What are you reading tonight?
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Does anyone know of anywhere where I can drop all my old books off, i want to take them somewhere were they might be glad of them? Time to clean the box room/study out and they're all sat sat there on shelves - never to be read again.
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I seem to be on a time travel theme with most of my reading so far this year.
Ben Elton started it with his Time and Time Again, which is a really good boys-own romp through time, mainly the run up to the first world war. Lots of twists and turns and shocks.
I then found the Chronicles of St Marys set of books by Jodi Taylor and have read five of the seven in the series. I'm having a break before I go back to the other two. A very entertaining series told with good humour.
Finally, I found The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. Really excellent stuff here and a whole new twist on the theme. Highly recommended.
Ben Elton started it with his Time and Time Again, which is a really good boys-own romp through time, mainly the run up to the first world war. Lots of twists and turns and shocks.
I then found the Chronicles of St Marys set of books by Jodi Taylor and have read five of the seven in the series. I'm having a break before I go back to the other two. A very entertaining series told with good humour.
Finally, I found The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. Really excellent stuff here and a whole new twist on the theme. Highly recommended.
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Just started reading Eric Van Lustbader's The Bourne Ascendancy.
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Oh, has he died? Thank 4uck for that.TANGODANCER wrote:Just started reading Eric Van Lustbader's The Bourne Ascendancy.
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Just starting that one tonight so we'll see whether I agree . No others yet but sounds like its just a matter of time.Gary the Enfield wrote: There is a fourth book, not written by Larsson but in the style of. Missus just finished it and said it was better, if anything , than the previous three. There may be more by now but the book is 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' by David Lagercrantz
Same characters, new story.
Been on a couple of lengthy train journeys last few days so finished off the original Trilogy yesterday. Really engaging stories, very hard to put down even though they're long books. Second and third books felt more like a two parter rather than two separate books though they are split at the right point. Even if it is a cliffhanger of sorts.
By coincidence Amazon actually recommended that and Touch (also by Claire North) to me after I read The Girl With All The Gifts (nothing to do with the plots of either). I'll add it to my list!clapton is god wrote:Finally, I found The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North. Really excellent stuff here and a whole new twist on the theme. Highly recommended.
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Just read the first few chapters. Not impressed with the style having loved Larrsson 's trilogy. Don't know if it's lagerfeld or the translator. Early days though.Rjs37 wrote:Just starting that one tonight so we'll see whether I agree . No others yet but sounds like its just a matter of time.Gary the Enfield wrote: There is a fourth book, not written by Larsson but in the style of. Missus just finished it and said it was better, if anything , than the previous three. There may be more by now but the book is 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' by David Lagercrantz
Same characters, new story.
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I've only read a couple of chapters myself but I'd agree so far. Then again the Dragon Tattoo took a while to set things up and get interesting.LeverEnd wrote:Just read the first few chapters. Not impressed with the style having loved Larrsson 's trilogy. Don't know if it's lagerfeld or the translator. Early days though.Rjs37 wrote:Just starting that one tonight so we'll see whether I agree . No others yet but sounds like its just a matter of time.Gary the Enfield wrote: There is a fourth book, not written by Larsson but in the style of. Missus just finished it and said it was better, if anything , than the previous three. There may be more by now but the book is 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' by David Lagercrantz
Same characters, new story.
Though it doesn't help that someone hasn't set the chapter positions correctly for Kindle. It's working from the parts in this one and not the chapters, so I've got no idea how long I've got til the next chapter though I know it's 1 and a half hours til the next part!
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Wassailing along with some good old English terms in Sir Walter Scott's Ivanhoe. Still got the book and last read it when the BBC did a mini series back in 1996. Still a good read.
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I thought it was very poor in comparison to Larssons' trilogy. Apparently Lagercrantz is a committed pacifist and would brook no violence in his book, and of course the Larsson books were built around violence. One of the few books I've started and never finished. Life's too short for books that you don't enjoy reading.Rjs37 wrote:I've only read a couple of chapters myself but I'd agree so far. Then again the Dragon Tattoo took a while to set things up and get interesting.LeverEnd wrote:Just read the first few chapters. Not impressed with the style having loved Larrsson 's trilogy. Don't know if it's lagerfeld or the translator. Early days though.Rjs37 wrote:Just starting that one tonight so we'll see whether I agree . No others yet but sounds like its just a matter of time.Gary the Enfield wrote: There is a fourth book, not written by Larsson but in the style of. Missus just finished it and said it was better, if anything , than the previous three. There may be more by now but the book is 'The Girl in the Spider's Web' by David Lagercrantz
Same characters, new story.
Though it doesn't help that someone hasn't set the chapter positions correctly for Kindle. It's working from the parts in this one and not the chapters, so I've got no idea how long I've got til the next chapter though I know it's 1 and a half hours til the next part!
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Out of interest how far did you get? Even as someone who works with computers, let alone as a programmer, I found the opening quarter-third very heavy to read (and not that interesting).clapton is god wrote:I thought it was very poor in comparison to Larssons' trilogy. Apparently Lagercrantz is a committed pacifist and would brook no violence in his book, and of course the Larsson books were built around violence. One of the few books I've started and never finished. Life's too short for books that you don't enjoy reading.
Having said that, I've just finished the book and it was still an enjoyable read. Nowhere near Larssons' trilogy in my opinion, and I do feel that a couple of the characters were misrepresented. Though I think anyone would struggle to faithfully follow-up that trilogy. Considering it as a stand-alone story, it serves its purpose, and specific interactions later in the book are certainly intriguing.
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About a couple of hours in, but, like I said, life's too short to be reading a book that I am not enjoying when I have so many others queued.Rjs37 wrote:Out of interest how far did you get? Even as someone who works with computers, let alone as a programmer, I found the opening quarter-third very heavy to read (and not that interesting).clapton is god wrote:I thought it was very poor in comparison to Larssons' trilogy. Apparently Lagercrantz is a committed pacifist and would brook no violence in his book, and of course the Larsson books were built around violence. One of the few books I've started and never finished. Life's too short for books that you don't enjoy reading.
Having said that, I've just finished the book and it was still an enjoyable read. Nowhere near Larssons' trilogy in my opinion, and I do feel that a couple of the characters were misrepresented. Though I think anyone would struggle to faithfully follow-up that trilogy. Considering it as a stand-alone story, it serves its purpose, and specific interactions later in the book are certainly intriguing.
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Started Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue on the train down to London on Sunday. Quite enjoyable so far.
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Read it years ago. Thought it was excellent. Recently tried reading his history of America in the 20s but struggling to maintain interest in it.KeyserSoze wrote:Started Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue on the train down to London on Sunday. Quite enjoyable so far.
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Am about 10 pages from the end of Thunderbolt Kid. A superb read. I'm sure that many a lily was gilded in its creation, but a really good read, and very funny. Not sure which to do next: Shakespeare, At Home or Little Dribbling?!LeverEnd wrote:Read it years ago. Thought it was excellent. Recently tried reading his history of America in the 20s but struggling to maintain interest in it.KeyserSoze wrote:Started Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue on the train down to London on Sunday. Quite enjoyable so far.
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Bryson can do no wrong for me, and I still have lots to go at. I enjoyed 'One Summer', which I think you are referring to LE.
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Was that Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid? First Bryson I ever read and made me an instant fan. Loved it. Life around Coney Island through a kid's eyes.........LeverEnd wrote:Read it years ago. Thought it was excellent. Recently tried reading his history of America in the 20s but struggling to maintain interest in it.KeyserSoze wrote:Started Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue on the train down to London on Sunday. Quite enjoyable so far.
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Little Dribbling very good, but make sure you read 'Notes from a Small Island' first.Bruce Rioja wrote:Am about 10 pages from the end of Thunderbolt Kid. A superb read. I'm sure that many a lily was gilded in its creation, but a really good read, and very funny. Not sure which to do next: Shakespeare, At Home or Little Dribbling?!LeverEnd wrote:Read it years ago. Thought it was excellent. Recently tried reading his history of America in the 20s but struggling to maintain interest in it.KeyserSoze wrote:Started Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue on the train down to London on Sunday. Quite enjoyable so far.
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Notes from a Small Island was my first. Hooked ever since.clapton is god wrote:Little Dribbling very good, but make sure you read 'Notes from a Small Island' first.Bruce Rioja wrote:Am about 10 pages from the end of Thunderbolt Kid. A superb read. I'm sure that many a lily was gilded in its creation, but a really good read, and very funny. Not sure which to do next: Shakespeare, At Home or Little Dribbling?!LeverEnd wrote:Read it years ago. Thought it was excellent. Recently tried reading his history of America in the 20s but struggling to maintain interest in it.KeyserSoze wrote:Started Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue on the train down to London on Sunday. Quite enjoyable so far.
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clapton is god wrote:Bryson can do no wrong for me, and I still have lots to go at. I enjoyed 'One Summer', which I think you are referring to LE.
That's the one. Will probably go back to it but lost a bit of interest. The stuff about Harding and Coolidge was entertaining though.
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