What are you reading right now?

[Drakecula]

Thanks - just reserved the first in the series

Which series? The 'Kill Your' series? He's got another one where the main character contracts to the FBI to help solve crimes in exchange for unique payment.

 

[VPS]

Which series? The 'Kill Your' series? He's got another one where the main character contracts to the FBI to help solve crimes in exchange for unique payment.

Yes - I've reserved Kill your brother

I've got quite a pile to be read at the moment (as is always the case) and never daunted by it so will see how I go with this one.

Thanks for the recommendations

 

[RooFlyer]

A terrific read following the life of colonial Surveyor James Meehan. Largely forgotten but a critical player in the development of early Sydney in Hobart. No survey - no land grant. @kookaburra75 I think you might find it interesting.

 

[Drakecula]

A terrific read following the life of colonial Surveyor James Meehan. Largely forgotten but a critical player in the development of early Sydney in Hobart. No survey - no land grant. @kookaburra75 I think you might find it interesting.

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I think I saw this on the NLA FB page. The author had gone in and signed some books

 

[kookaburra75]

A terrific read following the life of colonial Surveyor James Meehan. Largely forgotten but a critical player in the development of early Sydney in Hobart. No survey - no land grant. @kookaburra75 I think you might find it interesting.

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Thanks @RooFlyer and @Drakecula for the heads up. I know of his work in the past but will definitely get a copy of the book, to leave out on the coffee table at home. Who knows, I might even steer my grandchildren into surveying. James Sprent is another worthy Tasmanian Surveyor, who has largely been forgotten, although the survey stations he built on many hilltops survive today.

 

[Q Class Plebeian]

I have just finished reading The Peloponnesian Wars and by Donald Kagan .An epic and objective work detailing the three decades of conflict across the Mediterranean.While it was almost 2.500 years ago ,it still has resonance in the modern world .Despite the time difference geopolitics and human behaviours are both glorious and ignoble constants,

 

[kookaburra75]

I just finished reading First Light by Geoffrey Wellum. An incredible personal tale of a young man in the RAF in 1939, and the personal toll it took on him - which reminds us of why we shouldn't rush into conflict again. The closest thing I have read to that was The Big Show by Pierre Clostermann, where again it was a personal story, without the movie hype.

 

[kookaburra75]

One for @Cossie - who mentioned his like for all things fabric on RooFlyer's trip report. I found it a fascinating read.

Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World

A magnificent work of original research, unwinding hist…

www.goodreads.com

 

[Cossie]

One for @Cossie - who mentioned his like for all things fabric on RooFlyer's trip report. I found it a fascinating read.

Fabric: The Hidden History of the Material World

A magnificent work of original research, unwinding hist…

www.goodreads.com

Thank you, amongst other things I collect cloth, I try to buy some from every country I visit. This book is on sale at amazon at the moment, so I have ordered a copy!

 

[blackcat20]

The Mysterious Bakery on Rue de Paris, grabbed it off the clearance shelf at Target and actually quite enjoying it.

 

[Foreigner]

I covered a lot of readings - in law - for a bit over three years until October this year and am pleased to say I was admitted to the award of Juris Doctor last week, at age 67.

 

[RooFlyer]

Excellent stuff Dr Foreigner

 

[VPS]

Just tried this and couldn't finish it. Got AI to summarise the end for me

The Cut Throat Trial

THE FIRST LEGAL THRILLER FROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELL…

www.goodreads.com

 

[Katie]

Recently started Girl in the Wall by AK Gnuse. I found it in a bookstore in the Garden District of New Orleans.

 

[Cossie]

Just finished "Full Tilt", Colin Bond, with help from John Smailes.....

Still got too many to get through in the near future, I think the "C" period has played havoc with my concentration, maybe it's the copious quanties of red wine consumed that is the issue.....

 

[DejaBrew]

Just finished "Full Tilt", Colin Bond, with help from John Smailes.....

How was it? Considering it as a gift for a family friend who is a huge fan of that era of Australian touring car racing.

 

[blackcat20]

Just finished Sister by Rosamund Lupton
So good I read it in one day because I needed to know what happened.

 

[Cossie]

How was it? Considering it as a gift for a family friend who is a huge fan of that era of Australian touring car racing.

Enjoyed it, he was very diplomatic regarding the period with Moffat, lot's of good info on his rallying, and of course circuit racing.

I think they would like it, I did think there was one mistake, he talks about going to Europe to rally and says that Peter Lang did, but he couldn't make it. If I remember correctly it was Peter's brother David that went to the UK, he was quick, but didn't have the support required.

 

[VPS]

I think the "C" period has played havoc with my concentration, maybe it's the copious quanties of red wine consumed that is the issue.....

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