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[Santa]

Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers.

[Santa]

Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers.

Oh dear ... never mind.

Perhaps I should send you a blockbuster ( ) in advance:

http://debrief.comma...p...st&p=542263

Please don't

[Qwerty]

Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie

[Agent 76]

Three Act Tragedy by Agatha Christie

Q man, you seem to be a big Miss Christie fan, can you tell me, in your opinion wich are the best Poirot stories?

Thanks,

ps: I've read one: Murder in The Orient Express (excellent!)

[TortillaFactory]

My opinion, while not solicited, is here for the taking as well.

Death on the Nile is a very good Poirot, as well as Five Little Pigs. I'm really more of a Miss Marple fan, though, I must admit.

EDIT: forgot Murder for Christmas/Hercule Poirot's Christmas; very enjoyable as well. If you're interested in non-Poirot, underappreciated (IMO) Christie, hit Parker Pyne Investigates/Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective and The Mysterious Mr. Quin.

[Agent 76]

My opinion, while not solicited, is here for the taking as well.

Death on the Nile is a very good Poirot, as well as Five Little Pigs. I'm really more of a Miss Marple fan, though, I must admit.

EDIT: forgot Murder for Christmas/Hercule Poirot's Christmas; very enjoyable as well. If you're interested in non-Poirot, underappreciated (IMO) Christie, hit Parker Pyne Investigates/Mr. Parker Pyne, Detective and The Mysterious Mr. Quin.

thanks for the tip Tortilla.

[Arbogast777]

If anybody's looking to collect some good quality Christie's at a great price Black Dog and Leventhal is coming out with "The Agatha Christie Collection." They are hardcovers priced at $12.00 each (but they are selling at online vendors for $9.60). They are bringing out 8 at a time, the first 8 this month, the second in March 2007, and so on.

But neither set has "And Then There Were None" yet. Damn!

[Monkeyfoahead]

Right now we are getting ready to start reading some Shakespeare in English class.

[Thunderfinger]

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[Vauxhall]

Just got back from a trip to Rome last week, so re-reading 'Angels and Demons' by Dan Brown as I can now relate to the locations he uses.

[bond_girl_double07]

"The Nasty Bits" by Anthony Bourdain

A very solid collection of his shorter essays.. fans of "No Reservations" should definitly check it out (a lot of the essays are tidbits about his travels for the show).. favorite so far: his essay on being addicted to Court Tv Very funny stuff..

[OmarB]

Just finished Terry Goodkind's Sword Of Truth series. Amazing stuff.

And as always, I'm constantly rereading verything Ayn Rand's wrote because she's my favorite.

[Santa]

Mythology by Edith Hamilton. An old favourite that's always worth revisiting.

[DaveBond21]

I am reading "The Stand" by Stephen King, for the second time.

It is an amazing book, well worth reading again and again, with so many stories within one chapter never mind the whole thing.

[Johnboy007]

Mythology by Edith Hamilton. An old favourite that's always worth revisiting.

Just finished reading that myself.

[Lazenby880]

Greenmantle by John Buchan.

I am always in two minds when it comes to Buchan. On the one hand he wrote some incredibly gripping thrillers with dark and cold atmospheres, on the other I cannot stand the dreadful prejudice evident in some unfortunate passages. One must, I suppose, simply ignore these bits however they are still rather unattractive and mar what are superlative thrillers.

The Thirty-Nine Steps is, predictably, my favourite Buchan, although Greenmantle is not far behind. Inspired by an actual event, this novel sees the compelling protagonist

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[ACE]

1) Commuter book: 2Stoned by Andrew Loog-Oldham
Have no time for other stuff at the moment.

[Lazenby880]

Adam Hall's The Tango Briefing was a reasonably breezy read, and next I shall be re-reading Joseph Conrad's seminal The Secret Agent. A novel that possibly, more than others, set the template for the spy thriller, and a wonderfully literate read in its own right.

[Joyce Carrington]

Jasper Fforde's The Eyre Affair. This is wonderful stuff.

[elvis-the-burgerking]

Anatomy of motive by John Douglas and Mark Olshaker bit gross though.

[Jericho_One]

"Lazarus", by Morris West.

[Santa]

The Broker - John Grisham

Haven't really read much of his stuff before and wasn't that keen to start but there was nothing else at hand. I was pleasantly surprised. Strictly leave your brain behind beach reading but it filled that particular slot very well.

[bond_girl_double07]

A ghastly textbook for one of my classes (it's called Foundations of Library and Informational Science)... I just had a warm bath too, so between the book and the bath, I should be asleep in about 30 seconds

[Jim]

One Fine Day In The Middle Of The Night.

Christopher Brookmyre.

Can see him doing the "2008" Bond thing. Even if there's a bit too much Scottish in it.

[Kilroy6644]

I'm now reading "I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell," by Tucker Max. In general it's about him drinking and having sex and being an a-hole. In fact, he refers to himself as such on the back cover, which also includes reader feedback, my favorite being:

"I find it truly appalling that there are people in the world like you. You are a disgusting, vile, repulsive, repugnant, foul creature. Because of you, I don't believe in God anymore. No just God would allow someone like you to exist."

How can you not want to read more?

[Double-0-7]

Recently started re-reading Casino Royale. Time to start the Fleming novels in order again!

[bond_girl_double07]

Recently started re-reading Casino Royale. Time to start the Fleming novels in order again!

Here here!

[killkenny kid]

A Tale of Two Cities - one of my fav. By some dude named Dikens.

[Double-0-7]

A Tale of Two Cities - one of my fav. By some dude named Dikens.

I believe his family makes Bond's favorite fall-time drink - Dikens' Cider.

[Tiin007]

The Plot Against America by Philip Roth. It's pretty good, but I want to finish it soon so I can read some more Bond novels.