The apples and pears were always suspicious.
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The apples and pears were always suspicious.
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A Game of Thrones. Watched all three series on tv and decided to give the books a go. Can't put it down. Outstanding.
Reading the new lee childs book - he's a hitcherhiker and the plot goes from there; about 1/2 way through.
Its ok - more or less the same - but Ive enjoyed the past books so picked it up recently.
Ive recently ordered 3 books from the eagle series of simon scarrow; looking forward to reading them in preparation for rome 2 total war being released in 3 weeks
Its ok - more or less the same - but Ive enjoyed the past books so picked it up recently.
Ive recently ordered 3 books from the eagle series of simon scarrow; looking forward to reading them in preparation for rome 2 total war being released in 3 weeks
Just finished Broken Homes by Ben Aaronovitch, part 4 of the Rivers of London series. I read it in 4 days (quick for me!) and I enjoyed it. It is a better story than the previous 2 books, but I didn't enjoy the twist at the end of book 2, and I didn't enjoy the twist at the end of this book either.
Now onto Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie.
Now onto Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie.
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Pure white and deadly. About sugar. By a bloke called Yudkin. Very compelling
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi.
All this talk about Redshirts (Scalzi's recent book) has inspired me to finish his Old Man's War series.
Gripping sci fi war series about OAPs fighting aliens using cloned healthier and fitter bodies.
It's much better than it sounds!
All this talk about Redshirts (Scalzi's recent book) has inspired me to finish his Old Man's War series.
Gripping sci fi war series about OAPs fighting aliens using cloned healthier and fitter bodies.
It's much better than it sounds!
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It's an excellent book. I've just finished "Commander", biography of Edward Pellew. If you read that and the Cochrane book, you'll have a very good idea of where Patrick O'Brien got most of his stories from for Jack Aubrey.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/...Frigate-Captain-by-Stephen-Taylor-review.html
If you haven't already read it, then get Commander. It was really good.
The first two Aubrey books are little more than a thinly fictionalised version of Cochrane, with a surgeon added and the more fantastical real-life bits removed. Even the investment scandal that hits Aubrey is taken from Cochrane. The main bit that O'Brien misses out is Cochrane's dabbling in politics. Later on O'Brien pinched stuff a bit more broadly - in the case of the two frigate actions in The Fortune of War he doesn't even bother disguising them.
I'm back on Jim Butcher at the moment.
I might have to try out the Patrick O'Brian books. Thanks for the tip. Also thinking about the Hornblower series. I have never even considered reading them before tbh, but I have been reading a lot of history books based around the French Revolution/early 19th century so I will be continuing with one factual and one fiction for a while I think.
I'm really enjoying A feast for crows, got really bored during a storm of swords though.
I'd probably start with Hornblower, as Forester is easier to read then O'Brien. Read Hornblower in chronological order though, not published order. There are various other writers in the genre (sea stuff is all I notice). Alexander Kent is average, Dudley Pope is rubbish, Richard Woodman is OK.