[electrobooks] Re: What we are reading

  • From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <electrobooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2009 20:30:24 +0100

Dave, all, as usual I'm, reading a variety of books. My multiplicity is not helped by the fact that I have two TB machines. Here's the list with comments.
PTX1 - Dead Simple - read downstairs while cooking, eating or just chilling. The writing is not the best, the plot rather predictable, the reader is a bit tiggerish for my taste, but I'm carrying on with it in order to get to the end and see what happens.
PTP1 - The Naked And The Dead - Norman Maylor's book which I'm amazed I've not read before. On my pocket player it mainly occupies my journey to and from work but I'm enjoying it immensely despite it's pretentiousness.
PTR1 - The Fellowship Of The Ring - yes, loud tuts from certain quarters are clearly audible, but the player is next to where I sleep and I'm embarking on yet another reading of the Tolkien classic.
Book courier - Hitler, 1936-45. The second volume of Ian Kershaw's stunning autobiography.
Braillenote PK - Agincourt, the factual account of the battle on which Bernard Cornwell freely admits to having modeled his novel. Very interesting. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
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Subject: [electrobooks] What we are reading



Hi
I have just started reading "City of fire" by Robert ellis. I think you all 
have the book already.
I am not very far into it as yet, but it looks promising. On my scanner is 
a book called "Unlucky for some" by Jill McGown.  I first came across her
books when I had one from NLB some years ago and really liked it.  I was
reminded of her when the author Sophie hannah chose this book to discuss on the Radio 4 "A good read" programme. Jill McGown died of cancer in 2007 but 
wrote a dozen or so books, most of them about the same two policemen, who
happen to be man and wife.

I will send it to you all probably later today.
I am not sure whether we can send attachments on this list. If so, we could 
use that for books, but it might be better to send individually.
My next scan is to be a book called "Oscar Season" about a murder of a film 
star at the Hollywood Oscars.

More of that in due course.


David

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