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What are you reading at the moment?
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This isn't something I wouldn't usually read, but picked it up after a friend recommended it.
Thought it was a great book. Thoroughly enjoyed it.
Will pick up the sequel at some point.
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Mr Standfast by John Buchan.
I love all this Boys' Own stuff from the turn of the last century...thinking Buchan, Henty and possibly even Household from a little later.
Happy New Year chums!
I love all this Boys' Own stuff from the turn of the last century...thinking Buchan, Henty and possibly even Household from a little later.
Happy New Year chums!
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Have you read Greenmantle by Buchan? So relevant for today with a plot about European powers manipulating Muslim militants for their own political benefit.[emoji40]
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Yes, to be honest I have read them all more than once and I completed Greenmantle only just prior to Christmas. The 39 Steps is quite staid in comparison.
You're right about the similarities between the current geo-political mess and that portrayed by JB. Nothing new under the sun.
You're right about the similarities between the current geo-political mess and that portrayed by JB. Nothing new under the sun.
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Time for a new author, seeing as I've been on a steady diet of Robin Hobb and Joe Abercrombie for my high fantasy reading.
Enjoying it so far. At least I've got further into it than I did with Mark Lawrence's relentlessly bleak and charmless Prince Of Thorns.
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Just finished, "To Kill a Mockingbird" and just started "Saints of the Shadow Bible" by Ian Rankin.
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I just finished this. It's a great story!
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