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[Te Mana-wah]

Reading between the lines at the moment that 2024 is NOT our year!

 

[Juno]

Reading between the lines at the moment that 2024 is NOT our year!

I see what you did there lol

 

[clementbalt.]

A Killer's Mind by Mike Omer
Amazing detective book. I've read the half, and it's so interesting.
It's the first book in the series; there are three, if I'm not mistaken.
If you are into detectives - highly recommend

 

[Lord Gnome of Mooloolaba]

Sports and Hitler, my two favourite subjects. Seen the movie? Is it any good

There's a movie called Sports and Hitler?

 

[snake77]

There's a movie called Sports and Hitler?

Sounds like my kids holidays with my father.

Ask them what they did at Grandads and the young fella will say "Darts, Snooker, Hitler and Trump".

The Hittler part is more WW2. He isn't a Trump fan, just looks at all of the news as he's an idiot. Trump not my father, well maybe the second one as well.

 

[Juno]

There's a movie called Sports and Hitler?

Nah, the movie and the book is The Boys in the Boat and its written like a novel based on a true story about a rowing team from a college in the states that against the odds made the olympics in Berlin when Hitler was on his roll (Jesse Owens made the same US olympics team.)

 

[tommen]

I can't see a thread about books, so I thought I'd start one. Apologies if I've missed it.
I'm mainly interested in crime fiction, thrillers etc to while away the retirement hours until next season, and I'm looking for some advice about NZ/Aus authors.
Years ago I read and really enjoyed Peter Temple's books and Paul Thomas' Tito Ihaka stories.
I've recently been hoovering up every Garry Disher and Chris Hammer book I can find up here ( England ), but getting info about other, similar authors is hard to find - I'm not going to believe everything Amazon 'recommends'.
Has anybody got any recommendations for similar stuff? Reading "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot was enlightening and deeply moving. It offers crucial insights into medical ethics and patient rights. When writing my nursing essay, nursingpaper.com reviews provided invaluable guidance and ensured my arguments were well-structured and compelling. Highly recommend both the book and the service for nursing students!
thanks

"The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot.

 

[Tragic]

Reading the rebus books. Halfway through the series and getting same ol but can't stop now

 

[Worried2Death]

5 books you'll never be the same person after reading:
Robinson Crusoe by Defoe, Sentimental Education by Flaubert, Earth by Zola, 120 Days Of Sodom by de Sade, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl.

 

[snake77]

Currently reading comics.

Re-read IDW GI Joe. Still re-reading the GI Joe A Real American hero IDW comics.

Also gone/going through the SkyBound Transformers and GI Joe comics.

Been back re-reading some Wolverine comics and got a few more ready to read.

Need to get back to reading Star Wars Thrawn Alliances (I have cheated and read the comic ) and the Reacher novel I started.

 

[Evil_Mush]

Making my way through a few older famous crime/thriller series that I downloaded onto my Kobo eReader a few years back - James Patterson's "Alex Cross" series (which I had already read a few of like 20+ years ago), Lee Child's "Reacher" series and Patricia Cornwell's "Kay Scarpetta" series in particular.

I've also been slowly getting through Steve Berry's "Cotton Malone" series over the past 20 odd years, which can be a little more adventurous in an almost Indiana Jones kinda way (ex government agent who gets caught up in international plots that have him battling baddies in all kinds of historical places around the world.)

Also got Philip K Dick's "Man in the High Castle" cued up to read again soon (first read at least 15 years back), after watching some of the Amazon Prime series during a mates housesit (I might have to subscribe to Prime for a little bit to binge the rest of the series!)

 

[Teets]

The Thalia Trilogy by Larry McMurtry.

Small-town Texas nostalgia.

Horseman Pass By, which was adapted into the film Hud starring Paul Newman.

The Last Picture Show which also was adapted into an amazing movie.

And Leaving Cheyenne.

 

[Bluecat]

The Thalia Trilogy by Larry McMurtry.

Small-town Texas nostalgia.

Horseman Pass By, which was adapted into the film Hud starring Paul Newman.

The Last Picture Show which also was adapted into an amazing movie.

And Leaving Cheyenne.

I love Larry McMurtry
I reread the Lonesome Dove books and Duanes Depressed a while ago.
It's might be time to dig out some of his older stuff

At the moment I'm following Stuart MacBride and John Connolly.
MacBride does gritty Scottish crime with lots of gory bits and Connolly has a series about a private investigator in the US
And James Lee Burke is awesome

 

[Tianaki]

Mind Power byJohn Kehoe.

 

[Lord Gnome of Mooloolaba]

The earliest Silmarillion with notes by Christopher Tolkein.

Plus Tragically I Was An Only Twin - the complete Peter Cook.

 

[snake77]

@Matiunz, instead of clogging up the TV thread, I'll answer your SW books here.

These are the ones I've read. Plagueis and the Bane trilogy have recency bias. I did find those an easy read.

Darth Plagueis
This is a good read. The story spans decades during his time as the Sith Lord during the rule of two.
The Sith are fascinated with extending their life. Others were attempting it via technology. He looked at midaclorians. So, they take a line from Revenge of the Sith and build on it.
It goes over him meeting Palpatine and them building their plan to take down the Jedi.

Darth Bane Trilogy - Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, Dynasty of Evil
This is a good series. Goes over how the Rule of Two was started.
Starts as a miner, then a soldier, then a Sith apprentice. At the same time, there is a war going on between the Jedi and the Sith. He then establishes the Rule of Two.
Second and third book is with him and his apprentice.

Revan
This expands on the story from the video game Knights of the Old Republic.
He is trying to piece together memories he's been having. At the same time there are assassinations and political with the Sith Council. At the time this was set the Sith race still existed.
This one is more interesting if you know the story from the game and know the character (Jedi turned Sith, turned Jedi).

Thrawn Trilogy - Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command
I believe these are the first books Lucasfilm approved. They take place a few years after Return of the Jedi.
Introduce Thrawn (SW Rebels, Ahsoka). As much as it is cool to read about Luke, Han and Leia after ROTJ the villain is so fascinating that his chapters are more interesting. Seeing his plans come together.
If you want characters you know and a time period you are familar with this is a good series to start with. Has the original characters and the remnants of the Empire. Introduces characters the author will use later or will become part of the series in other books. Mainly Mara Jade.

Thrawn, Treason, Alliances
Timothy Zahn recently wrote two new Thrawn trilogies. This one I've read either through books and comics. These don't need to be read in order as they are not connected.
Thrawn covers him joining the Empire and the political issues as he rises through the ranks
Treason has some familiar characters: Tarkin from A New Hope and Krennic from Rogue One. There is political issues with the Death Star vs other initiatives. Thrawn has to look into an issue at a factory / shipping yard. This leads to an investigation and he needs to balance his loyalties between his people and the Empire.
Alliances is the best read of this series as it is told from two time frames visiting the same planet. Thrawn and Anakin and Thrawn and Vader.

Decieved
Another character from gaming. Dath Malgus.
Malgus attacks the Jedi on Coruscant, other storylines has a Jedi at a peace summit and a smuggler. The three storylines merge.
As much as the character of Malgus seems cool. This was a harder read compared to the others.

 

[Matiunz]

@Matiunz, instead of clogging up the TV thread, I'll answer your SW books here.

These are the ones I've read. Plagueis and the Bane trilogy have recency bias. I did find those an easy read.

Darth Plagueis
This is a good read. The story spans decades during his time as the Sith Lord during the rule of two.
The Sith are fascinated with extending their life. Others were attempting it via technology. He looked at midaclorians. So, they take a line from Revenge of the Sith and build on it.
It goes over him meeting Palpatine and them building their plan to take down the Jedi.

Darth Bane Trilogy - Path of Destruction, Rule of Two, Dynasty of Evil
This is a good series. Goes over how the Rule of Two was started.
Starts as a miner, then a soldier, then a Sith apprentice. At the same time, there is a war going on between the Jedi and the Sith. He then establishes the Rule of Two.
Second and third book is with him and his apprentice.

Revan
This expands on the story from the video game Knights of the Old Republic.
He is trying to piece together memories he's been having. At the same time there are assassinations and political with the Sith Council. At the time this was set the Sith race still existed.
This one is more interesting if you know the story from the game and know the character (Jedi turned Sith, turned Jedi).

Thrawn Trilogy - Heir to the Empire, Dark Force Rising, The Last Command
I believe these are the first books Lucasfilm approved. They take place a few years after Return of the Jedi.
Introduce Thrawn (SW Rebels, Ahsoka). As much as it is cool to read about Luke, Han and Leia after ROTJ the villain is so fascinating that his chapters are more interesting. Seeing his plans come together.
If you want characters you know and a time period you are familar with this is a good series to start with. Has the original characters and the remnants of the Empire. Introduces characters the author will use later or will become part of the series in other books. Mainly Mara Jade.

Thrawn, Treason, Alliances
Timothy Zahn recently wrote two new Thrawn trilogies. This one I've read either through books and comics. These don't need to be read in order as they are not connected.
Thrawn covers him joining the Empire and the political issues as he rises through the ranks
Treason has some familiar characters: Tarkin from A New Hope and Krennic from Rogue One. There is political issues with the Death Star vs other initiatives. Thrawn has to look into an issue at a factory / shipping yard. This leads to an investigation and he needs to balance his loyalties between his people and the Empire.
Alliances is the best read of this series as it is told from two time frames visiting the same planet. Thrawn and Anakin and Thrawn and Vader.

Decieved
Another character from gaming. Dath Malgus.
Malgus attacks the Jedi on Coruscant, other storylines has a Jedi at a peace summit and a smuggler. The three storylines merge.
As much as the character of Malgus seems cool. This was a harder read compared to the others.

Just ordered the Plagueis novel, will be my first SW book so might try the KOTOR era books if I like this one