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[Tor]

Starting on



The forth in the Amos Decker series

 

[Firstpeke]

I have read around seventy books in the last year, all science fiction, mostly in sets, waiting for next in series on a couple of them.....

Recently started re-reading an old non-fiction book: Believers Instructions Before Leaving Earth.

 

[ST1100Gold]

Condemned, its one of those books that are hard to put down once you get into the story ... ... will have to track down the rest in the series with the same characters

 

[oude geit]

The latest....

 

[Tor]

continuing the series.....

 

[jodog]

I assume you've all heard of these authors.

 

[Arellcat]

Doesn't matter what you read, its all a personal choice, just like choosing a bike to ride. Ghost Rider was quite a book. I wish I felt comfortable enough to go off on a bike like he did - into some very real rural areas. On the other hand, he was, to a certain extent, healing himself, just like Cheryl Strayed when she did the Pacific Coast Trail.

'Roadshow' is also a great read. It's been a few years and I only read it once because it wasn't my copy, but I can still remember a few scenes from it, like the fan who managed to get onboard the tour bus and was met by Peart's security guard! For what it's worth, I'm also a huge Rush fan.

I'm currently working my way through Elspeth Beard's book, 'Lone Rider'. Not even 25 years old at the time and she jolly well went for it. I wish I could be that...fearless. Wikipedia explains the major events of her adventure but it's a bit of a spoiler, too, so I only skimmed as far as I had already read in the book.

 

[wjbertrand]

My Dad served in the 8th as a radio operator and gunner on a B-24 Liberator, and was part of the air support for the Normandy invasion. This book is personal to me.

 

[DavidR8]

My Dad served in the 8th as a radio operator and gunner on a B-24 Liberator, and was part of the air support for the Normandy invasion. This book is personal to me.

I hope the book is better than the dramatic series on AppleTV.

 

[sirbike]

Here’s one by the first person to fly nonstop England to America.
Thought it would be about the flight but she covers her life from childhood. Incredible adventures and dangers.
So well written that Ernest Hemingway read it then said he was ashamed to call himself a writer.

 

[wjbertrand]

The book is great. It would be a real challenge to capture it all in a movie, even a series. I don’t get Apple TV, but I will be curious to watch that series when I first finish the book. It’s a big book!

 

[DavidR8]

The book is great. It would be a real challenge to capture it all in a movie, even a series. I don’t get Apple TV, but I will be curious to watch that series when I first finish the book. It’s a big book!

I’ll was hoping for something along the lines of Band of Brothers or The Pacific but Masters of the Air characters are very wooden, the dialogue is predictable. Overall it’s just too slick. Too much cool and not enough scared out of their wits.

 

[ST1100Y]

I have read around seventy books in the last year, all science fiction, mostly in sets, waiting for next in series on a couple of them....

Since I liked the series (watched it twice...) I went for the full 9 book novel set of The Expanse... and yes, I read them in English...

 

[Tor]

Bought this several years ago. Decent read, but not the best motorcycle travel book out there. Ted is still with us, at 92 years.

 

[Art Franz]

Another John Grisham fan here, I think I’ve read all of his books, except the kids stuff. Own several. Same with Wilbur Smith, own most of his. And Lee Child, the Jack Reacher series. I go through the whole stack and a couple years later start again

 

[Weaselinsuit]

Lots of great books mentioned.

I’d recommend the Travis McGee series by John D. MacDonald as well.

 

[wjbertrand]

I’ll was hoping for something along the lines of Band of Brothers or The Pacific but Masters of the Air characters are very wooden, the dialogue is predictable. Overall it’s just too slick. Too much cool and not enough scared of of their wits.

Have you also read the book? It seems to put across the feelings pretty well. If you have read the book, how would you compare it to the movie?

 

[DavidR8]

Have you also read the book? It seems to put across the feelings pretty well. If you have read the book, how would you compare it to the movie?

I haven’t read the book actually but I’d like to.

 

[Tor]

Half way through this one. I am a big Kristin Hannah fan. This one is her latest,,,,I think. The Women, meaning the combat nurses that served in Vietnam. Great stuff.

 

[MattSTlouis]

This is a book about long distance motorcycle riding and the iron butt association and why crazy people enjoy going nowhere for no particular reason. Definitely is making me feel like I am not crazy.