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Yumi comes from a land of gardens, meditation, and spirits, while Painter lives in a …
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Mike finished reading One Man And His Bike by Mike Carter
A long haul, I'm not very good with paper books! Very enjoyable, increasingly so.
Mike finished reading Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict
A wee Christmas cracker! Which is probably what the next one will be called. Keeps you guessing until the end.
Mike started reading Christmas Jigsaw Murders by Alexandra Benedict
I read the train one last year. Looking forward to this one!
Mike finished reading The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence #1) by Agatha Christie
The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, …
Nice to read a different side to Christie. Felt a bit plodding at times though, possibly I'm to old for it!
Mike commented on The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence #1) by Agatha Christie
The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, …
I keep reading the characters as Terence and Philip... In fairness, they come across like that too.
Mike started reading The Secret Adversary (Tommy and Tuppence #1) by Agatha Christie
The Secret Adversary is the second published detective fiction novel by British writer Agatha Christie, …
Grabbed it from Gutenberg ages ago, past time I read it!
Mike finished reading The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1) by Agatha Christie
The Man in the Brown Suit is a work of detective fiction by British writer …
A fun thriller! Hard to believe it predates The Big Four by 3 years, it's considerably better and hard to fathom how the later book is by the same author.
Mike started reading The Man in the Brown Suit (Colonel Race #1) by Agatha Christie
The Man in the Brown Suit is a work of detective fiction by British writer …
Some light relief after a couple of heavy hitters!
Mike finished reading The Long Walk by Stephen King
In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are …
I suspect this will be the book I remember most from 2024. Absolutely incredible.
Mike commented on The Long Walk by Stephen King
In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are …
About a third of the way through and it's an amazing read. An allegory for life? Finding beauty and companionship despite terrifying challenges? It's amazing.
Mike started reading The Long Walk by Stephen King
In the near future, where America has become a police state, one hundred boys are …
I suspect it'll be sobering reading, given the direction of global politics...
Mike finished reading The Great Dune Trilogy : Dune, Dune Messiah, Children of Dune by Frank Herbert
Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two …
What a marathon! I'm glad I've read it, but relieved it's over. Definitely a tech billionaires wet dream.
Dune is a 1965 science-fiction novel by American author Frank Herbert, originally published as two …
Right, third book. Let's get this nonsense finished!
Mike finished reading The Cracked Mirror by Chris Brookmyre
FORGET WHAT YOU THINK YOU KNOW THIS IS NOT THAT CRIME NOVEL
You know Johnny …
Lovely fun! Although I've read enough Brookmyre now that developments are less of a surprise 😉