Coffee 3:28 Fri Aug 28
What book are you reading now?
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I've just finished Second Sleep, by Robert Harris.
I'm a big fan of Harris, he's a truly great writer. His prose is always a joy to read, but the ending to this one was, to put it mildly, crap.
He's got a new book coming out next month: V2, a novel set against the Germans' V2 rockets in WWII. Hopefully that will see him back to his best, both in writing and plot.
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Darlo Debs
3:40 Fri Aug 28
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Well.i had just started reading The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist - Robert Tressel but i.put it down and seems to have disappeared. Cant find it anywhere. Aling with the quiche i bought the other day.
Its a bit odd
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Swiss.
4:01 Fri Aug 28
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The Courage To Be Disliked - Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga
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arsene york-hunt
4:02 Fri Aug 28
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The Invention of th Land of Israel by Sclomo Sand
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Golden Oldie
4:07 Fri Aug 28
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Recently read
The Phoney Victory: The World War II Delusion by Peter Hitchens (2018) ISBN 9781788313292
Good read for those whose only understanding of the period is from watching BBC documentaries and Hollywood movies.
Interesting in that he repeats what a great many argued for years before but were litigated into submission and bankruptcy.
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Iron Duke
4:10 Fri Aug 28
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I'm currently reading The Money Tree by Gordon Ferris. It's a lot slower than his other books but I'm halfway there and soldiering on. I recommend his Douglas Brodie books.
My favourite authors at the moment are Stuart Neville, Steve Cavanagh and Caimh McDonnell. They are all fast paced thrillers. McDonnell's are more on the comical side.
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Darby_
4:14 Fri Aug 28
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I read lots of books on and off, dipping in when I feel like it. I'm trying to read Dicken's Martin Chuzzlewitz, which is good but very dense and a bit of an effort to get through.
I listen to a lot of lighter stuff to help get to sleep too. The horror/fantasy/sci-fi writer Clark Ashton Smith at the moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b_J41EPBTM
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BRANDED
4:16 Fri Aug 28
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Talking to strangers
Malcontent Gladwell
In it he explains how we find it so hard to understand what strangers are saying and why.
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BRANDED
4:17 Fri Aug 28
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It’s actually Malcom but malcontent works well
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MaryMillingtonsGhost
4:19 Fri Aug 28
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Am just about to start 'The Border' by Don Winslow, the third book in his Cartel trilogy after 'The Power Of The Dog' and 'The Cartel'.
Stunning author.
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BRANDED
4:20 Fri Aug 28
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BTW I must have read every Robert Harris book except that one. He’s at his best when he’s recreating an historic even as a gripping thriller. The Cicero trilogy makes that bit of history come alive.
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Troy McClure
4:23 Fri Aug 28
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Just finished Hellraisers - the stories of Burton, OToole, Harris and Read. Was ok
Just started Dint tell Kath - Ian Botham. Enjoying it
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Troy McClure
4:23 Fri Aug 28
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*dont
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Jaan Kenbrovin
4:25 Fri Aug 28
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Post Office - Charles Bukowski
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Coffee
4:48 Fri Aug 28
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Golden Oldie 4:07 Fri Aug 28
Haven't read that, but (for once) agree with you about Peter Hitchens. Not necessarily his politics, but he's a highly intelligent man who is always worth listening to - even if you don't agree with him.
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Fo the Communist
4:52 Fri Aug 28
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Would have put my house on GO reading the Protocols of the Elders of Zion on repeat.
Me, Radicals by Jamie Bartlett.
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Takashi Miike
5:13 Fri Aug 28
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letters from the war zone - michael moore
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WHU(Exeter)
5:14 Fri Aug 28
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God's Wolf - The Life of the Most Notorious of All Crusaders, Reynald de Chatillon
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Golden Oldie
5:15 Fri Aug 28
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Fo the Communist
Once is enough
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/20/fbi-apology-twitter-anti-semitism/
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Iron Duke
5:16 Fri Aug 28
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I've also got To Be Someone by Ian Stone lined up on my kindle. About growing up in the 70's with The Jam as the backdrop. Only problem is he's an Arsenal fan but looks good from the blurb.
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MaryMillingtonsGhost
5:18 Fri Aug 28
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WHU(Exeter) 5:14
Don't know if you've seen Kingdom Of Heaven?
Is that the Brendan Gleeson character?
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