Time to continue here:
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Finished my parallel read:
It’s the book equivalent of a popcorn movie. No plausible story to be seen, but more cliffhangers than a freeclimbing championship. Don’t ask me why, but it was a relaxing read for some reason.
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I read Matthew Reilly’s first Jack West Jr trilogy and thought those books were a blast. I haven’t picked him back up in years but I do know he eventually wrote a novella about a super soldier fighting hyper intelligent apes at some point.
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Sorry, late reply.
I didn’t read one of the Jack West books yet, but I have one lying around from my last library haul. I got over a dozen of books on the last day before the local public library shut its doors for a month.
I read some of the Shane Schofield books, though. Not a boring minute in any of those.
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Double post, but eh, whatever.
Finished The Drawing Of The Three by Stephen King. Once again King definitely does not disappoint.
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I am familiar with some of Ellis’ comics by now. This is the first time I give one of his novels a chance and I am curious if it is on par with the comics.
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Re Gun Machine: it is on par with Ellis’ comics. At 300 pages it’s a rather quick read, but 100 % worth the price of admission.
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That made me a little curious.
Going by Wikipedia, the title in most parts of the world is Seven Ancient Wonders, but it was released as Seven Deadly Wonders in the United States.
Is anyone else on here still reading? 
Started on non-fiction again and I am doing my best to not read it in Pontius Pilate’s voice:
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I’m still working my way through Jane Eyre. I enjoy it when I choose to pick it up but it is admittedly slow going at times.
In the meantime I’ve been catching up on some new adventures with old friends.
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I’m just slow reader and I can unfortunately get easily distracted and go for a week without picking my book up. I get annoyed with myself sometimes.
I’m currently reading Emperor Fu-Manchu, the last fully completed Fu-Manchu book. I’ve read every previous one and it’s wild to see how drastically the character changes over its lifespan, from straight British Empire ”yellow peril” pulp to the changing socio-politics of WWII to ‘50s Cold War spy thriller, but all with mutants and zombies and death rays thrown in.
There’s absolutely no way to separate Fu-Manchu from the extreme racism that created him, so I’m always very careful in saying whether I actually recommend the books. It’s kind of a shame because beyond that a lot of the stories are actually a pretty cool take on the mad scientist character type.
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I didn’t read Fu-Manchu, but the problem crops up regularly with older literature.
Even household names like Arthur Conan Doyle have some stories that make today’s reader cringe. And while I am a fan of H.P. Lovecraft’s stories, his depictions of literally any but white people do show that he was a full-on racist and that’s even worse in his letters…
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I never knew that Michael Palin was a fellow, let alone the president of the Royal Geographical Society. Anyway, Erebus is recommended without any reservations.
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Started Dan Brown’s Digital Fortress as part of a read along with a bad books podcast. It’s pretty goofy and the first few chapters are blatant exposition dumps but I can sort of see why Dan Brown books were so popular at one time. It’s a very breezy read.
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Dan Brown holds a special place in our hearts as creator of history’s worst prose on a per-pound basis. A writer on The Telegraph was particularly known for his DB lampoons - here are a couple of examples.
If you happen to subscribe to The Telegraph, there’s more.
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Both those articles were shared to the podcast’s Facebook group. They’re pretty funny.
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Man, you just tear through ALL the books, Curm! 
I’m just over here on the couch, eyeing this warily and trying to motivate myself into finishing it.
Which means I’ve now played through The Last of Us (yet again, twice) and Netflixing instead. 🤷🏻
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I am a somewhat voracious reader and commuting by train on some days gives me enough time to immerse myself in literature.
Though even I am not sure if Jane Eyre would keep me motivated. I mean, it’s not even the frolic-braless-through-the-field version
How fast or slow I read is, all things considered, a matter of what I am reading. One reads an action-thriller usually faster than a Murakami novel.
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