MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
Did you not enjoy the Whale Road enough to read The Wolf Sea? I read them earlier this year but got pissed off with my lack of latin & greek which are often not translated to bother with 3 & 4.
2013 Reading Challenge Thread
- Thread starter Pickman's model
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imposs1904
Thread Killa'
Love all the Laidlaw novels.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
2nd one I've read, they were both excellent
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
I'm kind of gutted he didn't churn them out like Rankin and Mina does, but I guess he's not that sort of writer. I think I've seen interviews where he's said that he could have made a fortune if he'd gone down that road. His publishers wanted him to do it, and once upon a time Connery was interested in a film adaptation of Laidlaw. If only . . .
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Connery? I can't imagine him as Laidlaw, he's a similar character to Rebus and Rankin has acknowledged the influence , has to be Ken Stott ya ken?
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
Well, both Connery and Stott are east coast and Laidlaw's very much west coast.
I think I could only watch five minutes of Stott as Rebus before I switched off. I'm not saying he was wrong for the part but I had such a vivid image of Rebus in my head from the books that I don't think any tv adaptation would have worked for me. But, in fairness to Stott, those five minutes were probably a thousand times better that 360 minutes of John Hannah as Rebus.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
I will be reading the next one, it was a viking romp !
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
Hannah was awful, I wanted cragginessWell, both Connery and Stott are east coast and Laidlaw's very much west coast.
I think I could only watch five minutes of Stott as Rebus before I switched off. I'm not saying he was wrong for the part but I had such a vivid image of Rebus in my head from the books that I don't think any tv adaptation would have worked for me. But, in fairness to Stott, those five minutes were probably a thousand times better that 360 minutes of John Hannah as Rebus.
MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
I enjoyed Bernard Cornwell's Uhtred Uhtredson novels for a good Viking romp. The Last Kingdom being the first from 2004 with the Pagan Lord the seventh & last published this year.
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
They were excellent, haven't read the 7th , maybe I can by the end of 2013
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
1/50 - Grits, Niall Griffiths
2/50 - Suicide Hill, James Ellroy
3/50 - Children of Men, P D James
4/50 - Worlds of English, Module guide
5/50 - Whit, Iain Banks
6/50 - Paula Spencer, Roddy Doyle
7/50 - Harm Done, Ruth Rendell
8/50 - The News Where You Are, Catherine O'Flynn
9/50 - Birdman, Mo Hayder
10/50 - Money, Martin Amis
11/50 - The 5:2 Diet Book, Kate Harrison
12/50 - The Treatment, Mo Hayder
13/50 -The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
14/50 - The Little Friend, Donna Tartt
15/50 - What Was lost, Catherine O'Flynn
16/50 - Stonemouth, Iain Banks
17/50 - The One You Love, Paul Pilkington
18/50 - English in the World - OU Study Guide
19/50 - English in the World: History, Diversity, Change, Edited by Philip Seargeant and Joan Swann
20/50 - The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
21/50 - The Vanishing Point, Val McDermid
22/50 - The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
23/50 - Skagboys, Irvine Welsh
24/50 - Dracula, Bram Stoker
25/50 - Complicity, Iain Banks
26/50 - Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
27/50 - Ritual, Mo Hayder
28/50 - Feersum Endjinn, Iain M Banks
29/50 - One Across, Two Down, Ruth Rendell
30/50 - White Bones, Graham Masterton
31/50 - Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
32/50 - The Crow Road, Iain Banks
33/50 - The Saint Zita Society, Ruth Rendell
34/50 - The Bat, Jo Nesbo
35/50 - The Shining, Stephen King
36/50 - The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling
37/50 - The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
38/50 - Skin, Mo Hayder
39/50 - A Face in the Crowd, Stephen King + How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Neil Gaiman
40/50 - Communicating in English: Talk, Text, Technology
41/50 - The Politics of English: Conflict, Competition, Co-existence
42/50 - The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
43/50 - Ghost in the Machine, Ed James
44/50 - Doctor Sleep, Stephen King
45/50 - A Judgement in Stone, Ruth Rendell
46/50 - The Bridge, Iain Banks
47/50 - The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
48/50 - Dead Man's Time, Peter James
49/50 - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce
50/50 - Persuasion, Jane Austen
51/50 - Killing for Company, Brian Masters
52/50 - Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
53/50 - The Redbreast, Jo Nesbo
54/50 - Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
55/50 - Horns, Joe Hill
56/50 - Ordinary Thunderstorms, William Boyd
2/50 - Suicide Hill, James Ellroy
3/50 - Children of Men, P D James
4/50 - Worlds of English, Module guide
5/50 - Whit, Iain Banks
6/50 - Paula Spencer, Roddy Doyle
7/50 - Harm Done, Ruth Rendell
8/50 - The News Where You Are, Catherine O'Flynn
9/50 - Birdman, Mo Hayder
10/50 - Money, Martin Amis
11/50 - The 5:2 Diet Book, Kate Harrison
12/50 - The Treatment, Mo Hayder
13/50 -The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
14/50 - The Little Friend, Donna Tartt
15/50 - What Was lost, Catherine O'Flynn
16/50 - Stonemouth, Iain Banks
17/50 - The One You Love, Paul Pilkington
18/50 - English in the World - OU Study Guide
19/50 - English in the World: History, Diversity, Change, Edited by Philip Seargeant and Joan Swann
20/50 - The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
21/50 - The Vanishing Point, Val McDermid
22/50 - The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
23/50 - Skagboys, Irvine Welsh
24/50 - Dracula, Bram Stoker
25/50 - Complicity, Iain Banks
26/50 - Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
27/50 - Ritual, Mo Hayder
28/50 - Feersum Endjinn, Iain M Banks
29/50 - One Across, Two Down, Ruth Rendell
30/50 - White Bones, Graham Masterton
31/50 - Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
32/50 - The Crow Road, Iain Banks
33/50 - The Saint Zita Society, Ruth Rendell
34/50 - The Bat, Jo Nesbo
35/50 - The Shining, Stephen King
36/50 - The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling
37/50 - The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
38/50 - Skin, Mo Hayder
39/50 - A Face in the Crowd, Stephen King + How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Neil Gaiman
40/50 - Communicating in English: Talk, Text, Technology
41/50 - The Politics of English: Conflict, Competition, Co-existence
42/50 - The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
43/50 - Ghost in the Machine, Ed James
44/50 - Doctor Sleep, Stephen King
45/50 - A Judgement in Stone, Ruth Rendell
46/50 - The Bridge, Iain Banks
47/50 - The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
48/50 - Dead Man's Time, Peter James
49/50 - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce
50/50 - Persuasion, Jane Austen
51/50 - Killing for Company, Brian Masters
52/50 - Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
53/50 - The Redbreast, Jo Nesbo
54/50 - Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
55/50 - Horns, Joe Hill
56/50 - Ordinary Thunderstorms, William Boyd
Sebastian Faulks 'Birdsong' (1/20)
Colin Thubron 'Shadow of the Silk Road' (2/20)
Philip Larkin 'High Windows' (3/20)
Sally Brampton 'Shoot the Damn Dog' (4/20)
Hans Fallada 'Alone in Berlin' (5/20)
Robert Bartlett 'The Making of Europe 950 - 1350' (6/20)
Albert Camus 'The Outsider' (7/20)
Seamus Heaney 'New Selected Poems 1966-1987' (8/20)
Freya Stark 'The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan' (9/20)
Gustave Flaubert 'Madame Bovary' (10/20)
Graham Greene 'Brighton Rock' (11/20)
SE Hinton 'The Outsiders' (12/20)
Esther Freud 'Hideous Kinky' (13/20)
Armistead Maupin 'More Tales of the City' (14/20)
Laurie Lee 'Cider with Rosie' (15/20)
Jack Kerouac 'On the Road' (16/20)
J.D. Salinger 'The Catcher in the Rye' (17/20)
Mark Girouard 'Cities and People: A Social and Architectural History' (18/20)
Colin Thubron 'Shadow of the Silk Road' (2/20)
Philip Larkin 'High Windows' (3/20)
Sally Brampton 'Shoot the Damn Dog' (4/20)
Hans Fallada 'Alone in Berlin' (5/20)
Robert Bartlett 'The Making of Europe 950 - 1350' (6/20)
Albert Camus 'The Outsider' (7/20)
Seamus Heaney 'New Selected Poems 1966-1987' (8/20)
Freya Stark 'The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan' (9/20)
Gustave Flaubert 'Madame Bovary' (10/20)
Graham Greene 'Brighton Rock' (11/20)
SE Hinton 'The Outsiders' (12/20)
Esther Freud 'Hideous Kinky' (13/20)
Armistead Maupin 'More Tales of the City' (14/20)
Laurie Lee 'Cider with Rosie' (15/20)
Jack Kerouac 'On the Road' (16/20)
J.D. Salinger 'The Catcher in the Rye' (17/20)
Mark Girouard 'Cities and People: A Social and Architectural History' (18/20)
QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
Agree with this. I love Ken Stott as an actor but he just isn't the Rebus who is in my head. Not sure anyone would be tbh which is why I haven't watched any of the TV adaptations.Well, both Connery and Stott are east coast and Laidlaw's very much west coast.
I think I could only watch five minutes of Stott as Rebus before I switched off. I'm not saying he was wrong for the part but I had such a vivid image of Rebus in my head from the books that I don't think any tv adaptation would have worked for me. But, in fairness to Stott, those five minutes were probably a thousand times better that 360 minutes of John Hannah as Rebus.
Red Storm
M14
It's a good general history of urban development in the west since the early middle ages. It's a coffee table book with a lot of good illustrations.
Me76
Not very good lurker
1/50 Rachels Holiday, Marian Keyes
2/50 Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
3/50 Life, Death and Vanilla Slices, Jenny Eclair
4/50 Pushed Too Far, Ann Voss Peterson
5/50 Born Weird, Andrew Kaufman
6/50 The People of the Abyss, Jack London
7/50 Gray Justice, Alan McDermott
8/50 Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child
9/50 the Hundred year old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson
10/50 First Murder, Fred Limberg
11/50 Capital, John Lanchester
12/40 An Order of Coffee and Tears, Brian Spangler
13/40 Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
14/40 Alone: The Girl in the Box, Robert J Crane
15/40 Uglies, Scott Westerfeld
16/40 Enemy in Blue: The Chase, Derek Blass
17/40 Out on a Limb, Lynn Barrett-Lee
18/40 Trapped, JN Konrath
19/40 Joyland, Stephen King
20/40 Girl Reading, Katie Ward
21/40 Safe House, Chris Ewan
22/40 The Half-life if Hannah, Nick Alexander
23/40 The Nightmare Stone, Finian Black
24/40 One Glass is Never Enough, Jane Wenham-Jones
25/40 What Stays in Vegas, Beth Labonte
26/40 How to be a Woman, Caitlin Moran
27/40 Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
28/40 Bad Games, Jeff Menapace
29/40 Swamplandia, Karen Russell
30/40 Bonded, Nicky Charles
31/40 Dr Sleep, Stephen King
32/40 Pigeon English, Stephen Kelman
33/40 Ghost in the Machine, Ed James
34/40 The Mating, Nicky Charles
35/40 The Flood, Emile Zola
36/40 Jet, Russell Blake
37/40 Every Day, Every Hour, Natasa Dragnic
38/40 The Keeping, Nicky Charles
39/40 Among the Hoods, Harriet Sergeant
40/40 The Yonahlossee Riding School for Girls, Anton Disclafani
41/40 Betrayed, Nicky Charles
42/40 the Lifeboat, Charlotte Rogan
43/50 Boy A, Jonathan Trigell - brilliant. The story of a boy who murdered as a child, his release and discovery of the world and the collapse of his new life.
2/50 Fingersmith, Sarah Waters
3/50 Life, Death and Vanilla Slices, Jenny Eclair
4/50 Pushed Too Far, Ann Voss Peterson
5/50 Born Weird, Andrew Kaufman
6/50 The People of the Abyss, Jack London
7/50 Gray Justice, Alan McDermott
8/50 Gone Tomorrow, Lee Child
9/50 the Hundred year old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared, Jonas Jonasson
10/50 First Murder, Fred Limberg
11/50 Capital, John Lanchester
12/40 An Order of Coffee and Tears, Brian Spangler
13/40 Catcher in the Rye, JD Salinger
14/40 Alone: The Girl in the Box, Robert J Crane
15/40 Uglies, Scott Westerfeld
16/40 Enemy in Blue: The Chase, Derek Blass
17/40 Out on a Limb, Lynn Barrett-Lee
18/40 Trapped, JN Konrath
19/40 Joyland, Stephen King
20/40 Girl Reading, Katie Ward
21/40 Safe House, Chris Ewan
22/40 The Half-life if Hannah, Nick Alexander
23/40 The Nightmare Stone, Finian Black
24/40 One Glass is Never Enough, Jane Wenham-Jones
25/40 What Stays in Vegas, Beth Labonte
26/40 How to be a Woman, Caitlin Moran
27/40 Wuthering Heights, Emily Bronte
28/40 Bad Games, Jeff Menapace
29/40 Swamplandia, Karen Russell
30/40 Bonded, Nicky Charles
31/40 Dr Sleep, Stephen King
32/40 Pigeon English, Stephen Kelman
33/40 Ghost in the Machine, Ed James
34/40 The Mating, Nicky Charles
35/40 The Flood, Emile Zola
36/40 Jet, Russell Blake
37/40 Every Day, Every Hour, Natasa Dragnic
38/40 The Keeping, Nicky Charles
39/40 Among the Hoods, Harriet Sergeant
40/40 The Yonahlossee Riding School for Girls, Anton Disclafani
41/40 Betrayed, Nicky Charles
42/40 the Lifeboat, Charlotte Rogan
43/50 Boy A, Jonathan Trigell - brilliant. The story of a boy who murdered as a child, his release and discovery of the world and the collapse of his new life.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
I'm not going to make it 
Curious that going back to uni has not made me read less, but has stopped me finishing texts.
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it
Curious that going back to uni has not made me read less, but has stopped me finishing texts.
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
28 - Robert MacFarlane - The Old Ways
29 - Imogen Edwards-Jones & Anonymous - Restaurant Babylon
can't decide whether to start a new book now, or finish off one I was halfway through earlier on this year, just to make sure I reach my thirty.
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
1/50 - Grits, Niall Griffiths
2/50 - Suicide Hill, James Ellroy
3/50 - Children of Men, P D James
4/50 - Worlds of English, Module guide
5/50 - Whit, Iain Banks
6/50 - Paula Spencer, Roddy Doyle
7/50 - Harm Done, Ruth Rendell
8/50 - The News Where You Are, Catherine O'Flynn
9/50 - Birdman, Mo Hayder
10/50 - Money, Martin Amis
11/50 - The 5:2 Diet Book, Kate Harrison
12/50 - The Treatment, Mo Hayder
13/50 -The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
14/50 - The Little Friend, Donna Tartt
15/50 - What Was lost, Catherine O'Flynn
16/50 - Stonemouth, Iain Banks
17/50 - The One You Love, Paul Pilkington
18/50 - English in the World - OU Study Guide
19/50 - English in the World: History, Diversity, Change, Edited by Philip Seargeant and Joan Swann
20/50 - The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
21/50 - The Vanishing Point, Val McDermid
22/50 - The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
23/50 - Skagboys, Irvine Welsh
24/50 - Dracula, Bram Stoker
25/50 - Complicity, Iain Banks
26/50 - Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
27/50 - Ritual, Mo Hayder
28/50 - Feersum Endjinn, Iain M Banks
29/50 - One Across, Two Down, Ruth Rendell
30/50 - White Bones, Graham Masterton
31/50 - Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
32/50 - The Crow Road, Iain Banks
33/50 - The Saint Zita Society, Ruth Rendell
34/50 - The Bat, Jo Nesbo
35/50 - The Shining, Stephen King
36/50 - The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling
37/50 - The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
38/50 - Skin, Mo Hayder
39/50 - A Face in the Crowd, Stephen King + How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Neil Gaiman
40/50 - Communicating in English: Talk, Text, Technology
41/50 - The Politics of English: Conflict, Competition, Co-existence
42/50 - The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
43/50 - Ghost in the Machine, Ed James
44/50 - Doctor Sleep, Stephen King
45/50 - A Judgement in Stone, Ruth Rendell
46/50 - The Bridge, Iain Banks
47/50 - The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
48/50 - Dead Man's Time, Peter James
49/50 - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce
50/50 - Persuasion, Jane Austen
51/50 - Killing for Company, Brian Masters
52/50 - Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
53/50 - The Redbreast, Jo Nesbo
54/50 - Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
55/50 - Horns, Joe Hill
56/50 - Ordinary Thunderstorms, William Boyd
57/50 - The Child's Child, Barbara Vine
2/50 - Suicide Hill, James Ellroy
3/50 - Children of Men, P D James
4/50 - Worlds of English, Module guide
5/50 - Whit, Iain Banks
6/50 - Paula Spencer, Roddy Doyle
7/50 - Harm Done, Ruth Rendell
8/50 - The News Where You Are, Catherine O'Flynn
9/50 - Birdman, Mo Hayder
10/50 - Money, Martin Amis
11/50 - The 5:2 Diet Book, Kate Harrison
12/50 - The Treatment, Mo Hayder
13/50 -The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
14/50 - The Little Friend, Donna Tartt
15/50 - What Was lost, Catherine O'Flynn
16/50 - Stonemouth, Iain Banks
17/50 - The One You Love, Paul Pilkington
18/50 - English in the World - OU Study Guide
19/50 - English in the World: History, Diversity, Change, Edited by Philip Seargeant and Joan Swann
20/50 - The Woman in White, Wilkie Collins
21/50 - The Vanishing Point, Val McDermid
22/50 - The Thirty-Nine Steps, John Buchan
23/50 - Skagboys, Irvine Welsh
24/50 - Dracula, Bram Stoker
25/50 - Complicity, Iain Banks
26/50 - Trainspotting, Irvine Welsh
27/50 - Ritual, Mo Hayder
28/50 - Feersum Endjinn, Iain M Banks
29/50 - One Across, Two Down, Ruth Rendell
30/50 - White Bones, Graham Masterton
31/50 - Wolf Hall, Hilary Mantel
32/50 - The Crow Road, Iain Banks
33/50 - The Saint Zita Society, Ruth Rendell
34/50 - The Bat, Jo Nesbo
35/50 - The Shining, Stephen King
36/50 - The Casual Vacancy, J.K. Rowling
37/50 - The Kite Runner, Khaled Hosseini
38/50 - Skin, Mo Hayder
39/50 - A Face in the Crowd, Stephen King + How to Talk to Girls at Parties, Neil Gaiman
40/50 - Communicating in English: Talk, Text, Technology
41/50 - The Politics of English: Conflict, Competition, Co-existence
42/50 - The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett
43/50 - Ghost in the Machine, Ed James
44/50 - Doctor Sleep, Stephen King
45/50 - A Judgement in Stone, Ruth Rendell
46/50 - The Bridge, Iain Banks
47/50 - The Goldfinch, Donna Tartt
48/50 - Dead Man's Time, Peter James
49/50 - The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce
50/50 - Persuasion, Jane Austen
51/50 - Killing for Company, Brian Masters
52/50 - Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
53/50 - The Redbreast, Jo Nesbo
54/50 - Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn
55/50 - Horns, Joe Hill
56/50 - Ordinary Thunderstorms, William Boyd
57/50 - The Child's Child, Barbara Vine
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
1-50
51/100 Dark Passage by David Goodis
52/100 The Burglar by David Goodis
53/100 Bash the Rich: True Life Confessions of an Anarchist in the UK by Ian Bone
54/100 The Deportees and other stories by Roddy Doyle
55/100 Bullfighting by Roddy Doyle
56/100 The Red Road by Denise Mina
57/100 Maigret in Holland by Georges Simenon
58/100 The Sailors' Rendezvous by Georges Simenon
59/100 Anti-Fascist by Martin Lux
60/100 I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb
61/100 Maigret at the "Gai-Moulin" by Georges Simenon
62/100 The Bar on the Seine by Georges Simenon
63/100 Lillian & Dash by Sam Toperoff
64/100 Street of No Return by David Goodis
65/100 The Busconductor Hines by James Kelman
66/100 Maigret Mystified by Georges Simenon
67/100 Nine Inches: Stories by Tom Perrotta
68/100 Dr. Yes by (Colin) Bateman
69/100 Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall by Luke Haines
70/100 Maigret Goes Home by Georges Simenon
71/100 Punk Rock: An Oral History by John Robb
72/100 A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
73/100 The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
74/100 Two Pints by Roddy Doyle
75/100 The Flemish Shop by Georges Simenon
76/100 Brother Kemal by Jakob Arjouni
77/100 Autobiography by Morrissey
78/100 Morbid Symptoms by Gillian Slovo
79/100 The Guts by Roddy Doyle
80/100 Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin
81/100 Peace, Love & Petrol Bombs by D. D. Johnston
82/100 A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
83/100 Days Like These by Nigel Fountain
Great political thriller that was originally published by Pluto Press in the eighties and has now been reissued as a cheap ebook by Ink Monkey Books. Recommended.
51/100 Dark Passage by David Goodis
52/100 The Burglar by David Goodis
53/100 Bash the Rich: True Life Confessions of an Anarchist in the UK by Ian Bone
54/100 The Deportees and other stories by Roddy Doyle
55/100 Bullfighting by Roddy Doyle
56/100 The Red Road by Denise Mina
57/100 Maigret in Holland by Georges Simenon
58/100 The Sailors' Rendezvous by Georges Simenon
59/100 Anti-Fascist by Martin Lux
60/100 I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb
61/100 Maigret at the "Gai-Moulin" by Georges Simenon
62/100 The Bar on the Seine by Georges Simenon
63/100 Lillian & Dash by Sam Toperoff
64/100 Street of No Return by David Goodis
65/100 The Busconductor Hines by James Kelman
66/100 Maigret Mystified by Georges Simenon
67/100 Nine Inches: Stories by Tom Perrotta
68/100 Dr. Yes by (Colin) Bateman
69/100 Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall by Luke Haines
70/100 Maigret Goes Home by Georges Simenon
71/100 Punk Rock: An Oral History by John Robb
72/100 A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
73/100 The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
74/100 Two Pints by Roddy Doyle
75/100 The Flemish Shop by Georges Simenon
76/100 Brother Kemal by Jakob Arjouni
77/100 Autobiography by Morrissey
78/100 Morbid Symptoms by Gillian Slovo
79/100 The Guts by Roddy Doyle
80/100 Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin
81/100 Peace, Love & Petrol Bombs by D. D. Johnston
82/100 A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
83/100 Days Like These by Nigel Fountain
Great political thriller that was originally published by Pluto Press in the eighties and has now been reissued as a cheap ebook by Ink Monkey Books. Recommended.
1/20 -The Devil's Star by Jo Nesbo
2/20 - At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
3/20 - Lullaby Town by Robert Crais
4/20 - Gordon Smith, Prince of Wingers by Tony Smith
5/20 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
6/20 - The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
7/20 - Free Fall by Robert Crais
8/20 - The Complete Game, Reflections on Baseball and the Art of Pitching by Ron Darling
9/20 - Imperium by Robert Harris
10/20 - Sandy Koufax The Lefty's Legacy by Jane Leavy
11/20 - Sacred by Dennis Lehane
12/20 - Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell
13/20 - The Bat by Jo Nesbo
Well, that is me done for the year and I have fallen well short of my target of 20. Damn the TV and all the good programmes that I must watch!
2/20 - At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'Neill
3/20 - Lullaby Town by Robert Crais
4/20 - Gordon Smith, Prince of Wingers by Tony Smith
5/20 - Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
6/20 - The Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
7/20 - Free Fall by Robert Crais
8/20 - The Complete Game, Reflections on Baseball and the Art of Pitching by Ron Darling
9/20 - Imperium by Robert Harris
10/20 - Sandy Koufax The Lefty's Legacy by Jane Leavy
11/20 - Sacred by Dennis Lehane
12/20 - Vagabond by Bernard Cornwell
13/20 - The Bat by Jo Nesbo
Well, that is me done for the year and I have fallen well short of my target of 20. Damn the TV and all the good programmes that I must watch!
el-ahrairah
forward communism, forward gerbils!
80. Dan Abnett - ravenor
81. Dan Abnett - Ravenor Returns
82.Dan Abnett - Ravenor Rogue
83. Nick Kyme - Vulkan Lives
84. Marco Polo - The Travels
and that's it from me! didn't do as well as i had thought so have revised my prediction downwards for 2014. this was an interesting thread to follow, thanks all!
01/30 Pimp - Iceberg Slim
02/30 I Can Make you Hate - Charlie Brooker
03/30 Back Story - David Mitchell
04/30 Century Rain - Alastair Reynolds
05/30 Debt the First 5000 Years - David Graeber
06/30 Ilium - Dan Simmons
07/30 Rapture of the Nerds - Cory Doctorow and Charlie Stross
08/30 The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
09/30 Fairwell My Lovely - Raymond Chandler
10/30 Trick Baby - Iceberg Slim
11/30 Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erickson
12/30 Red Seas, Red Skies - Scott Lynch
13/30 Ack-Ack Macaque - Gareth L Powell
14/30 In The Shadow of the Sword - Tom Holland
15/30 Chronacles of the Black Company. The Black Company. - Glen Cook
16/30 The Black Dalier - James Ellroy
17/30 The Big Nowhere - James Ellroy
18/30 LA Confidential - James Ellroy
19/30 Shakedown - James Ellroy
20/30 White Jazz - James Ellroy
21/30 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K Dick.
22/30 Running Wild - J G Ballard.
23/30 Jack - China Meiville
24/30 Fresco - Alastair Reynolds
25/30 The Engines of God - Jack McDevitt
26/30 Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
27/30 Understand - Ted Chang
28/30 The Scheme for Full Employment - Magnus Mills
29/30 Super Freakonomics - Steven D Levitt & Stephen J Dubner
30/30 The English Civil War, A People's History. - Diane Purkis
31/30 The Republic of Theives - Scott Lynch
32/30 Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
33/30 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
34/30 So Long and Thanks For All the Fish - Douglas Adams
35/30 Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
36/30 Money - Martin Amis
37/30 The Trial - Frans Kafka
38/30 Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger - Alexander Kent
A couple of those were short stories but still more than last year. I've picked a modest 35 for 2014.
02/30 I Can Make you Hate - Charlie Brooker
03/30 Back Story - David Mitchell
04/30 Century Rain - Alastair Reynolds
05/30 Debt the First 5000 Years - David Graeber
06/30 Ilium - Dan Simmons
07/30 Rapture of the Nerds - Cory Doctorow and Charlie Stross
08/30 The Big Sleep - Raymond Chandler
09/30 Fairwell My Lovely - Raymond Chandler
10/30 Trick Baby - Iceberg Slim
11/30 Gardens of the Moon - Steven Erickson
12/30 Red Seas, Red Skies - Scott Lynch
13/30 Ack-Ack Macaque - Gareth L Powell
14/30 In The Shadow of the Sword - Tom Holland
15/30 Chronacles of the Black Company. The Black Company. - Glen Cook
16/30 The Black Dalier - James Ellroy
17/30 The Big Nowhere - James Ellroy
18/30 LA Confidential - James Ellroy
19/30 Shakedown - James Ellroy
20/30 White Jazz - James Ellroy
21/30 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K Dick.
22/30 Running Wild - J G Ballard.
23/30 Jack - China Meiville
24/30 Fresco - Alastair Reynolds
25/30 The Engines of God - Jack McDevitt
26/30 Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut
27/30 Understand - Ted Chang
28/30 The Scheme for Full Employment - Magnus Mills
29/30 Super Freakonomics - Steven D Levitt & Stephen J Dubner
30/30 The English Civil War, A People's History. - Diane Purkis
31/30 The Republic of Theives - Scott Lynch
32/30 Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson
33/30 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
34/30 So Long and Thanks For All the Fish - Douglas Adams
35/30 Mostly Harmless - Douglas Adams
36/30 Money - Martin Amis
37/30 The Trial - Frans Kafka
38/30 Midshipman Bolitho and the Avenger - Alexander Kent
A couple of those were short stories but still more than last year. I've picked a modest 35 for 2014.
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belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
1: Peter May - The Blackhouse.
2: Kim Cooper - 33 1/3 Series: In the Aeroplane over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel.
3: Ben Thompson (Ed.) - Ban This Filth! The Mary Whitehouse Letters.
4: Paul D Gilbert - The Annals of Sherlock Holmes.
5/30 - ?? - The Secret Footballer.
6/30 - Hilary Mantel - Bring Up The Bodies.
7/30: K Marx - The Civil War in France.
8/30 - Pat Long - The History of the NME
9/30 - Iain Banks - Stonemouth.
10/30 - 30 Rock and Philosophy: We Want To Go There.
11/30 - Michael Powell & Ursula Le Guin - The Wizard of Earthsea (unfilmed screenplay)
12/30 - Mark Kermode - The Good, The Bad & The Multiplex
13/30 - Ismail Kadare - The Successor
14/30 - Peter May - The Lewis Man
15/30 - Peter May - The Chessmen
16/30 - David Belbin - Student
17/30 - David Belbin - Festival
18/30 - Paul D Gilbert - The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes
19/30 - Charlie Williams - Graven Image / Minette Walters - Dreadful Murder
20/30 - David Peace - Red or Dead
21 - Chris Ware - Building Stories
22 - Luke Haines - Post Everything: Outsider Rock 'n' Roll
23 - Anthony Bourdain - Medium Raw
24 - Rosa Luxemburg - The Mass Strike (with the introduction of Tony Cliff's RL biography)
25 - Brian Bendis, Bill Sienkiewicz - Daredevil, End of Days
26 - Michael Chabon - The Final Solution
27 - Alan Garner - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen/Moon of Gomrath
28 - Robert MacFarlane - The Old Ways
29 - Imogen Edwards-Jones & Anonymous - Restaurant Babylon
30 - Liam McIlvaney - All the Colours 0f the Town
Praise our guests for still not being here
2: Kim Cooper - 33 1/3 Series: In the Aeroplane over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel.
3: Ben Thompson (Ed.) - Ban This Filth! The Mary Whitehouse Letters.
4: Paul D Gilbert - The Annals of Sherlock Holmes.
5/30 - ?? - The Secret Footballer.
6/30 - Hilary Mantel - Bring Up The Bodies.
7/30: K Marx - The Civil War in France.
8/30 - Pat Long - The History of the NME
9/30 - Iain Banks - Stonemouth.
10/30 - 30 Rock and Philosophy: We Want To Go There.
11/30 - Michael Powell & Ursula Le Guin - The Wizard of Earthsea (unfilmed screenplay)
12/30 - Mark Kermode - The Good, The Bad & The Multiplex
13/30 - Ismail Kadare - The Successor
14/30 - Peter May - The Lewis Man
15/30 - Peter May - The Chessmen
16/30 - David Belbin - Student
17/30 - David Belbin - Festival
18/30 - Paul D Gilbert - The Lost Files of Sherlock Holmes
19/30 - Charlie Williams - Graven Image / Minette Walters - Dreadful Murder
20/30 - David Peace - Red or Dead
21 - Chris Ware - Building Stories
22 - Luke Haines - Post Everything: Outsider Rock 'n' Roll
23 - Anthony Bourdain - Medium Raw
24 - Rosa Luxemburg - The Mass Strike (with the introduction of Tony Cliff's RL biography)
25 - Brian Bendis, Bill Sienkiewicz - Daredevil, End of Days
26 - Michael Chabon - The Final Solution
27 - Alan Garner - The Weirdstone of Brisingamen/Moon of Gomrath
28 - Robert MacFarlane - The Old Ways
29 - Imogen Edwards-Jones & Anonymous - Restaurant Babylon
30 - Liam McIlvaney - All the Colours 0f the Town
Praise our guests for still not being here
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
1-50
51/100 Dark Passage by David Goodis
52/100 The Burglar by David Goodis
53/100 Bash the Rich: True Life Confessions of an Anarchist in the UK by Ian Bone
54/100 The Deportees and other stories by Roddy Doyle
55/100 Bullfighting by Roddy Doyle
56/100 The Red Road by Denise Mina
57/100 Maigret in Holland by Georges Simenon
58/100 The Sailors' Rendezvous by Georges Simenon
59/100 Anti-Fascist by Martin Lux
60/100 I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb
61/100 Maigret at the "Gai-Moulin" by Georges Simenon
62/100 The Bar on the Seine by Georges Simenon
63/100 Lillian & Dash by Sam Toperoff
64/100 Street of No Return by David Goodis
65/100 The Busconductor Hines by James Kelman
66/100 Maigret Mystified by Georges Simenon
67/100 Nine Inches: Stories by Tom Perrotta
68/100 Dr. Yes by (Colin) Bateman
69/100 Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall by Luke Haines
70/100 Maigret Goes Home by Georges Simenon
71/100 Punk Rock: An Oral History by John Robb
72/100 A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
73/100 The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
74/100 Two Pints by Roddy Doyle
75/100 The Flemish Shop by Georges Simenon
76/100 Brother Kemal by Jakob Arjouni
77/100 Autobiography by Morrissey
78/100 Morbid Symptoms by Gillian Slovo
79/100 The Guts by Roddy Doyle
80/100 Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin
81/100 Peace, Love & Petrol Bombs by D. D. Johnston
82/100 A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
83/100 Days Like These by Nigel Fountain
84/100 Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master by Georges Simenon
I could't even make it to 85. Damn you internet.
51/100 Dark Passage by David Goodis
52/100 The Burglar by David Goodis
53/100 Bash the Rich: True Life Confessions of an Anarchist in the UK by Ian Bone
54/100 The Deportees and other stories by Roddy Doyle
55/100 Bullfighting by Roddy Doyle
56/100 The Red Road by Denise Mina
57/100 Maigret in Holland by Georges Simenon
58/100 The Sailors' Rendezvous by Georges Simenon
59/100 Anti-Fascist by Martin Lux
60/100 I am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class President by Josh Lieb
61/100 Maigret at the "Gai-Moulin" by Georges Simenon
62/100 The Bar on the Seine by Georges Simenon
63/100 Lillian & Dash by Sam Toperoff
64/100 Street of No Return by David Goodis
65/100 The Busconductor Hines by James Kelman
66/100 Maigret Mystified by Georges Simenon
67/100 Nine Inches: Stories by Tom Perrotta
68/100 Dr. Yes by (Colin) Bateman
69/100 Bad Vibes: Britpop and My Part in Its Downfall by Luke Haines
70/100 Maigret Goes Home by Georges Simenon
71/100 Punk Rock: An Oral History by John Robb
72/100 A Coffin for Dimitrios by Eric Ambler
73/100 The Killer Inside Me by Jim Thompson
74/100 Two Pints by Roddy Doyle
75/100 The Flemish Shop by Georges Simenon
76/100 Brother Kemal by Jakob Arjouni
77/100 Autobiography by Morrissey
78/100 Morbid Symptoms by Gillian Slovo
79/100 The Guts by Roddy Doyle
80/100 Saints of the Shadow Bible by Ian Rankin
81/100 Peace, Love & Petrol Bombs by D. D. Johnston
82/100 A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
83/100 Days Like These by Nigel Fountain
84/100 Maigret and the Death of a Harbor-Master by Georges Simenon
I could't even make it to 85. Damn you internet.
magneze
🎧
1. Noam Chomsky - Occupy
2. Ian Bone - Bash The Rich
3. Iain Sinclair - London Orbital
4. Richard Morgan - Black Man
5. John Lanchester - Whoops!: Why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay
6. David Herman - Effective JavaScript
7. Francois Lelord - Hector & The Search For Happiness
8. Edward Tufte - The Visual Display of Quantative Information
9. Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game
10. Stephen Few - Information Dashboard Design
11. Susan Cain - Quiet, the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking
12. Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall
13. Ha-Joon Chang - 23 things they don't tell you about capitalism
14. Dan Saffer - Microinteractions
15. Jeff Gothelf - Lean UX
16. Richard Morgan - Market Forces
17. Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere
18. Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince
19. Mark Rowlands - Running with the pack
20. Ryan Boudinot - Blueprints of the afterlife
Well, I'm not quite finished with this one but it's 2014 now so I'll stick it on here. It's a sci-fi book with some cool ideas such as linking up humans to the internet directly via the 'Bionet'. Actually I'm not sure yet if that's a cool idea, maybe it doesn't work out in the end. I'll have to finish the book to find out.
2. Ian Bone - Bash The Rich
3. Iain Sinclair - London Orbital
4. Richard Morgan - Black Man
5. John Lanchester - Whoops!: Why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay
6. David Herman - Effective JavaScript
7. Francois Lelord - Hector & The Search For Happiness
8. Edward Tufte - The Visual Display of Quantative Information
9. Orson Scott Card - Ender's Game
10. Stephen Few - Information Dashboard Design
11. Susan Cain - Quiet, the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking
12. Hilary Mantel - Wolf Hall
13. Ha-Joon Chang - 23 things they don't tell you about capitalism
14. Dan Saffer - Microinteractions
15. Jeff Gothelf - Lean UX
16. Richard Morgan - Market Forces
17. Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere
18. Niccolo Machiavelli - The Prince
19. Mark Rowlands - Running with the pack
20. Ryan Boudinot - Blueprints of the afterlife
Well, I'm not quite finished with this one but it's 2014 now so I'll stick it on here. It's a sci-fi book with some cool ideas such as linking up humans to the internet directly via the 'Bionet'. Actually I'm not sure yet if that's a cool idea, maybe it doesn't work out in the end. I'll have to finish the book to find out.
spartacus mills
let's wee on each other
I failed with my attempt at 50:
01 - George Orwell: The Road to Wigan Pier
02 – John Steinbeck: Cannery Row
03 – Graham Greene: Brighton Rock
04 – Hilary Mantel: Wolf Hall
05 – Mikhail Bulgalov: A Country Doctor's Notebook
06 – Russell Hoban: Riddley Walker
07 – Jean De Berg (Catherine Robbe-Grillet): The Image
08 – Diane Bataille: The Whip Angels
09 – Alain Robbe-Grillet: Repetition
10 – Stewart Home: Mandy, Charlie and Mary Jane
11 – Jonathan Meades: The Fowler Family Business
12 – Ramsey Dukes: What I Did in My Holidays: Essays on Black Magic, Satanism, Devil Worship and Other Niceties
13 – Gabriel Garcia Marquez: The General in his Labyrinth
14 – Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion
15 – Josie Malinowski: West of Pure Evil
16 – Michael Staley (editor): Starfire Vol II No 4
17 – Sigmund Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams
18 – Vaughan Jordan: Cheap Sweaty Fun 327
19 – Stephen Shore: The Nature of Photographs
20 – Roger Hills & Frances Schultz: Rangefinder: Equipment, History, Techniques
21 – Christopher Isherwood: Goodbye to Berlin
22 – Robert Macfarlane: The Old Ways
23 – Arthur Machen: Strange Roads / With the Gods in Spring
24 – Gherasim Luca: The Passive Vampire
25 – Alan Victor Jones: Risca: It's Industrial and Social Development
26 – Brett Easton Ellis: The Informers
27 – Tina Carr & Annemarie Schone: Coal Faces
28 – George Orwell: Coming Up For Air
29 – Pat Morris: Hedgehogs
30 – Charlotte Rogers: P is for Prostitution. A Modern Primer
31 – Jeet Thayil: Narcopolis
32 – Eknath Easwara (editor): The Upanishads
33 - Robert MacFarlane: The Wild Places
34 – Vitezslav Nezval: Prague With Fingers of Fire
35 – James Ellroy: The Black Dahlia
36 – Ladislav Klima: The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch
37 – Leo Rubinfein (editor): Garry Winogrand
38 – Gunter Grass: The Tin Drum
39 – Owen Hatherley: A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain
40 – Simon Baker (editor): Daido Moriyama
41 – Cormac McCarthy: The Road
42 – Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye
43 – Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep
01 - George Orwell: The Road to Wigan Pier
02 – John Steinbeck: Cannery Row
03 – Graham Greene: Brighton Rock
04 – Hilary Mantel: Wolf Hall
05 – Mikhail Bulgalov: A Country Doctor's Notebook
06 – Russell Hoban: Riddley Walker
07 – Jean De Berg (Catherine Robbe-Grillet): The Image
08 – Diane Bataille: The Whip Angels
09 – Alain Robbe-Grillet: Repetition
10 – Stewart Home: Mandy, Charlie and Mary Jane
11 – Jonathan Meades: The Fowler Family Business
12 – Ramsey Dukes: What I Did in My Holidays: Essays on Black Magic, Satanism, Devil Worship and Other Niceties
13 – Gabriel Garcia Marquez: The General in his Labyrinth
14 – Richard Dawkins: The God Delusion
15 – Josie Malinowski: West of Pure Evil
16 – Michael Staley (editor): Starfire Vol II No 4
17 – Sigmund Freud: The Interpretation of Dreams
18 – Vaughan Jordan: Cheap Sweaty Fun 327
19 – Stephen Shore: The Nature of Photographs
20 – Roger Hills & Frances Schultz: Rangefinder: Equipment, History, Techniques
21 – Christopher Isherwood: Goodbye to Berlin
22 – Robert Macfarlane: The Old Ways
23 – Arthur Machen: Strange Roads / With the Gods in Spring
24 – Gherasim Luca: The Passive Vampire
25 – Alan Victor Jones: Risca: It's Industrial and Social Development
26 – Brett Easton Ellis: The Informers
27 – Tina Carr & Annemarie Schone: Coal Faces
28 – George Orwell: Coming Up For Air
29 – Pat Morris: Hedgehogs
30 – Charlotte Rogers: P is for Prostitution. A Modern Primer
31 – Jeet Thayil: Narcopolis
32 – Eknath Easwara (editor): The Upanishads
33 - Robert MacFarlane: The Wild Places
34 – Vitezslav Nezval: Prague With Fingers of Fire
35 – James Ellroy: The Black Dahlia
36 – Ladislav Klima: The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch
37 – Leo Rubinfein (editor): Garry Winogrand
38 – Gunter Grass: The Tin Drum
39 – Owen Hatherley: A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain
40 – Simon Baker (editor): Daido Moriyama
41 – Cormac McCarthy: The Road
42 – Toni Morrison: The Bluest Eye
43 – Raymond Chandler: The Big Sleep
I actually picked up all 3 novels, brand new, for £5 in one of these book clubs that come into my office once a month. Think I will start the first one next.
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