Read any good books?

[KnittyNorah]

The Spy and the Traitor: Ben Macintyre

The true story of a KGB colonel and latterly the Station Chief in London. A double agent passing information to MI6
It reads like a spy novel but is in fact a true story.

Second time of reading.

That sounds interesting. When I was severely visually impaired, I 'read' a few audiobooks by Ben Macintyre and found them very good indeed. I'll keep an eye open for that one, either as an audiobook or as a 'real' one.

 

[GuyBoden]

The Magus by John Fowles is one of my all time favourite books, currently reading Arthur Machen.

 

[cisamcgu]

Endgame by Frank Brady : Bio of Bobby Fischer

Not much chess actually in it (which is good, my chess ability is laughable), but an entertaining and moving account of the rise and fall of one of the greatest players ever.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Let me know, what you think
Sombre in parts….

Just finished this, will need to track down the first one now. It was interesting to hear all the stories and yes some sad ones in there. Different times indeed.

 

[colly]

Into the second book of the Shardlake Series by C J Sansom.

Dissolution the first book and the one I am about 50 pages in is Dark Fire.
Set in the 15th century at the time of Henry 8th
Matthew Shardlake, a lawyer, is sent as Thomas Cromwell's Commissioner to investigate the murder of the previous Commissioner at a monastery.

Good stuff.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

@wiggydiggy

The Mike Pannet books are good too
Also Police, but North Yorkshire, from the 90s/early 2000s
He was based in Malton, & covered west - east) Hopgrove (where A64 becomes single-carriageway) to Saxton (roundabout to Scarborough or Fliey) & as far north as Rosedale/south as (almost) Stamford Bridge)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pannett
https://www.waterstones.com/author/mike-pannett/226485

 

[DCBassman]

Currently reading the Strike novels by Galbraith/Rowling. Very good. Also on the second part of The Book of Dust trilogy by Phillip Pullman.

 

[wiggydiggy]

The Mortal Engines series by Phillip Reeve. Nice post apocalyptic set love story, with giant cities that eat each other.

 

[Drago]

Defending Northamptonshire The Military Landscape from Pre-history to the Present​

 

[stephec]

A few weeks ago I stopped at the Premier Inn at Team Valley, Gateshead.

In the reception they had a table where people leave books and someone else buys one for a charity donation, luckily I found this one. 😊

 

[wiggydiggy]

A few weeks ago I stopped at the Premier Inn at Team Valley, Gateshead.

In the reception they had a table where people leave books and someone else buys one for a charity donation, luckily I found this one. 😊

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Is the Lost Continent about Australia?

 

[mustang1]

One Man and his Bike
by Mike Carter

The story of Mike riding around the coast of Britain. Well written, good mild British adventure.

 

[DRM]

One Man and his Bike
by Mike Carter

The story of Mike riding around the coast of Britain. Well written, good mild British adventure.

That is a good read, and it is indeed well written

 

[stephec]

Is the Lost Continent about Australia?

It's his travels around small town America, I think it was written around the late eighties.

 

[Profpointy]

The Mortal Engines series by Phillip Reeve. Nice post apocalyptic set love story, with giant cities that eat each other.

Half way through the second one. I very much enjoyed the movie, which pretty much aligns with the first book which I bought after seeing the film. Pretty good (film and book) to be fair even if it's a couple of notches down from Pulman's "his dark materials". Sadly the film lost money, so likely no more to come, but they spent a humungous load of money on it, so a profit was quite a stretch
enjoyable as it is