2025: What are you currently reading?
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An author you might enjoy..
Arturo Perez-Reverte
As an art historian I have enjoyed his mystery thrillers; stories are unique ..
El Club Dumas, The Fencing Master, The Flanders Panel and others..
Often subtle but his views are pessimistic and can be controversial.
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Yes.. one of his best. Amended my post above to say the author can be deeply pessimistic due to his war time and journalistic experiences. The Roman Polanski film The Ninth Gate is loosely based on El Club Dumas. Enjoy..
I don’t know the Polanski film, but the author sounds worth reading. I requested The Club Dumas from the library, which has some of his books in English (but more in Spanish).
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My nephew saw the film (as an adult).. said it was subtle and unsettling.. fantasy but horror as subtext, a Polanski trait, and he eliminated most of Dumas/Reverte’s Three Musketeers references from the script
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Too bad, I am most interested in the literary references! The book sounds complex, hopefully not too gory.My nephew saw the film (as an adult).. said it was subtle and unsettling.. fantasy but horror as subtext, a Polanski trait, and he eliminated most of Dumas/Reverte’s Three Musketeers references from the script
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yes , i read La línea de fuego by Arturo Perez Reverte and was good book, the other titles would consider when finish the book i'm reading currently.
in summer read Anthology of poetry by William Buttler Yeats ,was a nice poetry book . more of somebody like me that i like poetry and sometimes write poetry too (one of my hobbies)
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Book is better purely from a literary viewpoint
No gore.. which is the point really. The subtle shivery aspect makes it more compelling
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I am a huge fan of Anthony Horowitz having read the Magpie Murders.. tho have never read any of Alex Rider adventures .. as an author he certainly keeps one guessing!
W B Yeats.. you have good taste and, I suspect, like a challenge. Not deeply into his poetry or plays but I may look into him more on your recommendation (now that I have more time!)
A Prayer for My Daughter is beautiful.. sent it to my nephew on the birth of his little girl (my grand niece) 3 years ago.
Unlike prose, Poetry distills thoughts and views down to its core..
So much expressed in few words .. truly an art,
One that remains when all physical art eludes us..
Keep writing
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Good to hear, I don’t like to see or read about gore or violence so I sometimes avoid thrillers and horror.Book is better purely from a literary viewpoint
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Anthony Trollope: "An Autobiography"
The memoirs of Victorian author Anthony Trollope. This is a re-read for me and part of my Chronological Re-Read. This isn't a chronological re-read of any specific writer, but just of what I happen to have read from whatever year I'm currently on. This has been going on for decades now, and during that time I have re-read tthe majority of Trollope's books (and read a few I hadn't read before - I think I've only got two short novels of his fiction left to read).
His "Autobiography" was published posthumously, thouugh finished and set aside a fewy years previous to his death. Anyway, in it he talks a good deal about his books and his thoughts on them, so this is a book best read after one has read, if not necessarily all his books, but at least a lot of them.
The memoirs of Victorian author Anthony Trollope. This is a re-read for me and part of my Chronological Re-Read. This isn't a chronological re-read of any specific writer, but just of what I happen to have read from whatever year I'm currently on. This has been going on for decades now, and during that time I have re-read tthe majority of Trollope's books (and read a few I hadn't read before - I think I've only got two short novels of his fiction left to read).
His "Autobiography" was published posthumously, thouugh finished and set aside a fewy years previous to his death. Anyway, in it he talks a good deal about his books and his thoughts on them, so this is a book best read after one has read, if not necessarily all his books, but at least a lot of them.
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My favourite Heyer is Friday's Child. All her other romances have older sophisticated heroes with, often, older heroines who are "on the shelf" marriage-wise. In Friday's Child the central couple and all the hero's friends from his schooldays (including the friend who is also bumbling around messing up his own romance) are so young and a bit clueless, but trying hard to be responsible adults.
My favourite is "Devil's Cub" - because my favourite Georgette Heyer heroine is Mary Challoner.
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Re Anthony Horowitz.
I've read the Alex Rider series up to and including "Scorpia Rising". I read it when that was the last book, but he has since added more, which I have not got to yet, though I'd like to.
My favourite thing by him, though, is the TV-series Foyle's War - which I adore. (And I don't even particularly like WWII as a setting... )
I've read the Alex Rider series up to and including "Scorpia Rising". I read it when that was the last book, but he has since added more, which I have not got to yet, though I'd like to.
My favourite thing by him, though, is the TV-series Foyle's War - which I adore. (And I don't even particularly like WWII as a setting... )
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We (my husband and I) haven't got that far yet - I believe we've seen S3 - or is it S4? Of course I do mean to get to the rest - anyway, good to know/be prepared for that the latter part my not be quite up to par. If I lower my expectations a little, hopefully I won't be disappointed.
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The last season or two are just as well done, but for me I wasn't as interested in postwar politics, or Foyle being recruited out of retirement from the police by MI5 (or 6, I can never remember which group handles which spies). And it was a bit confusing when two different actors played Samantha's husband in the final two years.We (my husband and I) haven't got that far yet - I believe we've seen S3 - or is it S4? Of course I do mean to get to the rest - anyway, good to know/be prepared for that the latter part my not be quite up to par. If I lower my expectations a little, hopefully I won't be disappointed.
I am reading The Dumas Club and find it very interesting so far. It is an unusual story and I like all of the literary and historical research that went into it.Book is better purely from a literary viewpoint
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: "A Study in Scarlet"
In general, I tend to prefer novels to short stories - the Sherlock Holmes stories are an exception to this , however. I like the short stories much, much more than the novels (with the possible exception of "The Hound of the Baskervilles"). Some of the short story collections are among my Absolute Favourites - the novels are not.
This is a re-read for me, but I've only read "A Study in Scarlet" once - and it was a long time ago. Maybe as long ago as the '80s, even. I remember liking the first part with Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, but not being as enthused with the second part featuring other characters. At least this time I'll know what to expect, and maybe I'll like it better.
All the novels (with the exception, again, of "The Hound of the Baskervilles") are constructed after the same fashion, with the first part being Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson investigating, and the second part being a flashback to what happened. Honestly, I would recommend new readers to start with the shhort stories instead (esppecially "Adventures", "Memoirs" and "Return").
In general, I tend to prefer novels to short stories - the Sherlock Holmes stories are an exception to this , however. I like the short stories much, much more than the novels (with the possible exception of "The Hound of the Baskervilles"). Some of the short story collections are among my Absolute Favourites - the novels are not.
This is a re-read for me, but I've only read "A Study in Scarlet" once - and it was a long time ago. Maybe as long ago as the '80s, even. I remember liking the first part with Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, but not being as enthused with the second part featuring other characters. At least this time I'll know what to expect, and maybe I'll like it better.
All the novels (with the exception, again, of "The Hound of the Baskervilles") are constructed after the same fashion, with the first part being Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson investigating, and the second part being a flashback to what happened. Honestly, I would recommend new readers to start with the shhort stories instead (esppecially "Adventures", "Memoirs" and "Return").
