Old Blue 2
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Dare I ask which one...?I’ve read one
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The GOT Book Club
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Old Blue 2
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The cover depicts the Bf 110 of the first Commanding Officer of the unit, Walter Rubensdörffer, during the attack on Croydon on 15th August 1940. He was shot down by Byron Duckenfield of 501 Squadron further south from Croydon, both he and his Bordfunker being killed. That is the second edition, published by American publishers Schiffer, after the first edition sold out.
Got my complimentary copies of these today. The main volume, No. 13, is 142 pages, and I proof-read every page for Simon (as I do for each volume for him). Excellent series, and I highly recommend them to anyone with an interest in the Battle of Britain.
Just reading , the Victorian wars.
Strangely about the wars between Queen Liz the first ,birth through to her death.
Bit hard work at first, but interesting. Once you get into it.
How they ever won a battle with those generals and lack of organisation
I will never know.
Just seems every battle was on the brink when some nutter leads the ordinary troops into battle with bayonets draw and right into the opposition ranks.
Turn that battle and on to the next one.
Must have been brave beyond anything I can imagine those trooper, poorly looked after, little pay or food and let by inbred fools,( not all obviously) made of stern stuff those days.
Strangely about the wars between Queen Liz the first ,birth through to her death.
Bit hard work at first, but interesting. Once you get into it.
How they ever won a battle with those generals and lack of organisation
I will never know.
Just seems every battle was on the brink when some nutter leads the ordinary troops into battle with bayonets draw and right into the opposition ranks.
Turn that battle and on to the next one.
Must have been brave beyond anything I can imagine those trooper, poorly looked after, little pay or food and let by inbred fools,( not all obviously) made of stern stuff those days.
EFCthechosenone
Player Valuation: £500k
“I now see very plainly that though we achieved a first-rate tragedy, which will never be forgotten just because it was a tragedy, tragedy was not our business.”
Read his debut book, Rules of Civility, it was OK, love his way of writing, and in this one he describes 1930s New York, it's Jazz clubs and transports you back to that era of the city. Story based on a mid 20s girl and her life ,troubles dramas etc.
Just finished this and I can’t recommend it highly enough!
The story revolves around a man (Cooper) and his 8 year old daughter (Finch) who live in a remote cabin in the Appalachian mountains and have done so since Finch was a baby, hiding away from civilisation due to Coopers dark past.
Their only human contact comes from their strange local hermit ‘neighbour’ “Scotland” and Coopers old army friend ‘Jake’ who visits once a year to bring them supplies.
Then one year Jake doesn’t turn up and this sets in motion a series of events that threatens to expose Cooper, Finch and their past.
This might not be to everyone’s taste as it is incredibly slow paced and atmospheric. It’s hard to nail down a genre for it really as it has the tense moments of a thriller without any action to speak of and large parts of the book are about the characters day to day life surviving in the wilderness.
The characters are so well written and you genuinely begin to care about their fates by the end. Finch especially is superbly written. It can be very hard to write child characters and keep them interesting and complex yet still child-like, fair to say Kimi has nailed it here.
Big recommend from me!
Most sports books can be bland and boring but started this and its fascinating. Only published last year .
Black Belt Jones
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Read a couple of crackers over Christmas - starting with the incel's bible, Whatever by Michel Houllebecq. Anyone else read him? Massive literary celebrity in France. I've not read him before, and wasn't sure whether it would be worth it as he is the agent provocateur supreme which sort of ties his books to a time and a place. Thought it was superb, albeit bleak AF, and will prob read some more of his stuff - easy to read.
Houellebecq is prob the most important European novelist of the past 20 years, but he ain't the best - that would be Lazlo Krasznahorkai. Read his War and War and it knocked my socks off. He's not one for full stops, so there's a bit of trepidation that it's going to be a bit of a postmodern ballache. But his translator (Ottilie Mulzet) has used quite plain language throughout which gives it an absolutely mesmerising flow (and also bleak AF). A hard read, but I don't think I've ever read anything that puts you inside the main character's head to this level.
Houellebecq is prob the most important European novelist of the past 20 years, but he ain't the best - that would be Lazlo Krasznahorkai. Read his War and War and it knocked my socks off. He's not one for full stops, so there's a bit of trepidation that it's going to be a bit of a postmodern ballache. But his translator (Ottilie Mulzet) has used quite plain language throughout which gives it an absolutely mesmerising flow (and also bleak AF). A hard read, but I don't think I've ever read anything that puts you inside the main character's head to this level.
It’s been a while, but I read Houellebecq’s Elementary Particles while in grad school. Meant to read another one of his novels but never got around to it
davek
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Currently reading this.
Previously read his biography of Caesar which is excellent
Previously read his biography of Caesar which is excellent
