[GMJ]

Aside from the news, are you a reader? Avid or occasional?

I have just finished the new John Grisham novel - The Judges List - and it was excellent; well up to his normal standard. I will need to start a new afternoon book today.

At night I am currently reading Ian Fleming's Dr No on my kindle. Always a good read the Bond books (Im trying to do them in order) and around 200 pages too. How they manage to make 3 hour films out of them I don't know!

What about you folks?

 

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I shall probably start a non fiction this afternoon as I just finished the Grisham.

 

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My new afternoon book is a non fiction: The Fight for Welsh Freedom, by Gwynfor Evans. Just the thing in the week before the England v Wales rugby match.

My night-time Kindle book - which I also started yesterday as I finished Dr No - is Moby Dick by Herman Melville. I haven't read it before so we'll so how it goes.

 

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I finished The Fight for Welsh Freedom by Gwynfor Evans yesterday. an interesting history book but way too condensed really to be anything less than a monologue supporting the authors views on independence. An interesting read though which did throw up some interesting stats and points.

To replace it, my new afternoon book is Guy Martin's latest: Dead Men don't tell Tales, which has started off like all his others. very readable and honest.

I'm still ploughing through Moby Dick on the kindle at night. It's starting to grow on me...

 

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I finished Moby Dick the other night.

It was enjoyable and not enjoyable in equal measure. Some parts were quite gripping and others slightly weird. The book is very descriptive: if you want to know more about the 19th century whaling trade, then this is your book.

As some light relief I am now reading Treasure by Clive Cussler. Typical Cussler fayre so rousing stuff.

 

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I still have Guy Martin's latest book Dead men don't tell tales on the go as my MH afternoon hard back reading book. At night I am currently reading The Broker by John Grisham on my kindle. Both reads are very good: classic Guy Martin pus a slight variation on his normal theme for Grisham.

 

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I have now finished The Broker by John Grisham (another cracking Grisham read) and have moved onto the 6th (?) book in the Dune series by Frank Herbert called Chapterhouse Dune. As with the others I find it a hard read.

 

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How can you put yourself through it for a 6th time Graham, if it's a hard read?

Masochism? :grin2:

I like a challenge Jean. It's a mountain that needs climbing tbh. For me, not all reading has to be pure entertainment but I see it as a learning opportunity and perhaps, just perhaps, it will click and I'll understand his written style (and the plots) better.

I have seen the books for sale for years and promised myself that I would tackle them one day, so am doing so.

 

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I finished my afternoon read: Guy Martin's latest book Dead men don't tell tales the other day. It's a good read and very similar style to his previous stuff.

So in the afternoon's I have started reading The Triumph of the Sun by Wilbur Smith...which I picked up on a campsite when we were in Spain.

I am 90% through the Frank Herbert Chapterhouse Dune on the kindle for my night-time read. It's been hard going in places but tbf has come good at the back end as all the threads are pulled together.

 

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I finished Chapterhouse Dune and it came good in the end thankfully.

I have now moved on to Hood by Stephen Lawhead which is a new/different take on the Robin Hood legend. It's good stuff

 

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I read his book Republic whilst at Uni...no laughs in there. Quite heavy stuff really...

😜

 

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I finished reading The Triumph of the Sun by Wilbur Smith the other day. What a cracking read it was too and would make a superb film (in the mould of a Lawrence of Arabia-type epic).

The latest afternoon book is Down Under by Bill Bryson. I read it years ago when it came out and he always raises a smile for me.

 

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I finished Hood by Stephen Lawhead but there are 2 other books in the series which I have, so am looking forward to reading them. Have started The Bourne Betrayal by Robert Ludlum now: gripping stuff!

 

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I finished The Bourne Betrayal by Robert Ludlum (or more correctly by his replacement writer presumably after he died) which was a rip snorter of a thriller; and have just started Scarlet by Stephen Lawhead.

 

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1984 - George Orwell?

 

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Thanks Graham, I knew you would know 😁
I have never read it so maybe I should.

Good read and a good film too but that's from memory as I haven't seen it for years.

I also remember that there was some controversy about the music for the film at the time. Annie Lennox did the score. One of the songs was a lovely song called Julia, from memory

 

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This was the song I was thinking of...

Lovely song I think

Ap per pro of nothing, my first wife had a more than passing resemblance to Annie Lennox from around this period!

 

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What a boring book, not for me, good job I only paid 99cents for it.

Widely regarded as a modern classic but that's the beauty of reading though: horses for courses, what suits one doesn't suit all. At least you had a go.

 

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I'm a great believer that if any read doesn't suit, then move on as there is so much more out there to enjoy.

I don't follow my own advice though as I always plough on through.