Books - What are you reading?
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Adam B said:
Justayellowbadge said:
Origin, the latest Dan Brown.
He still cannot write. It is laughably bad.
f
king terrible.
did you read it just to wind yourself up? He was hardly going to morph into Dostoevsky was he He still cannot write. It is laughably bad.
f
king terrible. 
The Count of Monte Cristo - I just finished the audiobook and have to say it was one of the best performances and stories so far in my Audible stack. An absolutely epic tale of jealousy, suffering, fortune and long-planned revenge. It may be 170 years old but there is plenty in this that is still relevant today. Heartily recommended.
toasty said:
The Count of Monte Cristo - I just finished the audiobook and have to say it was one of the best performances and stories so far in my Audible stack. An absolutely epic tale of jealousy, suffering, fortune and long-planned revenge. It may be 170 years old but there is plenty in this that is still relevant today. Heartily recommended.
One of my top 5 fav books of all time.Wonderful book, and beautifully written. Dumas could write
grumbledoak said:
Previously it was Rivers of London, again from a recommendation here. I've always loved London for it's hidden history, all the little clues and reminders in the street names if you are inclined to read around them, and Peter Grant is a great character. I shall get more.
Just reading the sixth rivers of London book. Really enjoyable. Previously, the latest Jodi Taylor 'Chronicles of St Mary's', which is becoming very dark after it's previous frivolity and irreverence.
Oh, and the newest of the Alex Verus series. Lovely character development and interesting stories.
Sway said:
grumbledoak said:
Previously it was Rivers of London, again from a recommendation here. I've always loved London for it's hidden history, all the little clues and reminders in the street names if you are inclined to read around them, and Peter Grant is a great character. I shall get more.
Just reading the sixth rivers of London book. Really enjoyable. Previously, the latest Jodi Taylor 'Chronicles of St Mary's', which is becoming very dark after it's previous frivolity and irreverence.
Oh, and the newest of the Alex Verus series. Lovely character development and interesting stories.
Firstly, I'm noticing that a lot of us with a thing for urban fantasy are following the same path of authors :-)
Secondly, I find the comment about The Chronicles Of St Mary's quite telling, because I felt exactly the same way. Just One Damn Thing After Another was pretty light-hearted but as the series progresses, it definitely becomes darker. I didn't quite expect it to pan out like that, but I enjoy it nonetheless.
Not a patch on The Dresden Files or Rivers of London though, IMO. Heck, I'm even tempted to put Rivers of London above The Dresden Files.
Maybe...
Finally, WTF is Jim Butcher playing at! Wish he'd get on with it!
love jim butcher books but he seems to have given up on dresden files as no new book no planned release etc as concentrating on other projects etc so real shame as book 15 end on an ending in retrospect you think leaves it very open to be the last book ie the neverending fight against evil
I've just finished a couple of Aurelio Zen books by Michael Dibdin, "Vendetta" and "Blood Rain". I didn't like them, just a little bit too intricate in the writing for me. The plots were fine, entertaining stories, but just a bit too much. Obviously nothing compared to you lot and your Dostoevsky and the like, but just didn't flow as well as I want for entertainment. A little bit like the Henning Mankell ones I read a few years back, though the problem was those is that he's too good at painting a picture of dark, depressing things.
I've got a bit of a stockpile of Stephen Booths to do now, once I can work out what order I need to do them in.
I've got a bit of a stockpile of Stephen Booths to do now, once I can work out what order I need to do them in.
Weapons of Choice - A trashy break from the classics. A future multinational group of military ships accidentally teleport back to 1942 right in the middle of the US and Japanese warships. On audiobook, the voice actor is working his way through a dozen different accents, both male and female, and none of them very well. I'll continue through morbid curiosity to see how bad this can get. At least the accents are funny.
On the subject of Harry Bosch, do the TV series follow the books, and if so where does TV series 3 end in relation to the chronology of the books? Or is it a bit Game of Thrones and the TV series vary wildly from the books?
Reason for asking - I've never read a Bosch book, and I'm wondering if I should bother after having seen the TV series.
Reason for asking - I've never read a Bosch book, and I'm wondering if I should bother after having seen the TV series.
Finished the ritual by Adam Nevill, horror book in the style of Blair witch. Quite enjoyed it but will probably give the film a miss. Followed up with the cipher by kathe koja which seems a bit like a poor man's murakami, but haven't finished it yet so maybe it'll surprise me.
Have ordered the time bubble so that's up next.
Have ordered the time bubble so that's up next.
I've just read "The Killing Lessons" by Saul Black. Very good, some parts had me not wanting to leave it until the next day, worth a look. Not as terrible as the blurb on the front suggests though: "No reader deserves to be terrified like this" according to Linwood Barclay, who is another author I enjoy, but is obviously quite easily scared.
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