billd766 Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I have just finished a book by Mall Nunn called A beautiful Place to Die. Set in South Africa in the 1950s about a detective assigned to investigate the murder of a white police captain. I had problems putting it down even to sleep and I always wanted to read more of it. It has more twists and turns than a Thai politicians statement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexRich Posted July 17, 2022 Share Posted July 17, 2022 I’ve been reading Putin’s People by Catherine Belton. It’s about the rise of V Putin in Russia and the activities of his authoritarian regime, which has led to the tragedy in Ukraine. The west have been sleeping at the wheel where Russia is concerned. I’ve also just finished The Cryptocurrency Queen by Jamie Bartlett, which documents the rise of a crypto Ponzi scheme called One Coin, headed by Bulgarian fraudster Ruja Ignatova. Ruja disappeared and is now on the FBI’s most wanted list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted July 21, 2022 Share Posted July 21, 2022 I will read this one probably today. Amazon just told me it downloaded it on my Kindle. I read all Stephen Leather books (at least I think so) and I like them all. I am sure this will also be good. https://www.amazon.com/Dirty-War-Shepherd-Thriller-Thrillers-ebook/dp/B09LQGDJ23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 As an ex-English teacher turned writer, here are some books I've enjoyed recently: The Earth's Children - Auel https://www.amazon.com/Books-Jean-M-Auel/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AJean+M.+Auel https://www.amazon.com/Thai-Tales-Mike-Bell-ebook/dp/B0064I1T5W Any Reacher novels - Lee Childs -https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Child/e/B000APO0PQ%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Elvis Cole/Joe Pike - Crais - https://www.amazon.com/Elvis-Cole-and-Joe-Pike-19-book-series/dp/B091PQKKQZ Monkeywrench series -Tracy - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=monkeywrench+pj+tracy&crid=DF4171FUGQVY&sprefix=monkeywrench%2Caps%2C483&ref=nb_sb_ss_mission-aware-v1_4_12 Kyle Mills - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=mitch+rapp&i=digital-text&crid=1Z8TPHV1T1ATH&sprefix=Mitch%2Cdigital-text%2C331&ref=nb_sb_ss_mission-aware-v1_1_5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneMoreFarang Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 45 minutes ago, mikebell said: Any Reacher novels - Lee Childs -https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Child/e/B000APO0PQ%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Did you read the last one? At least I think it was the last. It was so bad I decided I won't read them anymore. I read somewhere that Lee Child hired his brother to write for him. A failure. But I agree all older Reacher novels are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted July 30, 2022 Share Posted July 30, 2022 One of my favourite authors ,Ian McEwan,been writing for a lot of years, won many awards. My favourite ? has to be The Innocent, Saturday,and the one most people know Atonement, Amsterdam . I will admit not read any of his past 3 books,can anyone comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connda Posted August 3, 2022 Author Share Posted August 3, 2022 I've just started on The Chronicles of Narnia series. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewsterbudgen Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 Woody Allen's autobiography. apropos.webp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanuk711 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 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 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 I am reading John Wayne The man behind the Myth by Michael Munn. It is a very interesting book and a long one too. I had thought that it might be a bit boring but I am having trouble putting it down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lacessit Posted August 3, 2022 Share Posted August 3, 2022 4 hours ago, connda said: I've just started on The Chronicles of Narnia series. C.S. Lewis also wrote the Perelandra trilogy, an adult fairy story. The last of the trilogy " That Hideous Strength" IMO is the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert bloggs Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Wake up,by piers morgan ,how the world has gone woke mad,no 1 bestseller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsmart Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 Here's a list of good books to read... W. D. Smart (books2read.com) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xylophone Posted August 10, 2022 Share Posted August 10, 2022 "Anthony the Aardvark goes Quantity Surveying". M. Feldman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 I have just finished reading a P.D. James book for the second time. 'A Certain Justice.' She was a master of the written word. And she's sadly missed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandtee Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 7/17/2022 at 6:56 PM, billd766 said: I have just finished a book by Mall Nunn called A beautiful Place to Die. Set in South Africa in the 1950s about a detective assigned to investigate the murder of a white police captain. I had problems putting it down even to sleep and I always wanted to read more of it. It has more twists and turns than a Thai politicians statement. It must be good.???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Gandtee said: It must be good.???? It was and it was the only EBook by that author I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert bloggs Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 On 8/10/2022 at 2:54 PM, bert bloggs said: Wake up,by piers morgan ,how the world has gone woke mad,no 1 bestseller Me to just finished it ,very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bert bloggs Posted September 9, 2022 Share Posted September 9, 2022 Reading Cell by Stephen King ,its from 2006 about people who use a cell phone going mad,his writting i fear has lost its luster a tad. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesAlly Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Now I'm reading Stephen king Green mile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted September 27, 2022 Share Posted September 27, 2022 Coming Home by Rosamunde Pilcher in Ebook Mobi format. It is a very long and interesting book and not so easy to put down. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hummin Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 The Silk Roads: A New History of the World Far more than a history of the Silk Roads, this book is truly a revelatory new history of the world, promising to destabilize notions of where we come from and where we are headed next. From the Middle East and its political instability to China and its economic rise, the vast region stretching eastward from the Balkans across the steppe and South Asia has been thrust into the global spotlight in recent years. Frankopan teaches us that to understand what is at stake for the cities and nations built on these intricate trade routes, we must first understand their astounding pasts https://www.amazon.com/Silk-Roads-New-History-World/dp/1101912375 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 I have just started the S M Stirling series again after a couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger101 Posted October 2, 2022 Share Posted October 2, 2022 I tend to read Sci-fi and Fantasy. After reading The Prefect by Alistair Reynolds I went to Chasm City. I must admit his mind must work on a different level to mine. How he can cribbed the surroundings in such detail way is beyond me. S lightly different, my favorite Sci-Fi author was Issac Asimov. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 On 6/9/2022 at 5:54 PM, RichardColeman said: Currently James Herbert, The Dark. old 1986 copy form a charity shop that I also just found some esso tokens in that really brought back memories of the 80's Loved Herbert (The Fog etc.) Went to UK about 3 years back & couldn't believe the cost of 2nd hand books in Charity shops. I bought so many I got dinged for 90 UKP at MAN on the way back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 On 6/15/2022 at 9:18 PM, biervoormij said: @OBOR Thanks for pointing this out to me. With all the Christopher Moore and Christopher W Moore books I missed the Christopher G Moore ones. Thanks again for pointing me to this site. It will keep me in books for months. Thanks from me too. I can't believe there's so many FREE books available. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparktrader Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 Think like a Roman Emperor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaosLover Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 I suggested that here. Much better than slogging thru the original Stoic texts. If you want to read a pretty uneven modern novel that has a lot stoic philosophy in it, try Man In Full by Tom Wolfe. Even in his steep, decades long decline, I love his books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billd766 Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 Does anybody read Ebooks and have a library that they would like to share? I have about 1.6 Gb of Ebooks that I am slowly working my way through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biervoormij Posted October 29, 2022 Share Posted October 29, 2022 21 minutes ago, billd766 said: Does anybody read Ebooks and have a library that they would like to share? I have about 1.6 Gb of Ebooks that I am slowly working my way through. 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. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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