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Way to hot to read these last days where it got close to 40 degrees Celsius, today it is a nice 30 degrees Celsius and you can sit in the garden again. The dog is enjoying the weather much more now.

This time Beatrix Rose continues her quest for vengeance, visiting the touristy place of Iraq.

Watching the football match Netherlands - Japan while reading this novel. My wife scares me occasionaly with her cheering Orange. She is the bigger fan.

While I enjoyed the adventures of the various 00's this book has way too much 007 in it compared to the previous two books.

I have read quite a few other novels while reading this 007 novel, its weakness is that the trilogy requires a reread of the two previous installments, whereas the Thunderball, Ohmss and YOLT by Fleming is one tale but in three separate novels. This book does not have any of that.

Beatrix Rose her husband was killed and her daughter was taken away. Now she is back hunting the ones responsible.

Reading the novel while playing the Hans Zimmer soundtrack in the background easily the best soundtrack from the Daniel Craig era. Perhaps due to the influence of OHMSS soundtrack .

Sometimes GR goes weird, you finish another book and write a review and suddenly this book in proces of being read shows up in a list of read novels.
So far I am reading this latest 007 novel and have yet to be impressed.

This episode had my undivided attention due to the following aspects, the audiotale "War of the world" aa done by Orson Welles, who also played "the Shadow" in audioplays, I have quite a few on cd,

Next up art is given a new dimension.

The boxset starts with a bit of Gullivers' travels Doctor Who style.
Now started with the birth of hyperspace travel by humanity.

The new Tom Baker Doctor Who boxset with several audiotales.

I bought the cd's on release, have listened to them way back in early 2000's, brilliant 8th Doctor adventure.

Moneypenny chief of the 00 section has been taken prisoner by the enemy and one of her own 00's . This 000 is send after an escaped 007 and 003 who went rogue to save James.

Not a Michael Crichton novel but a John Lange novel , which was Michael Crichton writing during his medical studies, and then it is an unpublished John Lange novel too.

These Patterson productions make great material to read while travelling from home to work and back while enjoying the comfort of a train.

After reading the latest Charlie Parker, the latest Sheriff Longmire I now start the latest 00 book starring Bond, James Bond.
As I would call it a perfect reading weekend in the Ardennen with 28 celcius, clear blue skies and an abundance of Sun. With pauzes in reading walking Abram our Dogue de Bordeaux who just loves the Woods and brooks, and is worldchampion sleeping in the sun.

The brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoyevsky!!!!!!!

What a Joy, finished the most recent John Connolly novel starring Charlie Parker, now a Longmire novel and then the latest 007 novel, the Higson 007 nevel arriving later this year.

The proverbial manure is about to hit the airco.

I did buy this one 2nd hand so have the cd only no download through BF. Still enjoyable to listen late in the evening Tom Baker his voice keeps you awake.