Book Club (42)

My son gave a huge book a few years ago on da Vinci.

My father's father was a good painter, I have a few of his works. While my father did not paint as such, he did some wonderful designs for shopfronts he was building - a few of the Cahill restaurants in Sydney.

My mother had some talent (although her younger sister was the one who went to Art School) and I have a few of her works around the place.

Reading through this monstrous tome about da Vinci, I did learn a lot of what it takes to be a painter. I have no artistic talent but do admire great works.

I have not long finished reading Clive Cussler's "Pacific Vortex" -

I enjoy the presentation of the character that Clive Cussler has created, Dirk Pitt - an underwater specialist ex military, who somehow manages to get himself into some sticky situations, in and out of the water..

The best way to describe Clive Cussler, a bit of Ian Flemming, Alastair Maclean, Jack Higgins, and a touch of Dan Brown...

I read his books as well, Sassie. He is a very prolific author.

I have read a lot of the Cussler books. But I would not put him in the league of the authors you mentioned. Cussler does seem to jump a bit from one chapter to the next without real continuity. It is only later that it becomes apparent.

I love his books - and lucky for me I was given a heap of his books for my tab - I already about 6 of them in paperback - but I love the way, he introduces himself into the book as well... although that must of come later, as it saying that pacific vortex is one of his first books...

I have lent one of my books to a friend, and Clive has now got another fan...

Very true Wash, although I guess I was trying to make comparison as to the type of story -

My ex made me (gosh I am stuck for words today) but I had to shrink my book collection - when I finished packing the books to move from Sydney to Brisbane I had over 20 cartons - cook books, my text books from high school etc - so cull I did (ahh the word I was looking for!! lol) at the end of the day - I came up with 10 cartons, which included Alastair Mclean, Agatha Christie, Ellis Peters, Jack Higgins, Arthur Conan Doyle, Robert Ludlum, and an an author who I can't remember, but he wrote the ninja stories - I was pretty heavily into that at the time.. I still cry over the books I gave away - however, when I moved from the rental into my own home, I had another culling and donated most of my books to the local library - hoping that someone else may get the same enjoyment out of reading whatever it was that I had read...

One of his most recent books "Zero Hour" is based in Aussie,

haven't read that one yet!!

Presently reading Jack Higgins - in between catching up via dvd

Ncis and Ncis La...

My biggest regret about books was "lending" my Azimov collection to a friend of a friend who actually passed them onto someone else. A few years after, I did find a site where Azimov actually wrote a bit about the years he wrote the books but included the "chronolgical order" the books should have been in.

I have a few ebooks that I am willing to share

authors are clive cussler, jack higgins, ellis peters

If interested let me know... cheers