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  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Call for the Dead, by John Le Carre.
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    I finished The Godfather Returns. It was a bit of a disappointment, mostly to the new mafia character. I just didn't care when he was the focus. He fell flat. Any of the subplots with the Corleone family was decent, at least. Overall, worse than The Godfather part 3. Stick to the Original Mario Puzo novel, The Family Corleone Prequel book, and the first two movies.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    edited January 2019 Posts: 40,978
    Finished up Diamonds Are Forever about two days ago, so on to From Russia With Love now, and I finished American Psycho yesterday (a twisted masterpiece - that's easily the most dark and horrid thing I've ever experienced, but the fact that Ellis can somehow have me laughing simultaneously as the events unfold is quite the accomplishment). Now, I've moved back into Stephen King, will start his The Long Walk by this weekend.
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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  • RevelatorRevelator
    edited January 2019 Posts: 2,918
    Lancaster007 wrote: »
    Part of my Goodreads 2019 Challenge is to read all my Bond novels.

    I hope you will also upvote the better reviews of the Bond novels on that website. In my experience some of the top-voted reviews for various Fleming novels on Goodreads have been absolute trash. (YOLT's top-voted review was a review of the film--grrrrr!!) At least with Amazon reviews there isn't a cult of personality surrounding the reviewers. But on Goodreads if someone is popular their friends will upvote all their reviews, despite not having read the book.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
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    Speaking of, if anyone would like to be my friend on Goodreads, come on over, I have a Bond bookshelf: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/268220-alice?shelf=bond
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    A STUDY IN CONCIOUSNESS A contibution to the science of psychology by Annie Besant, 2nd edition 1915.
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  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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    40th anniversary deluxe edition: The Ultimate Music Cuide: THE CURE (by the makers of Uncut)
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    The Godfather's Revenge by Mark Winegardner. After this, I will be all done with reading The Godfather series.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Finished (and loved) King's The Long Walk and FRWL, now on to DN and Michael Dobbs' House of Cards (hoping I love it as much as the American series, as I just realized the other day this is part of a series and not solely one book.)
  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    MaxCasino wrote: »
    The Godfather's Revenge by Mark Winegardner. After this, I will be all done with reading The Godfather series.

    I have finished The Godfather's Revenge. While better than The Godfather Returns, it didn't get good until the second half.

    My ranking for The Godfather book series:

    1 The Godfather by Mario Puzo
    2 The Family Corleone by Ed Falco
    3 The Sicilian by Mario Puzo
    4 The Godfather's Revenge by Mark Winegardner
    5 The Godfather Returns by Mark Winegardner

    All recommended though.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    The Heckler by Ed McBain. 87th Precinct novel, the first featuring the deaf man.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Tennison by Lynda la Plante (prequel Prime suspect series)
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
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    Having started the New Year with Casino Royal, I have now finished all the Fleming Bonds, and am now into some continuation novels (no Gardner or Benson [though I do have Benson’s Pocket Guide for Jethro Tull]), now onto John Pearson’s James Bond: The Authorized Biography, which I’ve not read since first buying this paperback in 1975!
  • ThunderfingerThunderfinger Das Boot Hill
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  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
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    Continuing my Bondathon with Colonel Sun by Robert Markham (aka Kingsley Amis). This is the only book in my current reread that I’ve not read before. So far, so good.
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
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    Devil May Care by Sebastian Faulks.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    @Lancaster007
    Your thoughts on Colonel Sun?
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
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    @DarthDimi , I quite enjoyed it. Certainly one of the better continuation novels, but I don’t rate it as highly as some. I have seen reviews where it has been praised higher than Fleming, or as good as.
    Afraid I don’t agree with that, but one I’ll definitely reread again at a later date.

    Next reread I think I’ll put the Horowitz books in their timeline, and not as I am doing here as published.
  • LudovicoLudovico
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    Puma by Anthony Burgess.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    A time to scatter Stones - Lawrence Block (the latest Matthew Scudder novella)
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
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    Solo by William Boyd. A so-so Bond, my main bugbear is the location. Just don’t like Africa set stories, always seems so grubby!
    Still at least I’ve got Horowitz’s two to look forward to.
  • thedovethedove hiding in the Greek underworld
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    Just finished reading The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. Excellent non fiction work about why we humans think and act the way we do. It reminded me a bit of Malcom Gladwell. Charles brings in many different things to show us the power of our habits. It even dives in to how corporations and casinos help prey on our habits.

    In Fiction I just completed Forever and a Day. I really enjoyed it and would rank it slightly higher then Trigger Mortis. I really liked the dynamic between Sixtene and Bond. I was constantly imagining Connery as Bond for some reason. I would recommend it if you haven't read it yet.
  • Agent_99Agent_99 enjoys a spirited ride as much as the next girl
    edited March 2019 Posts: 3,176
    thedove wrote: »
    I was constantly imagining Connery as Bond for some reason.

    Maybe because Anthony Horowitz pictured when he was writing it, according to him! With a dash of Craig.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
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    Agent_99 wrote: »
    thedove wrote: »
    I was constantly imagining Connery as Bond for some reason.

    Maybe because Anthony Horowitz pictured when he was writing it, according to him! With a dash of Craig.

    No dash of Craig just pure Connery. When I first started reading Fleming I never knew about the movies but on the back of each book was the lean drawing of Sean Connery's 007. I have never ever imagined anybody else when reading the books.
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
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    Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz. About a third through, and enjoying it as much as I did first time around!
  • barryt007barryt007
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    I'm reading this atm :

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  • MaxCasinoMaxCasino United States
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    Listening to the audiobook of Tomorrow Never Dies.
  • Lancaster007Lancaster007 Shrublands Health Clinic, England
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    Forever And A Day by Anthony Horowitz. This brings to an end my Bondathon reread.
    What next?
  • barryt007barryt007
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    Lancaster007 wrote: »
    Forever And A Day by Anthony Horowitz. This brings to an end my Bondathon reread.
    What next?

    One of Sir Roger's books ?
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