What Books Are You Reading (2022)

[billd766]

57 minutes ago, biervoormij said:

I have a large library of ebooks that I believe were downloaded from a torrent site but not sure how I would share it. Lately I have not been using this library but getting most of the books I have been reading from https://z-lib.org/ which @OBOR shared on this thread back in June.

Thank you for that link. I will have a root in there over the next few days.

[lazygourmet]

[Thailand]

Finished re reading all of Wilbur Smiths.

Currently reading all  of Ken Follet's books starting from 1979. Four books in the last two weeks.

[connda]

I'm reading Tolkien's The Silmarillian. 
It is simply a beautiful, wondrous mythology set in the realm of Tolkien's great works.  I'm about 1/4 the way though and it is a worthwhile read. 

[connda]

On 10/29/2022 at 12:24 PM, biervoormij said:

I have a large library of ebooks that I believe were downloaded from a torrent site but not sure how I would share it. Lately I have not been using this library but getting most of the books I have been reading from https://z-lib.org/ which @OBOR shared on this thread back in June.

FYI.  There is no such thing as a free lunch.  That domain along with a number of other "library" domains have been "seized" by "you_know_who." 

Thank goodness Project Gutenberg https://www.gutenberg.org  is still alive and well for books that are in the public domain. So, many classics, such as those by Dickens, are still available as their titles are not covered by copyright.  Link to PG copyright description pages:  https://www.gutenberg.org/help/copyright.html
 

[userabcd]

On 8/3/2022 at 12:46 PM, sanuk711 said:

I just read Michael Connelly latest Lincoln lawyer book---Law of Innocence..

And The Ghost (Robert Harris)...I thought both quite readable----

 

.both in Kindle...anyone want PM me

A few days ago finished reading the Law of Innocence, read it in one sitting overnight, could not put it down.

[BritManToo]

Working my way through all the Louis L'Amour westerns. 

[billd766]

On 10/29/2022 at 12:24 PM, biervoormij said:

I have a large library of ebooks that I believe were downloaded from a torrent site but not sure how I would share it. Lately I have not been using this library but getting most of the books I have been reading from https://z-lib.org/ which @OBOR shared on this thread back in June.

What I did when I shared my library was simply posted the hard drive they were on to my mate and he copied the library to his hard drive and sent mine back.

[OBOR]

An alternative to Z Library.
https://www.pdfdrive.com
There's an app on Google play.
PDF files can be converted to Epub online
on https://www.zamzar.com

[gamb00ler]

9 hours ago, billd766 said:

What I did when I shared my library was simply posted the hard drive they were on to my mate and he copied the library to his hard drive and sent mine back.

1. create a new gmail account with 6 - 30 alphanumerics using a simple password
2. save your account name and password where you can find it
3. login to new account
4. click on the 9 dots arranged in a square near the top right of the web page
5. select "Drive"
6. select the books you want to share, drag them to window, wait for them to upload
7. send the gmail account username and password to your friend(s)
8. tell them how to login, activate Google Drive and how to download the books

[n00dle]

On 8/10/2022 at 3:18 PM, billsmart said:

Here's a list of good books to read... W. D. Smart (books2read.com)

Subtle, bill. Real subtle. 

[n00dle]

1 hour ago, OBOR said:

An alternative to Z Library.
https://www.pdfdrive.com
There's an app on Google play.
PDF files can be converted to Epub online
on https://www.zamzar.com

Thus far, no alternative to Z Library necessary. It works ine on tor, check the wiki entry on z library for onion links. 

[gamb00ler]

1 hour ago, NasirNelson said:

That's cool, but how can I add books there myself?

 

On 11/8/2022 at 11:01 PM, gamb00ler said:

select the books you want to share, drag them to window, wait for them to upload

[Vietem]

On 6/9/2022 at 12:20 PM, spidermike007 said:

Does anyone have any authors they would recommend, who write as well as Barry Eisler, Tom Clancy, or Vince Flynn? Even Tom Wood is good enough, with his Victor series, though he is a bit short on background, character development and atmosphere.

 

Espionage, assassins, spy stuff, etc? Prefer contemporary, as opposed to historic, like Silva, Ludlum, Forsyth, le Carre, etc. Granted those are great writers, but more historic. 

 

Have tried so many, and most are real hacks. Lee Child, Joseph Finder, Scot Harvath, Brad Taylor, Ben Coes, Brad Thor, Mark Greaney, Deon Meyer, L.T. Ryan, and others. Most bore me to tears. 

Try Philip Kerr, particularly the Bernie Gunther series. Usually set in Germany during or after WWII. Weaves fiction with historical characters. Fast-paced, all-action thrillers featuring espionage, political intrigue and all the associated skullduggery. Prussian Blue is a good one to start with - a real page turner. Kerr was a great writer, he passed away not that long ago. 

[ArnieP]

Currently reading The Light’s on at the Signpost by George Macdonald Fraser,

[Lacessit]

Just revisited the Adam Hall "Quiller Meridian." It has some relevance to what might be happening in Russia now. Before that, Steve Martini's "The Arraignment."

[spidermike007]

10 hours ago, Vietem said:

Try Philip Kerr, particularly the Bernie Gunther series. Usually set in Germany during or after WWII. Weaves fiction with historical characters. Fast-paced, all-action thrillers featuring espionage, political intrigue and all the associated skullduggery. Prussian Blue is a good one to start with - a real page turner. Kerr was a great writer, he passed away not that long ago. 

I did. He was a good writer. I prefer more contemporary work. Other than Barry Eisler, not alot of good writers at this time, in the espionage, assassin, special ops arena. Victor Wood is halfway decent. The fact that guys like Sinclair, Childs, Sanford, and others sell so well, shows that the demand is there. But, modestly skilled writers are the order of the day. 

[connda]

Finishing up Richard K Morgan's "Woken Furies" with The Screwtape Letters next in line.

[billd766]

I am reading an Ebook called the The Sunrise Lands by S M Stirling. It is book 4 in a series of 9. This book  like the 3 before it is hard to put down.

[blackshadow]

none.........

[AlexRich]

Almost completed "The Honourable Schoolboy" by John Le Carre, the second book of the Smiley/Karla trilogy ... interesting because it takes place in the Far East ... Hong Kong, Vientiane, Saigon, Phnom Phen ... all places I've been.

[talahtnut]

At the moment, The Rent book, weekly bore.

[GammaGlobulin]

Possible Marathon Re-reading of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volumes One and Two, plus the complete works of John Cheever. 

[GammaGlobulin]

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

Possible Marathon Re-reading of The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volumes One and Two, plus the complete works of John Cheever. 

It can be imagined that my close intimacy with Sherlock Holmes had interested me deeply in crime, and that after his disappearance I never failed to read with care the various problems which came before the public, and I even
attempted, more than once, for my own private satisfaction, to employ his methods in their solution, though with indifferent success. 

[zzaa09]

The Divine Madness of Philip K. Dick

Kyle Arnold

2016

[billd766]

the Scourge of God by S M Stirling.

 

Book # 5 of a 9 book series.