What are you reading now?
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As I said, I decided to binge through the last 3 books of the Expanse series.
Finished "Leviathan Falls" this afternoon. What a great ride it's been. The ending of the story is satisfying and complete, while still leaving the door open for more stories. All of the characters have an appropriate ending, especially the "Last Man Standing."
Just loved the scope and scale of the story.
THere's no doubt that, if you just wanted to tell "The Story," much could have been omitted, and rather than taking 9 books, 3-4 would have been sufficient. Get rid of the "Prax" stories, for example. Though enjoyable, they really don't move the story forward other than expanding on the horrors of Strickland's research.
It could have been leaner if all you wanted to do is tell the story. But, they were building a universe, and it worked. Very satisfied.
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I am almost finished with the following book:
I wasn't really familiar with this story. Quite interesting. About a unknown young Malaysian guy who was able to get the Malaysian government to set up a soveriegn fund which he controlled and ultimately stole most of the money (hundreds and hundreds of millions of USD). I did do a search and it appears that he is hiding out in China (probably Macau).
@jon-nyc Have you heard of this case? It seems like it was quite easy for it to happen. Greed on the part of the investment banks, private bankers etc.
@Axtremus The book gives a pretty bad picture of corruption and politics in Malaysia. I dont know much about government affairs in Malaysia and was wondering if you feel corruption is pretty common there?
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@George-K : listened to this just last night, all in one go. My wife and I listened to it in the car on the way up to see my in-laws. The book ended just as we pulled into the driveway.
(By the way, this is the second Scalzi book we've done this with. We started Redshirts on the way up to New Hampshire. Listened to it all in one go, got done right when we pulled into the parking lot.)
Anyway, this series rocks. Please have Quinto play Tony in the TV series. This SO NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
Wasn't it great?
Freaking awesome. I can't wait for the TV series.
I'm glad Mason returned.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
So...I started #2 this afternoon.
What a fun read. Great twist at the end (as in #1).
Just dipped my toe in to #3 this afternoon. It introduces Honey Chandler.
I can see this being a MAJOR binge...
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k is that the posthumous one? I’m waiting for a relaxed vacation to read that. The last le carre ever. Maybe this summer
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@bachophile said in What are you reading now?:
@george-k is that the posthumous one?
Don't think so. "Silverview" is listed as his last book, published in 2021.
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@bachophile said in What are you reading now?:
@george-k is that the posthumous one? I’m waiting for a relaxed vacation to read that. The last le carre ever. Maybe this summer
Not a bad story. THere's a lot of "building the foundation" stuff for the first ¾ of the book. In typical Le Carre fashion, you don't know who's important, and who's not.
The last ¼ is absolutely riveting, with great descriptions of an
interrogationdiscussion with one of the principals and depiction of really interesting spy craft.Up next: More Bosch (#5 - "Trunk Music")
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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Finished this this morning. Probably one of MacIntyre's best. It's up there with "Mincemeat" and the Gordoyevsky story. The afterword is written by John Le Carre. Le Carre had occasion to meet the guy who confronted Philby in Beirut in 1963, and had several interviews with him.
Le Carre also received an invitation to meet Philby in Moscow.
He declined.
So, as long as I'm doing spies, I thought I'd give this another shot. I started it when it first came out, but lost interest.
So far, it's VERY James Bond-like. Interesting, perhaps unrelated opening, flashback to past missions, etc.
Oh, and it was written by someone I knew, back in another life.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
So far, it's VERY James Bond-like. Interesting, perhaps unrelated opening, flashback to past missions, etc.
Oh, and it was written by someone I knew, back in another life.Yeah, it was okay.
Not "blow me away I want MOAR" away, but a pleasant-enough waste of a few hours where you don't feel like you wasted a few hours.
Nice twists in the last ¼ of the book.
I was going to start this (and got about 10% of the way through it), but got, well, not bored, but "I'm not ready for this again," so I gave up - for now.
I think I'll do some more Bosch instead.
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08
The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
