December 2020 Reading Thread

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Randy M. said:
I noticed the name, too. Nope. Not J-the-R. From Martin Edward's introduction to the novel, Kelly appeared on the British crime scene in the 1950s, just ahead of P. D. James and Ruth Rendall. She wasn't active long, seemed restless with a series character -- her first three novels -- and finally ended her career after a final novel published in 1974. Seems she was taking up her pen again late in life, but ill health precluded finishing another novel.
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I'd never heard of her, I don't think, none of her stories seem familiar.
I may see if I can get one book to try her.

Mary Kelly

Author Mary Kelly's complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability.
www.fantasticfiction.com
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Wikipedia has a page on her. Edwards seems to think she was very good with the potential to be great, but never quite reached her potential.
 
I recently finished reading the Lord of the Rings trilogy. The second book was the most enjoyable for me, and I kinda lost interest halfway through the third book. I'm glad I kept reading because the overall ending was fun and fulfilling.

Currently, I'm reading Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds. Century Rain was the first Sci Fi book I've read and I like Alastair's characters, concepts and style.

I'm also reading If it Bleeds by Stephen King. I'm gonna skip one of the short stories until I've read the trilogy it's tied into. I've finished the first story. I didn't find it scary, but the characters were intriguing. Although I feel like more could have been done with essentially a phone version of the Death Note book, I enjoyed it for what it was. I thought the main character, Craig, was adorable and he made me say 'awww' out loud. So far, so good.
 
AE35Unit said:
Yes, and it looks bad
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I'm impressed with your restraint. I might have used less family friendly words. Although, to be fair, if I could watch it without any discworld or Pratchett associations in my head I might quite enjoy it but as an adaptation of Pratchett's Guards...No. Just. No.
 
Danny McG said:
Brilliant, I had a marathon stint of all his books about 18 months ago.
Unplanned btw, I set off to do a re-read of A Small town in Germany and I got comfortable in the niche so I continued.
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I am aiming to read all his books in order, surprisingly none of them are out of print. I think it will be a fitting tribute to John le Carre.
 
Back to a sci fi book tonight (and I think self published so expecting the typos)
Massen by C.P. James.

All I know about it is from Goodreads:-
He finds some ancient alien tech out in deep space that transforms him.
 
I finished They Said It Would Be Easy #7 in The April Series. We've moved on to economics. Here he proposes re-establishing the Gold Standard!! To be fair, he does talk about the fact that it is only practical on a very small scale, like the Habitat named "Home." Of greater interest to me is that the book was written (at least originally) in 2016 and he has so much of the world's reaction to the present pandemic (there's a pandemic which plays a significant role in the book) that it is downright scary, bordering on prescient.

I'm on a run, so..... on to book 8 It's Always Something.

This series befuddles me. I don't think that it's overly good but like potato chips. You intend to limit your intake, but before you know it the whole package is gone. I think I see a serious weakness in myself to like less complex stories which makes me think about big things like economics, social dynamics, and the such like.
 
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