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  1. velocipede2288

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    Mickey Spillane's "The Goliath Bone."A no-brainer this one. Corny, but entertaining.
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    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    The Labours of Hercules. By Agather Christie.From the library.
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    Bought today, Ian Rankin's Bleeding Hearts.
  4. velocipede2288

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    Thought it was obvious. It juse draws the eye to the book in question. I am not the only one that does this on this site.
  5. velocipede2288

    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    Three library books. A Cool Head, by Ian Rankin. The Goliath Bone, by Mickey Spillane and The Labours of Hercules, by Agather Christie.
  6. velocipede2288

    Recently Finished

    Recently finished a biography of Samuel Pepys, and a quick read by Ian Rankin " A Cool Head." a very fast paced and exciting thriller.
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    Reginald Hill.

    The humour I was refering to was the description of Dalzel's crude antics and blunt talking.
  8. velocipede2288

    Historical fact books.

    A am reading "Samuel Pepys's Diary." at the moment. It has been a long time since I read it, and it is a long read. Near 600 pages in small print. I have only read around 30 pages so far, and it has been hard going as the start of it deals with political matters. And if you are not politically...
  9. velocipede2288

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    Recentlyl finished. "A Pinch of Snuff." By Reginald Hill. A Dalzeil and Pasco thriller.
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    Reginald Hill.

    Just finished "A Pinch of Snuff." By Reginald Hill. The author of the Dalziel and Pasco thrillers. These are terrific novels full of humour as well. Other Hill novels I have recently read are "A Clubable Woman." "A Cure for all Diseases." "The Death of Dalziel." "On Beulah Hight." Highly...
  11. velocipede2288

    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    Reading "A Pinch of Snuff." By Reginald Hill. A Dalziel and Pasco thriller. Borrowed from the library.
  12. velocipede2288

    the books that changed your life!

    I am with you there my friend. I left all that behind when stopped going to sunday school at 13. And have been an atheist ever since. And I didn't need any books to help me think like that.
  13. velocipede2288

    Recently Finished

    Recently finished, "Murder at the Rue Ursulines." By Greg Herren. Library book.
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    POLL: Types of Readers

    I am an avid reader. I have a large library of books on a variety of subjects and friction. Both old and new books. Read every day.
  15. velocipede2288

    NPR's "what we are reading for the week"

    Another of A.A. Milne's books "The Sunny side." A collection of essays, poems and short stories once published in "Punch." Also, dipping into Kenneth Grahame's "The Wind in the Willows."
  16. velocipede2288

    Recently Finished

    Sorry Polly Parrot, that not allowed?
  17. velocipede2288

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    A.A.Milne's Essays called, Not that It Matters.
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    the books that changed your life!

    The Book That Changed your Life? You will often find on the back cover of a novel the words "This book could change our life!". But did it? A book that changed my life was "The Encylopedia of Card Magic," The reason was an article in it called "The Nicola Card System." and it was a memory...
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    NPR's "what we are reading for the week"

    Reading A.A. Milne.s Essays. Love books of essays. Oliver Goldsmith's and Emersons are my favourite. But loving this book.I will surely come back to it at a later date.
  20. velocipede2288

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    J.M.Barrie's "Quality Street." Been sitting on my shelves for too long.
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