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Brerlappin wrote:Gonna start The Black Company, by Glenn Cook as someone described it as the Dark Souls of books

I can't see that comparison, like at all

But I think you'll like the series a lot

I've just finished the final booking the Passage trilogy (the City of Mirrors) and it was absolutely fantastic. If you liked the Passage then I'd really recommend carrying on with the series through The Twelve and then onto this book.

Photek wrote:The Third and final book in the Stephen King Bill Hodges Trilogy is out today - End of Watch.

Haven't read any of these, are they good?

Poser wrote:

Photek wrote:The Third and final book in the Stephen King Bill Hodges Trilogy is out today - End of Watch.

Haven't read any of these, are they good?

I'm about half way through the second at the moment. The first was very good and this one is alright at the moment but getting better.

It is a different style for King as it ins't any form of super natural stuff.

I bought that new Dark Tower book that came out a few years ago. I haven't got around to reading it yet.

Reading the third Druss the Legend book now, Legend of Death Walker. Again, really enjoyable. Denser than the other two, sets up the events in the first book.

Poser wrote:

Photek wrote:The Third and final book in the Stephen King Bill Hodges Trilogy is out today - End of Watch.

Haven't read any of these, are they good?

The first one is a good suspense book, the second is fine but it's almost entirely irrelevant to the first. You get the feeling King was working on the story and just decided to add the Mr Mercedes characters to it because he was bored. They're barely in it. You could literally skip book 2 and move straight from book 1 to 3.

Finished the third at the weekend and I liked it but the first remains the best in that trilogy.

Is there an audio book thread, or a thread more appropriate?

if not - how great is Audible?

Memento Mori wrote:

Poser wrote:

Photek wrote:The Third and final book in the Stephen King Bill Hodges Trilogy is out today - End of Watch.

Haven't read any of these, are they good?

The first one is a good suspense book, the second is fine but it's almost entirely irrelevant to the first. You get the feeling King was working on the story and just decided to add the Mr Mercedes characters to it because he was bored. They're barely in it. You could literally skip book 2 and move straight from book 1 to 3.

Finished the third at the weekend and I liked it but the first remains the best in that trilogy.

It isn't meant to be about the Mercedes fella, it is about the detective, I'm about half way through and he seems to be fairly prominent to me.

Just started reading through Red Dragon. I can't stop picturing the characters from the show, but Alana's a bloke, Freddie's a bloke, and Jack Crawford might be a white guy rather than Laurence Fishburne.

Nope.

Frank wrote:Just started reading through Red Dragon. I can't stop picturing the characters from the show, but Alana's a bloke, Freddie's a bloke, and Jack Crawford might be a white guy rather than Laurence Fishburne.

Nope.

At least the book series gets to Silence of the Lambs.

Frank wrote:Just started reading through Red Dragon. I can't stop picturing the characters from the show, but Alana's a bloke, Freddie's a bloke, and Jack Crawford might be a white guy rather than Laurence Fishburne.

Nope.

The TV show killed off a character who's still alive in the book too.

Abigail?

Frank wrote:Abigail?

Beverly. If Abigail is in the book at all it's like one line mentioning she visited Will in the hospital.

I can dream She didn't deserve that.

Katz surviving is a change I can get behind, though

It's a broad question but does anyone have any recommendations for history books? I'm not looking for anything in particular, I'm more interested for the sake of learning in general so if you have a favourite, throw it out there and I'll take a look. Wars, the rise and fall of empires, various eras, I don't mind.

SugarDave wrote:It's a broad question but does anyone have any recommendations for history books? I'm not looking for anything in particular, I'm more interested for the sake of learning in general so if you have a favourite, throw it out there and I'll take a look. Wars, the rise and fall of empires, various eras, I don't mind.

Not a book recommendation but I'd definitely point you in the direction of the Hardcore History podcast.

SugarDave wrote:It's a broad question but does anyone have any recommendations for history books? I'm not looking for anything in particular, I'm more interested for the sake of learning in general so if you have a favourite, throw it out there and I'll take a look. Wars, the rise and fall of empires, various eras, I don't mind.

This might not be exactly what you are looking for (it's mostly natural history) but Bill Bryson's "A Short History of Nearly Everything" is an excellent read.

Think I already have that on my Kindle actually, I'll give it a read, thanks. I've heard about the HH podcast before but not listened to it yet, is it told more through storytelling or is it just a guy doling out straight up facts?

i would recommend:
Guns, Germs, & Steel by Jared Diamond
basically an explanation of why civilisation developed as it did. fascinating (although takes a while to get going in the first chapter or two; stick with it!)
Collapse by Jared Diamond
fascinating book on societal/civilisational collapse
Samurai by D. Conlan
beautiful book on the history of Samurai/Japan
The Road to Wigan Pier by George Orwell
concise bit of modern history/contemporary commentary of 'the North' (and by extension, Britain) by Orwell
Gateway of the Gods by Anton Gill
lovely book on history of the cradle of civilisation

if you like football:
Futebol by Alex Bellos
Brazilian football history
Calcio by John Foot
Italian football history
Brilliant Orange by David Winner
Dutch football history
Inverting the Pyramid by Jonathan Wilson
football history through the prism of tactics

Hexx wrote:Is there an audio book thread, or a thread more appropriate?

if not - how great is Audible?

It's good the only problem is that you have to use there app to play the books. You can still play everything after you stop playing the subscription though.