Books - What are you reading?
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King Herald said:
Just started 'Fall of Giants', first in the Ken Follett trilogy. Seems okay so far. The talk of/about the posh snobs/aristocracy is a little wearisome, but the description of the coalminers lives makes up for it.
Got this for 99p in a recent Kindle deal. Half way through and really enjoying it.So recently I have read:
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Really, really enjoyed this one and I like Thompsons style of writing.
No County for Old Men - Thoroughly enjoyed this one too, it suprised me a couple of times which is always nice to have in a book. Might watch the film but not really a film guy.
Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion - The writing in these I thought was quite dated, but the story was so good that it more than made up for it. The end of the first book was great if very frustrating.
Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - I am a massive Haruki Murakami fan but I thought aside from a few good moments this wasn't one of his best. I enjoyed reading it but I doubt I'll re read it as I usually do with a Murakami book.
Next up to read is Anton Chekhovs short stories and maybe inbetween those I'll re read my 'comfort' books, the Harry Potter series.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Really, really enjoyed this one and I like Thompsons style of writing.
No County for Old Men - Thoroughly enjoyed this one too, it suprised me a couple of times which is always nice to have in a book. Might watch the film but not really a film guy.
Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion - The writing in these I thought was quite dated, but the story was so good that it more than made up for it. The end of the first book was great if very frustrating.
Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage - I am a massive Haruki Murakami fan but I thought aside from a few good moments this wasn't one of his best. I enjoyed reading it but I doubt I'll re read it as I usually do with a Murakami book.
Next up to read is Anton Chekhovs short stories and maybe inbetween those I'll re read my 'comfort' books, the Harry Potter series.
leglessAlex said:
So recently I have read:
No County for Old Men - Thoroughly enjoyed this one too, it suprised me a couple of times which is always nice to have in a book. Might watch the film but not really a film guy.
Cormac McCarthy books are fantastic - a very odd writing style but once you get into them, the detail and the dark story writing is brilliant. Anton Chigurh is a great character who, for me, was brought to life in the film by Javier Bardem. A great bit of acting. No County for Old Men - Thoroughly enjoyed this one too, it suprised me a couple of times which is always nice to have in a book. Might watch the film but not really a film guy.
I read Blood Meridian by him recently and that was also very good (it's about the wild west).
In between books now, so having a quick re-read of this, carrying on the rock & roll theme:
It's a hoot & a tragic tale rolled into one. They had it all & blew it spectacularly through the most appalling incompetence. If you were young in those days, it was a magic time & the stories inside are hilarious, a highlight being the vat man demanding 30k off the crooked bouncers via Factory as he knew full well the bouncers were a notorious Manchester gang. They told him to p
s off & get it himself. He demurred.
It's a hoot & a tragic tale rolled into one. They had it all & blew it spectacularly through the most appalling incompetence. If you were young in those days, it was a magic time & the stories inside are hilarious, a highlight being the vat man demanding 30k off the crooked bouncers via Factory as he knew full well the bouncers were a notorious Manchester gang. They told him to p
s off & get it himself. He demurred.Justin Cyder said:
In between books now, so having a quick re-read of this, carrying on the rock & roll theme:
It's a hoot & a tragic tale rolled into one. They had it all & blew it spectacularly through the most appalling incompetence. If you were young in those days, it was a magic time & the stories inside are hilarious, a highlight being the vat man demanding 30k off the crooked bouncers via Factory as he knew full well the bouncers were a notorious Manchester gang. They told him to ps off & get it himself. He demurred.
Does this book cover all of the issues they had with gangs and the running of the doors by dodgy Salford "bouncers"? I read a book a while ago about Manchester gangs and it seemed to me like that was the main part of the problem why the club had to shut down - they let in the gangs to take over security and never really got it back from them....cue many closure orders by the police/council and eventual loss of the club!It's a hoot & a tragic tale rolled into one. They had it all & blew it spectacularly through the most appalling incompetence. If you were young in those days, it was a magic time & the stories inside are hilarious, a highlight being the vat man demanding 30k off the crooked bouncers via Factory as he knew full well the bouncers were a notorious Manchester gang. They told him to p
s off & get it himself. He demurred.It does. It's a pretty honest account with few punches pulled. They didn't know what they were doing & he admits it.
He's no poet but the tale makes up for it. I particularly like the chapter on ecstasy where it's revealed that so little money was being made across the bar that they considered selling E's for a while but narrowly went off the idea because the Police may have taken an interest.
He's no poet but the tale makes up for it. I particularly like the chapter on ecstasy where it's revealed that so little money was being made across the bar that they considered selling E's for a while but narrowly went off the idea because the Police may have taken an interest.
5potTurbo said:
My brother recommended HMS Unseen by Patrick Robinson.
Having read a lot of different stuff in recent months, I thought I'd give it a go.
Hmmmmm, s'ok so far, but it's clear the publishers re-issued it after 9/11 due to it's mid-east terrorism connections, but in re-dating certain events, they've overlooked some changes. It's fairly good, but not riveting.Having read a lot of different stuff in recent months, I thought I'd give it a go.
As to the others who've posted Andy McNab & Chris Ryan books, I read most of those on holiday in the U.S. I can't recall much of any of them, to be honest.
Nezquick said:
Cormac McCarthy books are fantastic - a very odd writing style but once you get into them, the detail and the dark story writing is brilliant. Anton Chigurh is a great character who, for me, was brought to life in the film by Javier Bardem. A great bit of acting.
I read Blood Meridian by him recently and that was also very good (it's about the wild west).
As I said, I'm not a massive fan of films and even less of films that are based on books I have read, they never match up to my imagination. However, I may make an exception in this case, everyone I have talked to has said the film is brilliant and very true to the book. I read Blood Meridian by him recently and that was also very good (it's about the wild west).
benjj said:
Bought for two quid on Kindle. 34% through and enjoying it a lot more than thought I would.
Awesome novel, I've read it a few times now - looking forward to the film but i can't say Matt Damon struck me as an obvious choice for Watney...I'm about halfway through "Before I go to sleep" by SJ Watson, I guessed a twist about 50 pages in and, whilst I may still be wrong, I'm finding it quite plodding.
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