Read a good book lately?

[Paul in NZ]

Just finished 'The High Mountains of Portugal"

Oddest book ever... Glad I read it but cant for the life of me understand why. A very odd tale (well 3 tales really) very well written...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2...ns-of-portugal

[mada]

Clearing out my library and already given the sallies a nice load.

If anyone wants a copy of this book - happy to send it to you for postage + $1

[mada]

The other interesting book is "Coverups & Copouts" by Tom Lewis. Which covers Christopher Lewis, Ron Jorgensen, and the Dunedin Pedo Ring.

[Tazz]

Well Kindle seems to be the popular choice. Cheers team.

Tablet isn't an option. Need an e-reader otherwise I might as well just get some extra battery packs for my phone (which come with their own hassles).

Well I ended up just using the phone and some power banks, which was great until some dodgy electrical fuckery killed almost all our devices in one day

For the record my partner had a tablet and kindle type thing, plus phone, and also had a bag twice the size and weight of mine (full tramping bag vs my day pack size bag for a month) Her kindle thing (I forget the name, German brand) to it's credit did over a month of regular use with no charging.

So I read Orphan X, A Dark Orbit, a bunch of Warhammer 40K books (the quality of which varies widely) 2 other sci fi titles that were lack luster enough that I can't remember the names, Night Probe by Clive Cussler (which was terrible) and now I'm rereading THHGTTG, which out of that lot is the only thing I would recommend.
I really wanted to like Orphan X but it was missing that spark that a great book has.

I've earmarked a bunch of Frank Herbert stuff for the next round, whenever that may be.

[HenryDorsetCase]

THE EXPANSE books are good. I have finished #5 NEMESIS GAMES.

Currently reading SLEEPING GIANTS which was well reviewed and grabbed me with its first couple of pages.

[OddDuck]

Just about finished Richard Hammond's book about his jetcar crash and subsequent recovery.

It alternates between his voice and his wife Mindy, very much a detailed account of what it's like to be seriously messed up / trying to look after someone messed up, with day by day and sometimes hour by hour parts to the story.

It's pretty tough going sometimes but an honest and damn good book. Good on him and Mindy for writing this. Not fun, but necessary, that's probably the best way to sum this up.

[mashman]

Conversations With God. Books 1, 2 and 3. Interesting read enough to have me reading all 3.

[OddDuck]

The Last of The Few.

Battle of Britain, from beginning to end, mostly told by the pilots who flew in it. Most of the book is people speaking. The author's main work has been to arrange the interview transcripts in a way which tells a coherent story, and to lead each chapter in with a short, factual account of the relevant history and background.

It's short on technicalities or dry lists of division strengths and placements, it's long on people telling their own stories. The bad stuff is not glossed over. The result is that it's very hard to put down. The book's only fault - to my mind - is that it needed a little more quiet detail about life at the time. Otherwise it's an excellent WWII history.

[Paul in NZ]

This is a very good read...

http://www.whitcoulls.co.nz/the-subt...d-life-6172965

https://markmanson.net/not-giving-a-fuck

Really helpful information not over egged - really enjoyed it...

[T.W.R]

The Last of The Few.

Battle of Britain, from beginning to end, mostly told by the pilots who flew in it. Most of the book is people speaking. The author's main work has been to arrange the interview transcripts in a way which tells a coherent story, and to lead each chapter in with a short, factual account of the relevant history and background.

It's short on technicalities or dry lists of division strengths and placements, it's long on people telling their own stories. The bad stuff is not glossed over. The result is that it's very hard to put down. The book's only fault - to my mind - is that it needed a little more quiet detail about life at the time. Otherwise it's an excellent WWII history.

You should have a read of some of these titles then

Most of these are 1st ed autobiographies and the German ones are 1st English translations
The 3 blue books on the right are Max Immelmann "Eagle of Lille" , Stuka Pilot - Hans Rudel's autobiography, & The Big Show - Pierre Clostermann

[James Deuce]

You should have a read of some of these titles then

Most of these are 1st ed autobiographies and the German ones are 1st English translations
The 3 blue books on the right are Max Immelmann "Eagle of Lille" , Stuka Pilot - Hans Rudel's autobiography, & The Big Show - Pierre Clostermann

The First and The Last is my favourite of those. Pierre Closterman was a big stinky liar and Hans Erich Rudel is such an appallingly bad human being he would have a cabinet position in Trump's government.

[Voltaire]

I'm waiting for much anticipated Materia Turei auto biography called " Friends With Benefits".

[Laava]

I'm waiting for much anticipated Materia Turei auto biography called " Friends With Benefits".

Do we need to crowd fund it?

[T.W.R]

The First and The Last is my favourite of those. Pierre Closterman was a big stinky liar and Hans Erich Rudel is such an appallingly bad human being he would have a cabinet position in Trump's government.

Ha what'd you expect.....Clostermann is a frog...he's bound to bullshit
Rudel wasn't that bad and would have more brains in his little toe than anything associated with the looney tunes Trump administration. Admittedly he was used by Goering as the poster boy of the Luftwaffe and flew most of the prototype mods made to The JU88 and the only pilot to have used a operational version with the large caliber cannon mounted in the wing.
But the at least his autobiography wasn't sanitised down by heavy handed censorship & made all frilly for the masses
One of the best books I had was "The Battle of the River Plate" that was an absorbing read and exposed how dirty, under handed, & cowdly the Poms could be

[Katman]