Wot u readin'?

[Lonestar]

Just finished Hope Never Dies. My wife's ex-boyfriend from high school/college is the author and I was curious. It was OK. Nothing groundbreaking but had some funny moments.

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[Lonestar]

I thought I was burned out on COVID stories but this piqued my interest

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[Sedi]

Just finished 'The killer across the table' by John Douglas, one of the inventors of profiling.
I have read books on the subject of serial killers before but that one was really harsh as it portrayed some horrific crimes of men who killed children. Still interesting but horrible.

[Kronos]

Just googled that and it looks interesting- any good?


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Yes. Not bad at all, particularly given the era in which it was written.

A few caveats: There is a lot of Australian slang particularly around sheep ranching and life in the Australian bush. Also, and more significantly, the book manages to both comment on the pervasive racism in that place and that time, while, at the same time, occasionally exhibiting the very same racism. Finally, the novel Is almost 100 years old and its attitude towards women, love, sex and marriage are as antiquated as one would expect.


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[Kronos]

Mystery/police procedural set in 1920’s India. Second book of a series. The first was very good, the second (thus far — I’m a bit less than halfway through) is even better. Matters of colonialism and empire are ever present, as they ought to be, but they add to, rather than distract from, the crime story at the heart of the novel.


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[Kronos]

History of US continent up to start of Biden era, quite a package. 🥸




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Looks interesting. There does not appear to be an English translation. At least not one available in the USA.


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[whatmeworry]

Yes. Not bad at all, particularly given the era in which it was written.

A few caveats: There is a lot of Australian slang particularly around sheep ranching and life in the Australian bush. Also, and more significantly, the book manages to both comment on the pervasive racism in that place and that time, while, at the same time, occasionally exhibiting the very same racism. Finally, the novel Is almost 100 years old and its attitude towards women, love, sex and marriage are as antiquated as one would expect.


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Thanks, might check that out.
I found the racism thing to be true of A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute too


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[Kronos]

A worthwhile read for baseball fans. Some of Lamb’s observations about MLB are dated (e.g., the soulless stadiums he complains about in 1991 are largely a thing of the past). But his observations about small town America and minor league baseball seem as spot on today as they were thirty years ago.


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[Kronos]

Devoured this one in a day:




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[Kronos]

Just starting this. The series was recommended by the NY Times Book Review crime columnist.




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