Hornet Flight

A couple of weeks behind in posting these.

Week 10/52 2019- #BookStats
4 Books Finished, 1632 Pages Read

Books Read 50/200
Pages Read 21,615 / 85000
#Chunksters 4/25 (0 this week)
#CenturyOfBooks 24/100 (2 this week)
#LitsyAtoZ 17/26 (1 this week)
#SeriesUpToDate 4/25 (0 this week)
#SeriesCompleted 1/15 (0 this week)

Buddy / Group Reads Completed : 20 (2 this week)

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Andrew65

Hornet Flight | Ken Follett

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This was a very enjoyable book set in Denmark during the German occupation in the Second World War. Ordinary Danish people putting their lives at risk to try and help defeat the German war machine and help protect the lives of British Forces taking on bombing missions in Germany. Good links also developed to the Russian front and the forming of a British - Russian Alliance. Great characterisation and story telling. Ken Follett at his best! 😍

Tove_Reads, EadieB

megnews A period I had avoided previously, out of the blue, I‘ve been on a World War II binge lately. Stacked. 6y

Andrew65 @megnews It‘s a good and engaging read. Hope you enjoy it. 👍 6y

EadieB @Andrew65 Nice review! 6y

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Andrew65 @EadieB Thanks 😊 6y

kspenmoll Like your review. Makes me want to read the book. 6y

Andrew65 @kspenmoll Thanks, it is a good read. 😊 6y

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EadieB

Hornet Flight | Ken Follett

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An account of Nazi occupation of Denmark 1941 and group of resistance known as Nightwatchmen. UK wondering why their bombers are being shot down. German radar station located on Denmark's island of Sande. Harald Olufsen's mission to take pictures and get them to UK before the largest aerial assault begins. characters are well-drawn, the plot has twists. this page-turner becomes unputdownable suspense. I recommend this book to those who love WWII.

Tove_Reads, Andrew65

EadieB #hornetflight #kenfollett 6y

Andrew65 You got through the second half of the book quickly! 6y

EadieB @Andrew65 Yes the 2nd half moves fast! 6y

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Andrew65

Hornet Flight | Ken Follett

Quite a basic #FirstSentence

Tove_Reads, EadieB

EadieB Looking forward to reading this. I like his writing. @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads 6y

Andrew65 @EadieB Me too. Whiteout was one of my favourite reads last month. 6y

Becker Great imagery 6y

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Andrew65

Hornet Flight | Ken Follett

Starting to Read Hornet Flight by Ken Follett, which is a World War 2 Suspense Thriller. I am reading this with @Tove_Reads and @EadieB . Happy to have others joining us.

Andrew65 Weird coincidence. We have Freya in this book just as Storm Freya is heading across the U.K. today. @EadieB @Tove_Reads 6y

EadieB @Andrew65 that‘s a strange coincidence. We will get 6 to 8 inches today where I live. Winter storm Scott. (edited) 6y

Andrew65 @EadieB That‘s a lot. Still sunny and warm here (for time of year), wind picking up a bit. 6y

EadieB @Andrew65 I saw that your winds will be up to 80/mph today! Mainly in the southern coastal areas. About 60/mph where you live. (edited) 6y

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Tove_Reads

Hornet Flight | Ken Follett

When do we start our buddy read? #KenFollettBuddyRead

Andrew65, EadieB

EadieB I have my copy ready to go! 6y

Andrew65 Mine is still at the library. Hopefully will pick it up tomorrow and ideally start Saturday. @EadieB @Tove_Reads 6y

EadieB @andrew65 @Tove_Reads ok sounds good to me! 6y

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Tove_Reads @andrew65 @eadieb How are you liking it? 6y

EadieB @Tove_Reads I‘m starting the 3rd section. It‘s interesting. I like his writing style. How about you? @Andrew65 (edited) 6y

Tove_Reads @EadieB He‘s a great writer! I am just so fed up about WW2, that the subject doesn‘t excite me at all. 6y

EadieB @Tove_Reads I know it is a subject well used. I like reading about Denmark though. Different area of the war. @andrew65 I think I like Whiteout better but too early to be sure. (edited) 6y

Tove_Reads @EadieB Being Nordic I‘m very familiar with what happened over here as well. Hopefully he has some twists and turns coming up! 6y

EadieB @Tove_Reads I think a lot of his books may be about the war. Not sure but I will have to check them out. @Andrew65 6y

EadieB @Tove_reads @andrew65 His code name was “The Needle.” He was a German aristocrat of extraordinary intelligence—a master spy with a legacy of violence in his blood, and the object of the most desperate manhunt in history. . . .

But his fate lay in the hands of a young and vulnerable English woman, whose loyalty, if swayed, would assure his freedom—and win the war for the Nazis. . . .

Eye of the Needle

EadieB @Tove_Reads @Andrew65 From the teeming streets of London to the infernal hold of a slave ship to a sprawling Virginia plantation, Ken Follett‘s turbulent, unforgettable novel of liberty and revolution brings together a vivid cast of heroes and villains, lovers and rebels, hypocrites and hell-raisers—all propelled by destiny toward an epic struggle that will change their lives forever.

A Place Called Freedom

Tove_Reads @EadieB That one is highly praised, so it should be a good one! 6y

Andrew65 I was very tired yesterday so behind, as well as visiting my mother in law and grand daughter. Currently on Chapter 2. 😳 I don‘t mind the war but not my favourite theme but can live with it if it is a great story like

The Alice Network: A Novel

(edited) 6y

EadieB @Tove_Reads @Andrew65 In 1866, tragedy strikes the exclusive Windfield School when a young student drowns in a mysterious accident. His death and its aftermath initiate a spiraling circle of treachery that will span three decades and entwine many lives.

A Dangerous Fortune

EadieB @Tove_Reads @Andrew65 this is another wwII book

Jackdaws

Tove_Reads @EadieB @andrew65 I most definitely want to read all of his books! Whiteout was somehow so fresh and different, something I didn‘t expect. But he has written so many books that he must have covered many themes! 6y

EadieB @Andrew65 How is Chloe doing? Hope I spelled her name right! (edited) 6y

Tove_Reads @EadieB @andrew65 I think we have Jackdaws coming up next. 6y

EadieB @Tove_Reads @andrew65 Should we choose another one in between the two WWII books? 6y

EadieB @Tove_Reads @Andrew65 Another WWII book.

Night over Water

Tove_Reads @EadieB @andrew65 If I remember correctly, Code to Zero is the second in line. 6y

Andrew65 @EadieB well done on remembering the name 👍 the spelling is Chloe, I always find it a strange spelling - not the way it sounds! She is doing really well. Initially an issue because found to be tongue tied and was stopping her able to breast feed. Tongue was cut and now doing much better. Growing quickly and developing her characteristics. 6y

Andrew65 @EadieB Ye# I think we should intersperse the WWII books @EadieB @Tove_Reads 6y

EadieB @Tove_Reads @Andrew65 This one looks good about The Cold War and the US and Russia space race 1958.

Code to Zero

EadieB @Andrew65 Nice! So fun to watch them grow! Glad to hear her problem was resolved! (edited) 6y

Tove_Reads @EadieB @andrew65 I own Code to Zero, so it works for me! 6y

EadieB @Tove_Reads Great news! 6y

Andrew65 @EadieB @Tove_Reads Our library has a copy of

Code to Zero

EadieB @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads My library has both audio and book! I‘m in heaven with those! 6y

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Tove_Reads

Hornet Flight | Ken Follett

Next #KenFollettBuddyRead is Hornet Flight! If you‘d like to join @EadieB @Andrew65 and yours truly, we‘ll read it in March.

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UltraVioletRosie

Hornet Flight | Ken Follett

Hey! Two of my favourite things!

SusanInTiburon Cutie! 8y

SoniaC Adorable! 8y

Megabooks Awww!! 😃 8y

Graciouswarriorprincess Just adorable! 8y

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UltraVioletRosie

Hornet Flight | Ken Follett

Trying to finish my book last night, but Indigo had other plans. #babies

Megabooks Too cute!! 8y

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UltraVioletRosie

Hornet Flight | Ken Follett

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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Follett did it again for me. His historical fictions always grip me. Moving along at an exhilarating pace, the story of a group of anti-nazi resistance fighters during WWII is both satisfying and frustrating. I love the juxtaposition between the good and evil within a certain villain, and I like how the good guys don't always win. Same type of romances as his other novels, I might have that bit of criticism, but overall, I loved it.

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UltraVioletRosie

Hornet Flight | Ken Follett

#perfect

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UltraVioletRosie

Hornet Flight | Ken Follett

2 chapters in and already immensely enjoying #KenFollett's novel, Hornet Flight. I got hooked on him with the #CenturyTrilogy; he has such an engrossing way if writing, especially his characters.

Merethebookgal I've only read The Pillars of the Earth, but I really enjoyed that! I'm looking forward to reading more by him. 8y

UltraVioletRosie @Merethebookgal I've got that one on my TBR shelf and I am excited for it! I've heard good things. Seriously, read the Century Trilogy, though! You'll be asking yourself WHY it's not a TV series yet!! 8y

Merethebookgal @UltraVioletRosie Awesome! 8y

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words10000

Hornet Flight | Ken Follett

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I love a good story with some history thrown in and whole lot tension! This is a story of courage and guts in the face of incredible odds when Britain was standing alone against Hitler who was over running the world country by country. Two young Danes save the day!

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