[ebooktalk] Re: CURRENT READING
- From: "Shell" <shell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 May 2013 08:26:49 +0100
Hi Steve, I keep meaning to start the Pitt series as it sounds fascinating and
I like historical crime books.
Good luck with the Dan Brown. I have to say that I thought the latest one
sounds more interesting than some of the others. He said on an interview the
other day that he has plans for another 12 books in that series. I was looking
at a biography of him the other day and it said he got married in a place
called Pea Porrige Pond. They must have murky waters there I suppose.
Look forward to hearing what you think about the book.
Shell.
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From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 2:01 AM
To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [ebooktalk] CURRENT READING
> Hi
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> I've just finished the second of Anne Perry's Inspector Pitt books. I find
> these fascinating. They are set in Victorian London (1880s) and the
> detection is often hampered by manners and the conventions of the day. I
> think she has done her research really well and manages to depict the world
> as it was pretty well.
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> I'm listening to the third of Christian Jacq's Ramasees II series - The
> Battle of Kadesh. Jacq's style is interesting The Narrative is in the past
> but conversations seem to have an immediacy that is often lacking. How much
> of this is down to the translation I am not sure. He also has an interesting
> way of moving the stories forward. Often new, usually minor, characters are
> introduced at the beginning of a chapter they play their part and then
> vanish. It usually takes me a while to work out where the scene fits into
> the story and they often prove to be the start of a twist or turn in the
> plot. They are epic stories told in short books.
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> The next book I listen to will be Dan Brown, I have been gifted it, and
> asked for my thoughts so I will have to read it. They say you should never
> look a gift horse in the mouth but I'm not sure about this one. The last Dan
> Brown was more than a little over the top. So far I have managed to avoid
> reviews of this one.
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> Steve
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