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  1. Hulmebantam

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    Just finished reading Chris Patten's memoir First Confession. Fascinating in parts, especially his time as a Minister for Northern Ireland and as the last Governor of Hong Kong.

    Moving into William Boyd's The New Confessions now.

    Unfortunately, I've not got a Robin Askwith book to keep the theme going.
     
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    #28 Hulmebantam, Apr 9, 2020
  2. Idlebantam

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    Michael Farris Smith - Blackwood
     
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  3. Hulmebantam

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    The Gene - Siddhartha Mukherjee

    Highly relevant and very readable history of our understanding of genetics.
     
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    #30 Hulmebantam, Apr 27, 2020
  4. Idlebantam

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    Bill Browder - Red Notice, How I became Putins No.1 enemy

    A fascinating biography that reads like a political thriller about the Grandson of the former leader of Americas Communist Party, who went to become one of America's most successful Hedge Fund Managers, but in Russia.

    Its the story of how he was expelled from Russia after speaking out about corruption in Russian and the fight for justice for his lawyer friend who was tortured and murdered by Putin's henchmen.

    The author fears that eventually he will be become another victim of Putin's way of silencing so called traitors to the country
     
    #32 Idlebantam, May 2, 2020
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    Rommel ?
    Gunner Who ?
    Spike Milligan
    Volume 2 of his War Memoirs
     
    #33 Boston-Sox, May 11, 2020
  6. bantam65

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    Have read Tattooist of Auschwitz....will keep an eye out for the other.
     
    #34 bantam65, May 12, 2020
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    The History of China and The Compleat Angler
     
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    Strange but enjoyable
    A good follow up I recommend S King 11/22/63
     
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    Missed this thread, just catching up.

    The Stand is great. Another relevant book he wrote is Cell.


    So disappointed with the ending of Enigma. Like he couldn't be arsed finishing it properly.
     
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  10. The Original EB

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    If you like Scandi crime novels I recommend "The Son" by Jo Nesbo.
     
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    A break from the Narnia series for A Thousand Splendid Suns. I really enjoyed The Kite Runner so hoping this one is as good. First few chapters are good.
     
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    Ben Macintyre - The Spy and the Traitor
     
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    Just started Reading "Night Watch" Diskworld Novel by Terry Pratchett

    rate it about 8.5/10 from what I have read so far
     
    #50 Boston-Sox, Sep 10, 2020
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    Just started September 2020 edition of Razzle. Not many words so far and very loose storylines. Will update when finished.
     
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    It was excellent, forgot to update the thread. Highly recommended. I'm now reading 'We' by Yevgeny Zamyatin (translated!) and next on my list is the sequel to The Handmaid's Tale.
     
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  16. How

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    Anyone ever read Dune by Frank Herbert? with the film coming out I wasn’t sure whether to read it first.
     
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    You must have mentioned his books on here before. I'm about 3/4 through The Power of the Dog. Can't remember where I heard about them, so I'll credit you !
     
    #55 ahar964, Sep 11, 2020
  18. Stafford Bantam

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    Just started 'Diary of an Apprentice Astronaut' by Samantha Cristoferetti.
     
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    #56 Stafford Bantam, Sep 11, 2020
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    Anything written by Daniel Silva or Vince Flynn
     
    #57 trevor, Sep 22, 2020
  20. WilsdenBantam

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    Don’t read a lot of King, but I liked it. Believe they are looking at adapting it into a tv series.
     
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