What are you reading now?
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wrote on 17 Jan 2022, 22:22 last edited by
Finished "Bosch #1" this morning. Great cop story with a worthy twist at the end. None of that was in the TV series.
So...I started #2 this afternoon.
This is really popcorn, but it's good popcorn.
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Finished "Bosch #1" this morning. Great cop story with a worthy twist at the end. None of that was in the TV series.
So...I started #2 this afternoon.
This is really popcorn, but it's good popcorn.
wrote on 19 Jan 2022, 23:11 last edited by@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...
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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...
wrote on 21 Jan 2022, 20:46 last edited by@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
Just dipped my toe in to #3 this afternoon
Very binge-able. Just finished #3, and I'll dive into #4 tomorrow. Then, it'll be time for a break.
Lots of fun.
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wrote on 23 Jan 2022, 22:36 last edited by
Yeah #4 was quite the page turner. Lots of false leads, dead ends, intra-departmental intrigue...
Should I do #5 or take a break...
Harry...."C'mere. George!"
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wrote on 25 Jan 2022, 09:49 last edited by
@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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@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
wrote on 25 Jan 2022, 12:30 last edited by@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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@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
wrote on 26 Jan 2022, 21:46 last edited by@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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wrote on 27 Jan 2022, 22:52 last edited by George K
I love, LOVE, Ben MacIntyre's books ("Operation Mincemeat").
Started this today...
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wrote on 28 Jan 2022, 22:09 last edited by
@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
I love, LOVE, Ben MacIntyre's books ("Operation Mincemeat").
Started this today...
Bumping this for @Renauda who might find it interesting.
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wrote on 30 Jan 2022, 21:09 last edited by
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.
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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.
wrote on 3 Feb 2022, 00:32 last edited by@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.
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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.
wrote on 4 Feb 2022, 13:45 last edited by@george-k said in What are you reading now?:
I'll do some more Bosch instead.
Halfway done. Another good tale. Eleanor Wish returns, and Lt. Billetts is introduced.
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wrote on 4 Feb 2022, 16:52 last edited by
Haven't posted in here in a while - currently reading The Education of Henry Adams - a memoir that could be written by Aqua if he were living back in the 19th century.
Read recently
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wrote on 9 Feb 2022, 00:04 last edited by
Almost finished with "Endurance."
A very well-told tale which never, ever gets boring.
It reminds me of "Unbroken," the story of survival of the airmen of a downed B-24 in WWII.
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wrote on 11 Feb 2022, 22:47 last edited by
Loved this book. It's, perhaps, one of the more "obscure" LeCarre books. It has all the players you've loved in the past. Guillam, Smiley, Control...
And yes, the back story of Mundt, Leamas, and Liz.
Full of flashbacks, flash forwards, etc. Gotta pay attention.
Gonna re-read "From the Cold" just to enjoy the basis of this story.
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wrote on 11 Feb 2022, 22:48 last edited by
But...before I jump into more LeCarre...a short story to keep me engaged.
Ben Patton is a genuis, a mathematician and a man on the verge of a scientific discovery that could change the world -- if the math he's invented for it works. Ben's secret to his success: A muse, Hestia, who helps him, cares for him and in many ways is the love of his life, as muses so often are for those they inspire.
Hestia is Ben's secret -- but Hestia has secrets of her own. As the two of them race toward the completion of their work, Ben discovers the price of having a muse, and learns that the world can change, in ways he does not expect.
A tale of science and fantasy, from New York Times best-selling author John Scalzi.
I love Scalzi.
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wrote on 12 Feb 2022, 12:52 last edited by
Short novella. Very not-Scalzi in terms of content (not Sci-fi); very Scalzi in terms of humor and snark.
