The GOT Book Club

[mawders]

Got a lot of books for xmas, inc the Book of Dave by Will Self which I just started. It takes a bit of getting used to.

I love Bernard Cornwell so thought I'd try someone similar - so got Lancelot by Giles Kristian

Some other random books that seem decent

And a couple of Agatha Christie's Poirot.

I've just finished Kings of Cool by Don Winslow. I spent half this book trying to get into the writing style and keeping track of all the seemingly unrelated threads. By the second half of the book I couldn't put it down. Really like this author.

 

[mawders]

get on them bud.you won't be disappointed.absolute quality.
i haven't gotten round to reading the war of the roses books yet but looking forward to them at some stage down the line.

I picked up this one. It's on my "this years books to read shelf "

 

[bluebrotha77]

I picked up this one. It's on my "this years books to read shelf "

If it's anything like mine its a 3 mile long shelf.not enough hours in the day to get through the books i have and you would still be buying them.

 

[gonetomorrow]

I'm making a resolution to only acquire and read one book at a time. It's becoming increasingly stressful to have a clutch of new books on the shelf awaiting attention.
Does this mean my time is getting short?

 

[random]

ref my post on the previous page, I read book #2 in the Undying Mercenaries series



Book #2 was of the same standard as book #1, so I carried onto book #3 in the series......



Unfortunately parts of the narrative in this one were just not of the standards of the previous 2 books.

Spoiler: Do not look at spoiler if you haven't read Tech World

The hero sleeps with a few co-workers, ok I can live with that, but his 'conquest' in book #3 goes a bit too far in the fiction stakes for me. Also the 'up close and personal' violence of the previous 2 books didn't seem to be there in this one

There are about 10 books in this series so I will give it a break for a while and get back into it at some point and see if the next one improves, if not then I will not bother with the rest.

There are plenty of Military Sci-Fi books to keep me occupied before I get back into this series

 

[random]

Had a go at this, book #1 in a series, the premise of the story actually put me off for a while but am glad I picked it up and gave it a go.



Very good read, so much so that I carried on with the next four books in the series, I am however struggling to get into book #6 as the main story arc of the first 5 books sort of came to a conclusion

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Currently reading Lay Down Your Arms by Bertha von Suttner after reading Prague Tales by Neruda over Christmas in Czech. Not often I get to read fiction so it's a nice indulgence.

 

[wm02]

Quite fortunate to have had the time to read a lot this past year. Here are my five top picks from 2019.
1) Grant Biography by Ron Chernow
-Simply exquisite
2) Lord of the World- Robert Hugh Benson
-dystopian fiction from the early 20th century
3) Rocket Men- Robert Kurson
-captivating read on the mission of Apollo 8
4) Being Mortal- Atul Gawande
- highly recommend for anyone with loved ones in their advanced years
5) Ten Caesars by Barry Strauss
-Engaging look at the most important Roman emperors. Contemporary take on the Suetonius classic

 

[neil999]

Currently reading Lay Down Your Arms by Bertha von Suttner after reading Prague Tales by Neruda over Christmas in Czech. Not often I get to read fiction so it's a nice indulgence.

Plenty of fiction on GOT hahahahahahhqhahahahahhahagahqgqha.... Yes

 

[AndyC]

Currently enjoying Gone Fishing, the book co-written by Bob Mortimer and Paul
Whitehouse... enlightening and entertaining read.

 

[Steve Wigan]

Shaun Hutson writes a spiffing book.

Pariah & Erubus are my particular favourites.

I likes a bit of James Herbert too.

You'll like Ramsey Campbells books then, and Stephen Laws.

 

[summerisle]

I'm reading at the moment quite a good book. Unfortunately, it's one of those that have, for your reference, a few pages of family trees. Of course, every fifth page back you go to see whom the author is referring, swearing blindly under your breath that he/she has never been mentioned before.

Woe betide not reading the novel for a few days, because you then are completely lost with regards to the multitude of characters appearing in every chapter.

 

[LostLegend]

I’m a massive fan of Dan Carlin’s ‘Hardcore History’ podcast, so I opted for the audiobook version as he narrates it himself.

I does end up feeling like just another one of his podcasts to be fair, but there’s no complaints from me for that

 

[atrottel]

I've just finished Kings of Cool by Don Winslow. I spent half this book trying to get into the writing style and keeping track of all the seemingly unrelated threads. By the second half of the book I couldn't put it down. Really like this author.

Power of the Dog kept me gripped. Also have California Fire and Life, which was enjoyable.

 

[degsy]

Got a lot of books for xmas, inc the Book of Dave by Will Self which I just started. It takes a bit of getting used to.

I love Bernard Cornwell so thought I'd try someone similar - so got Lancelot by Giles Kristian

Some other random books that seem decent

And a couple of Agatha Christie's Poirot.

I've just finished Kings of Cool by Don Winslow. I spent half this book trying to get into the writing style and keeping track of all the seemingly unrelated threads. By the second half of the book I couldn't put it down. Really like this author.

Based on your tip on Don Winslow, read The force. Can't praise it enough
Make a crackin tv series
The Border is up next