Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Ooh, what's he like?
*What book are you reading? (part 2)
- Thread starter editor
- Start date
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I ploughed on with my other book, was really just too gripping to put down. A Phil Brett recomendation, An Instance of the Fingerpost (Iain Pears) tells a tale from just after the Restoration, of murder and plots, both papish and radical (or possibly not). Told as four seperate tales, one starting upon reading the previous version(s) and giving their versions of events, it's clever and funny and a damaned good mystery. Somewhat in the vein of Name of the Rose, with many heady doses of philosophy, it's a crackng read.
Just got onto the David Mitchell, and have finished the first 'novella' (they're not really novella's, but are sort of written as ones, apparently). The Bone Clocks starts of not unlike a Caitlin Moran book, a very well drawn, miserable, fifteen year old running away from home. Nothing particularly weird happening (just a couple of somewhat weird things). But then, two amusingly posh Socialist Worker members turn up, and it all goes distinctly haywire. Gripping stuff.
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
MrSki
Who am I to say you're wrong
I wish. That is Pickman's model who is refreshing his roman history of the conquest of Gaul.Still on Asterix?
No I have been stuck on "Eat my Heart Out" by Zoe Pilger. It is doing my fucking head in. I have read ten books in the time it has taken to read this but I don't want to give up with only 50 pages to go. Maybe I will read them whilst pissed.
stethoscope
Well-Known Member
Just started It's Not About Me: Confessions of a Recovered Outlaw Addict by Ian Young.
weltweit
Well-Known Member
Death Message, Mark Billingham
The second of his books I have read, and luckily in the right order so far, quite like the writing style, plenty of activity to keep the reader interested and short chapters which I always think are a good idea. I will take another of his books shortly.
The second of his books I have read, and luckily in the right order so far, quite like the writing style, plenty of activity to keep the reader interested and short chapters which I always think are a good idea. I will take another of his books shortly.
hash tag
Books, not bombs
Have just finished Christophe Basson's " A Clean Break" and have now got bored with cycling books.
Now reading " Around India in 80 Trains" Monisha Rajesh http://www.80trains.com/
I am enjoying Indian culture more and more. Posh Anglo/Indian journo embarks on 80 train journeys. It's lightweight and fun but she has a keen eye for detail about Indian culture which I'm enjoying.
Now reading " Around India in 80 Trains" Monisha Rajesh http://www.80trains.com/
I am enjoying Indian culture more and more. Posh Anglo/Indian journo embarks on 80 train journeys. It's lightweight and fun but she has a keen eye for detail about Indian culture which I'm enjoying.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Stephen King - Joyland
braindancer
not for long
Last edited:
This Frida Kahlo book keeps giving me the most bizarro dreams! Last night I dreamt that me and Cheesypoof were stood in front of a mirror, holding hands, wearing shirts that were open. We were naked to the waist and making symmetrical shapes. 
Also - Diego Rivera. What a cunt! And a fucking clown
Also - Diego Rivera. What a cunt! And a fucking clown
Nah, not at all MrSki . I gave up doing that years ago. Doris Lessing says it best:
There is only one way to read, which is to browse in libraries and bookshops, picking up books that attract you, reading only those, dropping them when they bore you, skipping the parts that drag-and never, never reading anything because you feel you ought, or because it is part of a trend or a movement. Remember that the book which bores you when you are twenty or thirty will open doors for you when you are forty or fifty-and vise versa. Don’t read a book out of its right time for you
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Ancillary Justice by Anne Leckie
it's billed as 'ian m banks like' which had me sold.
it's billed as 'ian m banks like' which had me sold.
This Frida Kahlo book keeps giving me the most bizarro dreams! Last night I dreamt that me and Cheesypoof were stood in front of a mirror, holding hands, wearing shirts that were open. We were naked to the waist and making symmetrical shapes.
Also - Diego Rivera. What a cunt! And a fucking clown
Totally!!
Btw, most honoured to be in one of your dreams! Love it! xxx
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes. It's just your typical time-travelling serial killer book
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Just started The End of the Affair by Graham Greene
I hadn't realised that people ever had sex in the 1940s
I hadn't realised that people ever had sex in the 1940s
He delves into the structure of his books in this interview: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/booksplus/79/5711212
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
I went to see him giving a talk/interview the last week, and I wish I hadnt, as it gave far too much away about the story. I'm guessing this kind of article does too. Tho I can read it now, as I've finished the book.
It's a very entertaining read, I could barely put it down for the first four novella's. I wasn't quite as convinced by the last two, however. They brought the story together, and there's a lot of very good writing in there, but as examples of fantasy and post-apocalyptic writing, they were only pretty good, rather than excellent. Five had good idea's and quite good use of language (there's a New Yorker article which says its all but incomprehensible, and quotes on long passage which, read in isolatin, is all but incomprehensible, but in the middle of the story is fine, as you've learnt all the neologisms and they make near perfect sense), but the story felt a bit generic, nothing particularly new in it. And the last one, while starting and ending very well, raised too many questions about how they got to such a situation, that went unanswered, so it was a bit frustrating. Still, the good bits far outweighed the bad, and even when it's weak, it's still a gripping and entertaining read.
Can't decide whether to read Howard Jacobson's J now, or Farewell, My Lovely.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
Just finished Farewell, My Lovely, it's brilliant, a one of those novels that has everything - great plot, gripping tension, sublime one liners.
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
So you've got Lonesome Dove yet to read? Jealous. I fucking LOVE Larry McMurtry
Yes, I know he wrote them in a different order but I thought I'd be better off reading them in chronological order.
Found this website packed full of free ebooks to download so I grabbed all four of them:
http://tuebl.ca/
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
That was quite interesting. But really does give away a lot of detail about the book, far too much if you haven't read it. Which reminds me, there's a bloody big spoiler for Thousand Autumns in Bone Clocks, so you shouldn't read the latter if you haven't already read the former.
Last edited:
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
aye lass, t'is - and looky, pictures http://www.splashpageart.com/artist...66&mag=the illustrated dracula by bram stoker
Similar threads
- Poll
