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Fishers of Men, a first hand account of the Force Research Unit during the Troubles.
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Just found a Kindle Paperwhite that I forgot I had in a drawer and got it up and running again.
Can anyone recommend me a good crime/murder mystery book set in the U.K either modern day or Victorian times? Sorry to be so specific.
Can anyone recommend me a good crime/murder mystery book set in the U.K either modern day or Victorian times? Sorry to be so specific.
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Working through Iain M Banks culture books at the moment. Currently reading surface detail 
My wife loves the "DCI Ryan" books by L. J. Ross, if that helps. She has literally stayed up all night reading the last two as son as they appear on her Kindle.
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Haven't read them for a while, but I enjoyed Ian Rankin's books about Rebus. Mainly set up in Edinburgh. Then you also got Mark Billingham's series about DI Tom Thorne based in London as well.
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Working through Iain M Banks culture books at the moment. Currently reading surface detail
There is just delight after delight in those.
I still think some of his misdirections and twists are superb.
'it was a good fight, a fight they almost won...'
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I am thoroughly enjoying them I have to say
Banks was a brilliant writer and a sad loss when he passed away.Favourite so far has been use of weapons.
Just finished book 1 and onto book 2, already a bunch of stuff that didn't happen on the series i'm reading in the books. Almost the GOT of sci-fi.
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https://www.fantasticfiction.com/f/mark-frost/list-of-seven.htm
I've just finished ''Replay" by Ken Grimwood which was quite beautiful.
In the same vein "The first fifteen lives of Harry August" by Catherine Webb deals with a similar plot in terms of reincarnation in the same life although less emotional and more of a thriller than Replay.
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Reading the last of the HH books I picked up, Unremembered Empire, and my gosh it's as bad as the rest.
How people don't realise how bad an author Dan Abnett is baffles me. He literally writes every single book the same with a new skin. He has to have a "plucky" underdog type lead and he's turned the Ultramarines Primarch into an emotional teen girl whilst the bad Primarch tears up 20-30 people in 10 seconds without a sweat.
When this is done I am done for good with HH, such a shame they got hacks to flesh out such a cool backstory.
How people don't realise how bad an author Dan Abnett is baffles me. He literally writes every single book the same with a new skin. He has to have a "plucky" underdog type lead and he's turned the Ultramarines Primarch into an emotional teen girl whilst the bad Primarch tears up 20-30 people in 10 seconds without a sweat.
When this is done I am done for good with HH, such a shame they got hacks to flesh out such a cool backstory.
For the umpteenth time.......love it. To think it was the novelization of the great movie starring Robin Williams (R.I.P. 
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Next on my list is Picnic at Hanging Rock written by Australian Joan Lindsay (there's a movie by Peter Weir as well). It's a true story although many critics have debunked it. In any case, I have visited Hanging Rock, northwest of Melbourne, many times and I can safely say there is something weird in the air around that rock and area
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Next on my list is Picnic at Hanging Rock written by Australian Joan Lindsay (there's a movie by Peter Weir as well). It's a true story although many critics have debunked it. In any case, I have visited Hanging Rock, northwest of Melbourne, many times and I can safely say there is something weird in the air around that rock and area
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Bought The Last Wish - the book that inspired the Witcher in water stones the other day. Any one read it?
Yes. It's an introduction to Geralt. It's short stories about Geralt and his adventures being a monster killer. Sort of a day in the life of the Witcher, and an introduction to the world and his friends. I actually liked it better than the Ciri novels, because while Geralt is off doing a big quest adventure, he's not really doing Witcher things.
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Been reading James Clavell's Asian saga, just about to finish King Rat leaving only whirlwind to read.
Being a chanbara fan, ( samurai flicks ) I naturally read Shogun first. Also mainly due to watching the the TV series when the BBC aired it years ago, but unless Whirlwind ends up being exceptionally good then Tai-Pan will probably be my favourite of the saga, in particular because of Dirk Struan, so a good character.
My only regret is not reading them In order. Going to be at a loss for something to read when I finish the series. Clavell is such a good writer.
Being a chanbara fan, ( samurai flicks ) I naturally read Shogun first. Also mainly due to watching the the TV series when the BBC aired it years ago, but unless Whirlwind ends up being exceptionally good then Tai-Pan will probably be my favourite of the saga, in particular because of Dirk Struan, so a good character.
My only regret is not reading them In order. Going to be at a loss for something to read when I finish the series. Clavell is such a good writer.
Replay and first fifteen lives of Harry August are both fantastic books
If you enjoyed those, you should check out Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore.
Read quite a bit this last week. Finished several books that have been on my to read list for months.The highlight of which has to be Arm of the Phoenix by Josiah Bancroft.
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Just finished the first audiobook of the Bobiverse series, We Are Legion (We Are Bob).
Superb I thought, brilliant sci-fi with loads of pop culture references (Star Trek, Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica references amongst them) and excellently told by the narrator who does an awesome job of the different voices and conveying emotions.
Very much looking forward to listening to the second book now
Superb I thought, brilliant sci-fi with loads of pop culture references (Star Trek, Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica references amongst them) and excellently told by the narrator who does an awesome job of the different voices and conveying emotions.
Very much looking forward to listening to the second book now
