mikeG Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 'Gary Speed - Unspoken' by John Richardson with Louise Speed. The family's story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Transcription by Kate Atkinson. A story of a female operative in WW2 who listens in on various fifth columnists for MI5 but finds herself confronted by figures from this time 10 years later whilst working for the BBC. Very enjoyable so far. I do like her books even those then end up being a bit weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feargal Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 22 hours ago, taxman said: Transcription by Kate Atkinson. A story of a female operative in WW2 who listens in on various fifth columnists for MI5 but finds herself confronted by figures from this time 10 years later whilst working for the BBC. Very enjoyable so far. I do like her books even those then end up being a bit weird. Love a Kate Atkinson book! I'll have to seek this one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikki-red Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Rage by Richard Bachman (Stephen King) I actually bought and read this years ago but after reading an article about the controversy surrounding it I thought I’d dig it out again. Its out of print now at Kings request due to the subject matter, and the fact that 5 high school shooters were found to own or had recently read it. Hard to believe it was written half a century ago, it feels as relevant as if it was written yesterday. It made me feel really sad more than anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lectrolove Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 My Secret History by Paul Theroux. I'm really enjoying this, I've read some of his travel writing in the past but this is my first foray into his fiction. I'll have to seek out some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearysmith Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 A foundationonline module on the government's anti-terrorism/safeguarding PREVENT initiative. It's a work thing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 (edited) Currently half way through The Davidson Case by John Rhode. This is quite an early outing for his series detective Dr. Priestley, as shown by the fact that he does actually go and do some investigating himself rather than letting the police do all the hard work and then coming up with the solution, and also by the fact that Supt. Hanslet isn't Supt. yet, just Chief Inspector. So far so good though. Just read: Mystery at Olympia by John Rhode - a mid-period Rhode with an ingenious (if decidedly iffy) murder method. Was reprinted a couple of years ago so more easily obtainable than most of his others. The Exploits of Arsene Lupin by Maurice Leblanc - Lupin was a Raffles-like gentleman thief in numerous books by Leblanc. Very enjoyable. Edited February 18, 2020 by metalman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeG Posted February 19, 2020 Share Posted February 19, 2020 'A Spot of Bother' by Mark Haddon. Its rather weird but I'm halfway through the 500 pages and am enjoying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisIB Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 The Epigenetics Revolution by Nessa Carey The dedication: 'For Abi Reynolds, who reprogrammed my life' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaffa1 Posted February 25, 2020 Share Posted February 25, 2020 I have just have just finished reading Lenny Henry Who am I Again? It was OK, starting from his early fame at the age of 16 when he won New Faces and telling us about his mother coming over to live in the UK before he was born. His sisters and step father followed later. Yes it was interesting but he sort of left off half way which suggests there's another book to follow. He never got as for as him being knighted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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