When did you last read a good book whilst living in Thailand?

[Peter60]

I enjoyed Arundhati Roy's  stories, she has such brilliant descriptions.  Her latest novel is Ministry of utmost Happiness.    Could be a story of Thai Government.

 

https://thailand.kinokuniya.com/bw/9781524733155

[GarryP]

Enjoying the new Dean Koontz "Jane Hawk" thriller: The Forbidden Door.

[Laza 45]

15 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Try a real eBook reader with E-ink screen. It's basically like reading a real book. With a couple of advantages:

- it's lighter than many books.

- the small think contains hundreds or thousands of your books

- you can change the font size - which is great for all of us who are getting older and want just a little bigger font.

- and you can read it anywhere, including in the sun without any backlight

I'll have a look at it.. but I do like my Kindle..sepia background.. easy to change font size & style also brightness.. I can't think of an improvement I would want.. Thousands of books sounds good but from experience the reading I enjoy is not included.. 

[OneMoreFarang]

3 minutes ago, Laza 45 said:

Thousands of books sounds good but from experience the reading I enjoy is not included.. 

I didn't have the all inclusive deals in mind.

I download the books which I like. And over the time it's a lot and it all fits in my (by now old) eBook reader.

I use the free Calibre to manage my eBooks

https://calibre-ebook.com/

[Kosmo Smallpiece]

Here is some of the best reading I have had in recent times.

 

Master and Commander series by Patrick O Brian (20 books)

Flashman Series by George MacDonald Fraser (12 books)

The Siege at Krishnapur - The Singapore Grip - Troubles by J.G. Farrell

 

The Riddle of the Knight – Nathaniel's Nutmeg – Big Chief Elizabeth by Giles Milton.

 

Edited August 9, 2019 by Kosmo Smallpiece

[spidermike007]

If you like action, espionage, detective stories, and the like, these are great ones:

In no particular order; Don Winslow, his trilogy Power of the Dog, The Cartel, The Border. If you like cartel stories. These are some of the best, though they are brutal and graphic.

Anything by Barry Eisler. Perhaps the best espionage, assassin, type writer alive today. The John Rain series is the best I have ever read.

All of Vince Flynn's books. 

Alen Mattic.
Alex Berenson The John Wells series.
Alan First all his books
Ben Pastor-Martin Bora series
Dan Fesperman
Alex Gerlis
Francine Mathews The Secret Agent, Jack.
John Lawton Inspector Troy series
Jason Matthews The Red Sparrow Trilogy
Luke McCallin
Philip Kerr The Bernie Gunther Series
Terry Hayes I Am Pilgrim. Great!
Tim Tigner
Paul Vidich
Should keep you busy for a while.

Edited August 9, 2019 by spidermike007

[malibukid]

1 hour ago, Laza 45 said:

My phone has a largish screen and I have Kindle on it.. It took awhile to get used to but I like it now.  I always have my current book with me.. well.. my Kindle books anyway.. I do sometimes get a paper copy which I do prefer.  Amazon has a huge library.. most are available on Kindle.. some are cheap.. a few are free.. but probably average around $10 US.. If you enjoy reading try Kindle.. a free download.. 

i can borrow books from my library back home to put on my kindle.  maybe i could get used to it.  but's been mostly Wikipedia online for me.  miss the NYT bestsellers and the book review section in the Sunday edition, however you can subscribed to the NYT online and have access to their archives.  this might be worth it.

Edited August 9, 2019 by malibukid

[lagavulin1]

Phil Redmond (Merrily Watkins) , Martin Cruz Smith (Arkady Renko), Mark Edwards. Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn), Ian Irvine (Three Worlds). 

 

Yes I read a lot ????????

[newatthis]

Working my way through the "Robicheaux" series by James Lee Burke.  Always enjoyed Burke.

[GarryP]

16 minutes ago, newatthis said:

Working my way through the "Robicheaux" series by James Lee Burke.  Always enjoyed Burke.

One of my favorite authors.

[VocalNeal]

Last weekend found two Bernard Cornwell Sharpe's books at VP condo where my friend is staying read the first one almost cover to cover.

[ben2talk]

I picked up a Paperwhite about 9 months ago - found one on Shopee that was bound for Mexico (by the looks of packaging) for 4000 baht... works well with Calibre on the computer to handle epubs etc... I can't say I like reading in the dark with the backlight - I have a USB light for reading in the dark. The backlight does whiten up the screen if you're not outside on a bright day - closer experience to a real book I guess.

 

In real terms it's a huge improvement in reality over the ipad (though I could read on the ipad well enough for a couple of hours on a dimmed/green setup) - but with the Kindle I can read for hours without 'switching apps'. The good news is my son can pick up the ipad and read his books on there (he's 7 now) when I want to read when he's home.

 

I'm currently on the 15th book of Robin Hobb's series (The Realm of the Elderlings) and it's been a blast... No problems sourcing books, when I found about how Amazon remove e-books (paperback shipped from US only) I added a new private tracker myAnonymouse and found a few missing pieces there... 

 

'A man called ove' is awesome (as usual, the movie I watched afterwards wasn't bad, but I'm glad I didn't watch it first).

 

 

Edited August 9, 2019 by ben2talk

[BigC]

I enjoy every visit  but most people onky post when things go wrong

[sawadee1947]

Every day. It never stops no matter where I am. 

[DrPhibes]

The Dark Tower series by Stephen King will keep you busy for a while.  Personally use my library card from the US and Overdrive app on my tablet for e-books.  All free and a ton of selection.

[PETERTHEEATER]

When did you last read a good book whilst living in Thailand?

 

Last November, Since then I have read twenty two more and they are all crap.

[OneMoreFarang]

Just now, PETERTHEEATER said:

When did you last read a good book whilst living in Thailand?

 

Last November, Since then I have read twenty two more and they are all crap.

Why do you read so much crap? ???? 

[pennine]

Just read "Writing Home" by Alan Bennett. Excellent, especially if you're from Up north.

[bbudd]

https://freepaidbooks.online/

 

If you've read this far you'll probably appreciate this site

WAY more than you can ever read

[Fortean1]

"1,000 Years of Annoying the French" by a Brit author; Stephen Clarke from memory. Two years ago I read about half of "UFOs and Government: A Historical Inquiry" and then had my head injury on 16 or 17 October 2016; the day after King Rama IX of Thailand died.  My Kindle for e-reading although I still prefer paper and ink reading.  I prefer non-fiction; however- in my opinion there is beyond fiction and non-fiction a third category.  It is anecdotal for the most part; delving into the realm of limbo reality whatever that may be.  Another recent paperback book read is "UFOs: An Overview of Close Encounters and Low Flybys" by Anthony J. Tambini.  An excerpt from his preface:

"Also provided is a technical evaluation of the reports.  These evaluations cover various aspects of the report such as the landing gear system; methods of propulsion; etc.  It is the hope of the author that researchers will start to review the data that has been accumulated over the past 50 or so years and then conduct an analytical review of the data with the hope that some technical information can be gleaned.  (Para) Two appendices are included.  Appendix I is a logistics exercise developed to explain the possible location of the disc that purportedly crashed near Roswell-New Mexico.  Appendix II is provided as a reference to future investigations into the Unidentified Flying Object puzzle."

 

Tony lives in San Francisco.  I will be seeing him next week in Bangkok.

 

Terry near Hua Hin

 

Edited August 10, 2019 by Fortean1
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