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Book 3 of the Thursday Murder Club (having read books 1 & 2) by Richard Osman. Witty, quirky and in places touching but with more than a touch of grit. The stories feature a group of retired folk in a retirement village who get involved in solving murders. Book 1 is to be made into a film later this year with Helen Mirren starring as Elizabeth (the ex-spy).
 
Morning Glory said:
Book 3 of the Thursday Murder Club (having read books 1 & 2) by Richard Osman. Witty, quirky and in places touching but with more than a touch of grit. The stories feature a group of retired folk in a retirement village who get involved in solving murders. Book 1 is to be made into a film later this year with Helen Mirren starring as Elizabeth (the ex-spy).
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I enjoyed book one, reckon it would make a cracking film, especially with Mirren as the main protagonist.
 
Morning Glory said:
Did you read book 2 or 3?
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No only book no 1 about four years ago, the others weren’t out at the time and while I did enjoy it I did find it a bit sweet, my taste in books is bit urr.. sour? 😂

Mind you I could probably do with a bit of feel good book right now.

As an aside Richard Osman was on room 101 way back when.
He has a very difficult relationship with food, he said he has a fat man inside him that constantly shouts to be let out and he finds his addiction to food hard to control to the extent it’s a constant battle.

I always think it’s very sad when food, one of life’s basic pleasures loses its joy and becomes something difficult.
I’m always glad when the company I keep orders the pie and mash and a couple of extra sides! 😋
 
Postcards from the edge by Carrie Fisher, I appear to have lost my sense of humour. It is supposed to be brilliant and screamingly funny, quarter of the way through and haven't even smiled...have I missed something....:scratchhead:
 
Textbooks. I suspect they'd bore most people stiff

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SatNavSaysStraightOn said:
Textbooks. I suspect they'd bore most people stiff

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What intrigues me here is that they are actual books. Given that the digital world moves on at an unprecedented pace, doesn't it mean they go out of date quickly? It would seem better if they were on-line so they could be updated as necessary.
 
Morning Glory said:
What intrigues me here is that they are actual books. Given that the digital world moves on at an unprecedented pace, doesn't it mean they go out of date quickly? It would seem better if they were on-line so they could be updated as necessary.
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Update textbooks when you can bring out a new edition for more moola?! 😂

Textbooks are one of the things that are much better as a book.
Even with digital bookmarks it’s just not a simple affair flipping to and fro from one marked page to another. The physical format will plop open at the right page.
Post it notes, penciled explanations in the margins and if you’re a real bad dude then highlighter pen directly on the pertinent text- oh yes! 😝

I buy all of my instructional books as books. Even my sons who are very tech orientated buy their textbooks in book format. Makes studying much easier.
 
I once had a kindle, but couldn't get used to it. Old school, undoubtedly.
I'm currently reading "All the Demons are Here" by Jake Tapper. I bought it in Houston airport to read on the plane.
On a scale of 1-10, it's around 4 at the moment. It's supposedly a thriller ( so therefore, fictional) but the writer insists on putting little notes at the bottom of each page, which I find utterly annoying.
 
Morning Glory said:
What intrigues me here is that they are actual books. Given that the digital world moves on at an unprecedented pace, doesn't it mean they go out of date quickly? It would seem better if they were on-line so they could be updated as necessary.
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I Prefer paper to digital books. Some stuff is online only, but in this field of it, they don't go out of date that quickly because the underlying architecture to the internet and computers is still the same.
 
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