Books you've read or are reading

Just got 3 books for holiday,Story of William Wallace , have read quite a few of the author Jack Whyte and like him,gonna give these a go.
Rebel Synopsis
A.D. 1305. An hour before dawn. London's Smithfield prison. In a dank cell, the outlaw William Wallace waits to be executed at first light. He is visited by a Scottish priest who has come to hear his last confession - the confession of a life even more exciting, violent and astonishing than the legend that survived. From internationally bestselling author Jack Whyte comes a story of brutal battles and high adventure, of heroism and redemption - the story of William Wallace as the world has never heard it before.
Resistance The Bravehearts Chronicles Synopsis
AD 1286: The King of Scots is killed, leaving no heir. Twelve-year-old Robert Bruce, heir to the great House of Bruce, comes of age amid the bitter rivalry of Scotland's most powerful nobles to claim the vacant throne. The boy is schooled in the arts of warfare and the manipulation of ruthless and violent men, but when the Scottish Crown is bestowed upon Bruce's greatest enemies, Robert travels with his family to England, swearing feudal loyalty to King Edward Plantagenet - known as 'Longshanks'. But Longshanks's increasing treachery and his brutal attempts to annexe Scotland see Robert turning renegade and returning to his home country. The Battle of Bannockburn lies ahead and a legend is born. This is the story of one man's resistance, and the bravery of a country that would not yield.
Uprising Synopsis
Scotland: AD 1297 Two heroes. One nation. United in the fight for freedom. In the spring of 1297, the two great Scottish heroes meet in Ayr: William Wallace, legendary champion of the common man, and Robert Bruce, who would perfect the guerrilla warfare developed by Wallace and use it to cement his place in history as Scotland's greatest king. Each is determined to defy the ambitions of England and its malignant king, Edward Plantagenet, whose * to conquer and consume the realm of Scotland by blood and fury is unyielding. Their anger is about to unleash a storm that will last for sixteen years. From Jack Whyte, the master of the sweeping historical epic, comes the continuing story of two heroes who changed the entire destiny of Scotland by defying the might and power of the king of England.

 

Just started reading modern spy writer Mick Herrons, ‘Slough House’ series, first book of six was good, not LeCarre good but I’ll keep at it

 

As a complete change from my usual Elmore Leonard and Connolly, Bosch addiction I’ve been reading the odd epic fiction by David Gemmell, ‘Hawk Queen’ is my current delve, he can spin a story and has me racing through chapters at times and the odd phrase he uses occasionally reminds me of ma grannie, like, “hung for a sheep as a lamb”, being the most recent one

 

Finished Laurell K Hamilton's * Bones from her Anita Blake Vampire hunter series. It was the first of her books for me and I have to say it was pretty mediocre stuff.

 

Just finished ABYSS by Max Hastings. It's about the Cuban missile crisis and is very good indeed. As one of the reviews said it's more like a thriller than a non-fiction book. Well worth a read.

 

Just finished The Ragged Trousered Philanthropist. A great read for the third time.

 

Finished Ken Bruen's Green *. Classic noir from the Galway author with his Jack Taylor PI character. A short but great read.

 

Have you read The Wallace by Nigel Tranter? Quite an eye opener for anyone who saw Braveheart.

 

Just starting the expanse series tried to watch the tv show but couldn't get into it but the first book seems much better

 

Finished Michael Connelly's The Crossing another good offering from his Bosh crime series of books and this one also brings into play his Lincoln Lawyer character.

 

Just finished this & though it was a cracking book.

 

No mate ill give that a go,just read the 1st one quite good so far very different from film,Wallace marries Mirren and they live in Selkirk forest for a few years she has baby etc

 

About half way through this. Brilliant read so far.

 

Currently about a third of the way through The Poet by Michael Connelly. Very enjoyable so far, it’s hard to put it down.

 

great writer Connelly, I usually have to stop myself racing through his books to try to savour them, I’m currently rereading his ‘The Overlook’

 

Red Star Over China by Edgar Snow (1937) - ‘74 edition.

Amazing.Started it before but only really reading it now.The first Western author to enter then ‘Red China’ and interview the Communist’s and their leaders such as Mao Tse Tsung.If you’ve even a passing interest in the lead up to WW2,politics,or just China in general you should check it out.

 

Totally agree. I loved it.

 

Tried something new and read Nora Roberts Midnight Bayou. The first time I had read a Nora Roberts book. It started off well and her writing is very good. But the story ( it is a ghost story) really never went anywhere and overall was not great and didn't really draw me in at all. The blurb was about a guy redoing an old haunted mansion near New Orleans and thats what got my attention but really just never could get into the story.