Have you seen the mini-series Colditz? I watched it a few months back. It's a pretty good story.
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no,it must have been off the reservation for me,will have to look it up and see it! Thank you..
The one I'm talking about has Tom Hardy in it. I think there are two different films out there.
The one I saw told the story of multiple escapes by the same guy from that prison during WWII. Quite interesting!
Yes, that would be the same stuff.. I remembered how much I loved the book when I was a kid so I'm wondering how it will read later on in life. Those World War II guys were definitely a brave bunch of characters..
The way it was portrayed in the movie I saw was this Colditz place was almost like Club Med for the prisoners. There wasn't a lot of deaths from what I saw- maybe they glossed over the bad-gunky stuff?
I don't recall much from the book just general escape stuff,it was about forty years ago that I read it! Ha,but I think if this was an officer's camp,they were probably treated better than enlisted men,though they all complained about not getting enough food.The germans were even having a hard time feeding their own soldiers,so I bet they didn't worry too awful much about some POW's..if you are interested,you could probably find a copy at thriftbooks,as always,the books go into so much more detail about personalities,escape procedures,etc,than the movie or tv shows have time for..
Made it half way thru The Fireman by Joe Hill but had to give up. I stayed with it a lot longer than I wanted to because of his previous books but
Everyone in a post apocalyptic bunker starting to sing "A Spoonful Of Sugar" from Mary Poppins? Really? I began rooting for the Dragonscale spore to incinerate the lead character.....so at that point I knew it was time to move on...
HAHA! The Mary Poppins schtick got old fast, that's for sure.
I'm alternating between reading something by one of our board members and Fellside (M.R. Carey). It's captured me just as quickly as his The Girl With All The Gifts--a writer I'm definitely glad I saw recommended here (thanks again, Kurben )
Received my copy of End of Watch today from Amazon along with the copy of John Sandford's Extreme Prey.. and a couple other items I had ordered. Looks like June is going to be a good month for reading,can't wait to dig in, them's some good vittles!
Finished The Fireman. Pretty darn good book. There was a section just past the middle that dragged a bit and the romance was an eye roller (lol-as much as people ding Mr. King on those, he's better than his son), but all in all I think it's my favorite of his since HSB. It may even be better. His personal The Stand
I'm struggling with it too. Was racing through the beginning, but have been at a snail's pace since Harper
got to the camp.
finished Blue Heaven from C.J. Box, great story. And I think I've found my new go-to story-teller when the mail is slow. Have a few on order, used stuff, not available on kindle...Jerusalem, one of them I think, don't recall the writer's name and something else...Dalkey Archive stuff. So I'd ordered Blue Heaven and read it in a couple days...great story like I said...and got another now from him, Open Season, his Joe Pickett #1. I'd read #16? whatever number it is, Off the Grid, the first from him. Has a terrorist element to it with a twist. Funny thing is, I'd ordered both stories without really looking at a story description...the first based on a friend's recommendation, good enough for me, this second, Blue Heaven, I'd chosen because it's not a part of a series. Nothing wrong with a series but I wanted to try a stand alone.
And I only read a bit of story description. 'Bout 70% into the story I look at a couple three four reviews at Goodreads, 1-star reviews. Most of them said the book had profanity, maybe one reviewer used the word "laced"...nice oxymoron maybe extended like. I'm thinking, what profanity? I hadn't read any profanity. Heh! But kindle, and that handy search function, so this morning or was it last night I look for f-bombs. Hey, whuddaya know, there's f-bombs! I look some more and sure enough, the 3rd is broken...commandment, for those unaffiliated. Crazy thing is I was ready to swear up and down no pun intended if that is a pun I don't know...but I was ready to argue there was no profanity. I'd read right over it. Go figure.
Anyway, C.J. Box. Check him out, some good stuff, not flawless but who is?
And I only read a bit of story description. 'Bout 70% into the story I look at a couple three four reviews at Goodreads, 1-star reviews. Most of them said the book had profanity, maybe one reviewer used the word "laced"...nice oxymoron maybe extended like. I'm thinking, what profanity? I hadn't read any profanity. Heh! But kindle, and that handy search function, so this morning or was it last night I look for f-bombs. Hey, whuddaya know, there's f-bombs! I look some more and sure enough, the 3rd is broken...commandment, for those unaffiliated. Crazy thing is I was ready to swear up and down no pun intended if that is a pun I don't know...but I was ready to argue there was no profanity. I'd read right over it. Go figure.
Anyway, C.J. Box. Check him out, some good stuff, not flawless but who is?
morgan-- keep reading if you can-- it slows slightly for a part( think of it as a mid day slump at wok) , but picks right up at a much faster pace. Pay attention to the CODA at the very end.I'm struggling with it too. Was racing through the beginning, but have been at a snail's pace since HarperI don't think I'm even at the halfway point yet. Have been in a reading slump for the past month or so too, so that might be part of the problem.got to the camp.
I've already mentioned my distaste for the over-hype of Franzen; however, I want to read Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. Has anyone here read it? Thanks.
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen. It had an 'Oprah's Book Club' blurb-sticker on the cover (not that I read books based on her rec's). A novel following the lives of four unhappy family members for a couple of decades. Rave reviews from everybody. Read it. Didn't like it.
Yeah, same. I know Franzen and Wallace are writers of the same ilk and I figured someone may have some insights into DFW (the author, not the airport).
Franzen just seems to have a self-congratulatory tone in his interviews and an inflated ego to match. Maybe he's earned his literary pedigree but I can't find the "greatness" in his writing.
Neither can I. Self-important claptrap. "Well-Off White People Behaving Badly and Filled With Ennui" genre.Yeah, same. I know Franzen and Wallace are writers of the same ilk and I figured someone may have some insights into DFW (the author, not the airport).
Franzen just seems to have a self-congratulatory tone in his interviews and an inflated ego to match. Maybe he's earned his literary pedigree but I can't find the "greatness" in his writing.
From what I've heard The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling falls into that category.Neither can I. Self-important claptrap. "Well-Off White People Behaving Badly and Filled With Ennui" genre.
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