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Post by politicidal on May 15, 2022 15:41:47 GMT
Read it once before many years ago. But enjoyed it a bit more than the movie. I wouldn't mind someone trying to re-adapt it and just update it from the Cold War setting.
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Post by theravenking on May 20, 2022 14:01:51 GMT
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Post by mikef6 on May 20, 2022 15:17:24 GMT
Ed Gorman's "Such A Good Girl and Other Crime Stories." Gorman is a detective and crime story writer who sets his novels and short stories in Iowa. He also has several series characters. Right now I am working my way through the Sam McCain books, set in a small town outside Cedar Rapids in the 1950s and early '60s. They are all titled for pop songs contemporary with the story. The last one I read was "The Day The Music Died" that opens with McCain hearing the news of the death of Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper (J.P. Richardson) on his car radio). Next up is "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?"
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on May 24, 2022 20:45:11 GMT
Starting reading the wonderful Flashman series (again)...
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Post by CrepedCrusader on May 29, 2022 5:27:52 GMT
Congo by Michael Crichton
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Post by Captain Spencer on May 29, 2022 13:53:11 GMT
My recent trend of reading books in which I've already seen the movies based on them continues (although this will likely be the last one for now). I'll be honest, I wasn't really fond of the movie version of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, but I am curious to see what kind of novelist Tarantino is and how he handles prose.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on May 29, 2022 17:10:58 GMT
My recent trend of reading books in which I've already seen the movies based on them continues (although this will likely be the last one for now). I'll be honest, I wasn't really fond of the movie version of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, but I am curious to see what kind of novelist Tarantino is and how he handles prose. I really didn't like the way he handled the events with Pitt's character and his former wife because, well... it's a bit silly, and occasionally Quentin gets lost in reminding us about his extensive movie history knowledge, but overall I really liked the book and would recommend it to people whether they've seen the movie or not.
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Post by Raimo47 on May 31, 2022 20:46:37 GMT
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Post by Morgana on Jun 1, 2022 16:51:23 GMT
Mythos by Stephen Fry. I love Greek mythology and so this is the perfect book for me. I'm enjoying it a lot so far. Having recently read the book Circe by Madeline Miller, which I absolutely loved, I'm enjoying reading Mythos because it tells me a lot of backstory to Circe and helps me understand the genealogy if you will of some of the characters in it.
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jun 1, 2022 21:44:35 GMT
I've been wanting to re-read the Dark Tower books, but I don't know if I ever will. Just too many books to get through when there are so many books I want to read. I do remember really liking Waste Lands, though.
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Post by jackspicer on Jun 2, 2022 11:09:36 GMT
The Expanse (Book 1) Leviathan Wakes - James Corey I heard mixed reviews of the TV show 'The Expanse', but the books seem to have near-universal praise. This book is similar to 'Game of Thrones / ASOIAF' in that the chapters alternate between different POV characters, instead of having one singular omniscient narrator.
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Post by Raimo47 on Jun 2, 2022 16:01:08 GMT
I've been wanting to re-read the Dark Tower books, but I don't know if I ever will. Just too many books to get through when there are so many books I want to read. I do remember really liking Waste Lands, though.
Although I have read almost everything King wrote during the first 20 years of his career, I have never read the Dark Tower books before. The references to my favorite book, 'Salem's Lot, made me want to read them.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Jun 3, 2022 0:01:47 GMT
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Post by CrepedCrusader on Jun 7, 2022 18:40:55 GMT
The Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy
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Post by mikef6 on Jun 8, 2022 14:43:26 GMT
Secret Identity by Alex Segura. Mystery novel set in the NYC comic book publishing scene in the 1970s. Not a graphic novel but features some pages from a new hero series developed by the main character.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Jun 8, 2022 22:46:07 GMT
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Post by gspdude on Jun 17, 2022 11:38:22 GMT
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Post by Horselover Fat on Jun 19, 2022 19:08:13 GMT
Noble House by James Clavell. 700 pages in and still a while to go. Very good.
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Post by theravenking on Jun 20, 2022 13:01:35 GMT
I read this a couple of years ago. I heard it being compared to the Flashman books, but I was mainly interested in it, because one of my own great-grandfathers had actually been a sailor of Austria in World War I. I never met him personally, but heard some stories about him from my father.
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Post by SuperDevilDoctor on Jun 20, 2022 14:48:30 GMT
I read this a couple of years ago. I heard it being compared to the Flashman books, but I was mainly interested in it, because one of my own great-grandfathers had actually been a sailor of Austria in World War I. I never met him personally, but heard some stories about him from my father. I'll be finishing the last chapter today... Really enjoyed this novel, and will be picking up the sequels. It's depiction of the Hapsburg Empire's collapse is both humorous and grim. The narrator is not a rake and a scoundrel like Harry Flashman, but rather an honorable, pragmatic man who tries to do the right thing. (If he'd been a rapey weasel like Flashman, I don't think the book would have worked as well... I appreciated the difference.)
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