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[James Boldman]

Bond, non-Bond, fiction, non-fiction - what are you currently reading, or (assuming you haven't got a book on the go) what was your last really good read?

Having finished a string of Uni assignments, I've started reading my signed copy of "James Bond, The Spy I Loved", by Christopher Wood!

[DamnCoffee]

I'm Starting to read an Inspector Morse Novel - Good so Far

[Johnboy007]

Call For the Dead - John Le Carre

[DamnCoffee]

Scrapped Morse
reading Martinis, girls and Guns

[Qwerty]

Sparkling Cyanide by Agatha Christie.

[DamnCoffee]

Ooh Nice Choice there Qwerty a Great novel , I'm Still reading 'Martinis, Girls and Guns' (I'm becoming a little rusty on my Bond Knowledge so i think i'll catch up )

[Kilroy6644]

I'm catching up on a couple of neglected National Geographics.

[Jericho_One]

Re-reading "The Godfather", by Mario Puzo.

You have to love the way these guys do "business".

[bond_girl_double07]

I just got Agatha Chrisie's "Third Girl".. I'm hoping reading a new Poirot will encourage me to be more organized hehe I'm curious what Christie's take on 60's England was as well..

[James Boldman]

I'm Starting to read an Inspector Morse Novel - Good so Far

Oooh very nice. Which one? I love Colin Dexter, he's one of my favourite authors.

[DamnCoffee]

I'm Starting to read an Inspector Morse Novel - Good so Far

Oooh very nice. Which one? I love Colin Dexter, he's one of my favourite authors.

I was Reading 'The Remorseful day' but i got bored

[Thunderfinger]

Re-reading "The Godfather", by Mario Puzo.

You have to love the way these guys do "business".

Great book.That

[Four Aces]

I am currently finishing Secret Honor by WEB Griffin. This a spy novel from one of his two OSS series. The backgorund is US and German agents in the Southern Cone circa WW2.

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[Kilroy6644]

I am currently finishing Secret Honor by WEB Griffin. This a spy novel from one of his two OSS series. The backgorund is US and German agents in the Southern Cone circa WW2.

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I haven't read that one yet, but I've read his other OSS series and really liked it, although The Saboteurs was a bit of a let down.

I just started reading 1862 by Robert Conroy. It's an alternate history, about Britain entering the American Civil War following the Trent Incident.

[Four Aces]

I am currently finishing Secret Honor by WEB Griffin. This a spy novel from one of his two OSS series. The backgorund is US and German agents in the Southern Cone circa WW2.

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I haven't read that one yet, but I've read his other OSS series and really liked it, although The Saboteurs was a bit of a let down...

My understanding is that Griffin's son is the author of The Saboteurs. I will probably wait till it comes out in paperback, as I have a lengthy reading list ahead of it.

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[Kilroy6644]

My understanding is that Griffin's son is the author of The Saboteurs. I will probably wait till it comes out in paperback, as I have a lengthy reading list ahead of it.

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Yeah, it's got his son listed as co-author, which usually means that he wrote it, but needed Dad's name for the publicity. Not a bad book, but certainly not as good as the earlier ones.

[Agent 76]

Just finished Thunderball a few moments ago, and in the next couple of days, I'm going to start reading:

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

[dinovelvet]

"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..

Ah yes...I liked the essay where he rips into Woody Harrelson

I'm currently reading his "Bone in the throat"

[DaveBond21]

The International Express newspaper - the week's news from Britain.

[DavidSomerset]

Jim Cramer's real money.
May be Le Chiffre should have read this one, rather than putting his money on a casino game.

[Four Aces]

I have finished Secret Honor and have now started Cary Grant A Celebration of Style.

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[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..

Ah yes...I liked the essay where he rips into Woody Harrelson

I'm currently reading his "Bone in the throat"

Excellent I haven't started into his novels yet, but they're definitely on my list.. I'm a huge fan of his stuff

[DamnCoffee]

I'm nearly at the end on '50 years of 007' and i was thinking of reading 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' next - has anyone read it and if so what did they think?

[Roebuck]

[Jericho_One]

Satyricon, by Petronius.

[Skudor]

The Wayfarer Redemption, by Sarah Douglass. It was a desperate attempt at feeding my need for fantasy novels and one that I'm regretting. Although the author has come up with some interesting ideas her writing is awful and her characters flatter than a pancake. Thinking of picking up some non fiction and binning this crap.

[Double-O Eleven]

I just finished The Osterman Weekend by Robert Ludlum. I was re-reading Fleming and going through some of the continuation Bond novels I hadn't read before in preparation for a certain film that will come out in November and decided--golly, I was just in the mood for another spy thriller. Having never read Ludlum before, I picked Osterman because it was one of his big early success, was adapted by Sam Peckinpah as his last film, and is substantially shorter than many of his other works. Good stuff, nice paranoia and tension. Ultimately far-fetched in the extreme, but the writing has enough conviction to get you past that. I find Ludlum has a brisk and readable style that doesn't draw too much attention to itself. I might read more Ludlum in the future, but I think the next classic thriller I'll read is Follet's Eye of the Needle or Ambler's Journey into Fear.

[Kilroy6644]

I just finished 1901, by Robert Conroy, and I'm now catching up on National Geographic.

[Monkeyfoahead]

At the present moment I am reading Great Expectations by Charles Dickens.

[Kilroy6644]

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian, the first of three volumes that collect all of Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian stories.