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  1. Redhelen

    Redhelen Well-Known Member

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    That's what I liked about them.
     
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    They are very good. Haven't read the new one yet. I usually pick all my books up from charity shops, so making do with what I have at the moment in the flat.
     
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    John the observer book of Association Football was introduced to the list (1st edition) in 1972 No. 47. on the front cover (dust jacket) is Bobby Charlton and a Rumanian player, taken during the England v Rumania world cup game.
     
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    # me too, must be getting on for 20 years ago now and I can still remember how excellent they were. Still hoping he'll write some more. Staying on the dystopian sci-fi theme, and off the top of my head, more recently I've enjoyed Station Eleven by Emily St John Mandel, and a great trilogy of books from a guy called Elliot Hall about a private eye (Felix Strange) operating in a near future USA run by hardline religious fundamentalists. I've got books waiting for me on the shelf about things like the Renaissance and the American Civil War but I keep getting distracted by guilty pleasures like the aforementioned, and the likes of Lee Child and Steven King. Mentioning the Civil War has reminded me - Days Without End by Sebastian Barry was a brilliant novel.
     
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    Working my way through Tim O'Brien back catalogue atm - The Things they carried, If I die in a combat zone, and just finished Searching for Cacciato. Interesting if you like semi autobiographical Vietnam war stuff.
     
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    He recently tweeted (before he got his account suspended) that he had feelings about writing Takeshi again that he'd not had in years.
     
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  7. Red

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    Anyone honestly like the Classics ?? Dickens/Trollope/Austen/Brontes/ and dare I add Shakespeare boring and unreadable!
     
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    Yes to Jane Austin and Shakespeare if performed. No to Dickens and Trollope. Never read anything by the Brontes
     
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    In the past I've enjoyed Dickens, Austen, Brontes. Studied Shakespeare at school & like seeing the plays, but find it dull in terms of prose. Not something I visit much now TBH. I love social history, so everything from the Crown on Netflix to Hillary Mantel is more my thing these days.
     
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    Wuthering heights is one of my favourite books and I love all Dickens. Shakespeare is so much better when you see it performed
     
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    Today's Amazon daily deal on Kindle.

    Lord Of The Rings book 1 £0.99
    Book 2 is on at £1.99
    Sadly book 3 will set you back £5.47.

    Anyway, just thought I'd mention it.
     
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    Who Goes There? John W Campbell - Spooky Sci-Fi
    Amytyville Horror - Jay Anson - Spooky Horror
    Unnatural Causes - Richard Shepherd - Forensics
    Domestique - Charlie Weglius - Cycling
    The Beckoning Silence - Joe Simpson - Mountaineering
     
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    I've just finished a Grisham THE LAST JUROR, I picked up this book at a ward in Pinderfields Hospital for £1 and what a well spent £1, if you see this book on a second hand bookstall I would urge you to buy it, it really is a good solid story with all necessary ingredients to keep the reader engrossed for a good few sittings, perfect for the tedious hours of a lockdown.
     
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    I think I read that years ago it sounds familiar and I had a spate of reading his books in the mid 2000's when I was doing a lot of business travel
    I found them all quite good but after a while they did become a bit samey - as its at least 10 years since I read any of his though it might be worth revisiting and reading some of his later stuff
     
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