Books - What are you reading?
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toasty said:
I’ve just finished Children of Time, by Adrian Tchaikovsky. As recommended on this thread. Sci-fi. Earth is dead, mankind is dying, terraforms planets, accelerates evolution, nothing goes to plan. Plus spiders, big super evolved spiders. Intelligent and entertaining 7/10.
Now on to One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, for a spot of magical realism. The story of a family in Colombia over many generations, it changes path so often and quickly, it’s hard to keep up at times (on audiobook). A blast to the senses.
about 1/3 way through children of time very good thanks for recommendationNow on to One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, for a spot of magical realism. The story of a family in Colombia over many generations, it changes path so often and quickly, it’s hard to keep up at times (on audiobook). A blast to the senses.
I've just finished "Below Zero" by CJ Box. A US game warden gets involved in a manhunt and his missing (believed killed) step daughter appears to be sending texts to his daughter. A good read - in fact it became clear early on that I've already read it, but still carried on to the end. There's a series with this character apparently - Joe Pickett. There's a bit of a similarity with Harlan Coben's Myron Bolitar, in that both have a friend who can help them out, is often in the right place at the right time and is a bit of a nutter, the difference here is that the friend is on the run from the law as well.
Usually I like the Jack Reacher novels. They are easy to read, flow well, ar totally implausible but that is all part of the plan. But I started to go off them a bit when I read the one about the dark internet and people wanting to commit suicide going to a farm in Kansas. Can'#t remember the name of it, but I guess someone profited from in the café I left it in. But now the traffic lights are moving from amber towards red I'm afraid with an oldie called Die Trying. The first two hundred pages are basically about being kidnapped and transported in a truck to Montana. There, they (kidnapped by mistake was Reacher because they wanted the girl he was helping) find themselves in a kind of Waco commune kind of place, right in the middle of the forest. They are declaring independence and seceding from the USA and forming their own country. Yes really. Brainwashed, the lot of them of course, and 100 people are prepared to defeat the USA on their own. If I can stop yawning and finish it I shall leave it at a psychiatric hospital library. It seems to be the only fitting place for it.
lowdrag said:
Usually I like the Jack Reacher novels. They are easy to read, flow well, ar totally implausible but that is all part of the plan. But I started to go off them a bit when I read the one about the dark internet and people wanting to commit suicide going to a farm in Kansas. Can'#t remember the name of it, but I guess someone profited from in the café I left it in. But now the traffic lights are moving from amber towards red I'm afraid with an oldie called Die Trying. The first two hundred pages are basically about being kidnapped and transported in a truck to Montana. There, they (kidnapped by mistake was Reacher because they wanted the girl he was helping) find themselves in a kind of Waco commune kind of place, right in the middle of the forest. They are declaring independence and seceding from the USA and forming their own country. Yes really. Brainwashed, the lot of them of course, and 100 people are prepared to defeat the USA on their own. If I can stop yawning and finish it I shall leave it at a psychiatric hospital library. It seems to be the only fitting place for it.
Why put yourself through that? Why more or less force yourself to read a book that you are not enjoying?Even more bafflingly, you wrote that rambling wall of text just to tell us how much it bores you, yet you're still reading it.
Baffling, tbh
That said, I'm no fan of Lee Child, but at least he knows how to utilise paragraphs.
Edited by TheJimi on Tuesday 18th December 10:17
This is Going to Hurt - Adam Kay. Diary of a junior doctor in the NHS, funny and depressing. Expected complaints about the long hours and bad pay, dealing with the public and the deeply disturbing things they do. These guys and gals are heroes and deserve so much better. 8 stitches out of 10 split vaginas.
I've just finished "The Tax Exile" by Guy Batchelor Bellamy. Not the kind of thing I usually pick up, but it was a job lot and it's not a bad read. It's a bit dated, but a tale of a man who starts as a bit of a drifter, inherits some money and becomes a tax exile in Monte Carlo.
Edited by droopsnoot on Tuesday 8th January 10:53
I've just started reading the Lucas Davenport novels by John Sandford. The first book was published in 1989, and there are 30+ books about the same character - he starts life as a maverick policeman in Minneapolis.
It's a little bit like Harry Bosch, and if you like Harry Bosch books you'll probably like these. It's not copycat or samey, the books definitely have a completely separate vibe to Bosch. I am really enjoying them - I've read the first 4 books so far, and it's made commuting a real pleasure. Not sure why it's taken me 29 years to discover them.
It's a little bit like Harry Bosch, and if you like Harry Bosch books you'll probably like these. It's not copycat or samey, the books definitely have a completely separate vibe to Bosch. I am really enjoying them - I've read the first 4 books so far, and it's made commuting a real pleasure. Not sure why it's taken me 29 years to discover them.
omniflow said:
I've just started reading the Lucas Davenport novels by John Sandford. The first book was published in 1989, and there are 30+ books about the same character - he starts life as a maverick policeman in Minneapolis.
It's a little bit like Harry Bosch, and if you like Harry Bosch books you'll probably like these. It's not copycat or samey, the books definitely have a completely separate vibe to Bosch. I am really enjoying them - I've read the first 4 books so far, and it's made commuting a real pleasure. Not sure why it's taken me 29 years to discover them.
I have read them all. great reads all.It's a little bit like Harry Bosch, and if you like Harry Bosch books you'll probably like these. It's not copycat or samey, the books definitely have a completely separate vibe to Bosch. I am really enjoying them - I've read the first 4 books so far, and it's made commuting a real pleasure. Not sure why it's taken me 29 years to discover them.
John Sandford has another series with a character called Virgil Flowers. Based in the same region of the USA and Lucas is his boss.
Had some proper laugh out loud moments on the commute into work with Virgil.
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