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[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "The Looking Glass War" by J. Le Carre.

Done: if TSWCIFTC was grim, TLGW was even grimmer.

Next (since I don't have "A small town in Germany": "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" wherein George Smiley is forever Alec Guinness.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: IgNobel Prizes 2. Liked the one grading experienced pain during execution, though I noted that cruel & unusual methods such as breaking on a wheel weren't included. Just proves how soft we've all become. .

Done: off to Oxfam with it.

Next: "Trains and Buttered Toast" by John Betjeman. Appears to be a collection of radio talks. Looks like I started reading this yonks ago, then stopped, laying it down to mature nicely by accumulating a layer of dust.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "The Tree Collector: the life and explorations of David Douglas" by Ann Lindsay and Syd House.

Another unwelcome 5:55 awakening, thusly:

Done: off to Oxfam with it. Now there was a chap who achieved things, including falling into a bull pit on Hawaii, which didn't end well due to there being a bull in there already.

Next: IgNobel Prizes 2. Liked the one grading experienced pain during execution, though I noted that cruel & unusual methods such as breaking on a wheel weren't included. Just proves how soft we've all become. .

[DoctorStrangelove]

For some reason I awoke at 05:55 on Thursday morning thinking of "A Candle in a Cosmic Wind".

Which has led me to:

https://sites.uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/TheStar.pdf

"The Star" by Arthur C. Clarke.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "The spy who came in from the cold" by John Le Carre. Once I've found a copy.

Found one in Waterstones once I'd figured out they shelved it under C rather than L. .

Done. Quite grim in its way. It didn't moulder for long having been purchased on the 18th of June.

Next: "The Looking Glass War" by J. Le Carre.

[vetran]

Heads you lose - Jeffery "give us an" Archer - pretty standard fare rehashed dreams of being a world statesman and a billionaire businessman - easy holiday read.

Now on Simon Scarrow "the honour of Rome".

Simon Scarrow the Eagles series now to be a regular feature not quite Robert Harris but a decent read.

Next Connelly the Lincoln lawyer series the 5th witness. is it up to Grisham?

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: "Without Enigma: the Ultra and Fellgiebel Riddles" by Kenneth Macksey.

Done: off to Oxfam with it. A sort of alternate history what might have happened if... sort of thing. On the bright side, the print size was reasonable & it was short at 152 pages unlike some of my doorstops.

Next: Confidence Man by Maggie Haberman. The life story up to 2021ish of the Orange Moron. A curiously easy read compared with some of my earlier tomes. I bought it about 6 weeks ago so it hasn't mouldered.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: off to Oxfam with it.

Not as interesting as the Dam Busters, apparently Bader was upset with the amount he received in royalties, he was still upset after the agreement was altered, so it took decades before he watched the film.

Next: "Jambusters" by Julie Summers. I expect this to be an easier read. .

Wot a lot of Jam they busted, and knitted socks, and all sorts of other things the WI did during the last global unpleasantness. Off to Oxfam with it (the duplicate went a month ago).

Next: "The Tree Collector: the life and explorations of David Douglas" by Ann Lindsay and Syd House.

[vetran]

read Mort last week, it was good, but doesn't beat the City Watch series, we'll see what Soul Music brings

took a John Grisham with me but didn't have time for it and also A Farewell to Arms

Milan.

Can't go wrong with Terry Pratchett & Grisham.

When I was doing the uni runs I got a few on tape. Great way to spen 3-4 hours driving.

[milanbenes]

read Mort last week, it was good, but doesn't beat the City Watch series, we'll see what Soul Music brings

took a John Grisham with me but didn't have time for it and also A Farewell to Arms

Milan.

[vetran]

Heads you lose - Jeffery "give us an" Archer - pretty standard fare rehashed dreams of being a world statesman and a billionaire businessman - easy holiday read.

Now on Simon Scarrow "the honour of Rome".

[DoctorStrangelove]

Done: off to Oxfam with it on Monday. Much mention of the glory hunting Mary of FBI Director fame. And who knew that the judge in the Fuchs case creamed his jeans every time he got to sentence someone to death.

Next: TBD. There's so little choice available. :

"The Wilson Plot" by David Leigh. 1988. Spooky.

Done: Off to Oxfam with it. He has a low opinion of Peter Wright, which is quite probably justified.

Next: "Without Enigma: the Ultra and Fellgiebel Riddles" by Kenneth Macksey.

[NotAllThere]

Bob Mortimer - And Away. It's his autobiography.

[DoctorStrangelove]

Next: another attempt at "Trinity: the treachery and pursuit of the most dangerous spy in history" by Frank Close.

Dunno how far I'll get with this, but here goes nothing.

Done: off to Oxfam with it on Monday. Much mention of the glory hunting Mary of FBI Director fame. And who knew that the judge in the Fuchs case creamed his jeans every time he got to sentence someone to death.

Next: TBD. There's so little choice available. :

"The Wilson Plot" by David Leigh. 1988. Spooky.

edit you mother****er.

[sadkingbilly]

I just finished "Snuff"

the eighth one in that thread

next I am starting on "Soul Music" I think or whichever one is the first of those three

any other fans of the City Watch here ?

Milan.

last year I re-read the whole discworld series. - great stuff!
(i'd left it long enough to have forgotten enough to do so)
I find it difficult to find good fantasy/SF now.
it's all rehashes of LOTR etc.*
even cyberpunk and steampunk have gone generic.

* game of fecking thrones, anyone?