Books.

[Doon frae Troon]

Two thirds of a way through the Lewis Trilogy by Peter May.
Highly recommend
Start with The Blackhouse then The Lewis Man finish with The Chessmen

 

[tugglesf239]

Just finished ‘high fidelity’ after watching the film maybe a dozen times.

Cracking read.

Half way through the catcher in the rye. Not what I expected but I’m enjoying it.

Next up is east of eden by steinbeck, then the spy who came in from the cold by John LeCarrie’

 

[Lazkir]

John Le Carrie is an acquired taste but awesome imo.

 

[Val]

About 2/3 of the way through Lee Child’s Jack Reacher books. Very entertaining if it’s your sort of thing.

 

[Lazkir]

About 2/3 of the way through Lee Child’s Jack Reacher books. Very entertaining if it’s your sort of thing.

They are quite well written with most of the plot points hanging together. Just can't bring myself to watch the midget man cruise playing the part in the films.

 

[fundy]

About 2/3 of the way through Lee Child’s Jack Reacher books. Very entertaining if it’s your sort of thing.

big fan have read them all, the recently released one not as good though imo sadly

 

[Reemul]

big fan have read them all, the recently released one not as good though imo sadly

The last one was rubbish and the one before that not great the new one is a lot better.

Halfway through The Passage by Justin Cronin and it's excellent so far.

 

[fundy]

The last one was rubbish and the one before that not great the new one is a lot better.

Halfway through The Passage by Justin Cronin and it's excellent so far.

will take a look, currently reading the nicci french series, just started Tuesdays gone

 

[Doon frae Troon]

The last one was rubbish and the one before that not great the new one is a lot better.

Halfway through The Passage by Justin Cronin and it's excellent so far.

Agree with the last Reacher book, felt like it had been written by a committee [probably was]

 

[Deleted member 18645]

In my best Jim Bowen voice ..... "Books for Doon frae Toon"..... noise of dart hitting board .... "£30" - "For another £30, who wrote this book ..>"

Love Bullseye.

 

[tugglesf239]

Few others i really enjoyed

Bury my heart at wounded knee - Dee brown

Based on the real reasons that the "west" was won. mainly about the systematic extermination of native american Indians. Heartbreaking stuff but very interesting and an easy book to follow.

American Tabloid and the cold six thousand - James Ellroy. This is the guy the wrote LA Confidential. The is actually a trilogy (ive only read the first two). Its hard to paraphrase the scope of these books at it covered such a long period of amaericn history (Bay of Pigs, JFK assassination, Jack ruby, Cuban drug running, the teamsters Howard Hughes et all)

The books are visceral and seedy and ruthless. I cant recommend them enough

 

[Deleted member 1147]

... then the spy who came in from the cold by John LeCarrie’

Recently read A Legacy of Spies, it's like a follow up to The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

I'm a big Le Carre fan, have read all of the Karla Trilogy and many of his more modern books as well. You need to get half way in without giving up, and then you are rewarded with a great read. But they are hard to get started at times.

 

[Robster59]

Recently read A Legacy of Spies, it's like a follow up to The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.

I'm a big Le Carre fan, have read all of the Karla Trilogy and many of his more modern books as well. You need to get half way in without giving up, and then you are rewarded with a great read. But they are hard to get started at times.

I agree. They are a "slow burn" read but very rewarding if you persist.

 

[MegaSteve]

Have tired of reading fiction recently...
So, took to binge reading biographies...
Often on offer, on Amazon, to download to my Kindle...

Might have had my appetite re-whetted by some of the reads mentioned here...
Thank you!

 

[Paperboy]

Halfway through The Passage by Justin Cronin and it's excellent so far.

Great trilogy or though I thought the last two books ending where a little rushed.

If you like fantasy try Peter V. Bretts Demon cycle. 5 book series I'm just starting the last one

Also look at any of the Anthony Ryan books very good as well.

 

[louise_a]

Half way through the catcher in the rye. Not what I expected but I’m enjoying it.

Very disappointed when I read that.

 

[The Autumn Wind]

I love all of Carl Hiaasen's novels. My favourite author by far.

 

[louise_a]

I love all of Carl Hiaasen's novels. My favourite author by far.

I do enjoy reading Hiaasen, the only trouble is I get my books from the local library and they don't have that of his in many in.

 

[larmen]

big fan have read them all, the recently released one not as good though imo sadly

if you look what actually happened then there wasn’t that much of a story in it. One of my least favourite Reacher books.

 

[azazel]

if you look what actually happened then there wasn’t that much of a story in it. One of my least favourite Reacher books.

I've read all the Reacher books too and I agree that the one published a couple of weeks ago (The Midnight Line?) was pretty light on actual events, especially the type of action you'd typically associate with him.