What are you reading now?
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@Renauda I am about 1/2 through the first book. Tough going at first as a lot of old German history, which I know nothing about (a lot of names, territories, etc.), but does give good background on the "foundation" to the Nazis. Starting to get a bit more familiar territory so hopefully easier for me to follow.
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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?:
It's a real slog. Too much introspection, too much "not moving the story along."
I suppose I'll finish it, but it's not as good as "Interview."
Yeah, this book was twice as long as it needed to be. But, I finished it.
Next up...
"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?:
@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Why not?
It's a real slog. Too much introspection, too much "not moving the story along."
I suppose I'll finish it, but it's not as good as "Interview."
I remember buying "Interview with the Vampire" while on holiday on a whim when it originally came out in the 70's (I must have been all of 13 or 14 so it would probably be considered totally unsuitable), and being completely blown away by it. I was massively disappointed by the sequel and I haven't read another Anne Rice novel since.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in What are you reading now?:
I was massively disappointed by the sequel
It was remarkably weak - long, boring, and wordy.
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@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
It's a real slog. Too much introspection, too much "not moving the story along."
I suppose I'll finish it, but it's not as good as "Interview."
Yeah, this book was twice as long as it needed to be. But, I finished it.
Next up...
I’m through the first couple of chapters. Good to start.
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@Renauda said in What are you reading now?:
The Coming of the Third Reich
The Third Reich in Power
The Third Reich at WarEvan’s trilogy is excellent historiography although as you say heavy reading. His style though flows well and therefore readable. I read it a couple of years ago. The parts dealing with Nazi racial theories, policies and acts of genocide because of their depressing nature, took a lot of effort to get through on my part.
Just finished the first volume. It was quite "heavy". Very very well researched. I don't think that Adolf Hitler or the Nazis were mentioned until more than 1/3 through the book. I will take a break but will definitely want to try the #2 and #3 volumes.
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800 pages of WWII naval history. Love it.
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Finished "Why We Sleep" as a re-read. Much better the 2nd time, and some things that were a blurry memory got firmly seated in my brain.
One of the things that Walker says in the intro is that you don't have to read in order - feel free to skip what doesn't interest you.
Highly recommended on my first read - and, on the 2nd.
"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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"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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Started this today...
If you thought Jackson Lamb was insufferable in the TV series, in the book...
I'm only a bit into it, but so far the TV series has been pretty faithful to the book. I'm enjoying it - a lot.
Supposedly, one of Herron's heroes is LeCarre. I can see a bit of LeCarre's style in this.
"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?:
Picked it up this morning. The first book in the series was ... okay. Not gripping, and not really all that unusual other than the premise.
Halfway through.
I'll finish it, but I doubt I'll go for #3 (of 5) in the series.
Finished book #4 yesterday - yawn.
This is the worst kind of book series. Each book, about 300 pages doesn't resolve anything by the end.
Rather than writing 6 mediocre 300-page books, just write one 1800 page book. Of course, no one would buy it.
I'll finish, just because I want to see how it ends.
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@George-K said in What are you reading now?:
Started this today...
If you thought Jackson Lamb was insufferable in the TV series, in the book...
Finished it this morning. The TV series was remarkably close to the book. The only difference was in the last 20 pages, where the hostage goes free in a way that's not depicted in the TV series.
Nevertheless, it's a ton of fun. It's an easy read and has a lot of "inside baseball" type of stuff that was there in the TV show, but not as clearly laid out.
Gonna do the next one next.
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Finished Slough House #2 - for those who have seen the TV show, this is the series which deals with the Russian sleeper agent ("Cicada") and a possible terror threat on London.
TV show was close to the book, for a while. Then, it went in a completely different direction. Actually a bit more satisfying.
Started book #5 of the "Lost Fleet" series. More of the same. I'll wade through this one and the next, just so I can see how the story ends.
