Have you ever read a Dan Brown book, most of them are virtually unreadable.Mr Moofo wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:41 pm In my last few years of travelling I started to read Peter James books _ only because they were all based around Brighton and the surrounding area.
They are unbelievably badly written, obvious and implausible stories - and I am stunned that he gets a book deal.
But he does ...
I must stop reading them _ they are shit!
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Yes - three of them - but Angels and Demons just was embarrassing to be seen carrying onto a plane. A bit like Martina Cole bookswheelnut wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:44 pmHave you ever read a Dan Brown book, most of them are virtually unreadable.Mr Moofo wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:41 pm In my last few years of travelling I started to read Peter James books _ only because they were all based around Brighton and the surrounding area.
They are unbelievably badly written, obvious and implausible stories - and I am stunned that he gets a book deal.
But he does ...
I must stop reading them _ they are shit!
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Recently finished the new Michael Connelly. It’s good and certainly worth reading, it feels a little like he’s writing for a TV now. His last two or three have been the same. Which is a shame as he has consistently being one of the best procedural crime authors around for a long time.
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Manuals. I read them. The last one was for a home weather station and it was very good. Concise with clear instructions and pictures, written in good English and nicely printed - would recommend.
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They're fine once you've cracked the codewheelnut wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:44 pmHave you ever read a Dan Brown book, most of them are virtually unreadable.Mr Moofo wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:41 pm In my last few years of travelling I started to read Peter James books _ only because they were all based around Brighton and the surrounding area.
They are unbelievably badly written, obvious and implausible stories - and I am stunned that he gets a book deal.
But he does ...
I must stop reading them _ they are shit!
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Have a butchers at Shop Theory by the Henry Ford Trade School. First published in the 1930's.Trinity765 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 23, 2020 5:54 am Manuals. I read them. The last one was for a home weather station and it was very good. Concise with clear instructions and pictures, written in good English and nicely printed - would recommend.
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I like him too, but as you say, the tv money has got to him.wheelnut wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 10:52 pm Recently finished the new Michael Connelly. It’s good and certainly worth reading, it feels a little like he’s writing for a TV now. His last two or three have been the same. Which is a shame as he has consistently being one of the best procedural crime authors around for a long time.
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Ace: The Story of Lt. Col. Ace Cozzalio
Quite the character, wore an 1860's Cavalry uniform in Vietnam.
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Quite the character, wore an 1860's Cavalry uniform in Vietnam.
https://duotechservices.com/alan-ace-co ... gun-bunker
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I remember reading about the Plain of Jars in another book, but can't recall which.ZRX61 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 02, 2021 11:21 pm The Battle For Skyline Ridge.
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No, wasnt that, haven't read it. Coulda been Caputo or del Vecchio; maybe Hackworth or Vann were there. Or maybe Bernard Fall mentioned it.
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I've just finished reading A Voyage For Madmen by Peter Nichols.
I've always been fascinated by the ocean (I'm not into novels or fiction) and I'm rarely disappointed by anything to do with sailing, discovery or any ocean based stuff really.
I've just downloaded Last Voyages by Nicholas Grey and I'll start that tonight.
I've always been fascinated by the ocean (I'm not into novels or fiction) and I'm rarely disappointed by anything to do with sailing, discovery or any ocean based stuff really.
I've just downloaded Last Voyages by Nicholas Grey and I'll start that tonight.
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Good, innit! I have it on my bookshelf.
I think his first book - Sea Change: Alone Across the Atlantic in a Wooden Boat is excellent.
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Try 'How to Read Water'
I got it in The Works on a 3 for £5 deal. Really interesting book.
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Recently re-read this.
Mercer. J. 2017. We Were Warriors: One Soldier’s Story of Brutal Combat. London: Sidgwick & Jackson.
Well worth a read, but beware, it can get a bit dusty in places.
Mercer. J. 2017. We Were Warriors: One Soldier’s Story of Brutal Combat. London: Sidgwick & Jackson.
Well worth a read, but beware, it can get a bit dusty in places.
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Half way through John Le Carre's 'The spy who came in from the cold'. I must admit it took the author's death to make me think that I should check his works out. So I bought a box set of his work. Already finished 'Call for the Dead' and have previously read a friend's copy of 'The Honourable Schoolboy' but will probably re-read it as I come to it.
I've just realised that I've missed out 'A Murder of Quality' if (as I intended) I'm supposed to be reading them in chronological order. Bugger.
Also dipping into and out of 'Plain words' by Sir Ernest Gowers (the latest version, revised by his great-grand-daughter). Probably should have read it 50 years ago, but...
I've just realised that I've missed out 'A Murder of Quality' if (as I intended) I'm supposed to be reading them in chronological order. Bugger.
Also dipping into and out of 'Plain words' by Sir Ernest Gowers (the latest version, revised by his great-grand-daughter). Probably should have read it 50 years ago, but...
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Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary.
Same guy that wrote The Martian.
I totally binged it, got dragged into the story, physics was very good, a few bits felt a bit contrived but it was a bit lump in throat decision time at a couple of points and I was rooting for the second character by the end of the book and a lovely twist at one point.
It would make a great film.
Same guy that wrote The Martian.
I totally binged it, got dragged into the story, physics was very good, a few bits felt a bit contrived but it was a bit lump in throat decision time at a couple of points and I was rooting for the second character by the end of the book and a lovely twist at one point.
It would make a great film.
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"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."
"My dear Doctor, they're all true."
"Even the lies?"
"Especially the lies."