What are you reading?
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wrote on 11 Mar 2025, 12:38 last edited by
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wrote on 11 Mar 2025, 14:58 last edited by AndyD 3 Nov 2025, 15:00
I'm a book addict.
In the last two weeks, at least 31 books cost me about £80. Mostly old poetry, humour literature; all pre-loved, also a couple of maps. I love rummaging through charity shops.One of them 'How to be Topp (A guide to Sukcess for tiny pupils)' 1954, immediately caught my eye because of the early Ronald Searle illustrations.
caster missing and replaced by books, legs broken, chained to wall
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wrote on 11 Mar 2025, 15:03 last edited by
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wrote on 11 Mar 2025, 17:00 last edited by Mik 3 Nov 2025, 17:00
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wrote on 11 Mar 2025, 17:01 last edited by
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Just finished this. It was absolutely fantastic. Her use of language is top notch.
wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 03:38 last edited by@dolmansaxlil I loved Ministry of Time; I reread it immediately upon finishing because I wanted to see how the plot points had been set up. That was a great read.
The inspiration for the book, Graham Gore, was a real person. And his grandfather John Gore showed up in another book I read recently, The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides, which was about Captain James Cook’s final expedition (looking for the Northwest Passage from the western end).
The Wide Wide Sea
IMPERIAL AMBITION, FIRST CONTACT AND THE FATEFUL FINAL VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
By Hampton SidesI highly recommend this book. I learned a lot about Captain Cook and that last voyage. I saw the Captain Cook monument at Kealakekua Bay in December (where he died), and this book provided a good background for me.
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 05:22 last edited by
Just finished Stoner - not what I expected - a decent read.
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 06:27 last edited by
Easby Moor has a monument to Captain Cook and can be seen (with binoculars) from where we live.
He's still a bit of a local hero, his life taught in schools; people of a certain age know DCI Morse was named after his ship.I'll endeavour to get the book
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Easby Moor has a monument to Captain Cook and can be seen (with binoculars) from where we live.
He's still a bit of a local hero, his life taught in schools; people of a certain age know DCI Morse was named after his ship.I'll endeavour to get the book
wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 18:46 last edited by@AndyD I hadn’t realized that Cook’s last voyage was really about the Northwest Passage; I only knew that he was killed in Hawaii (we spend time in Hawaii most Decembers).
I worked in a salmon cannery on Kodiak Island, Alaska, which paid for university. Long hours. But the descriptions of Alaska in The Wide Wide Sea brought it all back to me!
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wrote on 12 Mar 2025, 20:18 last edited by
Too much news.
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wrote on 13 Mar 2025, 21:56 last edited by
Cannot find much of what I like so I am reading another Daniel Silva book, The Cellist. Spies, intrigue, mysteries, and the like hold my interest. I need to broaden my selections.
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wrote on 14 Mar 2025, 02:21 last edited by
"Democracy in Chains"
Just started it but so far it's a page-turner -
"The American Heritage History of The Law In America" by Bernard Schwartz (1974)
And as soon as I see my friend, which should be in the next week or so, I'll be reading her new book, "Propaganda Girls."
wrote on 14 Mar 2025, 02:23 last edited by@Bernard said in What are you reading?:
"The American Heritage History of The Law In America" by Bernard Schwartz (1974)
And as soon as I see my friend, which should be in the next week or so, I'll be reading her new book, "Propaganda Girls."
Please give Lisa a hug from me. She is amazing.
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wrote on 14 Mar 2025, 02:25 last edited by
@pique said in What are you reading?:
"Democracy in Chains"
Just started it but so far it's a page-turnerI'll have to look for it.
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@Bernard said in What are you reading?:
"The American Heritage History of The Law In America" by Bernard Schwartz (1974)
And as soon as I see my friend, which should be in the next week or so, I'll be reading her new book, "Propaganda Girls."
Please give Lisa a hug from me. She is amazing.
wrote on 14 Mar 2025, 02:25 last edited by