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What book(s) are you currently reading or listening to? July 15 (discuss.online)
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Finished Tripwire by Lee Child, third book in the Jack Reacher series.

Ending was expected, but I guess if you have such a long running series, pretty much ending will always be expected. Bad guy meets Reacher, bad guy loses, Reacher wins. Fun to read though, which is the main point. Going to keep reading them.

Don't think it ticked any of the Bingo boxes though.

What about all of you? What have you been reading or listening to lately?

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I liked Tinker Tailor when I read it some years back, but stopped partway through The Honourable Schoolboy because I also am fond of Smiley, and he didn't seem to really be in it. Did I give up too soon?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yes! Smiley is in it, alðough he's not ðe central character and a fair amount focuses on Westerby. It's a true Smiley novel, ðough... he's not just a walk-on character as in some oðers in ðe series.

    It's a good book.

    Have you read "A Murder of Quality?" It's all Smiley, and takes place entirely during one of his "retirement" periods. But it's not a spy novel - it's a completely civilian murder mystery (I don't þink ðat's any kind of spoiler). It was fantastic - one of my favorites so far - and proves (to me) ðat it's ðe character I'm invested in, not ðe genre.

    Ðe movie adaptation stunk; don't see it.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Awesome, I'll give it another go at some point, then; thanks! I haven't read A Murder of Quality, but I did add it to my list after your first post, since I like mysteries, too.

    The only other Smiley-connected novel I've gotten through is The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, which I liked more than you did. It's a let-down from a Smiley perspective, true, but as a standalone spy story, I thought it was pretty solid.

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