I had a similar problem with a mystery novel back in 2013 or so. I found that my projected plot was far too complex. When I cut out one subplot, I lost a couple of characters (and good riddance), and it all smoothed out.
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Ask and ye shall receive. It actually has very little in common with the book and is a poor substitute. The Midwich Cuckoos is on my reading list.
The Day of the Triffids (1963)
After a strange meteor shower leaves most of the population blind, a merchant navy officer must save humanity from attacks by violent plants.
I read a lot of those when I was young and ran out of Agatha Christie books to read. Thanks for the reminder. I should revisit them.
Just started this for the first time, I read 1984 for the first time earlier this year.
This has been such a great listen so far
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I love this one, and much more than 1984.
This one is on my list to read someday!
This has been such a great listen so far
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1984 did get monotonous a few times throughout the book, but overall I enjoyed it and appreciated the way he brought up the topics. It definitely made me think about the current landscape and what the potential consequences are of society’s actions as a whole. Glad to hear Animal Farm was better for you! If it is for me it should be a great read!
"The Dirty South" by John Connolly. So far, an exceptionally well written whodunit set in Clinton-era Arkansas. Connolly's prose is up to his storytelling.
Bruce Lee: A Life by Matthew Polly
Thanks. It will be a while. I had a couple of false starts, which is typical.
With the Ken Burns documentary on PBS, I am now winding my way through Hemingway (many for the first time).
I have read "The Sun Also Rises" and "Death in the Afternoon". Now working through "To Have Or Have Not."
I have read "The Sun Also Rises" and "Death in the Afternoon". Now working through "To Have Or Have Not."
Owen Bawn
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John Waters, Give Us Back the Bad Roads, which is a rejection of the materialist and secularist culture that has come to dominate Irish society since the 1990s.
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Abandoned By Gypsies.
Wonderful history book about the US bombing strategy in WW2. Malcolm Gladwell is a treasure, and so is this book.
Looks good - going to check that one out later. Thanks.
Staying with D.S.'s historical fiction: The Abominable.
Almost finished Frederick Forsyth's "The Outsider", his autobiography. Fascinating stuff, and pretty damning about the BBC and HMG's approach to the Nigerian Civil War, which was frankly a disgrace to our country.
The library in the suburb to my west has finally dropped the muzzle requirement, so I scooped up some goodies last week. Currently reading 1997's Backflash, one of the "Parker the tough anti-hero thief" series by Richard Stark (Donlad E. Westlake).
"River of Darkness" by Buddy Levy. A Spanish explorer. Journeys down the Amazon river in search of Eldorado or something like it. The book is amazing. It has the feel of the film 'Aggiure the Wrath of God'. Great oratorical story telling like Dickens or John Irving. So it makes an excellent book to listen to. When done I will go on to Levy's earlier work "Conquistador" which I hear is even better.
"Thinking in bets". Some useful info in terms of recognizing that most decisions are not black and white, which helps you avoid decision making pitfalls.
The First Crusade by Thomas Asbridge
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