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  • Posts: 15,106
    Light summer read you got there Darth.
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    I'm about to start re-reading the Union trilogy :)
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    I'm about to start re-reading the Union trilogy :)

    Good choice!
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    MacArthur's spies by Peter Eisner which is about WWII in the Philippines and the role the resistance and the guerrilla played in the fight against the Japanese occupation. It is a very surprising book about a part of WWII I have no factual knowledge about so in fact an eyeopener and it gives some interesting insight in the role of the US played in this part of the war.
    Thank you @VikingBooks for sending me a hardcover book to do a review on.
  • ClarkDevlinClarkDevlin Martinis, Girls and Guns
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    Denbigh wrote: »
    I'm about to start re-reading the Union trilogy :)
    Enjoy! A solid Bond trilogy in my honest opinion.
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
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    The War in The West: Vol 2 - The Allies Fight Back 1941-1943 by James Holland. The first volume was brilliant so I have been waiting a long time for this. A great new look at WW2, well-written and authoritative, Holland is not only a great WW2 historian but has also published a series of WW2 fiction featuring Sgt Jack Tanner, a fictional character in factual events. Great stories with a healthy dollop of history thrown in!
  • DenbighDenbigh UK
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    Is anyone quite knowledgable on the Union trilogy?
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    I read all three books when they came out, but knowledgeable no, as I've forgot it all.
    I do remember enjoying the reads, but unlike the Flemings I don't do regular re-reads of the continuation books.
    The only ones I've re-read are Colonel Sun, the Pearson book and some of the screen-story adaptations (the first four to be exact)
    The Union books though, were quite readable I found.
    Story details and such are probably available at Wikipedia, but that's hardly a revelation.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    The Book of Hallowe'en

    by Ruth Edna Kelley

    [1919]
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    The Book of Hallowe'en

    by Ruth Edna Kelley

    [1919]

    Bit early, but best to get your practice in! :)
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    The new Stephen King!
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    The Book of Hallowe'en

    by Ruth Edna Kelley

    [1919]

    Oh I need to find that one! Although I would not read it until October.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    STAR WARS THE THRAWN TRILOGY PART 2
    DARK FORCE RISING


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    Timothy Zahn's HEIR TO THE EMPIRE (1991) had kicked off an energetic post-Endor adventure, entirely in the vein of Lucas' famous trilogy. Luke, Han, Leia, Lando, Chewbacca, Ackbar, Mon Mothma, Wedge, 3PO and R2 were all there as leads in the story. But the novel also introduced Joru(u)s C'baoth, Talon Karrde, Mara Jade, Gilad Pellaeon and of course Grand Admiral Thrawn, all of whom would swiftly become some of the most beloved EU characters in the Star Wars universe. Its sequel, DARK FORCE RISING (1992), picked things up where Heir had left them.

    A sinister pre-Endor fleet of ships is of interest to the Imperial remnants under the disciplined leadership of Grand Admiral Thrawn, as well as to the New Republican forces. Whoever reaches this fleet first, may use its firepower to its advantage. Meanwhile, Mara Jade, who still insists that she has a score to settle with Luke for something he did to her in the past, finds herself and her smuggler partner Karrde in deep trouble when Thrawn closes in on them and discovers their dangerous little games. Political intrigue in the higher echelons of the New Republic and a dangerous old Jedi plotting behind everyone's back, serve only to further complicate things. It becomes obvious that Endor had been but one victory in a long series of many more to have, even if Vader and Palpatine had been disposed of then.

    Zahn's prose reads like scenes directly lifted from the script of a sequel trilogy to RETURN OF THE JEDI, done in the 90s. One feels right at home with these books; they're very rich in the 'Star Wars X factor'. When there are slower parts, they are heavy on geek pleasing dialogue. When the action kicks in, it does so effectively. And hints of more interesting stuff happening in the concluding third novel give one a healthy appetite for reading on. This is great stuff to a Star Wars fan.

    5/5
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    I've just finished John le Carré's The Tailor of Panama, which I liked a lot. Funny, but also nail-bitingly tense, horrifying and sad in places, with some brilliant characterisation. Owes more than a little to Our Man in Havana, a great favourite of mine.

    Over on the Kindle, I'm reading A Talent To Amuse: A Life of Noel Coward by Sheridan Morley. I love Coward; I'd sell my soul to the devil for a quarter of his wit. Less than a quarter.
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    Reading the latest Preston&Child, Agent Pendergast novel, The Obsidian Chamber (2016).
    This is a top notch mystery series, but this latest entry is on par with some of the best books in the series.
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    timmer wrote: »
    Reading the latest Preston&Child, Agent Pendergast novel, The Obsidian Chamber (2016).
    This is a top notch mystery series, but this latest entry is on par with some of the best books in the series.

    Good series indeed they belong to my annual must-buys for quite some years.
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    Have you read this latest one @stmark

    Its got some neat twists.

    I'm not sure what to make of Constance, but still have about 150 pages to go
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    I've read them all and generally within a week of release so yes enjoy the book and remember we are less than half a year away from the next installment. City of Endless Night on November the 28th,
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    Rereading this one
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    JAPAN, AN ATTEMPT AT INTERPRETATION

    BY

    LAFCADIO HEARN

    The Macmillan Company, New York [1904]
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    SaintMark wrote: »
    I've read them all and generally within a week of release so yes enjoy the book and remember we are less than half a year away from the next installment. City of Endless Night on November the 28th,

    Good to know. Almost done this one. It's coming together nicely
    Diogenes is still a homicidal nutter and Constance was playing him all along. All is well.
    Still have another 30 pages though, so probably one more hook to go
    I've read the complete works of Preston&Child as a team, (not their solo stuff) including all the non-Pendergast stuff.
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    Modern Romance
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    Written by Aziz Ansari. So far I've only read the intro which is funny and already relatable. Ansari talks about how modern day romance works and how different it is compared to a time before the internet.
  • Posts: 7,653
    timmer wrote: »
    SaintMark wrote: »
    I've read them all and generally within a week of release so yes enjoy the book and remember we are less than half a year away from the next installment. City of Endless Night on November the 28th,

    Good to know. Almost done this one. It's coming together nicely
    Diogenes is still a homicidal nutter and Constance was playing him all along. All is well.
    Still have another 30 pages though, so probably one more hook to go
    I've read the complete works of Preston&Child as a team, (not their solo stuff) including all the non-Pendergast stuff.

    Well you know the good stuff to read.

    Some of their solo work in enjoyable as well, I tend to grab it when I come across it but rarely seek it out.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    You can find tens of thousands of complete books in English for free here.

    http://www.gutenberg.org/
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    SaintMark wrote: »
    timmer wrote: »
    SaintMark wrote: »
    I've read them all and generally within a week of release so yes enjoy the book and remember we are less than half a year away from the next installment. City of Endless Night on November the 28th,

    Good to know. Almost done this one. It's coming together nicely
    Diogenes is still a homicidal nutter and Constance was playing him all along. All is well.
    Still have another 30 pages though, so probably one more hook to go
    I've read the complete works of Preston&Child as a team, (not their solo stuff) including all the non-Pendergast stuff.

    Well you know the good stuff to read.

    Some of their solo work in enjoyable as well, I tend to grab it when I come across it but rarely seek it out.

    That was an interesting finish. Poor Agent Pendergast . Such an emotionally devestating ending.
    Constance gave him fair chance , but no he let her go. Wonder if Diogenes will still play a villain role. I think maybe not.
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    looking forward to the next book aren't you, I know I am and the end was pretty surprising but it did end the multi story thread pretty decent for now.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    The Devil in Amber: by Mark Gatiss.
    Truly entertaining action story. A mix of the occult and espionage, defending the empire. Set in the
    1920s Mark Gatiss has a great descriptive style, some beautiful and witty turns of phrase. The story
    Has elements of Fleming ( a spy/assassin working for the secret service ) and Dennis Wheatley ( The
    Devil rides out etc ) this is the second of three books with Gatiss's hero Lucifer Box. I'll definitely be
    Checking out the others.
    An abridged version is available on the BBC radio player over five half hour episodes read by Mark Gatiss.
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
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    Aren't they kind of a spoof of the Bond novels, TP?
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy My Secret Lair
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    The "feel" of the books is similar , after all Gatiss is a huge Bond fan. Who has
    Worked the odd homage to 007 in to the Sherlock series. Although his hero
    Lucifer Box, is very different to Bond in one aspect as he's Bi-sexual.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    I'm reading a Helen MacInnes, Above Suspicion. It's set in the summer of 1939, and an English couple have been asked to do a little light spying during their holiday in Germany, because they are...Above Suspicion.

    MacInnes specialises in amateurs and innocents thrown into danger and intrigue. I read a lot of her novels when I was a teenager but I seem to have got rid of them all except The Venetian Affair. Pity - I feel like rediscovering them now.
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