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Chris Wood
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Just started Sharpe's Battle, another in Bernard Cornwell's excellent Napoleonic series. (And this one was dedicated to Sean Bean!)
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Trevor Smith
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I just finished "11/22/63". Just brilliant - King just seems to get better
and better. I had some minor quibbles - there are points where King
seems to be writing the book toward a particular direction then just
seems to say "fuck it" and does an about face. I don't mean in the
sense of writing a "twist" either - simply reads as a guy who changed
his mind mid-stream. And the ending, when it hits, seemed rushed - I
wanted to see more. The book, as with most of King's work, was
already a massive beast, so why not? (Worded carefully to avoid
spoilers)
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Robert Cosgrove
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| Posted: 12 September 2015 at 8:40am | IP Logged | 3
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Chris, I love Bernard Cornwell's books, and the Sharpe series is my favoritie. Wish he'd return to it, but there's plenty of Sharpe books out there. I haven't picked it up yet, but I want to read Cornwell's nonfiction book on Waterloo.
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Wallace Sellars
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Richard Stark's PLUNDER SQUAD
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James Best
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Just finished:
STETTIN STATION by David Downing. The third book in his John Russell series set in Germany and its surrounding countries just before and during WWII. Good stuff and I am looking forward to checking out book #4.
Currently reading:
THE BIG KILLING by Robert Wilson. The second book in the Bruce Medway mystery series set in West Africa during the early and mid 90s. Intriguing stuff so far and if it finishes as strongly as it has started then I am going to track down the third book in the series.
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Chris Wood
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Robert,
I've read The Last Kingdom, the first of the Saxon Chronicles, but I didn't enjoy it as much as the Sharpe series. Fortunately, there's still a fair number of Sharpe novels for me to read. At some point, I'll try the Nathaniel Starbuck series as well.
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Robert Lloyd
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Reading the Star Trek : Next Generation A Time to series. I'm on the second novel. It's a nine book series that takes place just before the events in Nemesis. It marks the end of John Ordover's reign as editor of the Star Trek line of books. I really liked this era of the Trek books because they come out with continuing monthly series. Just like the comics. It was the first time you'd see stories that would be in four, five and six or more books. They weren't all perfect, however it was more hit than miss.
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Robert Cosgrove
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Finally got around to reading Ron Chernow's biography of Alexander Hamilton. An excellent book about the man who was Washington's right hand in the revolutionary war, wrote the bulk of The Federalist Papers, set up the coast guard, got our country's finances on a firm footing, founded the first National Bank, was instrumental in tipping the presidential election to Jefferson rather than Burr, and was involved in our first national sex scandal. Very interesting reading. I'm on to Benjamin Franklin, the last "major" founding father that I haven't read a biography of.
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James Best
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Just finished:
FOR THE DEAD by Timothy Hallinan. I discovered his Poke Rafferty thrillers a few years back and they are now on my must read list.
SCRIBE: My Life in Sports by Bob Ryan. A fun read and a nice synopsis of Ryan's highlights as a reporter for the Boston Globe covering various sporting events.
Currently reading:
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Antonio Diniz
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A Clash of Kings by GRRM.
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Joseph Greathouse
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I just finished The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. Wonderful book and seriously engaging. Highly recommend it for something different. It answers the questions, what if we could go back and do it all over knowing what we know now.
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Thom Price
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FALL OF GODS by Michael Vogt & Rasmus Berggreen.
I'm not sure what this would considered -- an illustrated novel? Graphic novel? The story is about a Norse warrior who sets off on a journey to save his wife.
I will admit, though, having paid $70 for the book (including shipping) that I was irked to see it end with "To be continued ..."
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