Books - What are you reading?
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marcosgt said:
Finally finished "The Goldfinch".
I stand by my original view that it's a good 300 page novel packed into 770+ pages, but obviously others feel differently.
Now reading "Alex Zanardi : My Story" - I tend to try and alternate Fiction and Non-Fiction in hard book format (whilst having one of each on the go on the Kindle app
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me too - just finished Post Captain by Patrick O'Brian and before embarking on book three I'm plumped for Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, scary stuff and reminds me a bit of Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan.I stand by my original view that it's a good 300 page novel packed into 770+ pages, but obviously others feel differently.
Now reading "Alex Zanardi : My Story" - I tend to try and alternate Fiction and Non-Fiction in hard book format (whilst having one of each on the go on the Kindle app
)M.
Currently reading More Human: Designing a World Where People Come First. It's written by Steve Hilton who as formally an advisor to David Cameron and is about looking at politics, economics and other related issues from a 'human' rather than a more statistical perspective.
Not far in yet, but what I've read so far is really interesting.
Not far in yet, but what I've read so far is really interesting.
I'm currently on "The Retribution" by Val McDermid. I've read quite a lot of hers, but I'd steered clear of the Tony Hill series because I read one or two and didn't much like them. This has been pretty good so far.
In clearing out some books to get rid of, I (as usual) found one I could remember reading, called "Quake" by Albert Alletzhauser. Tale of a massive earthquake in Tokyo, reasonably good.
In clearing out some books to get rid of, I (as usual) found one I could remember reading, called "Quake" by Albert Alletzhauser. Tale of a massive earthquake in Tokyo, reasonably good.
Currentley reading "black flag" with the kids.
So far really enjoyable
Http://www.cambridge.org/codingclub-blackflag
So far really enjoyable
Http://www.cambridge.org/codingclub-blackflag
Edited by SystemParanoia on Monday 12th October 13:47
got handed a small pile of Bernard Cornwell books in the summer, I've never really been interested in them before
read 1356, then all the Saxon books (not the latest one) and now gone back to what I now see is the first book in the Grail Quest series, which features the main character from 1356, Harlequin, finished that, now on to the 2nd one Vagabond
great stuff, full of action and historical whatnot
read 1356, then all the Saxon books (not the latest one) and now gone back to what I now see is the first book in the Grail Quest series, which features the main character from 1356, Harlequin, finished that, now on to the 2nd one Vagabond
great stuff, full of action and historical whatnot
Edited by Hugo a Gogo on Monday 12th October 13:58
Just finished Kill Your Friends which is shortly to be out on film.
It's wholly unoriginal to call it"British Psycho" but that's what it is. Only not as good as what it's aping.
Has some genuinely laugh out loud parts to it and starts off fantastically but then just gets more fantastic (in the other sense) as it goes on.
Would have been better as a cynical comedy, without the American Psycho take.
Regarding the Martian I'm surprised there's so much love for it. Loved it for the first quarter of the book but just found it deeply repetitive. Very well researched but just goes on and on: Problem - Solution, Problem - Solution etc. Didn't finish it.
It's wholly unoriginal to call it"British Psycho" but that's what it is. Only not as good as what it's aping.
Has some genuinely laugh out loud parts to it and starts off fantastically but then just gets more fantastic (in the other sense) as it goes on.
Would have been better as a cynical comedy, without the American Psycho take.
Regarding the Martian I'm surprised there's so much love for it. Loved it for the first quarter of the book but just found it deeply repetitive. Very well researched but just goes on and on: Problem - Solution, Problem - Solution etc. Didn't finish it.
cherie171 said:
I'm currently persevering with The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August. As much as I hate leaving a book half way through, I really don't care what happens next, and I might just abandon it.
If you're interested in a zombie apocalypse with more plausible science, give The Girl With All The Gifts a go.
I really enjoyed "The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August" - was recommending it to everyone at the time. If you're interested in a zombie apocalypse with more plausible science, give The Girl With All The Gifts a go.
Also read "The Girl With All The Gifts" - again, enjoyed that. It starts off set near where we live.
I'm struggling to know what to buy now, so I'll have a look back at these pages on the recommended reads.
I've read a few autobiographies this year, and ALL of the Jack Reacher books - including the shorts - (just about to finish #20), and I generally like crime fiction, so Ian Rankin, James Lee Burke, Gordon Ferris, etc.
Rankin's next Rebus is out only in a few weeks, but I'm just about to go on a long business trip, so I'll need something for flights and airport waiting fodder, probably 6-8 added to my Kindle.
I've read a few autobiographies this year, and ALL of the Jack Reacher books - including the shorts - (just about to finish #20), and I generally like crime fiction, so Ian Rankin, James Lee Burke, Gordon Ferris, etc.
Rankin's next Rebus is out only in a few weeks, but I'm just about to go on a long business trip, so I'll need something for flights and airport waiting fodder, probably 6-8 added to my Kindle.
Just read the Wronged Sons by John Marrs
I started & finished it on Sunday, could not put it down.
I'm finding it just as hard to put the second one he has written "Welcome To Wherever You Are" down as well
I started & finished it on Sunday, could not put it down.
I'm finding it just as hard to put the second one he has written "Welcome To Wherever You Are" down as well
Edited by ali_kat on Thursday 15th October 13:31
Finished this a couple of weeks ago...took me 2 days to read it...not a long book, but so easily/beautifully written I just didn't want to put it down...if I hadn't been working it'd have been done in a day.
One of those books that you enjoy with your heart as much as your mind, and which stays with you after you've finished it. Don't even worry about what genre to categorise it as and whether it's "your" sort of book - just buy it, particularly if you've still got a spark left in you of your 7y.o. self...
Conversely, this book has taken me nearly 2 weeks to read, despite being pulp fiction of the worst kind - mediocrity promoted heavily by a marketing machine. I nearly put it down after about 30/40 pages, and while I didn't I won't be getting anything else by him - cliche'd, little character development, read in parts more like a screenplay than a novel (very little scene-setting/picture-painting).
One of those books that you enjoy with your heart as much as your mind, and which stays with you after you've finished it. Don't even worry about what genre to categorise it as and whether it's "your" sort of book - just buy it, particularly if you've still got a spark left in you of your 7y.o. self...
Conversely, this book has taken me nearly 2 weeks to read, despite being pulp fiction of the worst kind - mediocrity promoted heavily by a marketing machine. I nearly put it down after about 30/40 pages, and while I didn't I won't be getting anything else by him - cliche'd, little character development, read in parts more like a screenplay than a novel (very little scene-setting/picture-painting).
Laurel Green said:
Have you tried any of Stuart McBride's books? The Logan McRae series are well worth a read IMO.
Another vote for him - very gritty and dark. One I have read was about bolting a metal chair to the floor bolting up he house setting it on fire and watching it happen while doing "things" in a bush
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