Big Footy Book Club

[The Dice Man]

The Wager, a tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. The same author of the Killers of the Flower Moon, and is also meant to be the next movie Dicaprio and Scorsese make together.

It is a great book about a true story from the 1740s. Thoroughly enjoyed and it got better the longer it went.

 

[Cruyff14]

I finished this yesterday. I read it in two sittings.

Undoubtedly, one of the greatest books I'll ever have the pleasure of reading. From the opening paragraph, the intensity level was already maxing out. It took me on a gripping read that had me constantly wanting more. I was left shocked as to what was unfolding on the pages in front of me, and I didn't want the story to ever end.

5/5.

 

[rank and file]

The Wager, a tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. The same author of the Killers of the Flower Moon, and is also meant to be the next movie Dicaprio and Scorsese make together.

It is a great book about a true story from the 1740s. Thoroughly enjoyed and it got better the longer it went.

Great maritime survival story.Read it a few months ago.
300 set out two handfuls returned years later.

Batavia by Peter FitzSimons is epic,Australia's first mass murder from the 1600s.
Batavia

 

[Cruyff14]

Third book of the year done.

Another great read. Thoroughly enjoyed it. A page turner that has you wanting more. Few big twists I didn't see coming at all. I highly recommend it.

5/5.

 

[The Dice Man]

Great maritime survival story.Read it a few months ago.
300 set out two handfuls returned years later.

Batavia by Peter FitzSimons is epic,Australia's first mass murder from the 1600s.
Batavia

I just bought Kokoda by Fitzsimmons. I've never read any of his books but have heard they are good.

 

[PunyHumans!!!]

Great maritime survival story.Read it a few months ago.
300 set out two handfuls returned years later.

Batavia by Peter FitzSimons is epic,Australia's first mass murder from the 1600s.
Batavia

Batavia was an excellent read....The Catalpa Rescue by FitzSimons is also well worth a read too

 

[ash_1050]

The Wager, a tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. The same author of the Killers of the Flower Moon, and is also meant to be the next movie Dicaprio and Scorsese make together.

It is a great book about a true story from the 1740s. Thoroughly enjoyed and it got better the longer it went.

If you're into the shipwreck genre from this era 'Skeletons on the Zahara' is a great read. The true story of a ship that was wrecked off the coast of Morocco in 1815 and the shipmates were taken into slavery by the local nomads.

 

[Cruyff14]

Finished this yesterday

A really good mystery I thought. Lengthier than the other books I have read recently (461 pages), but I thought it was well paced and it definitely kept me guessing. Being a father - albeit to not a teenager - really made me empathise with the main character more and the choices that had to be made. Last third of the book really picked up and had me guessing, I didn't pick it.

4/5

 

[The Dice Man]

Skipped Kokoda for the moment and instead listening to ...

Narrated by the author. The reviews were great and so is this true story of Britain's greatest spy, Oleg Gordievsky.

It's a riveting read(listen). I still have about 1/3rd to go but Im going to miss it.

 

[Gough]

I always loved that nobody believed the Cambridge 5 could be traitors because they were the right sort of chaps.

 

[Cruyff14]

Book 5 done for the year



It was a good mystery, that I didn't pick. I liked the main character and hearing about his dysfunctional family. There was lots of dark humour in there and I definitely laughed out loud a few times. The author does address the reader directly which I did find very jarring and it took me out of the story whenever it happened.

Liked it, but didn't love it.

4/5.

 

[Cruyff14]

Fadge started An Evil Mind today. Up to "The Wrong Man".

Very good.

 

[Fadge]

Fadge started An Evil Mind today. Up to "The Wrong Man".

Very good.

Make sure you leave all the lights in the house ON!

 

[Cruyff14]

I finished this

Wow. What a masterpiece of fiction. All sorts of ****ed up and not for the faint hearted or those with a weak stomach. Exceptional in every sense. It never dragged and I always wanted to know what was happening next. A genuine thriller.

5/5

Thanks Fadge!

 

[Fadge]

I finished this

Wow. What a masterpiece of fiction. All sorts of ****ed up and not for the faint hearted or those with a weak stomach. Exceptional in every sense. It never dragged and I always wanted to know what was happening next. A genuine thriller.

5/5

Thanks Fadge!

The best thing is, there's plenty more where that came from...

 

[Fadge]

Has anyone read this?

It's a fiction story centred around the JFK Assassination.

A long read, but one of the best books I have ever read.

 

[Randall Stevens]

Has anyone read this?

It's a fiction story centred around the JFK Assassination.

A long read, but one of the best books I have ever read.

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One of King’s best books for mine. Aside from his most high profile books, I also really enjoyed ‘The Dead Zone’ and ‘Needful Things’.

 

[ash_1050]

Has anyone read this?

It's a fiction story centred around the JFK Assassination.

A long read, but one of the best books I have ever read.

Yep, really enjoyed it and would definitely recommend.

 

[Cruyff14]

The best thing is, there's plenty more where that came from...
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I got Hunting Evil as well (due to your rec), reading something a little less heavy for now.

Are the others just involving Hunter and not Lucien? Are they as good?

Currently on this:

If it's anything as good as the first one, I am set!

 

[Fadge]

I got Hunting Evil as well (due to your rec), reading something a little less heavy for now.

Are the others just involving Hunter and not Lucien? Are they as good?

Currently on this:

If it's anything as good as the first one, I am set!

Yeah, you need a break between his books.

Hunting Evil is the only other one with Lucien.

I haven't read a bad book of his.

If you want a couple of others down the track, I'd go with 'The Caller' and 'One By One'.

 

[Cruyff14]

Yeah, you need a break between his books.

Hunting Evil is the only other one with Lucien.

I haven't read a bad book of his.

If you want a couple of others down the track, I'd go with 'The Caller' and 'One By One'.

Maybe next Christmas. Think I'll need to read a few less ****ed up books before I go back to Hunter and Lucien lol

 

[Cruyff14]

Another marvelous read from Richard Osman. Think I enjoyed this more than the first. The characters are wonderful and you can't help but empathise with them.

Another 5/5 from me.

 

[MrsEddieBetts]

I read The Handmaid's Tale this week - I haven't watched the show so went in almost completely fresh. It's a heavy read, very detailed and yet also completely skims over a lot of the how and whys. It ended quite abruptly. It's a solid book though, 4/5 for moi.

 

[Gough]

I read The Handmaid's Tale this week - I haven't watched the show so went in almost completely fresh. It's a heavy read, very detailed and yet also completely skims over a lot of the how and whys. It ended quite abruptly. It's a solid book though, 4/5 for moi.

At Ottakars we hired a Christmas temp one year who was president of the Oxford Speculative Fiction Society and whose prized possession was a first of that that Atwood had signed to him. We almost broke him at our xmas party.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

I read The Handmaid's Tale this week - I haven't watched the show so went in almost completely fresh. It's a heavy read, very detailed and yet also completely skims over a lot of the how and whys. It ended quite abruptly. It's a solid book though, 4/5 for moi.

Is there another series coming out this year? The last two I told myself I wasn’t going to watch, later relented and got sucked in yet again . It’s very good.