What are you reading at the moment?

[ozleicester]

9 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Bought myself a Kindle recently, I’m assuming the book subscription service they have for it is worth taking out?

If you havent heard... BorrowBox is an app linked to your local library. Highly recomend it. I always check BB before buying/renting.

[ozleicester]

Horrible reading, but incredibkly interesting espcially the work behind the capture... highly recomend





Needed a light break after the above so...


much like them... this was a waste of my time...

Edited 29 October 2025 by ozleicester

[Unabomber]

10 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Bought myself a Kindle recently, I’m assuming the book subscription service they have for it is worth taking out?

I haven’t got that but I really should considering how much I read. It definitely seems like good value, but kindle books are pretty cheap anyway.

[Grebfromgrebland]

11 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Bought myself a Kindle recently, I’m assuming the book subscription service they have for it is worth taking out?

You could always sail the high seas. 

 

Shiver me timbers.

[FoxesDeb]

22 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Bought myself a Kindle recently, I’m assuming the book subscription service they have for it is worth taking out?

I subscribe to Kindle Unlimited and I think I get good value out of it, just be aware that not everything is available through it, especially not new releases. That's where they get you, you're 3 books in to a 4 book series and then have to buy the latest one, or wait for it to come available on unlimited. But as someone else said they're fairly cheap anyway.

[The Bear]

14 hours ago, ozleicester said:

If you havent heard... BorrowBox is an app linked to your local library. Highly recomend it. I always check BB before buying/renting.

Looked into this and you have to have a full library card. Which I don't. 

[splinterdream]

Just finished this, excellent book

[ozleicester]

2 hours ago, The Bear said:

Looked into this and you have to have a full library card. Which I don't. 

Just pop in to your local library..it litterally takes 5 minutes to get a card... Once youve signed up you have access to tens of thousands of Ebooks and audio books all for free, just click and the book is in your hand wherreever you are...and it supports your local library for the future readers

[ozleicester]

15 hours ago, Grebfromgrebland said:

You could always sail the high seas. 

 

Shiver me timbers.

"Annas Archive"   not quite sailing the seas..perhaps standing at the river mouth... brilliant..especially for text books too

 

[Grebfromgrebland]

6 hours ago, ozleicester said:

"Annas Archive"   not quite sailing the seas..perhaps standing at the river mouth... brilliant..especially for text books too

 

Yeah this is my go to for books and if you want audiobooks there's audiobook bay 

[bovril]

Since we were debating 'melting pots' on another thread...

 

This is superb. Probably the fairest and most balanced book on the Balkans I've read, and a great level of detail.

 

[splinterdream]

1 hour ago, bovril said:

Since we were debating 'melting pots' on another thread...

 

This is superb. Probably the fairest and most balanced book on the Balkans I've read, and a great level of detail.

 

Have you seen the movie Dara of Jasenovac?

 

[Samilktray]

Can anyone recommend a book series similar to something like the Luther tv show? Just fancy trying something different 

[bovril]

34 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

Have you seen the movie Dara of Jasenovac?

 

Not yet. Heard it's been a bit controversial but generally I think that aspect of WW2 deserves more attention. 

[splinterdream]

Just now, bovril said:

Not yet. Heard it's been a bit controversial but generally I think that aspect of WW2 deserves more attention. 

It's a very hard watch, some pretty sadistic depictions of how the Croats treated the Serbs, but things like this should be seen to show the lengths of depravity human nature will go, and why a melting pot can be dangerous 

[The Bear]

14 minutes ago, Samilktray said:

Can anyone recommend a book series similar to something like the Luther tv show? Just fancy trying something different 

Read some Sherlock Holmes novels/stories. 

 

Lots of them are quite short so you can get through plenty quite quickly and decide if you like them. 

 

Each of the collections (shorts and novels) are less than £15 on Amazon. 

[Beliall]

5 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Can anyone recommend a book series similar to something like the Luther tv show? Just fancy trying something different 

michael connolley bosch series are great detective books. currently im reading blood on the tongue which is based around derbyshire, about a police officer, seems good so far but it s a slow burn

[Unabomber]

9 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Can anyone recommend a book series similar to something like the Luther tv show? Just fancy trying something different 

The Jo Nesbo Harry Hole series is amazing. Not quite like Luther but he is a detective. 

[Grebfromgrebland]

12 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Can anyone recommend a book series similar to something like the Luther tv show? Just fancy trying something different 

The books by James Patterson or Peter James are pretty much Luther and there's loads of them. 

 

Easy reading but fills the gaps between 'proper' books.

[izzymuzzet]

13 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Can anyone recommend a book series similar to something like the Luther tv show? Just fancy trying something different 

Not a series and not similar to Luther really, but if you like true crime In Cold Blood by Truman Capote is probably the best in that genre I've ever read. A real page turner.

[oakman]

19 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Can anyone recommend a book series similar to something like the Luther tv show? Just fancy trying something different 

The Alex Delaware series by Jonathan Kellerman is very good. First book is 'When The Bough Breaks'.

[foxfanazer]

19 hours ago, Samilktray said:

Can anyone recommend a book series similar to something like the Luther tv show? Just fancy trying something different 

I quite liked the Mark Billingham books as a casual read. First one in the series is called Sleepy head

[Beliall]

On 03/11/2025 at 05:48, Unabomber said:

The Jo Nesbo Harry Hole series is amazing. Not quite like Luther but he is a detective. 

i just read the son, took me a while to get going but it was really good. i have a couple more somewhere i need to dig out

[Unabomber]

I think I’ve mentioned it before but the best fiction book I have ever read is Don Winslow The Power Of The Dog. Absolutely incredible. 

[Bordersfox]

On 04/11/2025 at 08:46, Unabomber said:

I think I’ve mentioned it before but the best fiction book I have ever read is Don Winslow The Power Of The Dog. Absolutely incredible. 

Amazing book that.  I then read the Force and wondered how the same author had produced such drivel.  Haven't gone back to him since but maybe I should try another.