Here it is... the book thread!

[Ulrich]

Currently reading "The Never Game" by Jeffery Deaver, pretty good so far!

https://www.bookbrowse.com/bb_briefs/detail/index.cfm/ezine_preview_number/14109/the-never-game

From the bestselling and award-winning master of suspense, the first novel in a thrilling new series, introducing Colter Shaw.

A young woman has gone missing in Silicon Valley and her father has hired Colter Shaw to find her. The son of a survivalist family, Shaw is an expert tracker. Now he makes a living as a "reward seeker," traveling the country to help police solve crimes and private citizens locate missing persons. But what seems a simple investigation quickly thrusts him into the dark heart of America's tech hub and the cutthroat billion-dollar video-gaming industry.

Shaw finds himself caught in a cat-and-mouse game, risking his own life to save the victims even as he pursues the kidnapper across both Silicon Valley and the dark 'net. Encountering eccentric game designers, trigger-happy gamers and ruthless tech titans, he soon learns that he isn't the only one on the hunt: someone is on his trail and closing fast.


"The Never Game is the very definition of a page-turner." - Ian Rankin

[MeltingMan]

I didn't really want to order any books in December, but then I couldn't resist. These included Masques et fantômes (U.G.E., 1974) and Histoires de Masques (Ombres, 2006) by Jean Lorrain, which have since arrived. You now have to take a closer look at product descriptions of used books. Sometimes the information refers to two different editions, whereupon the platform operators even indicate themselves. The space problem is not acute at the moment, but it will continue to be with me in the next few years. I would like to complete a collection. 🥳

[Ulrich]

"Trust Me" by TM Logan, another "page-turner"!

https://www.goodreads.com/de/book/show/55196693

[MeltingMan]

Arsenic! University library blocks 60,000 books

 

This green pigment from Paris or Schweinfurt was used in the past by painters. The brightness of this pigment was not offset by modern pigments of chemistry. Modern imitation is called "permanent green".

[Ulrich]

Currently reading another page-turner, "Five Survive" by Holly Jackson.

Eighteen year old Red and her friends are on a road trip in an RV, heading to the beach for Spring Break. It's a long drive but spirits are high. Until the RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere. There's no mobile phone reception and nobody around to help. And as the wheels are shot out, one by one, the friends realise that this is no accident. There's a sniper out there in the dark watching them and he knows exactly who they are. One of the group has a secret that the sniper is willing to kill for.

https://www.goodreads.com/de/book/show/61313902

[MeltingMan]

I'm currently reading №14 from the Unichamp-Essentiel series. The author presents a wealth of names and numbers. The printing errors are no less numerous. For a specialist or textbook there are too many.    For example, on p. 95 third column:

Björnson (not Bjornson), Hellberg (not Helberg), Strindberg (not Strinberg) etc.

retentissement (not retenitssement) p. 61 fourth column

Some of the footnotes/punctuation marks are also not assigned correctly, wrong or are even missing (see pages 18, 42). The book itself interested me, but I'm about to put it aside.

[Ulrich]

Found this book by coincidence in a store I hadn't been to before (it was filled with books almost to the ceiling, piles of books on the floor and the book shelves full):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Theatre_for_Dreamers

It was written by David Gilmour's wife (he wrote a song for the audiobook).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Samson

Guess I'll read this when summer comes closer. 

[Ulrich]

Just read this one, not bad:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61930362-outback

[MeltingMan]

Because of the general inflation, I had to hold back this year in terms of buying books. The good side is that in fact I had more time to read and no longer focused on volumes that I am still missing. Here are the books that I have read in the past seven months:

La Correspondance de Paul Adam (J. Ann Duncan) 1982
Lettres de Malaisie (P. Adam) a reprint from 1898
Là-Haut (É. Rod) 1997
Lectures "Fins de siècles" (H. Juin) 1992
Un cɶur en peine (J. Peladan) 10/18, 1984

🤓

[Renissi]

Just started to read The Cure - Ten Imaginary Years. Again!

[Ulrich]

Ten Imaginary Years. Again!

Yep, that's a good one and always worth a re-read. We got a topic on it:
http://curefans.com/index.php?topic=3849.30

[Ulrich]

Been reading another thrilling page-turner by T.M. Logan "The Curfew":

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58317365-the-curfew

The curfew
Andy and Laura are good parents. They tell their son Connor that he can go out with friends to celebrate completing his exams, but he must be home by midnight.

The lie
When Connor misses his curfew, it sets off a series of events that will change the lives of five families forever.

The truth?
Because five teenagers went into the woods that night, but only four came out. And telling the truth might mean losing everything...

[MeltingMan]

I read two novels in a row that could not be more opposite. One, My girlfriend Nane by Paul-Jean Toulet, is the almost cheerful story of a prostitute with an astonishing final and the other, Race to the death by Édouard Rod, the profound analysis of a "long-distance relationship" from the perspective of a cosmopolitan - this time without Happy End. Both were finally published in German in the 1990s, but I think they won't have sold so well. Nevertheless, or precisely because of this, they are worth reading. 

[Ulrich]

The 2nd part of a "DS Walker" series:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63045835-paradise

As DS Lucas Walker recovers from his injuries, he heads from Caloodie, Queensland, to the Gold Coast. Surfer's Paradise: a seaside city where gleaming high rises fringe sparkling surf beaches, sunny days lead to wild nights, and criminals and bikie gangs mingle with tourists and dignitaries at five star hotels, clubs and casinos.

Weak from his injuries, and grieving, can Walker solve a case that is more shocking than anyone expected, and survive the dark underbelly of Australia's Surfer's Paradise?

...

Patricia Wolf is an excellent writer, definitely literary fiction or realism quality, so her thrillers are as much full blown novels as they are genre pieces.

[Ulrich]

This should be an interesting read, I will get this when it's out:

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/budgie-siouxsie-the-banshees-announces-memoirs-the-absence/

As part of Big In Japan, The Slits, Siouxsie & The Banshees and The Creatures, Budgie (born Peter Clarke) was one of the stand-out drummers of the post-punk era. His forthcoming memoir, The Absence, tells the story of Budgie's life from a childhood in working class St Helens overshadowed by the death of his mother, to early musical adventures in social club bands, before the escape to art school in Liverpool at the moment it became one of the most fertile music scenes in the UK. The Absence, which will be published on 5 June and can be pre-ordered here charts his playing on The Slits' Cut to the life-changing moment when he was asked to join Siouxsie & The Banshees, where he became both writing partner and lover of Siouxsie Sioux, not just in that band, but the innovative side project The Creatures.

https://www.hotpress.com/music/siouxsie-and-the-banshees-budgie-clarke-announces-new-memoir-23069133

In 2009 he toured with Juno Reactor, joined Efterklang for their 2012 worldwide tour, recorded drums for John Grant's album Grey Tickles, Black Pressure in 2015, and more.

Most recently, Clarke has been working with The Cure's Lol Tolhurst and Irish music producer Jacknife Lee. They released the album Los Angeles in 2023, featuring U2's The Edge, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie, and Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock.

Clarke and Tolhurst have continued working together, touring the US last year.

The Absence: The Memoirs of a Banshee Drummer is set to release this June, published by White Rabbit.