Last page turner you read?

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Jel » Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:26 pm

I've recently started reading books on Google play books and one of my favourite authors is Tom Clancy. Not everyones favourite but well thought out and full of action.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by tim_noone » Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:35 pm

5 people you meet in heaven...... by Mitch Albom. the preview of his next book at the end. Leaves you wanting more. "For one more Day" is the other book.
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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Fazz » Fri Oct 09, 2020 5:36 pm

Isaac's Army by Matthew Brzezinski the true story of the Jewish resistance in Warsaw during WW2 .......absolutely horrific puts our current situation into perspective

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Siddo » Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:06 pm

Dark Cloud wrote:
Wed Oct 07, 2020 9:57 pm
I've got through a shedload since March when lockdown started."A Man Called Ove" is a great read, especially for people on the wrong side of 50! I also really loved "All the Light We Cannot See" and "Mudbound", but my all time favourite is still "The Devil All the Time" (avoid the recently made film as with most such films it doesn't do the book any justice!)
P.S."The Devil's Sanctuary" is good too!
I have read the last 3. Absolutely brilliant. Have you read The Sister's Brothers?
I love Ellroy, Cormack McCarthy and Winslow, and I have just started the CJ Sansome Shardlake books.
I started these after reading the brilliant Wolf Hall and Bring up the Bodies, but I would urge everyone to read Lonesome Dove by Larry Mcmurtary. He has since written 2 prequels to this and a sequel. Lonesome Dove won the Pulitzer prize and no wonder. I never thought I would read a cowboy book but its amazing.
Also Donald E Westlake is another brilliant American author with a track record from around 1959 to around 2010. Caper writing at its very best.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by IanMcL » Fri Oct 09, 2020 6:59 pm

I watched Kathleen Turner (again), in Body Heat, the other evening.

What a woman, she once was!
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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by timshorts » Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:27 am

edlass wrote:
Fri Oct 09, 2020 4:50 pm
Has anyone tried Lord of the Rings? I'm not the most avid of readers and I am finding it tough. I struggle to focus with all of the landscape descriptions but at the same time I can't stop! I am just starting book three of 6 (or at least that's how my version is broken down)
Yes. I found it pretty tedious in parts. Then the Welsh guy got killed, the ring got dropped in the volcano and there were still 200 odd pages left so I never finished it. I'm sure I missed about 15 pages of interest.

Oh, and give me janine Turner over Kathleen Turner any time.......

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Dark Cloud » Sat Oct 10, 2020 10:37 am

My Mrs waded through "Lord of the Rings" and also says it's overrated, tedious bobbins. On the other hand Cormack McCarthy (The Road and No Country for Old Men among others) really is excellent.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by dermotdermot » Sat Oct 10, 2020 11:53 am

I read Evelyn Waugh’s ‘A Handful of Dust’ from start to finish, but that was many years ago. That poor fellow, stuck in the Amazon jungle. I just had to find out whether or not he managed to escape.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Dawlishclaret » Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:04 pm

American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins, a very graphic novel of modern day survival in Mexico.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by dermotdermot » Sat Oct 10, 2020 12:08 pm

Incidentally, I don’t quite know how this came up - a wrong letter or something - but if you google ‘paige turnah’ instead, you come up with something altogether different. Quite extraordinary.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Rumbletonk » Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:05 pm

ClaretEngineer wrote:
Wed Oct 07, 2020 10:45 pm
“BFC TRANSFER NEWS SUMMER 2020(MUST CONTAIN LINK)”

Slow to start, picked up in the middle, fizzled out towards the end.

Not sure the sequel penned for January will be worth reading.
I struggled with this throughout and nothing happens at the end
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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Rumbletonk » Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:05 pm

Anything by Joe Abercrombie
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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by brexit » Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:25 pm

The Plague - Camus

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Rileybobs » Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:12 pm

The Day of the Jackal is a great read.

Going off on a little tangent, but I love the idea of espionage thrillers but have struggled to find many that I find really enjoyable. I read Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy recently and really wanted to enjoy it but I just couldn't follow the story due to the unnecessarily complicated writing style. Any recommendations in this genre?

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by kritichris » Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:21 pm

Lord of the Rings was a right of passage in the seventies, I enjoyed it immensely, but I was always a fantasist, I dreamt Burnley would get back in the top tier of football.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Stalbansclaret » Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:29 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:12 pm
The Day of the Jackal is a great read.

Going off on a little tangent, but I love the idea of espionage thrillers but have struggled to find many that I find really enjoyable. I read Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy recently and really wanted to enjoy it but I just couldn't follow the story due to the unnecessarily complicated writing style. Any recommendations in this genre?
Personally I do really love Le Carre but I get the fact he is bit of an acquired taste. I would recommend books by Charles Cummings for good strong espionage fiction. The ones featuring a spy called Thomas Kell (start with A Foreign Country) are very good and he has also written a number of others as well..I particularly enjoyed Typhoon.

Mick Herron's books featuring a bunch of failed/discredited MI5 Operatives led by a tyrannical maverick, Jackson Lamb, have been mentioned a couple of times on this thread and I like these too though they are more darkly humorous and more far-fetched than Cummings' stuff.
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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Rileybobs » Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:32 pm

Stalbansclaret wrote:
Sat Oct 10, 2020 8:29 pm
Personally I do really love Le Carre but I get the fact he is bit of an acquired taste. I would recommend books by Charles Cummings for good strong espionage fiction. The ones featuring a spy called Thomas Kell (start with A Foreign Country) are very good and he has also written a number of others as well..I particularly enjoyed Typhoon.

Mick Herron's books featuring a bunch of failed/discredited MI5 Operatives led by a tyrannical maverick, Jackson Lamb, have been mentioned a couple of times on this thread and I like these too though they are more darkly humorous and more far-fetched than Cummings' stuff.
I quite enjoyed The Spy Who Came in from the Cold but found Tinker Tailor really hard work.

Thanks for the recommendations, I've added the Mick Herron books to my list following the posts above and I'll look into Cummings too. Ta v much!
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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Foreverly Claret » Sat Oct 10, 2020 9:19 pm

Anything by Michael Connelly...especially the Harry Bosch series

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by IanMcL » Sun Oct 11, 2020 5:57 pm

Rumbletonk wrote:
Sat Oct 10, 2020 1:05 pm
I struggled with this throughout and nothing happens at the end
There could be a sequel.
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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Myk » Sun Oct 11, 2020 5:59 pm

The Institute - Steven King

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by eastanglianclaret » Mon Oct 12, 2020 6:17 am

Severin: A Tale Of Jack The Ripper by Simon Webb. For anyone interested in The Whitechapel murders this is a good fact based fiction read. Frederic Abberline was the chief investigating officer on the JTR case back in 1888. His favoured suspect was George Chapman aka Severin Klosowski. The novel takes up Abberline's theory.......couldn't put this one down!

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by KateR » Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:05 pm

sounds interesting to me but not sure it will be a "I couldn't put it down book" but thought I would share.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-54478753

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Stalbansclaret » Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:43 am

Just to thank those who recommended Don Winslow’s The Force on this thread. I’ve read others of his but was unaware of this one and, having just finished it, can confirm it’s a belter. Anyone who enjoyed The Wire, The Shield, The Godfather, The Sopranos would love it too I’m sure.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by JohnMcGreal » Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:55 am

Really enjoyed A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Rileybobs » Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:57 am

Stalbansclaret wrote:
Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:43 am
Just to thank those who recommended Don Winslow’s The Force on this thread. I’ve read others of his but was unaware of this one and, having just finished it, can confirm it’s a belter. Anyone who enjoyed The Wire, The Shield, The Godfather, The Sopranos would love it too I’m sure.
Great read. The ultimate anti-hero. Have you read the Winter of Frankie Machine?

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Stalbansclaret » Wed Oct 21, 2020 12:03 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Wed Oct 21, 2020 8:57 am
Great read. The ultimate anti-hero. Have you read the Winter of Frankie Machine?
I have yes...fantastic. Also really loved The Dawn Patrol and California Fire and Life.
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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Conroysleftfoot » Wed Nov 18, 2020 12:49 pm

GandalfsBeard wrote:
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I'm in the mood for some proper escapism fiction, the kind of book that you burn through because it has you so hooked.

The last great book I read was 11.22.63 by Stephen King. For me it's up there with his best, and I read it in a few days

What's the last book that did that for you?
Just reading 11.22.63, great book.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by evensteadiereddie » Wed Nov 18, 2020 12:59 pm

Just finished John Grisham's "A Time to Kill". Excellent.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Rileybobs » Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:33 pm

Conroysleftfoot wrote:
Wed Nov 18, 2020 12:49 pm
Just reading 11.22.63, great book.
Just started this last night funnily enough. Read a few King books and I’m not a massive fan, but this has been recommended to me by a few people, including on here.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by 1968claret » Wed Nov 18, 2020 2:28 pm

The Boy from the Woods - Harlan Coben

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Marney&Mee » Wed Nov 18, 2020 3:01 pm

Jimmy 'The Weed' Donnelly. Story of the Quality Street Gang in Manchester

Easy and interesting read. Covering the mafia/gang scene in Manchester thru 60's, 70's and 80's

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by JohnMac » Wed Nov 18, 2020 3:37 pm

Got into Murder Mystery fiction during the past year.
JR Ellis - Yorkshire Murders fairly local to us.
Joy Ellis - Lincolnshire Fens Murders
JM Dalglish - more Yorkshire stuff
LJ Ross - Newcastle/Northumberland

Mostly have more than one on the go at the same time on my Kindle, a novel and a biography for example.
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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Conroysleftfoot » Wed Nov 18, 2020 3:54 pm

Rileybobs wrote:
Wed Nov 18, 2020 1:33 pm
Just started this last night funnily enough. Read a few King books and I’m not a massive fan, but this has been recommended to me by a few people, including on here.
I haven't read any of his other stuff, not a horror fan, but this is very good.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by fidelcastro » Tue Dec 15, 2020 5:01 pm

Just finished reading 'Son of Escobar' by Roberto Sendoya Escobar (aka Phillip Witcombe).

An apparently true story of the first born son of the infamous drug lord, who was rescued and raised by an MI6 agent from being an infant.

Brilliant read, if it is true, but I understand that some doubts have been raised about its accuracy.

I'd be interested in people's opinions who have also read this book.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Rodleydave » Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:24 pm

The Lenny Johnrose book... outstanding.

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by CleggHall » Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:28 pm

Rodleydave wrote:
Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:24 pm
The Lenny Johnrose book... outstanding.
Who’s it by?!

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Re: Last page turner you read?

Post by Ptangyangkipperbang » Wed Dec 16, 2020 5:52 am

Fort Pillow by Harry Turner it's a fact /fiction account of a battle in the American civil war compelling reading.At the moment I'm flying through Dead Man's Blues by Ray Celestine a sequel to the excellent Axe Man's Jazz for me both essential reading

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