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Spoilers What Book Are You Reading?
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Just finished the second book in this series, of which the image below is the first. Third is not out yet (i hate reading unfinished series as a rule lol)
The author is a great storyteller, as a matter of fact "story" is the author's framework for guiding the novel. Great writing.
Genre: Fantasy.
The author is a great storyteller, as a matter of fact "story" is the author's framework for guiding the novel. Great writing.
Genre: Fantasy.
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Yes, it's really interesting. It's so comprehensive that IMO it needs a rough previous understanding of the subject matter (bingo!), but the observations and details are enlightening. My previous knowledge wasn't all that great so even the Slánský trial was an eyeopener -- but there's bound to be something in there for you.
I assume the book (The Road) is better than the movie.
prolly ... though i've not seen the movie.
There are *four* more Arkady Renko books? Wow. Well, I second the recommendation. Polar Star was my favorite.
Also, consider the Berlin Noir series by Phillip Kerr.
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers by Margaret George.
I'm quite enjoying it, I last read it in my late teens so it's been a while. (I'm now in my early forties!)
I'm quite enjoying it, I last read it in my late teens so it's been a while. (I'm now in my early forties!)
New book for me as well, and plays well into being a parent.
Darth Vader and Son.
If you like Star Wars and are a parent, this book is great. Humourous, and can't-wait-to-get-home-and-play-with-your-toddler sweet.
BL.
Darth Vader and Son.
If you like Star Wars and are a parent, this book is great. Humourous, and can't-wait-to-get-home-and-play-with-your-toddler sweet.
BL.
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Reading Fall of Giants. It's pretty good and first in a trilogy.also I like thrilling and adventuorous books.suggest me any good one please....
Reading Fall of Giants. It's pretty good and first in a trilogy.also I like thrilling and adventuorous books.suggest me any good one please....
I'm taking a look at "Soccernomics", by Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski.
Simon Kuper is a fine writer who straddles that interesting area where sports writing meets cultural, socio-economic, historical and political writing; back in the mid 1990s he won the annual William Hill sportswriting award for a terrific book called "Football Against the Enemy" which looked at the strange intersection of soccer, politics and history citing a number of countries as examples of what he wished to describe.
Simon Kuper is a fine writer who straddles that interesting area where sports writing meets cultural, socio-economic, historical and political writing; back in the mid 1990s he won the annual William Hill sportswriting award for a terrific book called "Football Against the Enemy" which looked at the strange intersection of soccer, politics and history citing a number of countries as examples of what he wished to describe.
As usual, I have several books going at once.
I am re-reading Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. This is one of my all-time favorite books and I re-read it ever few years.
I am also deeply engrossed in 14 by Peter Clines. If you like thriller/horror/sort-of sic-fi, this is the book. You have the CIA, pretty women, Nicola Tesla, mutated roaches, and a death cult. Oh, and a room in an apartment building with a black hole in the middle of it.''
I am re-reading Enders Game by Orson Scott Card. This is one of my all-time favorite books and I re-read it ever few years.
I am also deeply engrossed in 14 by Peter Clines. If you like thriller/horror/sort-of sic-fi, this is the book. You have the CIA, pretty women, Nicola Tesla, mutated roaches, and a death cult. Oh, and a room in an apartment building with a black hole in the middle of it.''
existential poetry
Euphonious Might
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Euphonious Might
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Polar Star was great, a terrifically atmospheric claustrophobic book. You'll enjoy the next few (post Soviet, naturally) books. But, as is clear from the context and setting (and, not least from Renko's own background), the sometimes baleful presence of the past is a constant in these books....
The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers by Margaret George.
I'm quite enjoying it, I last read it in my late teens so it's been a while. (I'm now in my early forties!)
That sounds really interesting....
Very interesting book (but then, I really liked the Harry Potter series), - I especially enjoyed Voldemort's back-story - and an excellent curtain raiser to the final book......which was an absolute tour de force...
Ah, that sounds rather intriguing. Does it live up to its promise?
It's quite fascinating actually. I'm about 40% of the way through as of yesterday and should get through more today. So far a lot of it is research and science-based information regarding introversion. It's a different viewpoint than I've read in other books and it's just as good.