What was the last book you read?
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I've just finished DUNE and THE WISE MAN'S FEAR (Book 2 of the Kingkiller Chronicles). Both excellent books.
Just finished Nurse from 1978, by Peggy Anderson; it's a diary-like book about an 8-week period in the life of a real nurse in a large metropolitan hospital whom Anderson interviewed for the book (the nurse was Mary Fisher, then in her late 20s; she took on the pseudonym of Mary Benjamin, R.N. to protect her privacy); this edition is a paperback from 1979 (the original hardback being from 1978)...
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Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery (Anne #4)
Anne is a young married in this one and it goes to some surprisingly dark places.
I can only imaging what my mother made of it reading it as young girl, or how it would have gone if she's got this far reading the series to me.
Anne is a young married in this one and it goes to some surprisingly dark places.
I can only imaging what my mother made of it reading it as young girl, or how it would have gone if she's got this far reading the series to me.
Mother Love, Deadly Love: The Susan Smith Murders: an account by New York Post columnist Andrea Peyser about that infamous homicide incident of 1994 wherein Susan Smith did in her two sons (3-year-old Michael and 14-month-old Alex) by having them drown in John D. Long Lake near Union, SC, and then maintained a hoax that a Black man had kidnapped them and possibly ransomed them (that lasted for 9 days, before Smith finally broke down and confessed that she did them in at that lake)...
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Salvage For the Saint (The Saint #50)
Well, that's it. Another ambition realised.
This was the last Saint book overseen by Leslie Charteris. It's not a bad sendoff, again adapted from a Return of the Saint episode, but backdated to the post-WWII era. It has a bit of a nostalgic lookback to past adventures as well, although that was probably intended to celebrate the No. 50 milestone because I don't think it was actually planned as the last.
Well, that's it. Another ambition realised.
This was the last Saint book overseen by Leslie Charteris. It's not a bad sendoff, again adapted from a Return of the Saint episode, but backdated to the post-WWII era. It has a bit of a nostalgic lookback to past adventures as well, although that was probably intended to celebrate the No. 50 milestone because I don't think it was actually planned as the last.
Wheels by Arthur Hailey, from 1971
This is the 6th Arthur Hailey novel I have completed (I purchased it from EBay recently, along with In High Places from 1962 [this one was in a 1973 paperback, and In High Places will be in a 1970 paperback]), and when I finish with In High Places, I will have the core-seven of Hailey's work that I want (I tried Strong Medicine from 1984, and The Evening News from 1990, and both were incredibly lackluster; I'm not even gonna think about his last one, Detective from 1997).
This is the 6th Arthur Hailey novel I have completed (I purchased it from EBay recently, along with In High Places from 1962 [this one was in a 1973 paperback, and In High Places will be in a 1970 paperback]), and when I finish with In High Places, I will have the core-seven of Hailey's work that I want (I tried Strong Medicine from 1984, and The Evening News from 1990, and both were incredibly lackluster; I'm not even gonna think about his last one, Detective from 1997).
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that nurse book my mom would have liked to read if she hadn't already. she was a Retired RN but though i Collect James Patterson as i am a fan of his work. i bought that RN book for her because i knew she wanted to read it. & she LOVED IT! so i'm glad i was able to do that for her. on the 6th it'll be a year since she passed. it still feels like a nightmare. my apologies for bringing this wonderful thread down to it's knees. but that book made me think of her, well that and her anniversary since she passed.
anyways the last book i read was Tom Selleck: You Never Knew (2024) it was a good book but he went on far to damn long talking about the making Magnum., does not mention friends at all. barely Mentions Blue Bloods. and he should have said more personal stuff than he did. he made a comment in it that said how there were rumors about his 1st Marriage and what was said his ex wife that weren't true. but he wasn't going to talk about them. the thing is he should have addressed some of them and opened up a bit. even if it was only one or tow. and said this one isn't real. nope he did talk about his current wife more though that was nice to read. i guess he's a private person.
anyways the last book i read was Tom Selleck: You Never Knew (2024) it was a good book but he went on far to damn long talking about the making Magnum., does not mention friends at all. barely Mentions Blue Bloods. and he should have said more personal stuff than he did. he made a comment in it that said how there were rumors about his 1st Marriage and what was said his ex wife that weren't true. but he wasn't going to talk about them. the thing is he should have addressed some of them and opened up a bit. even if it was only one or tow. and said this one isn't real. nope he did talk about his current wife more though that was nice to read. i guess he's a private person.
Just finished In High Places from 1962 (from that 1970 paperback I have)...
...and now, having so finished, I now have the core-seven of the works of Arthur Hailey that I intended to collect and read (and they will be greatly treasured); pardon the barcode sticker on that Moneychangers one, which cannot be removed without defacing the spine.
...and now, having so finished, I now have the core-seven of the works of Arthur Hailey that I intended to collect and read (and they will be greatly treasured); pardon the barcode sticker on that Moneychangers one, which cannot be removed without defacing the spine.
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I've just finished reading the Hardy Boys latest adventure - 'The Hardy Boys Don't Look Back In Anger'. Due to a series of mistaken identities, Frank and Joe end up taking the place of Noel and Liam Gallagher in Oasis for their 2025 World Tour. They sing 30 year old songs totally out of tune and make offensive remarks to everyone who speaks to them whilst dressed in parkas and walk round like Bez from the Happy Mondays. Whilst on tour, the Hardys become entangled with a gang of international jewel thieves led by Damon Albarn from Blur who they arrest and hand over to the police. Damon Albarn doesn't come quietly though - he tells Oasis that they are a shite band and Oasis counter this with "We're not a shite band - Blur is the shite band" and we're better than you. Tis, tisn't, did, didn't. Anyway, Joe and Frank each receive a knighthood and a golden platinum silver disc for their new album 'Don't Look Back At A Rock & Roll Champagne Supernova'.
I won't say too much more otherwise I might spoil it for someone who might want to read it. If anyone wants to borrow my copy, just bank transfer me £20 and it's yours. I nicked it from Edgware Library anyway.
Laters.
I won't say too much more otherwise I might spoil it for someone who might want to read it. If anyone wants to borrow my copy, just bank transfer me £20 and it's yours. I nicked it from Edgware Library anyway.
Laters.
