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Finished “The Long Night” by Christine White recently. Really enjoyed this book and how it was written with each chapter switching characters. Boy oh boy that twist got me, had to re read a few parts to make sure I fully understood what was happening. Has been one of the quickest books I have read in a long time

 

[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.

Did you buy it for them?

I've just ordered Mr Wilman's Motoring Adventure.

We had friends visiting and I gave her the copy of Fabric to read. Sigh, my list is getting too long....

 

[Montien]

I've just started Kill Bills! by Joel Gibson.

As someone currently in "status-chasing" mode, I'm finding it highly relevant. It’s essentially a field guide for the exact kind of logistics theater we talk about here. Stacking discounts, hacking the loyalty portals, and negotiating the loyalty tax we all try to avoid.

 

[Cossie]

Currently reading Abi Austen's autobiograhy, " Sugar and Spice". I'll get a copy of her book "Lord Robert's Valet: Afghanistan Kandahar War" as well.

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[Cossie]

Next up, just ordered a copy of a book by Elspeth Beard about her solo ride around the world on a motorbike in the eighties. Lone Rider: The First British Woman to,Motorcycle Around the World.

 

[Cossie]

Just finished Mr Wilman's Motoring Adventures, quite a good read, love him or hate him, Clarkson does provide good entertainment and his relationship with Hammond and May worked really well.
Anyone that liked Top Gear, or the Grand Tour, will I'm sure enjoy this book.

Now on to probably another 50 books I have that I haven' read yet! Probably the one mentioned in my post above.

 

[Drakecula]

I finished Pharoah and am taking a break from the Ancient Egypt books for the moment. I read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens which was a good read. I did struggle a little with the language, but I think it helped that I'd seen an adaptation so was familiar with the story. My Granny has passed me her complete collection so I will have to add a Dickens or two each year to slowly get through them.

Currently I'm reading The Strangest Criminals by Blake Polden. I picked it up from the author (yay it's signed) at Book Fair Australia in Melbourne just recently. I'd say it's an urban fantasy, and plays out through flashbacks in a way, as the characters are being interviewed about what has happened. The main character is a sort of magical herb drug dealer who is part of a secret cult/crime syndicate. Magic is separate from the 'human world' so it's all underground stuff. But it's well written and kind of funny - a bit Douglas Adams-y sometimes.

But it will stay home and safe, while I've packed a couple of books I picked up second hand to take on my upcoming trip. I've got Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth and The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner to help keep me entertained.

 

[mrsterryn]

Thanks for that @Drakecula just got that book , definitely sounds intriguing

 

[VPS]

I finished Pharoah and am taking a break from the Ancient Egypt books for the moment. I read Great Expectations by Charles Dickens which was a good read. I did struggle a little with the language, but I think it helped that I'd seen an adaptation so was familiar with the story. My Granny has passed me her complete collection so I will have to add a Dickens or two each year to slowly get through them.

Currently I'm reading The Strangest Criminals by Blake Polden. I picked it up from the author (yay it's signed) at Book Fair Australia in Melbourne just recently. I'd say it's an urban fantasy, and plays out through flashbacks in a way, as the characters are being interviewed about what has happened. The main character is a sort of magical herb drug dealer who is part of a secret cult/crime syndicate. Magic is separate from the 'human world' so it's all underground stuff. But it's well written and kind of funny - a bit Douglas Adams-y sometimes.

But it will stay home and safe, while I've packed a couple of books I picked up second hand to take on my upcoming trip. I've got Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth and The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner to help keep me entertained.

Interested in what you think of the Lost Apothecary. I won’t give any spoilers but there was something that just really irritated me.

 

[Skyring]

The last "mainstream" books I read were Fuzz by Mary Roach, a quirky look at criminal behaviour by animals, and Michael Connelly's The Proving Ground. Other than that it's been mostly my own books, reading and re-reading them as part of the publication process, and lately I've been revisiting Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe series, with ten books over the last couple of months.

I thought I was done and dusted with Sharpe years ago, but now I find that Cornwell – a remarkably prolific writer – has been filling in the empty spaces in the extraordinary career of Richard Sharpe, a soldier in the Napoleonic Wars who progresses from private soldier in India to colonel at Waterloo and beyond. Sharpe manages to find himself in some dramatic situations, often at the heart of some pivotal battle, gaining – and inevitably losing – the girl.

Some extraordinary battle scenes and a fair amount of skullduggery and lurking as Sharpe, the orphaned son of a prostitute in London's slums never really masters the social graces but still rubs shoulders with the famous figures of the age.

It's been a new delight, and yet another distraction, as I revisit the old stories where the details have long since slipped my mind, along with a string of fresh tales. I'm up to book eight in my renewed reading, with another sixteen or so to go.