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Stephenson, Neal ; Quicksilver ; Informal Buddy Read ; Start Date 14 November 2015
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I'm in! Its such a long book - it'll be nice to have buddies to keep me on track!
Are you guys still interested in reading this? I can start whenever we are all ready.
I'm ready whenever - I will probably read other books along with this one, but it looks interesting - and educational :)
Cool, I will start tomorrow then. I will also read other stuff at the same time. Excited to read this one though :)
I'm still in but like you Suzanne I'll probably read other books too. I'm on a romance binge at the moment! I always reas romances in spades and then don't for a couple of months lol :)Anybody else do that?
Yes I think I'm entering one of those binges now. I just downloaded several for my upcoming trip. Glad I'm not the only one Jennifer!
I am not a big romance fan but I do go through phases with certain genres!
Hey guys, just wanted to let you know I unfortunately have to put this one down. I have tried to get into it a few times now and it just isn't happening for me. Funnily enough I am going through a light romance phase at the moment! I think it's just end of term stress. Anyway, this book is feeling a bit too heavy for me at the moment and I am really struggling with it. I have learned it is best not to force myself when I feel like this so I am going to back out of the BR. Sorry!
Oh no worries Kelsi. Iam only about 100 pages in. Right now it feels like a lot of name dropping. I just aim for about a chapter a day. ..unless I start actually seeing a plot.
This is an "Informal Buddy Read"
An “Informal Buddy Read” doesn’t have a discussion leader and participants are asked to consider some generic questions when making comments about the book. An example is here.
Book Synopsis:
The story of the Stander Gang of bank robbers, led by former police captain, Andre Stander, and the problems they caused during 1983 and 1984. Two were finally shot dead by police, one in Johannesburg and Stander himself in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The survivor was arrested and gaoled in the UK. In 1983, former SAP Captain Andre Stander, serving 25 years in prison for numerous bank robberies and Patrick McCall who had been declared an habitual criminal and was serving an indeterminate sentence for car thefts and frauds, escaped from guards while undergoing treatment by a physiotherapist, having been taken there from Zonderwater Prison. While on the run they sprung another convict, Allan Heyl, while he was under escort at a trade test centre. Between August 1983 and January 1984, the Stander Gang, as they became known, went on a spree of armed bank robberies, often hopping from one neighbouring bank to the next, accumulating many thousands of Rands in stolen loot