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  1. Troy

    What Have You Been Reading Lately

    James Patterson & Maxine Petro - 11th Hour The eleventh book in the Women's Murder Club series, read all the others so had to continue on and read this. This time there are two main storylines in the book, one is a rogue cop killing drug dealers and another is a group of heads found buried at a...
  2. Troy

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    Steve Berry - The King's Deception This book is part of Berry's Cotton Malone series, have read all the previous ones so picked this one up even though the series has dropped in quality lately. This time it all occurs in England and Malone gets stuck in the middle of a international battle...
  3. Troy

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    Jeffrey Archer - Best Kept Secret This is the third novel in the Clifton Chronicles series. Follows on where the last left off with the House of Lords deciding who inherits the title and fortune of Hugo Barrington. Covers a few decades of the family, there is a failed marriage, another court...
  4. Troy

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    SuperFreakonomics This is the sequel to Freakonomics which is a fantastic book covering all sorts of topics and explaining them using economics. Again they tackle unusual subjects but this time there is a common theme running through the book, that we all work for a particular reward. It is a...
  5. Troy

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    Ian Chappell - Life, Larrikans & Cricket I am an Ian Chappell fan, great cricketer and he has turned into a very good commentator as well. So much better than a lot of the current crop of commentators like Healy and Slater who have no idea. This book is a collections of stories from him...
  6. Troy

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    Stella Rimington - Rip Tide Stella Rimington is the former head of the MI5, she was the first ever female head of the MI5 and interesting fact Judi Dench's portrayal of M in the James Bond films were based on Rimington. She is now a writer and her fictional books are revolve around the main...
  7. Troy

    What Have You Been Reading Lately

    James Patterson - 10th Anniversary This is the 10th book in the Women's Murder Club series and as I have read the other nine I naturally decided to get this one. This is another good installment of the series but it isn't really that ground breaking. It is pretty much just the standard for the...
  8. Troy

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    Robert Crais - Taken I think I own every book that Crais has written, I definitely own all of the Cole & Pike series of which this is 15th installment. Really enjoy this series which revolves around Elvis Cole who is a Private Detective and ex-ranger and his best friend Joe Pike who is a former...
  9. Troy

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    Terri Persons Blind Rage Wow this book is bad. I bought it for a few dollars after reading the blurb on the back, from that it sounded like a good crime thriller based on a female FBI agent that has to find a serial killer. Then I start reading it and this FBI agent has magical powers like...
  10. Troy

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    Tina Fey - Bossypants Finally got around to reading this and I am glad that I did. Funny book from a very funny woman. Has a good mix of personal stories from here upbringing plus behind the scenes stories from 30 Rock and SNL. Some genuine laugh out loud moments, the graph being one of them...
  11. Troy

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    Lonely Planet Dubai Encouter Brushing up on things to do and see over in Dubai for my trip. Getting the Frommers day by day book soon as well to give me some more ideas. I have heard great things about Marching Powder by Rusty Young, a true crime story about jail life in Bolivia, so I am trying...
  12. Troy

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    China Inc It is a book from a few years back by Ted Fishman discussing China's rise as the next superpower. It is a very detailed overview of China's growth and he broke it down well. Definitely can't say that he didn't go into enough detail or didn't use enough statistics. Sometimes it is to...
  13. Troy

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    Matthew Reilly - Temple Yes I read yet another Matthew Reilly book. This one isn't part of a series and is a stand alone novel. It is about a University Professor who gets dragged into a treasure hunt to find a special idol that was made thousands of years ago from the remnants of a meteorite...
  14. Troy

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    Clive Cussler - Night Probe! I have never read a Clive Cussler novel but I got a few for free from a neighbour so I decided to finally start one since I have seen them in book shops for many years. This is one of the Dirk Pitt adventures which is Cussler main series. The basic story for this...
  15. Troy

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    Stella Rimmington - Illegal Action Another novel in the Liz Carlyle series. This time it is about a Russian goverment plot to kill a Russian billionaire now living in England. I have read a couple of Rimmington's novels before and this is another good novel. Rimmington used to be head of MI5...
  16. Troy

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    When was this released and what is the name of the book? I am a huge Simon Pegg fan and I would definitely look at getting this. I am still waiting with baited breath for the third in the Cornetto Trilogy following on from Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
  17. Troy

    What Have You Been Reading Lately

    Matthew Reilly - 5 Greatest Warriors This follows directly from where the 6 Sacred Stones left off. I like how he continued it on and the pace he keeps up is incredible. Great story and I enjoyed the way he wrapped it all up. One criticism was that it was pretty obvious who the 5th Greatest...
  18. Troy

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    Wow I am far behind on this. Eventually I will post reviews for all three of these books in the Wrestling Reviews section (plus the reviews for Nitro DVD, Greatest Cage match DVD, Chikara Season X, ROH Best in the World 2011, ROH Revolution USA & Canada, plus wrestling columns :/ ) I really need...
  19. Troy

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    I have read PlayBoy Gary Hart's biography, Jericho's second autobiography and Dustin Rhodes biography and I am working on reviews for all three of them to hopefully be posted next week. I am currently re-reading some Jeffrey Archer novels that I own because I have run out of new material.
  20. Troy

    What Have You Been Reading Lately

    The White House Connection by Jack Higgins This is the first novel I have read by Jack Higgins and it is a spy thriller. The story is about a former IRA terrorist Sean Dillon and U.S. presidential aide who work together to stop an assassin who is hunting down members of a secretive Irish...