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ska face	January 25, 2021, 3:12pm
Vodka Drinker Posts: 7,172 Posts Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 80.94% Rep Score: +60 / -14 Approval: +21,522 Gold Stars: 831	Managed to get through more books than usual last year, but I think the best was One Minute to Midnight, by Michael Dobbs. Genuinely fascinating account of the Cuban missile crisis, and lays bare just how close the world came to nuclear Armageddon. A gnat’s ball hair away. Terrifying really, and should be a very sobering read for anyone who thinks nukes should still exist. The account of the American pilot Chuck Maultsby, in the context of the crisis, is enough to make your palms sweat.
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aldi_01	January 25, 2021, 7:18pm
Barley Wine Drinker Posts: 12,008 Posts Per Day: 2.03 Reputation: 73.73% Rep Score: +54 / -20 Approval: +5,679 Gold Stars: 473	Quoted from ska face Managed to get through more books than usual last year, but I think the best was One Minute to Midnight, by Michael Dobbs. Genuinely fascinating account of the Cuban missile crisis, and lays bare just how close the world came to nuclear Armageddon. A gnat’s ball hair away. Terrifying really, and should be a very sobering read for anyone who thinks nukes should still exist. The account of the American pilot Chuck Maultsby, in the context of the crisis, is enough to make your palms sweat. Ordered... 'the poor and the needy are selfish and greedy'...well done Mozza
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ska face	January 25, 2021, 7:56pm
Vodka Drinker Posts: 7,172 Posts Per Day: 1.21 Reputation: 80.94% Rep Score: +60 / -14 Approval: +21,522 Gold Stars: 831	I’ll not tel you how it ends, don’t want to ruin the surprise!
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KingstonMariner	February 17, 2021, 12:36am
Meths Drinker Posts: 22,096 Posts Per Day: 6.08 Reputation: 79.33% Rep Score: +42 / -11 Approval: +23,440 Gold Stars: 218	Just finished Chickenhawk by Robert Mason. Memoir of a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. Unputdownable. Through the door there came familiar laughter, I saw your face and heard you call my name. Oh my friend we're older but no wiser, For in our hearts the dreams are still the same.
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Humbercod	February 17, 2021, 7:48am
Cocktail Drinker Posts: 1,547 Posts Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 60.08% Rep Score: +9 / -9 Approval: -3,494 Gold Stars: 82	If anybody fancy’s a brilliant true story thriller then there is nothing better than the Spy and the traitor! The greatest espionage story of the Cold War, read it last year and couldn’t put it down. How this hasn’t been made into a film yet I don’t know.
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Sandford1981	April 9, 2021, 3:11pm
Fine Wine Drinker Posts: 1,375 Posts Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 90.8% Rep Score: +11 / 0 Location: Grimsby Approval: +2,085 Gold Stars: 59	Romesh Ranganathan Straight outta Crawley Memoirs of a distinctly average human being If you like Romesh then I’m pretty sure you will enjoy this book, if you don’t then I would give it a miss. I love him and I loved this book. I’ll be moving on to his next right away. “I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards.” –Garth Marenghi
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TownSNAFU5	April 15, 2021, 5:02pm
Vodka Drinker Posts: 5,962 Posts Per Day: 1.13 Reputation: 62.03% Rep Score: +30 / -21 Location: York Approval: +6,841 Gold Stars: 42	Interesting re the Cuban Missile crisis. My wife has 60 odd JFK books. Only about 50,000 to go. 😆😟 Interesting that when the Russian ships turned round, GCHQ radio/radar centre at Scarborough first detected this.   They notified President Kennedy. Scarborough also spotted the location of the Bismarck during WW2  when it as being hunted.  This info lead to its sinking.
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Sandford1981	April 19, 2021, 11:13pm
Fine Wine Drinker Posts: 1,375 Posts Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 90.8% Rep Score: +11 / 0 Location: Grimsby Approval: +2,085 Gold Stars: 59	As Good As It Gets Romesh Ranganathan Moved straight on to this after listening to his first book. As with that, I also loved this. Made painting the fence not only bearable but enjoyable. “I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards.” –Garth Marenghi
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ginnywings	April 20, 2021, 9:03am
Recovering Alcoholic Posts: 28,141 Posts Per Day: 5.04 Reputation: 73.79% Rep Score: +88 / -32 Approval: +56,097 Gold Stars: 548	Firemaker- Peter May. An American forensic pathologist goes to a burgeoning China at the end of the 20th century, to do some lecturing and escape from a tragedy in her life. She gets embroiled with a detective and asked to do an autopsy on the body of a high ranking government official who has burnt to death in an apparent suicide. Things get complicated and she ends up on the run, fleeing to the border with Mongolia. There are more strands to the story and I enjoyed it. The narration is excellent, which is a must for me. I have given up on a few audiobooks because of the narrator's annoying voice.
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Sandford1981	April 20, 2021, 2:47pm
Fine Wine Drinker Posts: 1,375 Posts Per Day: 0.99 Reputation: 90.8% Rep Score: +11 / 0 Location: Grimsby Approval: +2,085 Gold Stars: 59	Quoted from ginnywings Firemaker- Peter May. The narration is excellent, which is a must for me. I have given up on a few audiobooks because of the narrator's annoying voice. This! I have returned a few books for credits for this reason alone. I also try to get books that are read by the authors or stars too, especially with comedy elements. “I know writers who use subtext and they’re all cowards.” –Garth Marenghi
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