Ridgewalk   99 #2725 Posted July 13, 2018 Still ploughing my way through *»Doriot*» by Jean Paul Brunet, story of Jaques Doriot, the Leader of the Parti Popular Français who went from being the leading Communist in France in the 1930s to become a leading fascist collaborator under the Nazi occupation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
feargal   21 #2726 Posted July 13, 2018 Now reading something a bit more 'literary': The Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon. loved that book! Very odd, but good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Bob Arctor   11 #2727 Posted July 18, 2018 loved that book! Very odd, but good  Vineland is also fantastic by Pynchon, I've read it three times now which is a rarity for me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
nikki-red   308 #2728 Posted July 18, 2018 Im almost at the end of 'House of Evil - The Indiana Torture Slaying' by John Dean.  The awful story of the torture and eventual murder of 16 year Sylvia Likens in 1965 Indianapolis. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest   #2729 Posted July 20, 2018 Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump by Michael Isikoff and David Corn. A meaty companion piece to Collusion: How Russia Helped Trump Win the White House by Luke Harding. Both are essential reading, especially now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
taxman   12 #2730 Posted July 20, 2018 Russian Roulette: The Inside Story of Putin's War on America and the Election of Donald Trump by Michael Isikoff and David Corn. A meaty companion piece to Collusion: How Russia Helped Trump Win the White House by Luke Harding. Both are essential reading, especially now.  Are they bigly good? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
feargal   21 #2731 Posted July 20, 2018 Are they bigly good?  they're the best books, ask anyone. All Trump books are widely acknowledged to be the books ever written. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Guest   #2732 Posted July 20, 2018 Are they bigly good? They be best. Not very entertaining, though, like Fire and Fury. Sad. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
taxman   12 #2733 Posted July 21, 2018 Started Sleeping in the Ground, an DCI Banks novel by Peter Robinson. Rollicking good fun but I can't help picturing Stephen Tompkinson in the role after seeing the TV adaptations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
mikeG Â Â 16 #2734 Posted July 22, 2018 Room at the Bottom by Noel Woodin. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Funky_Gibbon   42 #2735 Posted July 22, 2018 Currently reading Hellbent by Gregg Hurwitz (part of the excellent Orphan X series) and also reading Infinity Engine by Neal Asher Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
steved32 Â Â 55 #2736 Posted July 23, 2018 Just finished reading Kate Atkinson's "When Will There be Good News." Â Brilliantly crafted plot, with a shocking, harrowing opening chapter. Â Now an A Level lit. set text, but don't let that put you off! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...