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Re: What are you currently reading?
Reply #615 - Jul 30^th, 2019 at 3:45am

barryfromthebush wrote on Jul 22^nd, 2019 at 6:48am:

Been listening to all the Ian Fleming James Bond audio books on the way to work, Much better than the movies, especially Dr No. I tried reading the later novalisation of Goldeneye but it was just to hard already knowing exactly what was going to happen after seeing the film.

I go to youtube on my phone and look up audiobooks. Then I select the audiobook I want to hear. I hook up the phone with my Beats headphones. Hook the charger up to the phone, so that the power does not drain too quickly. Then I lay there until I fall asleep listening to the recording.

Normally, I fall asleep after half an hour listening to the story. I usually awake and give up continuing the playback. The phone usage whilst I charge the phone is probably not good for the battery. But, it is on the way out, anyway.

I also listen to audiobooks whilst I play games on the computer.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Australian Legend Posts: 21743 Rockhampton, Q Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #616 - Aug 3^rd, 2019 at 2:02pm Reading "Red Dragoon" by Thomas Harris. The book is a two-parter with "Silence of the Lambs". Some lines in the Red Dragon novel are found in the Silence of the Lambs movie. Particularly, Dr Chilton's line about the attack by Lecter upon the nurse. "His pulse never got above 85".
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 43644 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #617 - Aug 22^nd, 2019 at 12:14am “Johannes Kepler and the New Astronomy” by James R Voelkel. Skipped a bit of the childhood stuff, up to where Kepler graduated B.A.
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Re: What are you currently reading?
Reply #618 - Aug 22^nd, 2019 at 3:55am

I was given a book to read upon recommendation based upon my enjoyment of the Game of Thrones.
It was by Australian Sarah Douglass and called BattleAxe.
It didn't take long to realise that Game of Thrones was too similar to this 1995 offering.
Plagiarism? Huh

I'm also re-reading one of my own books. All about the future and not to be released until after my death.

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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Australian Legend Posts: 21743 Rockhampton, Q Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #619 - Aug 24^th, 2019 at 4:50am "Silence of the lambs" by Thomas Harris. A continuation of the story after "Red Dragon".
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Australian Legend Posts: 21743 Rockhampton, Q Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #620 - Sep 13^th, 2019 at 10:25am "The Man from Snowy River" by Andrew Paterson. Bought for $1 at a garage sale.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 43644 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #621 - Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 12:26pm Aha! Snap! I got Les Miserables for $1 at an op shop.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Australian Legend Posts: 21743 Rockhampton, Q Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #622 - Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 4:07pm "The World's Most Dangerous Places" by Robert Young Pelton and Coskun Aral. Even though the information is not extensive, the topics are numerous. This gives you an idea of a broader complexity to the world. The book is probably well out of date by now. Published in 1995.
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Frank Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 40655 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #623 - Sep 22^nd, 2019 at 10:18pm Brideshead Revisited, read by Jeremy irons. Everything else by Waugh. Phenomenal.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Australian Legend Posts: 21743 Rockhampton, Q Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #624 - Sep 29^th, 2019 at 11:39pm Going to read a couple of chapters on two textbooks about Don Bradman. Likely I will get bored before I reach the halfway mark.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Australian Legend Posts: 21743 Rockhampton, Q Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #625 - Oct 2^nd, 2019 at 11:40pm Bought the 7 John Marsden books of the Tomorrow series, for $30. See if I can get through them all in a month.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 46588 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #626 - Oct 3^rd, 2019 at 7:54pm Read "Nostrodamus's World War 3 prophecies". Very interesting and as far as can be made out, everything is going as planned.
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 46588 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #627 - Nov 3^rd, 2019 at 11:20am Hyperion/The Fall of Hyperion - by Dan Simmons and Ring around the Sun by the great Simak. Awesome reads.
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Sprintcyclist Gold Member Offline OzPolitic Posts: 39522 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #628 - Nov 3^rd, 2019 at 2:23pm The last Painting of Sara De Vos Dominic Smith
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Jasin Gold Member Offline Posts: 46588 Gender:	Re: What are you currently reading? Reply #629 - Nov 10^th, 2019 at 10:04pm Helliconia
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