QueenOfGoths
Fuck you Dave!
1."Tombland" - C. J. Sansom
2. "Exit Wounds" - a rather good crime and thriller short story compilation
2. "Exit Wounds" - a rather good crime and thriller short story compilation
the wonderful world of reading 2020 reading challenge thread
- Thread starter Pickman's model
- Start date
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
1/24 The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
2/24 Excalibur - Bernard Cornwell
3/24 Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident - Donnie Eichar
2/24 Excalibur - Bernard Cornwell
3/24 Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident - Donnie Eichar
Ptolemy
like an unwound clock, I just don't seem to care.
1/50. Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty. - Karl Shaw.
2/50. Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Stories - Unknown (translated by Hermann Palsson).
3/50. Born 1900 - Hunter Davies.
4/50. The Pearl - John Steinbeck.
5/50. A Journal of the Plague Year - Daniel Defoe.
6/50. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick.
7/50. A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf.
8/50. First Love - Ivan Turgenev.
9/50. The Color Purple - Alice Walker.
10/50. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (re-read).
11/50. The Last Man - Mary Shelley.
12/50. A Very Easy Death - Simone de Beauvoir.
13/50. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys.
14/50. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen.
15/50. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (re-read).
16/50. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis.
17/50. Lord of the Flies - William Golding.
18/50. A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle.
19/50. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen.
20/50. The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole.
21/50. The Passion of New Eve - Angela Carter.
2/50. Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Stories - Unknown (translated by Hermann Palsson).
3/50. Born 1900 - Hunter Davies.
4/50. The Pearl - John Steinbeck.
5/50. A Journal of the Plague Year - Daniel Defoe.
6/50. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick.
7/50. A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf.
8/50. First Love - Ivan Turgenev.
9/50. The Color Purple - Alice Walker.
10/50. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (re-read).
11/50. The Last Man - Mary Shelley.
12/50. A Very Easy Death - Simone de Beauvoir.
13/50. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys.
14/50. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen.
15/50. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (re-read).
16/50. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis.
17/50. Lord of the Flies - William Golding.
18/50. A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle.
19/50. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen.
20/50. The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole.
21/50. The Passion of New Eve - Angela Carter.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
• 8/52: The Films Of Danny Dyer by Jonathan Sothcott and James Mullinger - shockingly badly written self-published hagiography. Longtime Dyer producer and pal Sothcott provides many of the anecdotes, presumably whilst Mullinger was busy googling reviews of everything the Essex Machine made between 1993 and 2013 and checking with Revolver how many DVDs they shifted of each of his movies, down to the last digit. Yet it’s also rather poignant, with Dyer repeatedly getting dragged into really shitty movies just because someone asked him to be in it (and quite often it’s Tamer Hassan). Dyer comes across as a consummate professional, and it is a reminder that he has put in some solid performances over the years. It stops in 2013 with his hope that Vendetta will be recognised as a solid, well-made thriller (
), and just before he steps into tellyland and a big part in EastEnders. There are some intriguing loose ends: why did he fall out with Nick Love, what the deal is with Turbo Terry’s money, how did his feud with Martin Kemp start, and just what is the trouble he’s in that he is constantly taking on so many of these shitty roles for a ten grand here, a fifty grand there?
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
nogojones
spelling is overrated
1/50 Paul Lafargue - The Evolution of Property
2/50 Michio Kaku - Physics of the Impossible
3/50 Issac Asimov - Foundation
4/50 Ted Chiang - Stories of Your Life and Others
5/50 Philip K. Dick - Martian Time-Slip
6/50 Margret Atwood - The Penelopiad
7/50 Emma Goldman - Living My Life Vol.2
8/50 Jeremy Varon - Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, The Red Army Faction and Revolutionary Violence in the 60's and 70s
9/50 Lina Dencik, Oliver Leistert (Eds.) - Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Control and Emancipation
2/50 Michio Kaku - Physics of the Impossible
3/50 Issac Asimov - Foundation
4/50 Ted Chiang - Stories of Your Life and Others
5/50 Philip K. Dick - Martian Time-Slip
6/50 Margret Atwood - The Penelopiad
7/50 Emma Goldman - Living My Life Vol.2
8/50 Jeremy Varon - Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, The Red Army Faction and Revolutionary Violence in the 60's and 70s
9/50 Lina Dencik, Oliver Leistert (Eds.) - Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest: Between Control and Emancipation
ska invita
back on the other side
This really grabbed me from the off. Set on a small fictional Caribbean island, its a love story told with archetypal but well rounded characters and a sprinkling of magical realism, all for the ultimate purpose of exploring Caribbean history. It had a well told yarn feel about it. Very well realised world. Patois was used expertly. The love story aspects also sincere and moving even.
She's written a fair few books before this one, and there's something very accomplished about it without at all being showy. I expect it won't get a particularly good reaction from the literati, in a way her earlier books have, as there's perhaps something a little ..... not sure the word....hokey about it. Thats not it, but I can imagine people looking down on it a bit.
But I think there's something very pure at the heart of this book and tapping into as a reader felt great.
She's written a fair few books before this one, and there's something very accomplished about it without at all being showy. I expect it won't get a particularly good reaction from the literati, in a way her earlier books have, as there's perhaps something a little ..... not sure the word....hokey about it. Thats not it, but I can imagine people looking down on it a bit.
But I think there's something very pure at the heart of this book and tapping into as a reader felt great.
Picked this up as it was the only other book of Monique's in print. Could've bought a second hand one I guess, but the subject piqued my interest. Its a based-on-real events piece of historical fiction, based on the 1990 coup attempt in Trinidad by a brotherhood of (to some extent) 'Islamic' rebels.
Its a great piece of work I think. Very well researched, strong on detail, without losing focus on the action. But above all its an attempt to insert and centre humanity into the event. Both the rebels and the hostages are all explored for their motivations, emotions and life experiences. She is sympathetic to everyone involved, and ultimately to the islands past and future as a whole.
I haven't explored it fully but it looks like this was a major moment in Trinidadian history. It was a failed coup, but it sent shockwaves. I wonder how her telling would go down amongst Trinidadians.
Overall she has trodden carefully, keeping critical of the coup attempt, and particularly the death and wider suffering it created, but maintaining a sympathy for those involved and their motivations.
The majority of it is claustrophobicly set within the besieged parliamentary palace, dovetailed with a little before and after, and I think having made it through to the end the story will stay with me, blending in as a lived memory.
Its a great piece of work I think. Very well researched, strong on detail, without losing focus on the action. But above all its an attempt to insert and centre humanity into the event. Both the rebels and the hostages are all explored for their motivations, emotions and life experiences. She is sympathetic to everyone involved, and ultimately to the islands past and future as a whole.
I haven't explored it fully but it looks like this was a major moment in Trinidadian history. It was a failed coup, but it sent shockwaves. I wonder how her telling would go down amongst Trinidadians.
Overall she has trodden carefully, keeping critical of the coup attempt, and particularly the death and wider suffering it created, but maintaining a sympathy for those involved and their motivations.
The majority of it is claustrophobicly set within the besieged parliamentary palace, dovetailed with a little before and after, and I think having made it through to the end the story will stay with me, blending in as a lived memory.
Picked this up on a whim after reading that it was the first novel ever published in English by a woman from Equatorial Guinea - sounded like an interesting voice! Turns out its also about being a young lesbian in the highly traditional and repressive traditional local culture.
Its unusual writing compared to Western fiction: very brief, very functional, with little dwelling - moves on quickly from scene to scene - and my guess was much of this is a stylistic thing based on Guinean storytelling styles. As a result its a short read, gets right to the point, and gets a lot of information across, both personal and about the depressing cultural norms.
And i found it captivating. Despite what can only be described as sad subject matter, it felt so positive to hear her voice, and to share in the experience. The book is banned in Equatorial Guinea, which says it all. It comes across as brave, direct, honest and pure. All power
Its unusual writing compared to Western fiction: very brief, very functional, with little dwelling - moves on quickly from scene to scene - and my guess was much of this is a stylistic thing based on Guinean storytelling styles. As a result its a short read, gets right to the point, and gets a lot of information across, both personal and about the depressing cultural norms.
And i found it captivating. Despite what can only be described as sad subject matter, it felt so positive to hear her voice, and to share in the experience. The book is banned in Equatorial Guinea, which says it all. It comes across as brave, direct, honest and pure. All power
A very competent and precise writer/journalist. Easy reading. The book is a reportage-style snapshot of the contemporary active left, and the state of the nation more broadly. He touches on many or most of the key spots that seem most relevant in 2019. But ultimately the political message isn't particularly challenging. Its all very Sunday Supplement, Guardian venturing out of the office.
Occasionally a critical question is asked, but anything resembling a deeper analysis or even musing is missing. Though I guess that depends on your starting point. It's published by Bodley Head (Penguin) and I think they're going for a much wider audience. But there's not really anything new here for me.
On the plus side I guess he's trying to raise the profile of what resistance there is.
Occasionally a critical question is asked, but anything resembling a deeper analysis or even musing is missing. Though I guess that depends on your starting point. It's published by Bodley Head (Penguin) and I think they're going for a much wider audience. But there's not really anything new here for me.
On the plus side I guess he's trying to raise the profile of what resistance there is.
JUST READ:
Inspiring history of Centerprise - the Hackney bookshop, cafe, publisher, advice centre, youth club, meeting space, that sadly closed in 2012, after being screwed over and turfed out by the council. The book is expertly put together - an entertaining read and attractively laid out (lots of pics!).
There's plenty of interesting London socio-political historical context, but the parts of Centerprise history that particularly stood out to me were:
-The boldness in opening a bookshop in an area where there were none, and having faith that readers would come. This was particularly seen a class issue at the time - 'working class deprived Hackney didn't read' was seemingly the presumption from the rest of the world
-Started very much with anarchist organisational motives, not just to run cooperatively but that the community would take it over at the soonest opportunity! In reality key workers worked their arses off putting in long hours leading to burnout after several years.
-Because the building was multi-use it didn't have a stigma for people entering, breaking down the soft social barriers to some extent of 'this place is not for me so I wont even walk through the door'. Created a much more diverse clientele as a result. Something a lot of left spaces fail at.
-Was interesting to read how the politics and degree of professionalism changed over time, broadly speaking from idealistic, committed but amateurish to practical, committed and efficient, without ever losing sight of the common thread of the mission.
-The publishing wing of the building was an incredible project, focusing on genuinely publishing local people, and done so in the spirit of self-education. So much easier said than done. And the literacy project. And the advice bureau...incredible work.
-In fact on every front the focus on being a genuine resource for the local community was the number one priority. That's not without its complications, particularly so when faced with the range of problems people have.
What a shame it was forced to close. I don't know what state it was in in its last days, but better to improve whats there than see things go, as once they're gone they're gone. We'd be lucky to ever see the like again.
There's plenty of interesting London socio-political historical context, but the parts of Centerprise history that particularly stood out to me were:
-The boldness in opening a bookshop in an area where there were none, and having faith that readers would come. This was particularly seen a class issue at the time - 'working class deprived Hackney didn't read' was seemingly the presumption from the rest of the world
-Started very much with anarchist organisational motives, not just to run cooperatively but that the community would take it over at the soonest opportunity! In reality key workers worked their arses off putting in long hours leading to burnout after several years.
-Because the building was multi-use it didn't have a stigma for people entering, breaking down the soft social barriers to some extent of 'this place is not for me so I wont even walk through the door'. Created a much more diverse clientele as a result. Something a lot of left spaces fail at.
-Was interesting to read how the politics and degree of professionalism changed over time, broadly speaking from idealistic, committed but amateurish to practical, committed and efficient, without ever losing sight of the common thread of the mission.
-The publishing wing of the building was an incredible project, focusing on genuinely publishing local people, and done so in the spirit of self-education. So much easier said than done. And the literacy project. And the advice bureau...incredible work.
-In fact on every front the focus on being a genuine resource for the local community was the number one priority. That's not without its complications, particularly so when faced with the range of problems people have.
What a shame it was forced to close. I don't know what state it was in in its last days, but better to improve whats there than see things go, as once they're gone they're gone. We'd be lucky to ever see the like again.
Ptolemy
like an unwound clock, I just don't seem to care.
1/50. Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty. - Karl Shaw.
2/50. Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Stories - Unknown (translated by Hermann Palsson).
3/50. Born 1900 - Hunter Davies.
4/50. The Pearl - John Steinbeck.
5/50. A Journal of the Plague Year - Daniel Defoe.
6/50. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick.
7/50. A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf.
8/50. First Love - Ivan Turgenev.
9/50. The Color Purple - Alice Walker.
10/50. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (re-read).
11/50. The Last Man - Mary Shelley.
12/50. A Very Easy Death - Simone de Beauvoir.
13/50. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys.
14/50. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen.
15/50. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (re-read).
16/50. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis.
17/50. Lord of the Flies - William Golding.
18/50. A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle.
19/50. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen.
20/50. The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole.
21/50. The Passion of New Eve - Angela Carter.
22/50. The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle.
2/50. Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Stories - Unknown (translated by Hermann Palsson).
3/50. Born 1900 - Hunter Davies.
4/50. The Pearl - John Steinbeck.
5/50. A Journal of the Plague Year - Daniel Defoe.
6/50. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick.
7/50. A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf.
8/50. First Love - Ivan Turgenev.
9/50. The Color Purple - Alice Walker.
10/50. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (re-read).
11/50. The Last Man - Mary Shelley.
12/50. A Very Easy Death - Simone de Beauvoir.
13/50. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys.
14/50. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen.
15/50. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (re-read).
16/50. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis.
17/50. Lord of the Flies - William Golding.
18/50. A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle.
19/50. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen.
20/50. The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole.
21/50. The Passion of New Eve - Angela Carter.
22/50. The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
1. ed. Dan Coxon - Tales from the Shadow Booth vol.3.
2. The Lonely Crowd issue 9
3. Ted Chiang - Stories of Your Lives and Others
4. Tade Thompson - The Rosewater Insurrection. Second in the Wormwood trilogy and just as enjoyable as the first
2. The Lonely Crowd issue 9
3. Ted Chiang - Stories of Your Lives and Others
4. Tade Thompson - The Rosewater Insurrection. Second in the Wormwood trilogy and just as enjoyable as the first
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
5) Katherine Kerr, a time of justice
6) georges simenon, maigret's madwoman
Ptolemy
like an unwound clock, I just don't seem to care.
1/50. Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty. - Karl Shaw.
2/50. Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Stories - Unknown (translated by Hermann Palsson).
3/50. Born 1900 - Hunter Davies.
4/50. The Pearl - John Steinbeck.
5/50. A Journal of the Plague Year - Daniel Defoe.
6/50. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick.
7/50. A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf.
8/50. First Love - Ivan Turgenev.
9/50. The Color Purple - Alice Walker.
10/50. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (re-read).
11/50. The Last Man - Mary Shelley.
12/50. A Very Easy Death - Simone de Beauvoir.
13/50. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys.
14/50. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen.
15/50. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (re-read).
16/50. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis.
17/50. Lord of the Flies - William Golding.
18/50. A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle.
19/50. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen.
20/50. The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole.
21/50. The Passion of New Eve - Angela Carter.
22/50. The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle.
23/50. The State and Revolution - V. I. Lenin.
2/50. Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Stories - Unknown (translated by Hermann Palsson).
3/50. Born 1900 - Hunter Davies.
4/50. The Pearl - John Steinbeck.
5/50. A Journal of the Plague Year - Daniel Defoe.
6/50. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick.
7/50. A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf.
8/50. First Love - Ivan Turgenev.
9/50. The Color Purple - Alice Walker.
10/50. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (re-read).
11/50. The Last Man - Mary Shelley.
12/50. A Very Easy Death - Simone de Beauvoir.
13/50. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys.
14/50. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen.
15/50. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (re-read).
16/50. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis.
17/50. Lord of the Flies - William Golding.
18/50. A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle.
19/50. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen.
20/50. The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole.
21/50. The Passion of New Eve - Angela Carter.
22/50. The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle.
23/50. The State and Revolution - V. I. Lenin.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
1/? Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee
2/? Thatcher Stole my Trousers by Alexi Sayle
2/? Thatcher Stole my Trousers by Alexi Sayle
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
1/70 - Shirley Jackson - The Bird's Nest
2/70 - Annie Proulx - Accordion Crimes (re-read)
3/70 - Liz Nugent - Unravelling Oliver
4/70 - Elizabeth Strout - Anything is Possible
5/70 - Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones
6/70 - Ruth Rendell - Make Death Love Me (re-read)
7/70 - Michael Farris Smith - Rivers
8/70 - Malcolm Pryce - Last Tango in Aberystwyth
2/70 - Annie Proulx - Accordion Crimes (re-read)
3/70 - Liz Nugent - Unravelling Oliver
4/70 - Elizabeth Strout - Anything is Possible
5/70 - Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones
6/70 - Ruth Rendell - Make Death Love Me (re-read)
7/70 - Michael Farris Smith - Rivers
8/70 - Malcolm Pryce - Last Tango in Aberystwyth
gawkrodger
Well-Known Member
1) Kate Evans - Red Rosa (only the 3rd graphic novel I have ever read. Hugely enjoyed this)
2) Daniel Finn -One Man's Terrorist. A political history of the IRA
3) Ted Chiang - Stories of your life and others - Cheers kropotkin for mentioning how much you love this. Really enjoyed it
4) Daniel Sonabend - We fight fascists: The 43 Group and their forgotten battle for post-war Britain.
2) Daniel Finn -One Man's Terrorist. A political history of the IRA
3) Ted Chiang - Stories of your life and others - Cheers kropotkin for mentioning how much you love this. Really enjoyed it
4) Daniel Sonabend - We fight fascists: The 43 Group and their forgotten battle for post-war Britain.
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
1/70 - Shirley Jackson - The Bird's Nest
2/70 - Annie Proulx - Accordion Crimes (re-read)
3/70 - Liz Nugent - Unravelling Oliver
4/70 - Elizabeth Strout - Anything is Possible
5/70 - Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones
6/70 - Ruth Rendell - Make Death Love Me (re-read)
7/70 - Michael Farris Smith - Rivers
8/70 - Malcolm Pryce - Last Tango in Aberystwyth
9/70 - Stephen King - Elevation
2/70 - Annie Proulx - Accordion Crimes (re-read)
3/70 - Liz Nugent - Unravelling Oliver
4/70 - Elizabeth Strout - Anything is Possible
5/70 - Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones
6/70 - Ruth Rendell - Make Death Love Me (re-read)
7/70 - Michael Farris Smith - Rivers
8/70 - Malcolm Pryce - Last Tango in Aberystwyth
9/70 - Stephen King - Elevation
Biddlybee
making knots with sticks
1/20 - The Good Immigrant - ed Nikesh Shukla
2/20 - The Secret Commonwealth - Philip Pullman
3/20 - Exit West - Mohsin Hamid
4/20 - The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - Charlie Mackesy
5/20 - Grief is the Thing with Feathers - Max Porter
6/20 - The Salt Path - Raynor Winn
2/20 - The Secret Commonwealth - Philip Pullman
3/20 - Exit West - Mohsin Hamid
4/20 - The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - Charlie Mackesy
5/20 - Grief is the Thing with Feathers - Max Porter
6/20 - The Salt Path - Raynor Winn
Ptolemy
like an unwound clock, I just don't seem to care.
1/50. Royal Babylon: The Alarming History of European Royalty. - Karl Shaw.
2/50. Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Stories - Unknown (translated by Hermann Palsson).
3/50. Born 1900 - Hunter Davies.
4/50. The Pearl - John Steinbeck.
5/50. A Journal of the Plague Year - Daniel Defoe.
6/50. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick.
7/50. A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf.
8/50. First Love - Ivan Turgenev.
9/50. The Color Purple - Alice Walker.
10/50. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (re-read).
11/50. The Last Man - Mary Shelley.
12/50. A Very Easy Death - Simone de Beauvoir.
13/50. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys.
14/50. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen.
15/50. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (re-read).
16/50. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis.
17/50. Lord of the Flies - William Golding.
18/50. A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle.
19/50. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen.
20/50. The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole.
21/50. The Passion of New Eve - Angela Carter.
22/50. The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle.
23/50. The State and Revolution - V. I. Lenin.
24/50. Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh.
2/50. Hrafnkel's Saga and Other Stories - Unknown (translated by Hermann Palsson).
3/50. Born 1900 - Hunter Davies.
4/50. The Pearl - John Steinbeck.
5/50. A Journal of the Plague Year - Daniel Defoe.
6/50. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? - Philip K. Dick.
7/50. A Room of One's Own - Virginia Woolf.
8/50. First Love - Ivan Turgenev.
9/50. The Color Purple - Alice Walker.
10/50. The Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger (re-read).
11/50. The Last Man - Mary Shelley.
12/50. A Very Easy Death - Simone de Beauvoir.
13/50. Wide Sargasso Sea - Jean Rhys.
14/50. Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen.
15/50. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen (re-read).
16/50. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - C. S. Lewis.
17/50. Lord of the Flies - William Golding.
18/50. A Study in Scarlet - Arthur Conan Doyle.
19/50. Mansfield Park - Jane Austen.
20/50. The Castle of Otranto - Horace Walpole.
21/50. The Passion of New Eve - Angela Carter.
22/50. The Sign of Four - Arthur Conan Doyle.
23/50. The State and Revolution - V. I. Lenin.
24/50. Decline and Fall - Evelyn Waugh.
1/40 50 Ways to Wear a Scarf - Lauren Friedman. Yes I know, but it's a hard back book and I read it cover to cover.
2/40 The house on the Strand - Daphne Du Maurier
3/40 Afternoon of a Good Woman - Nina Bawden
4/40 Familia Passions - Nina Bawden
5/40 Spiderweb - Penelope Lively (5 books in 10 days is a lot for me but I've spent an awful lot of time hanging around in hospitals + nothing much on the telly.
6/40 A Little Love, A Little Learning - Nina Bawden
7/40 The Day That Never Comes - Caimh McDonnell
8/40 In Search of the Rainbow's End: Inside the White House Farm Murders - Colin Caffell
9/40 A Woman of My Age - Nina Bawden
10/40 Let's Kill Uncle - Rohan O'Grady
11/40 The Wych Elm - Tana French
12/40 An English Murder - Cyril Hare
13/40 Transcription - Kate Atkinson
2/40 The house on the Strand - Daphne Du Maurier
3/40 Afternoon of a Good Woman - Nina Bawden
4/40 Familia Passions - Nina Bawden
5/40 Spiderweb - Penelope Lively (5 books in 10 days is a lot for me but I've spent an awful lot of time hanging around in hospitals + nothing much on the telly.
6/40 A Little Love, A Little Learning - Nina Bawden
7/40 The Day That Never Comes - Caimh McDonnell
8/40 In Search of the Rainbow's End: Inside the White House Farm Murders - Colin Caffell
9/40 A Woman of My Age - Nina Bawden
10/40 Let's Kill Uncle - Rohan O'Grady
11/40 The Wych Elm - Tana French
12/40 An English Murder - Cyril Hare
13/40 Transcription - Kate Atkinson
1. Suttree - Cormac Mccarthy
2. The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli
3. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
4. Exhalation - Ted Chiang
5. The Secret Commonwealth - Philip Pullman
6. Birds Without Wings - Louis de Berniere
7. The Peripheral - William Gibson
8. Proxima Rising - Brandon Q. Morris
2. The Order of Time - Carlo Rovelli
3. The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet - Becky Chambers
4. Exhalation - Ted Chiang
5. The Secret Commonwealth - Philip Pullman
6. Birds Without Wings - Louis de Berniere
7. The Peripheral - William Gibson
8. Proxima Rising - Brandon Q. Morris
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
1/70 - Shirley Jackson - The Bird's Nest
2/70 - Annie Proulx - Accordion Crimes (re-read)
3/70 - Liz Nugent - Unravelling Oliver
4/70 - Elizabeth Strout - Anything is Possible
5/70 - Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones
6/70 - Ruth Rendell - Make Death Love Me (re-read)
7/70 - Michael Farris Smith - Rivers
8/70 - Malcolm Pryce - Last Tango in Aberystwyth
9/70 - Stephen King - Elevation
10/70 - Liz Nugent - Lying in Wait
2/70 - Annie Proulx - Accordion Crimes (re-read)
3/70 - Liz Nugent - Unravelling Oliver
4/70 - Elizabeth Strout - Anything is Possible
5/70 - Alice Sebold - The Lovely Bones
6/70 - Ruth Rendell - Make Death Love Me (re-read)
7/70 - Michael Farris Smith - Rivers
8/70 - Malcolm Pryce - Last Tango in Aberystwyth
9/70 - Stephen King - Elevation
10/70 - Liz Nugent - Lying in Wait
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
1/40 Wilkie Collins - The Woman in White*
2/40 Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter
3/40 Hans Rosling - Factfulness
4/40 Alastair Bonnett - Off the Map
5/40 Anna Burns - The Milkman
6/40 Charles Fernyhough - Pieces of Light: The New Science of Memory
7/40 Julia Leigh - The Hunter
8/40 John Higgs - William Blake Now: Why He Matters More Than Ever
9/40 Ammon Shea - Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation
10/40 Donald D. Cohen - Depression Folk: Grassroots Music and Left-Wing Politics in 1930s America
* my target this year is to read more long books. * = 500+ pages. I'm gearing up to an especially heavy one just now, so I may not post in this thread for a while...
2/40 Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter
3/40 Hans Rosling - Factfulness
4/40 Alastair Bonnett - Off the Map
5/40 Anna Burns - The Milkman
6/40 Charles Fernyhough - Pieces of Light: The New Science of Memory
7/40 Julia Leigh - The Hunter
8/40 John Higgs - William Blake Now: Why He Matters More Than Ever
9/40 Ammon Shea - Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation
10/40 Donald D. Cohen - Depression Folk: Grassroots Music and Left-Wing Politics in 1930s America
* my target this year is to read more long books. * = 500+ pages. I'm gearing up to an especially heavy one just now, so I may not post in this thread for a while...
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
1/30 The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A Fuck - Mark Manson
2/30 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Great novel, in every sense, probably better than Pride and Prejudice as an analysis of the nature of relationships and their problems. Bit long though and was very bored of hearing about the aristocracy and their first world problems by the end.
2/30 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
Great novel, in every sense, probably better than Pride and Prejudice as an analysis of the nature of relationships and their problems. Bit long though and was very bored of hearing about the aristocracy and their first world problems by the end.
neonwilderness
What would Badgers do?
1/24 The Amber Spyglass - Philip Pullman
2/24 Excalibur - Bernard Cornwell
3/24 Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident - Donnie Eichar
4/24 Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
2/24 Excalibur - Bernard Cornwell
3/24 Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident - Donnie Eichar
4/24 Rivers of London - Ben Aaronovitch
Last edited:
1/40 50 Ways to Wear a Scarf - Lauren Friedman. Yes I know, but it's a hard back book and I read it cover to cover.
2/40 The house on the Strand - Daphne Du Maurier
3/40 Afternoon of a Good Woman - Nina Bawden
4/40 Familia Passions - Nina Bawden
5/40 Spiderweb - Penelope Lively (5 books in 10 days is a lot for me but I've spent an awful lot of time hanging around in hospitals + nothing much on the telly.
6/40 A Little Love, A Little Learning - Nina Bawden
7/40 The Day That Never Comes - Caimh McDonnell
8/40 In Search of the Rainbow's End: Inside the White House Farm Murders - Colin Caffell
9/40 A Woman of My Age - Nina Bawden
10/40 Let's Kill Uncle - Rohan O'Grady
11/40 The Wych Elm - Tana French
12/40 An English Murder - Cyril Hare
13/40 Transcription - Kate Atkinson
14/40 Christine Falls - Benjamin Black
2/40 The house on the Strand - Daphne Du Maurier
3/40 Afternoon of a Good Woman - Nina Bawden
4/40 Familia Passions - Nina Bawden
5/40 Spiderweb - Penelope Lively (5 books in 10 days is a lot for me but I've spent an awful lot of time hanging around in hospitals + nothing much on the telly.
6/40 A Little Love, A Little Learning - Nina Bawden
7/40 The Day That Never Comes - Caimh McDonnell
8/40 In Search of the Rainbow's End: Inside the White House Farm Murders - Colin Caffell
9/40 A Woman of My Age - Nina Bawden
10/40 Let's Kill Uncle - Rohan O'Grady
11/40 The Wych Elm - Tana French
12/40 An English Murder - Cyril Hare
13/40 Transcription - Kate Atkinson
14/40 Christine Falls - Benjamin Black
Similar threads
- Poll
- Poll
