Wie nennt man das nochmal, wenn jemand mir dauernd tolle Dinge von der Insel mitbringt? #AdmiralsLektüre #Hornblower #CSForester
“La regina d’Africa” di John Huston | Valerio Tagliaferri

I’m reading 3 books at the moment - it’s good to sit by the fan, reading & getting cool - although I’m tending to read Hornblower before sleep at night. (I’ve 10 books more in the #HoratioHornblower series to get through yet!)

#MrMidshipmanHornblower

#Juice

#ProjectHailMary

#CSForester #TimWinton #AndyWeir

Read my ★★★★★ review of #CSForester's 1938 #ShipOfTheLine, book #2 in my attempt to read all eleven #HoratioHornblower novels, set within the British Navy of the late-1700s Napoleonic Wars. https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6583467882
Jason Pettus's review of Ship of the Line (Hornblower Saga: Chronological Order, #7)

5/5: THE‌ ‌GREAT‌ ‌COMPLETIST‌ ‌CHALLENGE:‌ ‌In‌ ‌which‌ ‌I‌ ‌revisit‌ ‌older‌ ‌authors‌ ‌and‌ ‌attempt‌ ‌to‌ ‌read‌ every‌ ‌book‌ ‌they‌ ‌ever‌ ‌wrote‌ Currently‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌challenge:‌ ‌Margaret‌ Atwood‌ |‌ ‌JG‌ ‌Ballard‌ |‌ Clive‌ ‌Barker‌ |‌ Christopher‌ Buckley‌ |‌ ‌Jim Butcher's Dresden Files | ‌Lee Child's Jack Reacher | ‌Philip‌ ‌K‌ ‌Dick‌ |‌ ‌Ian Fleming | CS Forester's Horatio Hornblower | William‌ ‌Gibson‌ |‌ ‌Michel‌ Houellebecq‌ |‌ John‌ ‌Irving‌ |‌ ‌Kazuo‌ ‌Ishiguro‌ |‌ Shirley‌ Jackson‌ | ‌John‌ ‌Le‌ ‌Carre‌ |‌ Bernard‌ ‌Malamud‌ |‌ Cormac McCarthy | China‌ ‌Mieville‌ |‌ Toni Mo...

1/4/24 — Open 6-9p. Mask recommended. No open containers, please.

Why this book, "The African Queen?" It's a classic novel by C.S. Forester, a great John Huston film with Humphrey Bogart & Katherine Hepburn, & I liked the cover. Set in 1914, written in 1935 (this Modern Library edition is from 1940), & a film in 1951, this is a tale that's stuff the test of time. But, the movie is different from the book... Take a look!

#BonnettsBooks #DaytonOhio #CSForester #TheAfricanQueen
@bookstodon

@hms_speedy

May I also commend, as additions to your itinerary,

* #CSForester 's #HoratioHornblower
* #ArthurRansome 's #SwallowsandAmazons (and Racundra's First Cruise, which is not fiction)
* #ErskineChilders 's #TheRiddleOfTheSands

#34 Argosy - December 1964. Fleetwood Publications Ltd, London. #ArgosyMagazine #Maigret #GeorgesSimenon #CSForester #EvanHunter #ArthurCClarke #GuyDeMaupassant #BookOfTheDay

@JonathanCR

Perhaps try these:
#PhilipReeve - young adult target audience. The #MortalEngines series are place to start.
#GeorgeMacDonaldFraser - the #Flashman books are magnificent historical fiction, though are very politically incorrect.
#CSForester - the #Hornblower books are probably the most enjoyable set of books I've read.
#AdrianTchaikovsky - a prolific writer and the best contemporary #scifi I've read after #iainmbanks. "Children of Time" is a good start