, light-hearted read with a bit of genuine emotion in there too.

BryanC

1,107 posts

237 months

Monday 19th July 2021
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Hunting Hitler's Nukes
By Damien Lewis

A real page turner telling the story of the SOE attempting to prevent the Nazi scientists getting their hands on the heavy water needed to process uranium to make a bomb.

An appreciation of the agents hiding out in the wilderness in Norway is incredible. Reindeer lichen stew for example while the snow prevents you moving from a hunters hut for weeks. Starvation looming and all the while the enemy is searching for secret radio transmissions.

Only the last chapter out of 30 is the Telemark ferry mentioned as this was just the final part of the jigsaw.

Best book I've read this year.

andy_s

19,397 posts

258 months

Monday 19th July 2021
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BryanC said:
Hunting Hitler's Nukes
By Damien Lewis

A real page turner telling the story of the SOE attempting to prevent the Nazi scientists getting their hands on the heavy water needed to process uranium to make a bomb.

An appreciation of the agents hiding out in the wilderness in Norway is incredible. Reindeer lichen stew for example while the snow prevents you moving from a hunters hut for weeks. Starvation looming and all the while the enemy is searching for secret radio transmissions.

Only the last chapter out of 30 is the Telemark ferry mentioned as this was just the final part of the jigsaw.

Best book I've read this year.
He's really well researched and a good story teller.

zygalski

7,759 posts

144 months

Monday 19th July 2021
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Just started this.
Quite interesting so far.

aparna

1,156 posts

36 months

Monday 19th July 2021
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zygalski said:
Just started this.
Quite interesting so far.
Whats the TLDE?

ChemicalChaos

10,360 posts

159 months

Thursday 22nd July 2021
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Just finished this latest tome in my "riveting aviation reads" corner

As ex-fast jet aircrew, Dave Gledhill is a prolific aviation author by himself - but in this instance he is a compiler for a collection of submitted tales from the "unsung heroes" on the groundcrew.
The stories cover a wide range of eras (from the 50s to the 2000s) and an even wider range of topics, from routine RAF life to genius bodgery against the clock to mischievous misdeeds and punishments. Some of the situations encountered, and the descriptive phrases used, are genuinely laugh-out-loud - and some of the rewards and perks will make you green with envy hehe

10/10 would recommend!



droopsnoot

11,810 posts

241 months

Thursday 22nd July 2021
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I've just finished "The Steel Kiss" by Jeffery Deaver. Another Lincoln Rhyme book, I think I've read it before but I still enjoyed it. Random killer is causing trouble by hacking into IoT devices and causing them to explode / set fire etc.

griffin dai

3,194 posts

148 months

Thursday 22nd July 2021
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Half way through, not bad, enjoyed the first 6. Got a few more on the kindle to read!

Phalanx
Isolation
Covenant
Covenant Origins
Prototype

And the Predator series.

OMITN

2,095 posts

91 months

Friday 23rd July 2021
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After a good start this year, the cumulative effect of working like a Trojan and family matters, my reading has slowed considerably.

I’m still plodding away at Shop Class as Soul Craft by Matthew Crawford.

The basic premise is that, in spite of him having a PhD and being a former lobbyist, he actually runs a motorcycle repair business. The book is an assessment of how America (and with it the western world) has lost sight of the value of blue collar work.

It’s a denser read than I expected - no bad thing, though has the strong hint of the academic writer about it at times - and there are some interesting strands.

I’ll go back to fiction after this.

Mezzanine

9,148 posts

218 months

Friday 23rd July 2021
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OMITN said:
After a good start this year, the cumulative effect of working like a Trojan and family matters, my reading has slowed considerably.

I’m still plodding away at Shop Class as Soul Craft by Matthew Crawford.

The basic premise is that, in spite of him having a PhD and being a former lobbyist, he actually runs a motorcycle repair business. The book is an assessment of how America (and with it the western world) has lost sight of the value of blue collar work.

It’s a denser read than I expected - no bad thing, though has the strong hint of the academic writer about it at times - and there are some interesting strands.

I’ll go back to fiction after this.
I have that on my shelf.

I picked it up a few weeks ago and read the first couple of pages…I also didn’t expect it to be so dense and academic so it went back on the shelf until I am ready to commit to it properly!

Jonathan27

688 posts

163 months

Friday 23rd July 2021
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I'm late to the game, but I've recently discovered Michael Lewis. I read The Big Short, and immediately ordered the rest of his books. Just finished reading The Premonition - A pandemic story, and will start The Fifth Risk later today.

I was a bit skeptical of the Premonition before I started, after all the pandemic isn't over yet, so writing a book about it may be a little premature, but its an excellent read.

RC1807

12,482 posts

167 months

Friday 23rd July 2021
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Transferred this to my Kindle from my wife's account ....

A couple of chapters in. Intriguing, so far. Makes a change from my usual Connelly, Rankin, Burke, Baldacci content. smile


droopsnoot

11,810 posts

241 months

Friday 23rd July 2021
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^ I've just finished that, I enjoyed it, as you say it's a bit of a change.

OMITN

2,095 posts

91 months

Saturday 24th July 2021
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Mezzanine said:
I have that on my shelf.

I picked it up a few weeks ago and read the first couple of pages…I also didn’t expect it to be so dense and academic so it went back on the shelf until I am ready to commit to it properly!
I’d stick at it. Is really just a style of writing - all academics do it (except my wife, who - as with so many things in her life - seems to be the exception!). I’m not much of a non-fiction reader, hence the slower going.

droopsnoot

11,810 posts

241 months

Saturday 24th July 2021
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I've just finished "Salt Lane" by William Shaw. A decent enough story, bodies keep being found out in the sticks somewhere.

Desiderata

2,329 posts

53 months

Sunday 25th July 2021
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Just started this one this afternoon. Not exactly a rip roaring page turner, but it's surprisingly easy reading and interesting. No real revelations, just some well explained thought about why the world is as it is and how that might play down in the future.

havoc

29,928 posts

234 months

Sunday 25th July 2021
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Desiderata said:


Just started this one this afternoon. Not exactly a rip roaring page turner, but it's surprisingly easy reading and interesting. No real revelations, just some well explained thought about why the world is as it is and how that might play down in the future.
I really enjoyed that book - as you say, very easy to read.

Just bought his (new) follow-up - will report back when I get around to it.

droopsnoot

11,810 posts

241 months

Sunday 25th July 2021
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I've just finished "In Stitches" by Dr Nick Edwards, an A&E doctor with a lot of anecdotes. Not a bad read, but he does get a bit more political than I'd like (though in what seems a balanced way to the non-expert like me) and does bang on about the 4-hour target too much.

Equus

16,770 posts

100 months

Sunday 25th July 2021
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Desiderata said:


Just started this one this afternoon. Not exactly a rip roaring page turner, but it's surprisingly easy reading and interesting. No real revelations, just some well explained thought about why the world is as it is and how that might play down in the future.
Given its title, I assume that it is only 10 pages long and there's not actually much text to read?