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  1. steelclaw32

    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    Rules of Prey The first book in the "Prey" series of novels by John Sandford. And before you ask, yes I've got all 18 prey so far.!:eek: :lol:
  2. steelclaw32

    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    shadforth Wrote: no. Is the simple answer there Sahd, but is an all newish book from Mc Cammon. And the second in the series of stories concerning Matthew Corbett, which I've already got, it's been out in paperback now, for months. :)
  3. steelclaw32

    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    Good call Shadforth. If perchance you like Robert Mc Cammon check out THIS...: The Robert McCammon Web Site By the way, rumour has it, that McCammon is currently planning as many as 10 books following Matthew Corbett's adventures in early-1700s America And while your at it look up this...
  4. steelclaw32

    Guilty pleasures

    Well said there leahrs2, to each his/her own. There's really nothing like a good read no matter what genre it may be. Myself I read not just for 'escapism' as such, but because I need to read, without being able to read I'd be dead, and your longer the latter so pack in as much reading while...
  5. steelclaw32

    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    Ralph Matheson felt nauseous. So much so, he'd just lost his breakfast, which was now a glistening yellow tiger-stripe frozen solid down the side of Red Osprey's iron-oxide-coloured hull. Decipher Stel Pavlou
  6. steelclaw32

    The seiries/Book your reading

    Just started on this... : "Plot summary" Also got his second book Gene :
  7. steelclaw32

    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    The Amazon Basin, September, 1987 At noon the clouds clinging of the top of Cerro Gordo broke free and scattered. Far above, in the upper reaches of the forest canopy, Whittlesey could see golden tints of sunlight. Relic Douglas Peston & Lincoln Child
  8. steelclaw32

    The seiries/Book your reading

    Started on this... :
  9. steelclaw32

    Does inaccurate historical facts affect your enjoyment of historical fiction?

    True enough,... sort ofish Libra, but the point I think KingFish says is quite valid, it also makes the past truly come alive whereas in a sense is a lazy writers way of, sometimes, a complex plot, and does a Godawful bastardised, and worse oversimplified and barely explaining "who, What...
  10. steelclaw32

    C.J. Sansom: Dark Fire

    So very true Tintin, have you tried James Mc Gee? His books... Matthew Hawkwood series: 1. Ratcatcher (2006) 2. Resurrectionist (2007) 3. Rapscallion (2008) : You might turn you attention to this bloke, another goodie as well... : Michael Jecks - Master of the Medieval Murder...
  11. steelclaw32

    The seiries/Book your reading

    Just Started on a spot of rereading... :
  12. steelclaw32

    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    Chapter One. I was down in Surry, on business for Lord Cromwell's office, when the summons came. Opening lines to the first Matthew Shardlake adventure....Dissolution Time-line circa 1537
  13. steelclaw32

    C.J. Sansom: Dark Fire

    Well I just started rereading this... :
  14. steelclaw32

    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    Prologue The Western Desert, 523 bc The fly had been pestering the Greek all morning, As if the furnace-like heat of the dersert wasn't enough and the forced marches, and the stale rations, now he had this added torment. He cursed the gods and landed a heavy blow on his cheek, dislodging a...
  15. steelclaw32

    The seiries/Book your reading

    Started on this early this morning, 2 in the morning actually. :o :) : Here's a a site it's a foreign one sorry, but the interview IS in English thank God scroll down a little bit.! Paul Sussman is a Brit though.! Paul Sussman See this site on something on PS, Paul Sussman...
  16. steelclaw32

    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    Migey, it is said somewhere "ask and ye shall receive" or summat of that order.! Well Migey you asked and....see here ->->->-> On The Fifth Day He's a Brit too and a brill read to boot, if I do say so myself.
  17. steelclaw32

    The first sentence in the book you're reading

    Prologue: The Wrath Of God He would have to go back to the village soon. He had been swimming for almost an hour. On The Fifth Day by A.J. Hartley
  18. steelclaw32

    The seiries/Book your reading

    Started this some hours ago, damn!:eek: I'd forgot how good he is... ;) : He's only got two books out so far, the first being... : but he's great writer.
  19. steelclaw32

    Guilty pleasures

    Oberon, I too am Preston-Child fan. I was downloading some John Sandford audio-books, (I'm a fan of him too) which I've already got in book form proper, and I got a hold of some audio books of Preston-Child's : RELIC . Reliquary. Cabinet of Curiosities. Still Life with Crows. Brimstone...
  20. steelclaw32

    Recently Purchased/Borrowed

    Just got these two books on Thursday last..... : : I've also got a few John Sandford novels the Prey series there quite exciting stuff, if you like a nice little hand sweaters.!:eek: Check this site out...: Index - Books
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