I read this in a hurry as I was about to join him on The Infinite Monkey Cage, but now I find myself going back and dipping into some of the fascinating things he reveals about the Universe.\u00a0 \u00a0It’s more interesting than science fiction.\u00a0 In fact the whole Universe is far weirder than the bearded conjurer theory.\u00a0 \u00a0I want to read more.<\/p>\n
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I downloaded two Don Winslow books on to Kindle because they are so heavy! Alas I began to read the wrong one.\u00a0 I meant to read The Border, the third part of his trilogy but I inadvertently started\u2026.<\/p>\n
\u2026so I continued.\u00a0 It was very prescient, a book about Police Corruption and the Manhattan Police.\u00a0 Fascinating.\u00a0 A brilliant portrait of a corrupt cop and what happens on the streets of NY.<\/p>\n
Now perhaps I can finish his brilliant Trilogy.<\/p>\n
My life helping funny people be funnier.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hilarious.\u00a0 I loved this book.\u00a0 He is a wonderful man.\u00a0 I\u2019m so glad I have known him since SNL in 1976.\u00a0 I am very proud of him.<\/p>\n Was this her first?\u00a0 Hitchcock made the movie.\u00a0 This was not my favourite read of hers.<\/p>\n I started this brilliant book in hardback when it first came out, but finished it recently on Kindle.\u00a0 It is an amazing achievement and worthy of all the awards he picked up.\u00a0 He takes down the appalling sexual bully and rapist Weinstein, as well as NBC and their misguided attempts to shield Matt Lauer from the retribution he totally deserved.\u00a0 Along the way he has to face many attempts to stop him, including the attentions of Black Cube, which is, reassuringly a post Mossad group for hire, if you have, you know raped anyone recently.\u00a0 They can help.<\/p>\n I finally finished this intriguing book.\u00a0 He is always readable.\u00a0 Like a feast for the mind.<\/p>\n Wonderful as usual.<\/p>\n A bit French for me.<\/p>\n Starts fantastically well but I felt it ran out of steam towards the end.\u00a0 I prefer Don Winslow in the horrendous world of the Mexican cartels, but she is certainly impressive, and he recommends this, if indeed it is not quite The Grapes of Wrath.\u00a0 \u00a0The Rapes of Wrath?<\/p>\n An IQ novel<\/em><\/p>\n Well into his stride now, his books are effortlessly readable.\u00a0 I\u2019m not quite sure I get much of a picture of IQ his protagonist, I still don’t quite have an image of him in my mind,\u00a0 but I really enjoy reading his author.\u00a0 \u00a0This one concerns someone who is accused of murder who is a Multi, and that in itself leads to complications.\u00a0 Highly original.\u00a0 Good stuff.<\/p>\n The great thing about age is you can happily re-read a book you just read recently with only a dim awareness of what happens.\u00a0 This was her first novel and I liked it very much. Her writing is wonderful, in Belfast rhythms with slang and issues, a young girl, her family and friends at the beginning of the Troubles. I did indeed read it in January 2018 and said then \u201c She manages to be both bleak and satirical at the same time, as well as the finest prose writer.\u201d\u00a0 I agree with me.<\/p>\n My Extraordinary Life in the shadow of the Crown <\/em><\/p>\n A highly readable memoir of the Upper Classes and the poor woman who was married to the loony Peer Colin Tennant, the King of Mustique.\u00a0 She becomes Lady in Waiting to the less than fabulous Princess Margaret.\u00a0 This is a fascinating glimpse of the children of the Bright Young Things. Her description of the Coronation, where she was one of the six ladies in waiting carrying the train of the Queen at that extraordinary event, is worth the price of admission alone.\u00a0 Kindle.<\/p>\n A memorable one.\u00a0 Maigret is a fish out of water, taking the waters in Vichy, when a little old lady he and the Mrs have been holiday watching is suddenly found dead. Of course the local police ask for Maigret\u2019s help and of course he can\u2019t resist.<\/p>\n Interesting autobiography of America\u2019s most famous comedian and director of our time.\u00a0 Interesting that he says he is not an intellectual, and indeed he never went to college. It was fun to read about his movies.\u00a0 But we were all waiting for how he writes about HER\u2026 and he does.<\/p>\n Read on Kindle.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May Until the End of Time\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Brian Greene I read this in a hurry as I was about to join him on The Infinite Monkey Cage, but now I find myself going back and dipping into some of the fascinating things he reveals about the Universe.\u00a0 \u00a0It’s more interesting than science fiction.\u00a0 In fact the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-756","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reading"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericidle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericidle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericidle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericidle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericidle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericidle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":757,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericidle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/756\/revisions\/757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ericidle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericidle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ericidle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Strangers on a Train\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Patricia Highsmith<\/h2>\n
Catch and Kill\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Ronan Farrow<\/h2>\n
Talking to Strangers\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Malcolm Gladwell<\/h2>\n
Maigret and the Old People. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Georges Simenon<\/h2>\n
So you don\u2019t get lost in the neighbourhood.\u00a0 \u00a0Patrick Modiano<\/h2>\n
American Dirt\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Jeanine Cummins<\/h2>\n
April<\/u><\/h1>\n
Hi Five\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Joe Ide<\/h2>\n
No Bones\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anna Burns<\/h2>\n
Lady in Waiting\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anne Glenconner<\/h2>\n
Maigret in Vichy<\/h2>\n
Apropos of Nothing\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Woody Allen<\/h2>\n