Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
23. Georges Simenon, 'Maigret enjoys himself'
Have yourself a merry little readmas 2019 reading challenge thread
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Signal 11
also programmed for conversational english
3/10 - The Imperial Stars - E.E. 'Doc' Smith & Stephen Goldin (re-read)
4/10 - Illusion and Reality - Christopher Caudwell
5/10 - The Killer Dutch - Simon Williams
4/10 - Illusion and Reality - Christopher Caudwell
5/10 - The Killer Dutch - Simon Williams
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
1/65 The Fire Maker - Peter May
2/65 I'll Keep You Safe - Peter May
3/65 Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy 1945-75 - Max Hastings.
4/65 Surviving the Evacuation : Book 15 : Where's There Hope - Frank Tayell
5/65 Deal Breaker- Harlan Coben
6/65 Seconds Away - Harlan Coben
7/65 Found - Harlan Coben
8/65 Back Spin - Harlan Coben
9/65 One False Move - Harlan Coben
10/65 The Falcon Tattoo - Bill Rogers
11/65 The Tangled Lock - Bill Rogers
12/65 The Blow Out- Bill Rogers
13/65 The Fourth Sacrifice - Peter May
14/65 The Cleansing - Bill Rogers
15/65 The Head Case - Bill Rogers
16/65 The Tiger's Cave - Bill Rogers
17/65 The Monkey's Raincoat - Robert Crais
18/65 Lullaby Town - Robert Crais
19/65 Hard Hit - J.B. Turner
20/65 Limerick Soviet : The Revolt of the Bottom Dog - Dominic Haugh
21/65 The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye - David Lagercrantz
22/65 Things I'll Never Forget : Memories of a Marine in Vietnam - James M Dixon
23/65 A Fatal Intervention - Bill Rogers
*****
24/65 Crete : The Battle and the Resistance - Anthony Beevor
2/65 I'll Keep You Safe - Peter May
3/65 Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy 1945-75 - Max Hastings.
4/65 Surviving the Evacuation : Book 15 : Where's There Hope - Frank Tayell
5/65 Deal Breaker- Harlan Coben
6/65 Seconds Away - Harlan Coben
7/65 Found - Harlan Coben
8/65 Back Spin - Harlan Coben
9/65 One False Move - Harlan Coben
10/65 The Falcon Tattoo - Bill Rogers
11/65 The Tangled Lock - Bill Rogers
12/65 The Blow Out- Bill Rogers
13/65 The Fourth Sacrifice - Peter May
14/65 The Cleansing - Bill Rogers
15/65 The Head Case - Bill Rogers
16/65 The Tiger's Cave - Bill Rogers
17/65 The Monkey's Raincoat - Robert Crais
18/65 Lullaby Town - Robert Crais
19/65 Hard Hit - J.B. Turner
20/65 Limerick Soviet : The Revolt of the Bottom Dog - Dominic Haugh
21/65 The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye - David Lagercrantz
22/65 Things I'll Never Forget : Memories of a Marine in Vietnam - James M Dixon
23/65 A Fatal Intervention - Bill Rogers
*****
24/65 Crete : The Battle and the Resistance - Anthony Beevor
Me76
Not very good lurker
1/50 Ray vs the Meaning of Life, Michael F Stewart - L
2/50 When we were Animals, Joshua Gaylord - L
3/50 Elevation, Stephen King
4/50 How to be Good, Nick Hornby
5/50 Alone in Berlin, Hans Fallada
6/50 Me and You, Niccolò Ammaniti - L
7/50 Now You See Her, Heidi Perk
8/50 The Ladykiller, Martina Cole
9/50 The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion
10/50 The Power, Naomi Alderman - L
11/50 What Happened at the Lake, Phil M Williams
12/50 Me Before You, Jo Jo Moyes - L
13/50 The Swap, Nancy Boyarsky
14/50 My Sister, the Serial Killer, oyinkan Braithwaite
15/50 Descent, Tim Johnston
16/50 Louis and Louise, Julie Cohen
17/50 The Night Bird, Brian Freeman
18/50 Fat Girl, KL Montgomery
19/50 Slammerkin, Emma Donoghue
20/50 The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma - L
21/50 The Exit, Helen Fitzgerald - L
22/50 The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
23/50 John Sandford, Rules of Prey
24/50 The Circle, Martin Amis - L
25/50 Time's Arrow, Marton Amis - not sure about this one. The concept is interesting but I'm not sure it entirely comes off.
2/50 When we were Animals, Joshua Gaylord - L
3/50 Elevation, Stephen King
4/50 How to be Good, Nick Hornby
5/50 Alone in Berlin, Hans Fallada
6/50 Me and You, Niccolò Ammaniti - L
7/50 Now You See Her, Heidi Perk
8/50 The Ladykiller, Martina Cole
9/50 The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion
10/50 The Power, Naomi Alderman - L
11/50 What Happened at the Lake, Phil M Williams
12/50 Me Before You, Jo Jo Moyes - L
13/50 The Swap, Nancy Boyarsky
14/50 My Sister, the Serial Killer, oyinkan Braithwaite
15/50 Descent, Tim Johnston
16/50 Louis and Louise, Julie Cohen
17/50 The Night Bird, Brian Freeman
18/50 Fat Girl, KL Montgomery
19/50 Slammerkin, Emma Donoghue
20/50 The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma - L
21/50 The Exit, Helen Fitzgerald - L
22/50 The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
23/50 John Sandford, Rules of Prey
24/50 The Circle, Martin Amis - L
25/50 Time's Arrow, Marton Amis - not sure about this one. The concept is interesting but I'm not sure it entirely comes off.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
1/30 Travels With Charley - John Steinbeck
2/30 A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush - Eric Newby
3/30 Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
4/30 Wrong About Japan - Peter Carey
5/30 The Lawless Roads - Graham Greene
6/30 The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
7/30 A Short History Of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka
8/30 The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton
9/30 The Art Of Stillness: Adventures In Going Nowhere - Pico Iyer
10/30 Golden Hill - Francis Spufford
11/30 Pulp - Charles Bukowski
12/30 Great Expectations - Kathy Acker
13/30 The Keeper Of Lost Things - Ruth Hogan
14/30 The Painter Of Signs - R.K. Narayan
15/30 Transcription - Kate Atkinson
16/30 The Book Of Life - Stuart Nadler
17/30 The Drover’s Boy - Irvine Hunt
18/30 If I Die Before I Wake - Sherwood King
2/30 A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush - Eric Newby
3/30 Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
4/30 Wrong About Japan - Peter Carey
5/30 The Lawless Roads - Graham Greene
6/30 The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
7/30 A Short History Of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka
8/30 The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton
9/30 The Art Of Stillness: Adventures In Going Nowhere - Pico Iyer
10/30 Golden Hill - Francis Spufford
11/30 Pulp - Charles Bukowski
12/30 Great Expectations - Kathy Acker
13/30 The Keeper Of Lost Things - Ruth Hogan
14/30 The Painter Of Signs - R.K. Narayan
15/30 Transcription - Kate Atkinson
16/30 The Book Of Life - Stuart Nadler
17/30 The Drover’s Boy - Irvine Hunt
18/30 If I Die Before I Wake - Sherwood King
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
1/36 - Kill Your Friends by John Niven
2/36 - The Works by Pam Ayres
3/36 - A Breath of French Air by H.E. Bates
4/36 - My Thoughts, Exactly by Lily Allen
5/36 - Line of Fire: A Military Science Fiction Novel (The Last Fleet - Book One) by Malcolm Hughes
6/36 - I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan by Alan Partridge (reread)
7/36 - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
8/36 - Deadpool: The Compete Collection Volume 1 by Daniel Way
9/36 - The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (reread)
10/36 - Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story by Roger Daltrey
11/36 - Meg 6: Generations by Steve Alten
12/36 - Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
13/36 - Nomad by Alan Partridge (reread)
14/36 - The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Motley Crue
15/36 - Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
16/36 - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carre
17/36 - Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog by Emily Dean
18/36 - 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C Clarke (reread)
19/36 - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (rerereread)
20/36 - 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C Clarke (reread)
21/36 - The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
22/36 - The Adventurous Young Rascals of Rosignol by Johnny L. Zainul
23/36 - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
2/36 - The Works by Pam Ayres
3/36 - A Breath of French Air by H.E. Bates
4/36 - My Thoughts, Exactly by Lily Allen
5/36 - Line of Fire: A Military Science Fiction Novel (The Last Fleet - Book One) by Malcolm Hughes
6/36 - I, Partridge: We Need to Talk About Alan by Alan Partridge (reread)
7/36 - The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North
8/36 - Deadpool: The Compete Collection Volume 1 by Daniel Way
9/36 - The Forever War by Joe Haldeman (reread)
10/36 - Thanks a Lot Mr Kibblewhite: My Story by Roger Daltrey
11/36 - Meg 6: Generations by Steve Alten
12/36 - Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon
13/36 - Nomad by Alan Partridge (reread)
14/36 - The Dirt: Confessions of the World's Most Notorious Rock Band by Motley Crue
15/36 - Northern Lights by Philip Pullman
16/36 - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carre
17/36 - Everybody Died, So I Got a Dog by Emily Dean
18/36 - 2010: Odyssey Two by Arthur C Clarke (reread)
19/36 - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy (rerereread)
20/36 - 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C Clarke (reread)
21/36 - The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
22/36 - The Adventurous Young Rascals of Rosignol by Johnny L. Zainul
23/36 - Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
1/12 Black Boots and Football Pinks: 50 Lost Wonders of the Beautiful Game by Daniel Gray
2/12 Lock No. 1 by Georges Simenon
3/12 Conviction by Denise Mina
4/12 Hinterland by Chris Mullin
5/12 The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
6/12 The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin
7/12 The Red Machine: Liverpool in the '80s: The Players' Stories by Simon Hughes
2/12 Lock No. 1 by Georges Simenon
3/12 Conviction by Denise Mina
4/12 Hinterland by Chris Mullin
5/12 The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
6/12 The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin
7/12 The Red Machine: Liverpool in the '80s: The Players' Stories by Simon Hughes
Threshers_Flail
Well-Known Member
1. The Gallows Pole - Benjamin Myers
2. Girl in a Band - Kim Gordon
3. Death and the Penguin - Andrey Kurkov
4. Revolution in the Air - Max Elbaum
5. Mistaken Identity - Race and Class in the Age of Trump - Asad Haider
6. The Classical World - Robin Lane Fox
7. A History of Contemporary Italy - Paul Ginsborg
Slow going still - mostly been reading meditation and self-help books.
2. Girl in a Band - Kim Gordon
3. Death and the Penguin - Andrey Kurkov
4. Revolution in the Air - Max Elbaum
5. Mistaken Identity - Race and Class in the Age of Trump - Asad Haider
6. The Classical World - Robin Lane Fox
7. A History of Contemporary Italy - Paul Ginsborg
Slow going still - mostly been reading meditation and self-help books.
SpookyFrank
A cheap source of teeth for aquarium gravel
1/44 Benjamin Zephaniah - The Life And Rhymes of Benjamin Zephaniah
2/44 Nnedi Okorafor - Who Fears Death
3/44 Jenny Hval - Paradise Rot
4/44 Thomas Szasz - The Myth of Mental Illness
5/44 Haruki Murakami - Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of The World
6/44 Daniel Kahneman - Thinking, Fast and Slow
7/44 Charles C. Mann - 1491: The Americas Before Columbus
8/44 Cixin Liu - The Three Body Problem
9/44 Bessel van der Kolk - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma
10/44 Cixin Liu - The Dark Forest
11/44 Michio Kaku - Hyperspace
12/44 Halldor Laxness - Fish Can Sing
13/44 Cixin Liu - Death's End
14/44 Carlo Rovelli - The Order of Time
15/44 Usula le Guin - The Dispossessed
16/44 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Double
17/44 Dean Buonamano - Your Brain is a Time Machine: The Neuroscience and Physics of Time
18/44 T.H. White - The Once And Future King
19/44 Susan Richards - Lost and Found in Russia
20/44 William Gibson - Neuromancer
2/44 Nnedi Okorafor - Who Fears Death
3/44 Jenny Hval - Paradise Rot
4/44 Thomas Szasz - The Myth of Mental Illness
5/44 Haruki Murakami - Hard Boiled Wonderland and The End of The World
6/44 Daniel Kahneman - Thinking, Fast and Slow
7/44 Charles C. Mann - 1491: The Americas Before Columbus
8/44 Cixin Liu - The Three Body Problem
9/44 Bessel van der Kolk - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma
10/44 Cixin Liu - The Dark Forest
11/44 Michio Kaku - Hyperspace
12/44 Halldor Laxness - Fish Can Sing
13/44 Cixin Liu - Death's End
14/44 Carlo Rovelli - The Order of Time
15/44 Usula le Guin - The Dispossessed
16/44 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The Double
17/44 Dean Buonamano - Your Brain is a Time Machine: The Neuroscience and Physics of Time
18/44 T.H. White - The Once And Future King
19/44 Susan Richards - Lost and Found in Russia
20/44 William Gibson - Neuromancer
Threshers_Flail
Well-Known Member
1. The Gallows Pole - Benjamin Myers
2. Girl in a Band - Kim Gordon
3. Death and the Penguin - Andrey Kurkov
4. Revolution in the Air - Max Elbaum
5. Mistaken Identity - Race and Class in the Age of Trump - Asad Haider
6. The Classical World - Robin Lane Fox
7. A History of Contemporary Italy - Paul Ginsborg
8. On Violence - Hannah Arendt
2. Girl in a Band - Kim Gordon
3. Death and the Penguin - Andrey Kurkov
4. Revolution in the Air - Max Elbaum
5. Mistaken Identity - Race and Class in the Age of Trump - Asad Haider
6. The Classical World - Robin Lane Fox
7. A History of Contemporary Italy - Paul Ginsborg
8. On Violence - Hannah Arendt
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
1/10 Holding - Graham Norton
2/10 The Trouble with Goats and Sheep - Joanna Cannon
3/10 In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin - Lindsey Hilsum
4/10 Last Tango in Aberystwyth - Malcolm Pryce
5/10 If This Is a Man - Primo Levi
6/10 Beastie Boys Book Book - Ad-Rock and Mike D
7/10 Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
8/10 The Princess Diarist - Carrie Fisher
9/10 Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman
2/10 The Trouble with Goats and Sheep - Joanna Cannon
3/10 In Extremis: The Life and Death of the War Correspondent Marie Colvin - Lindsey Hilsum
4/10 Last Tango in Aberystwyth - Malcolm Pryce
5/10 If This Is a Man - Primo Levi
6/10 Beastie Boys Book Book - Ad-Rock and Mike D
7/10 Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
8/10 The Princess Diarist - Carrie Fisher
9/10 Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
1/70 - Minette Walters - The Ice House
2/70 - Joe Hill - Strange Weather
3/70 - Donna Tartt - The Little Friend (re-read)
4/70 - Joe Hill - 20th Century Ghosts (re-read)
5/70 - P.D.James - Unnatural Causes
6/70 - Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge
7/70 - Donald Ray Pollock - The Heavenly Table
8/70 - Minette Walters - The Echo
9/70 - Gavin Extence - The Mirror World of Melody Black
10/70 - Elizabeth Strout - The Burgess Boys
11/70 - P.D. James - Shroud For a Nightingale
12/70 - Carson McCullers - The Member of the Wedding
13/70 - Val McDermid - Broken Ground
14/70 - James M Cain - The Cocktail Waitress
15/70 - Gillian Flynn - The Grownup
16/70 - P.D. James - The Black Tower
17/70 - Dennis Lehane - Mystic River
18/70 - Nevil Shute - A Town Like Alice
19/70 - Adrian R. Magnuson - Taking Flight
20/70 - P.D. James - Death of an Expert Witness (re-read)
21/70 - Annie Proulx - Postcards (re-read)
22/70 - Minette Walters - The Breaker
23/70 - Elizabeth Strout - My Name is Lucy Barton
24/70 - Irvine Welsh - Skagboys (re-read)
25/70 - P D James - A Taste for Death
26/70 - Dennis Lehane - Shutter Island
27/70 - Jon McGregor - Even the Dogs
28/70 - Stephen King - The Dead Zone
29/70 - P D James - Devices and Desires (re-read)
30/70 - Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
31/70 - Ann Cleeves - A Lesson in Dying
32/70 - C J Tudor - The Chalk Man
33/70 - P D James - Original Sin
2/70 - Joe Hill - Strange Weather
3/70 - Donna Tartt - The Little Friend (re-read)
4/70 - Joe Hill - 20th Century Ghosts (re-read)
5/70 - P.D.James - Unnatural Causes
6/70 - Elizabeth Strout - Olive Kitteridge
7/70 - Donald Ray Pollock - The Heavenly Table
8/70 - Minette Walters - The Echo
9/70 - Gavin Extence - The Mirror World of Melody Black
10/70 - Elizabeth Strout - The Burgess Boys
11/70 - P.D. James - Shroud For a Nightingale
12/70 - Carson McCullers - The Member of the Wedding
13/70 - Val McDermid - Broken Ground
14/70 - James M Cain - The Cocktail Waitress
15/70 - Gillian Flynn - The Grownup
16/70 - P.D. James - The Black Tower
17/70 - Dennis Lehane - Mystic River
18/70 - Nevil Shute - A Town Like Alice
19/70 - Adrian R. Magnuson - Taking Flight
20/70 - P.D. James - Death of an Expert Witness (re-read)
21/70 - Annie Proulx - Postcards (re-read)
22/70 - Minette Walters - The Breaker
23/70 - Elizabeth Strout - My Name is Lucy Barton
24/70 - Irvine Welsh - Skagboys (re-read)
25/70 - P D James - A Taste for Death
26/70 - Dennis Lehane - Shutter Island
27/70 - Jon McGregor - Even the Dogs
28/70 - Stephen King - The Dead Zone
29/70 - P D James - Devices and Desires (re-read)
30/70 - Ken Kesey - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
31/70 - Ann Cleeves - A Lesson in Dying
32/70 - C J Tudor - The Chalk Man
33/70 - P D James - Original Sin
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
18/30 Trevor Hercules - Rage Within
Autobiography of an angry black man in London. X-press business from the 1990s.
pennimania
still dre and drooling
1.Sleeping with Cats - Marge Piercy (reread)
2. Letters of Ian Fleming - Ian Fleming
3. Letters of Ann Fleming - Ann Fleming (was having a Bondian spell)
4. The Stand - Stephen King
5. Salem's Lot - Stephen King (read The Stand before but can't imagine how I never read this one till now)
6. Salar the Salmon - Henry Williamson (utterly brilliant, wish I’d read it before)
7. The White Plague - Frank Herbert
8. Powerless - Tracey Otters
9. The Mandibles - Lionel Shriver
10. The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen
11. 17 Carnations - Andrew Morton
12. The Philadelphian - Richard Powell (reread)
13. Tales from the South Pacific - James Michener, just finished this, highly recommend.
14. Present Indicative - Noel Coward (reread)
15. Put Out More Flags - Evelyn Waugh
16. First Term at Malory Towers - Enid Blyton
17. Second Form at Malory Towers - " "
18.Third Year at Malory Towers - " "
19. Upper Fourth at Malory Towers - " "
20. In the Fifth at Malory Towers - " "
21. Last Term at Malory Towers - " " (I know.found the box set in my daughter's room and devoured them in two evenings. My God! I remembered them as being bad,but the casual acceptance of bullying and body shaming! And reading them in one fell swoop made you see how this accelerated over the course of the stories. And yet, Mamzelle and Miss Grayling seemed like quite decent women).
22. Infection - M P MacDonald
23.Wiseacre - Philippa Gregory (feel dirty after reading it but have parts 2 & 3 waiting)
24. The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister - ed. Helena Whitbread
25. Lady Susan - Jane Austen
26. Isolation - M P MacDonald
27. Les Choses de la Vie - Paul Guimard
28. Malevil - Robert Merle (reread)
Me76
Not very good lurker
1/50 Ray vs the Meaning of Life, Michael F Stewart - L
2/50 When we were Animals, Joshua Gaylord - L
3/50 Elevation, Stephen King
4/50 How to be Good, Nick Hornby
5/50 Alone in Berlin, Hans Fallada
6/50 Me and You, Niccolò Ammaniti - L
7/50 Now You See Her, Heidi Perk
8/50 The Ladykiller, Martina Cole
9/50 The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion
10/50 The Power, Naomi Alderman - L
11/50 What Happened at the Lake, Phil M Williams
12/50 Me Before You, Jo Jo Moyes - L
13/50 The Swap, Nancy Boyarsky
14/50 My Sister, the Serial Killer, oyinkan Braithwaite
15/50 Descent, Tim Johnston
16/50 Louis and Louise, Julie Cohen
17/50 The Night Bird, Brian Freeman
18/50 Fat Girl, KL Montgomery
19/50 Slammerkin, Emma Donoghue
20/50 The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma - L
21/50 The Exit, Helen Fitzgerald - L
22/50 The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
23/50 John Sandford, Rules of Prey
24/50 The Circle, Martin Amis - L
25/50 Time's Arrow, Marton Amis
26/50 Adele, Liela Slimani - L
loved this, except for the ending. I felt like I was left hanging a bit, although it totally made sense to leave it there
2/50 When we were Animals, Joshua Gaylord - L
3/50 Elevation, Stephen King
4/50 How to be Good, Nick Hornby
5/50 Alone in Berlin, Hans Fallada
6/50 Me and You, Niccolò Ammaniti - L
7/50 Now You See Her, Heidi Perk
8/50 The Ladykiller, Martina Cole
9/50 The Rosie Project, Graeme Simsion
10/50 The Power, Naomi Alderman - L
11/50 What Happened at the Lake, Phil M Williams
12/50 Me Before You, Jo Jo Moyes - L
13/50 The Swap, Nancy Boyarsky
14/50 My Sister, the Serial Killer, oyinkan Braithwaite
15/50 Descent, Tim Johnston
16/50 Louis and Louise, Julie Cohen
17/50 The Night Bird, Brian Freeman
18/50 Fat Girl, KL Montgomery
19/50 Slammerkin, Emma Donoghue
20/50 The Fishermen, Chigozie Obioma - L
21/50 The Exit, Helen Fitzgerald - L
22/50 The Remains of the Day, Kazuo Ishiguro
23/50 John Sandford, Rules of Prey
24/50 The Circle, Martin Amis - L
25/50 Time's Arrow, Marton Amis
26/50 Adele, Liela Slimani - L
loved this, except for the ending. I felt like I was left hanging a bit, although it totally made sense to leave it there
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
19/30 Tim Wells - Moonstomp
Incandescently great werewolf/skinhead pulp fiction set in London 1979.
Fozzie Bear
Well-Known Member
20/30 Paul Smith (ed) - M.T.V 15.05.1963 - 12.04.2017
Beautiful coffee table book memorial for Mika Tapio Vainio of the Finnish experimental techno duo Pan-Sonic/Panasonic. R.I.P.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
1/30 Travels With Charley - John Steinbeck
2/30 A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush - Eric Newby
3/30 Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
4/30 Wrong About Japan - Peter Carey
5/30 The Lawless Roads - Graham Greene
6/30 The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
7/30 A Short History Of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka
8/30 The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton
9/30 The Art Of Stillness: Adventures In Going Nowhere - Pico Iyer
10/30 Golden Hill - Francis Spufford
11/30 Pulp - Charles Bukowski
12/30 Great Expectations - Kathy Acker
13/30 The Keeper Of Lost Things - Ruth Hogan
14/30 The Painter Of Signs - R.K. Narayan
15/30 Transcription - Kate Atkinson
16/30 The Book Of Life - Stuart Nadler
17/30 The Drover’s Boy - Irvine Hunt
18/30 If I Die Before I Wake - Sherwood King
19/30 Amsterdam - Ian McEwan
2/30 A Short Walk In The Hindu Kush - Eric Newby
3/30 Life After Life - Kate Atkinson
4/30 Wrong About Japan - Peter Carey
5/30 The Lawless Roads - Graham Greene
6/30 The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
7/30 A Short History Of Tractors in Ukrainian - Marina Lewycka
8/30 The Miniaturist - Jessie Burton
9/30 The Art Of Stillness: Adventures In Going Nowhere - Pico Iyer
10/30 Golden Hill - Francis Spufford
11/30 Pulp - Charles Bukowski
12/30 Great Expectations - Kathy Acker
13/30 The Keeper Of Lost Things - Ruth Hogan
14/30 The Painter Of Signs - R.K. Narayan
15/30 Transcription - Kate Atkinson
16/30 The Book Of Life - Stuart Nadler
17/30 The Drover’s Boy - Irvine Hunt
18/30 If I Die Before I Wake - Sherwood King
19/30 Amsterdam - Ian McEwan
8. The Vorrh - Brian Catling. Think you'd love this DotCommunist. What did you think of it kropotkin ?
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
cheers, just picked up the epubs for a look.
It was quite good- a pervasive sense of foreboding and a week realised world. Not amazing. You?
Really enjoyed it. Reminded of Meryvn Peake & China Mieville.
StanleyBlack
Member
1/20? Bythell, Shaun (2018). The diary of a bookseller. Paperback edition. London: Profile Books. Finished 8/1/19
2/20? Melville, Herman (2010). Bartleby the scrivener. New York: Melville House. Finished 10/1/19
3/20? Northup, Solomon (2012). Twelve years a slave. Penguin Classics. Kindle edition. New York: Penguin Books. (9781101614679) Finished 26/2/19
4/20? Dickens, Charles (2003). Little Dorrit. Penguin Classics. Kindle edition. London: Penguin Books. (9780141900292) Finished 25/5/19
5/20? Collins, Matthew (2019). Nazi terrorist: the story of National Action. Paperback edition. London: HOPE not Hate. (9781999320522) Finished 8/6/19
I read this really quickly and I don't think it's very good at all. It tells you very little beyond what was available in the press, on blogs, or on National Action's website and social media accounts, before they were proscribed obviously. Robbie Mullen gets a credit on the cover but not the title page and little attempt is made to explain/describe what happened after his road to Damscus change. I mean, I assume he's no longer a national socialist as he's working for Hope Not Hate but... ? This and the inclusion of quite a few typos and layout issues make it looked very rushed. Overall, sloppy, not recommended.
2/20? Melville, Herman (2010). Bartleby the scrivener. New York: Melville House. Finished 10/1/19
3/20? Northup, Solomon (2012). Twelve years a slave. Penguin Classics. Kindle edition. New York: Penguin Books. (9781101614679) Finished 26/2/19
4/20? Dickens, Charles (2003). Little Dorrit. Penguin Classics. Kindle edition. London: Penguin Books. (9780141900292) Finished 25/5/19
5/20? Collins, Matthew (2019). Nazi terrorist: the story of National Action. Paperback edition. London: HOPE not Hate. (9781999320522) Finished 8/6/19
I read this really quickly and I don't think it's very good at all. It tells you very little beyond what was available in the press, on blogs, or on National Action's website and social media accounts, before they were proscribed obviously. Robbie Mullen gets a credit on the cover but not the title page and little attempt is made to explain/describe what happened after his road to Damscus change. I mean, I assume he's no longer a national socialist as he's working for Hope Not Hate but... ? This and the inclusion of quite a few typos and layout issues make it looked very rushed. Overall, sloppy, not recommended.
imposs1904
Thread Killa'
1/12 Black Boots and Football Pinks: 50 Lost Wonders of the Beautiful Game by Daniel Gray
2/12 Lock No. 1 by Georges Simenon
3/12 Conviction by Denise Mina
4/12 Hinterland by Chris Mullin
5/12 The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
6/12 The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin
7/12 The Red Machine: Liverpool in the '80s: The Players' Stories by Simon Hughes
8/12 Steak . . . Diana Ross: Diary of a Football Nobody by David McVay (Reread)
2/12 Lock No. 1 by Georges Simenon
3/12 Conviction by Denise Mina
4/12 Hinterland by Chris Mullin
5/12 The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell
6/12 The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin
7/12 The Red Machine: Liverpool in the '80s: The Players' Stories by Simon Hughes
8/12 Steak . . . Diana Ross: Diary of a Football Nobody by David McVay (Reread)
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
1/50 Mark E. Smith/Austin Collings - Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith
2/50 Richard F. Thomas - Why Dylan Matters
3/50 Shaun Bythell - The Diary of a Bookseller
4/50 William Melvin Kelley - A Different Drummer
5/50 Eric Idle - Always Look On the Bright Side of Life
6/50 Edgar Allan Poe - Tales of Horror
7/50 Kevin Barry - Dark Lies the Island
8/50 Kevin Barry - There Are Little Kingdoms
9/50 Dean Burnett - The Idiot Brain
10/50 Howard Zinn - A People's History of the United States
11/50 A.M. Homes - The Safety of Objects
12/50 Mark Haddon - The Pier Falls
13/50 Rebecca Solnit - Hope in the Darkness
14/50 Annie Proulx - Fine Just the Way It Is
15/60 Carys Davies - West
16/60 Annie Proulx - Bad Dirt
17/60 Annie Proulx - Close Range
18/60 Michael Mitchell and Susan Wightman - Typographic Style Handbook
19/60 Denis Johnson - Train Dreams
20/60 Harry Ritchie - English for the Natives
21/60 Denis Johnson - Jesus' Son
22/60 Victor Klemperer - To the Bitter End: Diaries 1942-45
23/60 James Joyce - Dubliners
24/60 Robin Ince - I'm a Joke and So Are You
25/60 David Crystal - Making Sense
26/60 Countess Markievicz - Prison Poetry & Sketches
2/50 Richard F. Thomas - Why Dylan Matters
3/50 Shaun Bythell - The Diary of a Bookseller
4/50 William Melvin Kelley - A Different Drummer
5/50 Eric Idle - Always Look On the Bright Side of Life
6/50 Edgar Allan Poe - Tales of Horror
7/50 Kevin Barry - Dark Lies the Island
8/50 Kevin Barry - There Are Little Kingdoms
9/50 Dean Burnett - The Idiot Brain
10/50 Howard Zinn - A People's History of the United States
11/50 A.M. Homes - The Safety of Objects
12/50 Mark Haddon - The Pier Falls
13/50 Rebecca Solnit - Hope in the Darkness
14/50 Annie Proulx - Fine Just the Way It Is
15/60 Carys Davies - West
16/60 Annie Proulx - Bad Dirt
17/60 Annie Proulx - Close Range
18/60 Michael Mitchell and Susan Wightman - Typographic Style Handbook
19/60 Denis Johnson - Train Dreams
20/60 Harry Ritchie - English for the Natives
21/60 Denis Johnson - Jesus' Son
22/60 Victor Klemperer - To the Bitter End: Diaries 1942-45
23/60 James Joyce - Dubliners
24/60 Robin Ince - I'm a Joke and So Are You
25/60 David Crystal - Making Sense
26/60 Countess Markievicz - Prison Poetry & Sketches
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braindancer
not for long
1/25 - The Children Act - Ian McEwan
2/25 - Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
3/25 - A Place Called Winter - Patrick Gale
4/25 - Sweet Tooth - Ian McEwan
5/25 - How to stop time - Matt Haig
6/25 - The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
7/25 - The Perfect Spy - John Le Carre
8/25 - Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie
9/25 - Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurty
2/25 - Breakfast at Tiffany's - Truman Capote
3/25 - A Place Called Winter - Patrick Gale
4/25 - Sweet Tooth - Ian McEwan
5/25 - How to stop time - Matt Haig
6/25 - The Black Dahlia - James Ellroy
7/25 - The Perfect Spy - John Le Carre
8/25 - Home Fire - Kamila Shamsie
9/25 - Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurty
marty21
One on one? You're crazy.
1/65 The Fire Maker - Peter May
2/65 I'll Keep You Safe - Peter May
3/65 Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy 1945-75 - Max Hastings.
4/65 Surviving the Evacuation : Book 15 : Where's There Hope - Frank Tayell
5/65 Deal Breaker- Harlan Coben
6/65 Seconds Away - Harlan Coben
7/65 Found - Harlan Coben
8/65 Back Spin - Harlan Coben
9/65 One False Move - Harlan Coben
10/65 The Falcon Tattoo - Bill Rogers
11/65 The Tangled Lock - Bill Rogers
12/65 The Blow Out- Bill Rogers
13/65 The Fourth Sacrifice - Peter May
14/65 The Cleansing - Bill Rogers
15/65 The Head Case - Bill Rogers
16/65 The Tiger's Cave - Bill Rogers
17/65 The Monkey's Raincoat - Robert Crais
18/65 Lullaby Town - Robert Crais
19/65 Hard Hit - J.B. Turner
20/65 Limerick Soviet : The Revolt of the Bottom Dog - Dominic Haugh
21/65 The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye - David Lagercrantz
22/65 Things I'll Never Forget : Memories of a Marine in Vietnam - James M Dixon
23/65 A Fatal Intervention - Bill Rogers
24/65 Crete : The Battle and the Resistance - Anthony Beevor
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25/65 The Moor - L J Ross
2/65 I'll Keep You Safe - Peter May
3/65 Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy 1945-75 - Max Hastings.
4/65 Surviving the Evacuation : Book 15 : Where's There Hope - Frank Tayell
5/65 Deal Breaker- Harlan Coben
6/65 Seconds Away - Harlan Coben
7/65 Found - Harlan Coben
8/65 Back Spin - Harlan Coben
9/65 One False Move - Harlan Coben
10/65 The Falcon Tattoo - Bill Rogers
11/65 The Tangled Lock - Bill Rogers
12/65 The Blow Out- Bill Rogers
13/65 The Fourth Sacrifice - Peter May
14/65 The Cleansing - Bill Rogers
15/65 The Head Case - Bill Rogers
16/65 The Tiger's Cave - Bill Rogers
17/65 The Monkey's Raincoat - Robert Crais
18/65 Lullaby Town - Robert Crais
19/65 Hard Hit - J.B. Turner
20/65 Limerick Soviet : The Revolt of the Bottom Dog - Dominic Haugh
21/65 The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye - David Lagercrantz
22/65 Things I'll Never Forget : Memories of a Marine in Vietnam - James M Dixon
23/65 A Fatal Intervention - Bill Rogers
24/65 Crete : The Battle and the Resistance - Anthony Beevor
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25/65 The Moor - L J Ross
1. Homo Deus - Yuval Noah Harari
2. The Kaiser goes: the generals remain - Theodor Plivier
3. The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi- David N. Schwartz
4. The Third Policeman - Brian O'Nolan
5. The Book of Hidden Things - Francesco Dimitri
6. The Heart's Invisible Furies - John Boyne
7. Seveneves - Neal Stephenson
8. Black Box Thinking - Matthew Syed
9. The Golden Transcendence- John C. Wright
10. The Knife Man - Wendy Khadijah Moore
11. Every Human Heart - William Boyd
12. To Kill a Mocking-bird - Harper Lee
13. Poems - Rainer Maria Rilke
14. Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - Akala
15. The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey Into the Dark Side of the Brain - James H. Fallon
16. The Diary of a Bookseller - Shaun Bythell
17. Infinite detail - Tim Maugan
18. Dead Souls - Nikolai Gogol
19. No Apparent Distress: A Doctor's Coming of Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine - Rachel Pearson
20. I Am Watching You - Teresa Driscoll
21. Training and Racing with a Power Meter - Andrew Coggan and Hunter Allen
22. The Wych Elm - Tana French
23. The Ghost in my Brain - Clark Elliott
24. The Class Struggles in France - Karl Marx
25. Ways of Seeing - John Berger
26. When We Were Animals- Joshua Gaylord
27. Iron gold - Pierce Brown
28. An Unkindness of Ghosts - Rivers Solomon
29. Poverty Safari - Darren McGarvey
30. Normal People - Sally Rooney
31. The Black Jacobins - C. L. R. James
32. The Socialist Manifesto - Bhaskar Sunkara (stopped reading as wasn't learning anything. And the style was irritatingly american)
33. Waste Tide - Chen Qiufan
34. Factfulness - Hans Rosling
35. Silencing the past - Michel-Rolph Trouillot
2. The Kaiser goes: the generals remain - Theodor Plivier
3. The Last Man Who Knew Everything: The Life and Times of Enrico Fermi- David N. Schwartz
4. The Third Policeman - Brian O'Nolan
5. The Book of Hidden Things - Francesco Dimitri
6. The Heart's Invisible Furies - John Boyne
7. Seveneves - Neal Stephenson
8. Black Box Thinking - Matthew Syed
9. The Golden Transcendence- John C. Wright
10. The Knife Man - Wendy Khadijah Moore
11. Every Human Heart - William Boyd
12. To Kill a Mocking-bird - Harper Lee
13. Poems - Rainer Maria Rilke
14. Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - Akala
15. The Psychopath Inside: A Neuroscientist's Personal Journey Into the Dark Side of the Brain - James H. Fallon
16. The Diary of a Bookseller - Shaun Bythell
17. Infinite detail - Tim Maugan
18. Dead Souls - Nikolai Gogol
19. No Apparent Distress: A Doctor's Coming of Age on the Front Lines of American Medicine - Rachel Pearson
20. I Am Watching You - Teresa Driscoll
21. Training and Racing with a Power Meter - Andrew Coggan and Hunter Allen
22. The Wych Elm - Tana French
23. The Ghost in my Brain - Clark Elliott
24. The Class Struggles in France - Karl Marx
25. Ways of Seeing - John Berger
26. When We Were Animals- Joshua Gaylord
27. Iron gold - Pierce Brown
28. An Unkindness of Ghosts - Rivers Solomon
29. Poverty Safari - Darren McGarvey
30. Normal People - Sally Rooney
31. The Black Jacobins - C. L. R. James
32. The Socialist Manifesto - Bhaskar Sunkara (stopped reading as wasn't learning anything. And the style was irritatingly american)
33. Waste Tide - Chen Qiufan
34. Factfulness - Hans Rosling
35. Silencing the past - Michel-Rolph Trouillot
pennimania
still dre and drooling
1.Sleeping with Cats - Marge Piercy (reread)
2. Letters of Ian Fleming - Ian Fleming
3. Letters of Ann Fleming - Ann Fleming (was having a Bondian spell)
4. The Stand - Stephen King
5. Salem's Lot - Stephen King (read The Stand before but can't imagine how I never read this one till now)
6. Salar the Salmon - Henry Williamson (utterly brilliant, wish I’d read it before)
7. The White Plague - Frank Herbert
8. Powerless - Tracey Otters
9. The Mandibles - Lionel Shriver
10. The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen
11. 17 Carnations - Andrew Morton
12. The Philadelphian - Richard Powell (reread)
13. Tales from the South Pacific - James Michener, just finished this, highly recommend.
14. Present Indicative - Noel Coward (reread)
15. Put Out More Flags - Evelyn Waugh
16. First Term at Malory Towers - Enid Blyton
17. Second Form at Malory Towers - " "
18.Third Year at Malory Towers - " "
19. Upper Fourth at Malory Towers - " "
20. In the Fifth at Malory Towers - " "
21. Last Term at Malory Towers - " " (I know. found the box set in my daughter's room and devoured them in two evenings. My God! I remembered them as being bad,but the casual acceptance of bullying and body shaming! And reading them in one fell swoop made you see how this accelerated over the course of the stories. And yet, Mamzelle and Miss Grayling seemed like quite decent women).
22. Infection - M P MacDonald
23.Wiseacre - Philippa Gregory (feel dirty after reading it but have parts 2 & 3 waiting)
24. The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister - ed. Helena Whitbread
25. Lady Susan - Jane Austen
26. Isolation - M P MacDonald
27. Les Choses de la Vie - Paul Guimard
28. Malevil - Robert Merle (reread)
29. The Favoured Child - Philippa Gregory (told ya )
2. Letters of Ian Fleming - Ian Fleming
3. Letters of Ann Fleming - Ann Fleming (was having a Bondian spell)
4. The Stand - Stephen King
5. Salem's Lot - Stephen King (read The Stand before but can't imagine how I never read this one till now)
6. Salar the Salmon - Henry Williamson (utterly brilliant, wish I’d read it before)
7. The White Plague - Frank Herbert
8. Powerless - Tracey Otters
9. The Mandibles - Lionel Shriver
10. The Great God Pan - Arthur Machen
11. 17 Carnations - Andrew Morton
12. The Philadelphian - Richard Powell (reread)
13. Tales from the South Pacific - James Michener, just finished this, highly recommend.
14. Present Indicative - Noel Coward (reread)
15. Put Out More Flags - Evelyn Waugh
16. First Term at Malory Towers - Enid Blyton
17. Second Form at Malory Towers - " "
18.Third Year at Malory Towers - " "
19. Upper Fourth at Malory Towers - " "
20. In the Fifth at Malory Towers - " "
21. Last Term at Malory Towers - " " (I know.
found the box set in my daughter's room and devoured them in two evenings. My God! I remembered them as being bad,but the casual acceptance of bullying and body shaming! And reading them in one fell swoop made you see how this accelerated over the course of the stories. And yet, Mamzelle and Miss Grayling seemed like quite decent women).22. Infection - M P MacDonald
23.Wiseacre - Philippa Gregory (feel dirty after reading it but have parts 2 & 3 waiting)
24. The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister - ed. Helena Whitbread
25. Lady Susan - Jane Austen
26. Isolation - M P MacDonald
27. Les Choses de la Vie - Paul Guimard
28. Malevil - Robert Merle (reread)
29. The Favoured Child - Philippa Gregory (told ya
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