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[albie2]

Just started The Big Empty by Robert Crais the new Elvis Cole novel

[socrates63]

After reading people rave about Andy Serkis' narration of The Lord of the Rings, I bought it during the recent Audible sale and started with The Fellowship of the Ring. I also have the books narrated by Rob Inglis as well as the BBC dramatization.

I am only at chapter 3, and so far, it's been great. I find this much easier to listen to than Rob Inglis narrated ones, and Andy Serkis certainly brings the words to life.

[neyseyer]

Human Chronicles Saga
https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/theo-human-chronicles-saga-1-10-tr-harris/
Fun, simple, action.

this month non-fiction
The Economic Weapon - The Rise of Sanctions as a Tool of Modern War - Nicholas Mulder
https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/tthe-economic-weapon-the-rise-of-sanctions-as-a-tool-of-modern-war-nicholas-mulder/
Important, educate, expand worldview

[Lottiebot]

https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/emperor-of-japan-meiji-and-his-world-1852-1912-donald-keene/

Very interesting read on the emperor that 'oversaw' the transformation of Japan and established the emperor system again.

'When Emperor Meiji began his rule, in 1867, Japan was a splintered empire, dominated by the shogun and the daimyos, who ruled over the country’s more than 250 decentralized domains and who were, in the main, cut off from the outside world, staunchly antiforeign, and committed to the traditions of the past. Before long, the shogun surrendered to the emperor, a new constitution was adopted, and Japan emerged as a modern, industrialized state.'

[suburbansteve]

Working my way through the DS Heckenburg series of books by  Paul Finch,
An excellent set of english crime stories....

[Lottiebot]

https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/embers-of-war-the-fall-of-an-empire-and-the-making-of-americas-vietnam-fredrik-logevall/

A very interesting read on the post WW2 to the Americanization of the Vietnam War. The level of detail is awesome. It covers a period often overlooked - the French Indo-China War.

Thoroughly recommend it for history non-fiction buffs.

[suburbansteve]

Been listening to V UK - Visitation - Big Finish, what a terrible book, the story could have been ok but the production and narrations are really bad and its been cut to 3 or so hours. Theres also breaks where the producer/writer not sure which explains things.
Definitely not one of my favourites.



anime.chap has done a good job with the upload and I have no complaints there...

https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/v-uk-visitation-big-finish/

[OpaTsupa]

https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/embers-of-war-the-fall-of-an-empire-and-the-making-of-americas-vietnam-fredrik-logevall/

A very interesting read on the post WW2 to the Americanization of the Vietnam War. The level of detail is awesome. It covers a period often overlooked - the French Indo-China War.

Thoroughly recommend it for history non-fiction buffs.

Good tip. Thank you.

If you want more on that subject and beyond, take a look at these:

[continues on the French post-colonial wars with some overlap with IndoChina]
https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/a-savmage-war-of-peace-algeria-1954-1962-alistair-horne-2/

[broader view of Asia in that period]
https://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=124&t=5266837&hilit=The+Cold+War%27s+Killing+Fields

[Lottiebot]

Thank you for your book tips. Read A Savage War and loved it but have not come across The Cold War Killing Fields. I have my next read now.

Currently reading https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/a-bright-shining-lie-john-paul-vann-and-america-in-vietnam-neil-sheehan/

[OpaTsupa]

Thank you for your book tips. Read A Savage War and loved it but have not come across The Cold War Killing Fields. I have my next read now.

Currently reading https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/a-bright-shining-lie-john-paul-vann-and-america-in-vietnam-neil-sheehan/

I found that Sheehan's book a bit rambling and padded, even though it's mandatory reading for the subject.

Although just a vignette, John Paul Vann portrait in Max Hasting's Vietnam book is quite interesting.
https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/viietnam-an-epic-tragedy-1945-1975-max-hastings/

[Gweilo]

In the Mountains of Madness: The Life, Death, and Extraordinary Afterlife of H.P. Lovecraft - W. Scott Poole
M4B  Shared by:ihophats
MP3 Shared by:Haru55

A very readable recent biography of Lovecraft, his life and also his influence on weird literature, games, movies, up to the modern day.
Poole often references the previous bios, with a sometimes jaundiced eye.

[socrates63]

https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/tphe-haunted-bookshop-mysteries-books-1-6-cleo-coyle/

After finishing the last book of Laura Gail Black's Antique Bookshop Mystery series, I was looking for a new cozy mystery series. I've been very happy with Cleo Coyle's Haunted Bookshop Mysteries. I finished the first two, and am now listening to the third book, The Ghost and the Dead Man's Library. The unique wrinkle to Haunted Bookshop series is that the main character partners up with the ghost of PI Jack Shepard to solve cases.

[Gweilo]

The unique wrinkle to Haunted Bookshop series is that the main character partners up with the ghost of PI Jack Shepard to solve cases.

Not that unique.
That was the premise of the British series Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in 1969.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLgeGcX2U-sIEGWQy3f-gs_99Yn-4KvtKs

And Harry Dresden is aided by the ghost, Bob.

[Dallis24F]

Anomaly by Peter Cawdron.
It reads like a classic hard sci-fi novel but is a new book.
https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/wanomaly-peter-cawdron-2/

The Lesser Dead by Christopher Buehlman.
Very good Vampire story, good characters and twist.
https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/the-lesser-dead-christopher-buehlman/
*There's also a Full Cast version on the ABB but the original narrator is very good.

The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson.
A good YA mystery.
https://audiobookbay.lu/abss/the-reappearance-of-rachel-price-holly-jackson-2/