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« Reply #175 on: September 17, 2018, 04:52:07 PM » |
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Finally got around to starting this:  A few people I know on GR kept recommending it to me and I bought it ages ago so I thought it was time to start it.  It's right up my street as it's a listen/read that will make most people feel uncomfortable cos of the subject matter. |
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« Reply #176 on: September 17, 2018, 11:37:54 PM » |
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Currently, I'm almost through "The Way" by Mary E Twomey, It's a 3 book series. It's an interesting and original premise for a Dystopian YA novel. I really like the characters and the quick pace of the book. 4 stars. ★★★★ https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Way-Audiobook/B00XBPTJLMThe last book is not on the ABB but msg me if you want it. I'll post all 3 together. |
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« Reply #178 on: September 18, 2018, 12:18:09 AM » |
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The "pea soupers" Holmes went out in were not gothic special effects, they were real and pretty toxic. |
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« Reply #179 on: September 18, 2018, 12:26:47 AM » |
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I remember reading about the turn of the century and during the 1800s but never realized it was prevalent in the 50s. Shocking and covering it up for so long. The amount of people killed by smog...never knew about it..?so surprised to see this book...it will stay with you. And the serial killer laced in the story. I am wondering if China has as intense peasouper.and that stalled weather front. My thoughts are jumping all over after listening to this book. The "pea soupers" Holmes went out in were not gothic special effects, they were real and pretty toxic. |
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« Reply #180 on: September 18, 2018, 02:17:19 AM » |
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The "pea soupers" Holmes went out in were not gothic special effects, they were real and pretty toxic.
I remember as a young kid living in London, not being able to go out on certain days as the smog was so bad due to all the coal burning fires in homes and industry that my mum kept us in (nearly all homes had at least one open coal burning fire) I don't remember it being as bad as shown in the movies, but as kids it was fun to sneak out and be lost to sight after a few yards in daylight, thankfully those days are long gone... |
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« Reply #181 on: September 21, 2018, 11:23:44 AM » |
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Just finished The kill list by Frederick Forsyth and really enjoyed it, so I'm going to try The fox... Thanx Whackbag. |
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« Reply #182 on: September 22, 2018, 08:35:37 AM » |
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Recently started Robin Hobb's Farseer trilogy and currently enjoying immensely The Assassin's Quest. These are loooong books, but I have such a boring job, and it allows me to listen hours on end and still manage it "for the man".
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« Reply #183 on: September 24, 2018, 01:05:53 PM » |
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Finished The Fox and decided on a change of pace...  Almost finished 14 by Peter Clines and it's pretty good. It's a great book if you have a long journey or want something you can pick up and put down without having to remember complicated plots or loads of characters, it's easy to follow and quite a good story.... I've enjoyed it enough to seek out his other books. |
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« Reply #184 on: October 08, 2018, 05:54:06 AM » |
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Just started Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon it's a 32 hour book something to get my teeth into.... |
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« Reply #185 on: October 10, 2018, 07:06:11 AM » |
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I just started book 2 of S.H. Jucha's, The Silver Ships. Fast paced, good dialog but lacking conflict. The characters are team-players in a "us against them" story so there's no real cause for division. Maybe that cones later. It's good in the way Star Trek is good and I like it so far.
I'll come back to update. : ) 10 books to go...
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These were really good. Good story, characters, dialog and fast pace.
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« Reply #186 on: October 27, 2018, 11:04:30 PM » |
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« Reply #187 on: October 30, 2018, 06:34:25 PM » |
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Finished Swan Song and really enjoyed it.. I was looking through John Connolly's books and couldn't remember the plot for this one, and as John is one of my favorite authors I decided to listen to it again... Recovering from a near-fatal shooting and tormented by memories of a world beyond this one, Parker has retreated to the small Maine town of Boreas to recover. There he befriends a widow named Ruth Winter and her young daughter, Amanda. But Ruth has her secrets. She is hiding from the past, and the forces that threaten her have their origins in the Second World War, in a town called Lubko and a concentration camp unlike any other. Old atrocities are about to be unearthed, and old sinners will kill to hide their sins. Now Parker is about to risk his life to defend a woman he barely knows, one who fears him almost as much as she fears those who are coming for her. His enemies believe him to be vulnerable. Fearful. Solitary. But they are wrong. Parker is far from afraid and far from alone. For something is emerging from the shadows.... |
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« Reply #188 on: November 03, 2018, 01:39:11 AM » |
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The Martian & Prequel Short Diary Of An Asscan  - Publisher's Summary -
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.
After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive - and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.
Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.
But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills - and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit - he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him? (Maybe not my all time but most definitely my biggest go-to. Way better than the movie & I've probably run thru it well over 100 times) |
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« Reply #189 on: November 03, 2018, 01:56:33 AM » |
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Critical Failures - Caverns and Creatures - Publisher's Summary -
Tim and his friends find out the hard way that you shouldn't question the game master, and you shouldn't make fun of his cape.
One minute, they're drinking away the dreariness of their lives, escaping into a fantasy game and laughing their asses off. The next minute, they're in a horse-drawn cart surrounded by soldiers pointing crossbows at them.
Tim now has the voice and physique of a prepubescent girl. Dave finds that while he lost a foot or two in height, he somehow acquired a suit of armor and a badass beard. Julian's ears have grown ridiculously long and pointy. And Cooper... well Cooper has gotten himself a set of tusks, a pair of clawed hands, and a bad case of the shits. He also finds that he's carrying a bag with a human head in it - a head that he had chopped off when they were still just playing a game.
Shit just got real, and if they want to survive, these four friends are going to have to tap into some baser instincts they didn't even know existed in their fast-food and pizza delivery world.
It's fight, flight, or try to convince the people who are trying to kill them that they don't really exist.
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« Reply #190 on: November 03, 2018, 03:20:03 AM » |
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The Reluctant Adventures of Fletcher Connolly
on the Interstellar Railroad - Publisher's Summary -
An Irishman in space. Hoards of alien technological treasures to be discovered. What could go wrong?
Don't answer that....
Fletcher Connolly hasn't got a lot to lose. Since he and half the galaxy signed on to the rat race of the technological relics trade, Fletch has come to terms with the idea that he will join the ranks of unlucky explorers that perish light years from home without a dime to his name.
But bankruptcy is a great motivator. With friends and family counting on him to strike it rich, Fletch embarks on an unwilling quest for alien treasure. His decrepit exploration ship, the Skint Idjit, and her successor, the Intergalactic Bogtrotter, plunge disastrously through the wildest regions of the Interstellar Railroad...from an uninhabited planet appropriately named Suckass...to a deliberately misnamed mafia-run planet known as Arcadia...to a rogue planet inhabited by aliens resembling cuddly teddy bears...to a moon covered with giant cacti...and, ultimately, to the supermassive black hole in the center of the galaxy, where Fletch's terrible judgment comes back to bite him in the rear for the last time.
Epic catastrophes and belly laughs pile up breathlessly in this delightful comic sci-fi adventure. |
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« Reply #191 on: November 03, 2018, 03:54:27 AM » |
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The Land - Chaos Seeds - Publisher's Summary -
Tricked into a world of banished gods, demons, goblins, sprites and magic, Richter must learn to meet the perils of The Land and begin to forge his own kingdom. Actions have consequences across The Land, with powerful creatures and factions now hell-bent on Richter's destruction.
Can Richter forge allegiances to survive this harsh and unforgiving world or will he fall to the dark denizens of this ancient and unforgiving realm?
A tale to shake "The Land" itself, measuring 10/10 on the Richter scale, how will Richter's choices shape the future of The Land and all who reside in it? Can he grow his power to meet the deadliest of beings of the land? When choices are often a shade of grey, how will Richter ensure he does not become what he seeks to destroy?
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« Reply #192 on: November 03, 2018, 04:31:33 AM » |
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Expeditionary Force - Publisher's Summary -
We were fighting on the wrong side of a war we couldn't win. And that was the good news.
The Ruhar hit us on Columbus Day. There we were, innocently drifting along the cosmos on our little blue marble, like the Native Americans in 1492. Over the horizon came ships of a technologically advanced, aggressive culture, and BAM! There went the good old days, when humans got killed only by each other. So, Columbus Day. It fits.
When the morning sky twinkled again, this time with Kristang starships jumping in to hammer the Ruhar, we thought we were saved. The UN Expeditionary Force hitched a ride on Kristang ships to fight the Ruhar wherever our new allies thought we could be useful. So, I went from fighting with the US Army in Nigeria to fighting in space. It was lies, all of it. We shouldn't even be fighting the Ruhar; they aren't our enemy. Our allies are.
I'd better start at the beginning. (Starts out your typical military scifi then halfway in something happens & it turns into an epic scifi adventure of pure awesomeness)
Behold...The Magnificent Power of Skippy! |
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« Reply #193 on: November 03, 2018, 05:31:07 AM » |
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The God Complex
My Adventures in a 300 Year Last Man Standing Competition  - Publisher's Summary -
In 2021, a worldwide Competition of seven billion people - every man, woman and child on earth - begins. In strange...often comic...sometimes frightening...ultimately lethal Events, participants battle against each other.
M would love to give up. After 300 years of desperately trying to survive the crazy, always surreal Events, he is finally done.
The only thing that has sustained him until now is the dream of being reunited with his beloved wife and two young children, whom he hasn't seen since the Competition unexpectedly began. But slowly he has come to realize this is pure fantasy.
Now in his 45th Q&A Event, he is ready to give the wrong answer to the random, obscure question and take a dive.
But then Jonathan appears. A stranger, who's really not a stranger at all, prevents M's fatal exit from the Competition.
Jonathan's relationship to M began long before the start of the Competition, something that only he knows. It is this deeply personal connection to M that becomes the driving force in Jonathan's quest to reunite M with his wife and children. |
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« Reply #197 on: November 05, 2018, 02:08:31 PM » |
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I've recently finished 'Sapiens' by Yuval Noah Harari and am now listening to his Homo Deus.
Both exceptional books, Mr Harari sure knows how to make history appealing, and the narrator is excellent too
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« Reply #199 on: November 06, 2018, 02:32:15 AM » |
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Just started on the new Lee Child book Past Tense. Do like his books as they're easy listening without complex plots and masses of information to remember.... |
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