*What book are you reading? (part 2)

[ringo]

I'm just trying this - The Lighthouse - P.D.James (thanks BoatieBird )

Oh dear, she's just died, "peacefully at her home in Oxford" apparently.

Or was it?

 

[BoatieBird]

Oh dear, she's just died, "peacefully at her home in Oxford" apparently.

Oh no, gutted
Although not surprised, she was 94 after all.

Or was it?

That did make me snigger though

 

[Orang Utan]

She was a reactionary piece of work so fuck her tbf.

 

[weltweit]

Re PD James, I saw she just died, and heard a bit of her taking on the chairman of the BBC about all the highly paid positions they have.

She was a reactionary piece of work so fuck her tbf.

Tell more, I don't know much about her and don't think I have read any of her books either.

 

[Orang Utan]

Re PD James, I saw she just died, and heard a bit of her taking on the chairman of the BBC about all the highly paid positions they have.



Tell more, I don't know much about her and don't think I have read any of her books either.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...-a-tale-of-snobbery-and-violence-1601087.html

Read Children Of Men too for her dodgy views

 

[starfish]

Its back to McBain & the 87th Precinct for me. Started Nocturne last night.

 

[campanula]

Dominion, C.J.Sansom...and Shaman, Kim Stanley Robinson

 

[sojourner]

Am halfway through 'The Circle' by Dave Eggers. Nice commentary on social media, if a little obvious at times.

 

[Quartz]

I've started reading Nora Vincent's Self-Made Man.

 

[May Kasahara]

Willy Vlautin - The Motel Life.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Am now 'reading' Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore (the sequel to Graceling) on Audible, It's very very good..

Also some people have thanked me for suggesting they read Graceling... that book is special

Bitterblue is good. It ties up a lot from the two previous books and opens the story up, so that there are plenty of plausible new stories.

 

[ViolentPanda]

Just trotting through Danubia by Simon Winder, amusing and informative about the Habsburg empire, albeit sends you scurrying off to fuck knows how many of his primary sources for the full story.

 

[moon]

Bitterblue is good. It ties up a lot from the two previous books and opens the story up, so that there are plenty of plausible new stories.

Yes, Bitterblue was brilliant, the whole post traumatic stress disorder issue played out by Bitterblue's advisors following Leck's reign was very insightful and incredibly moving to read about.
I'm looking forward to Cashore's next instalment.

What did you think of Fire?

 

[ViolentPanda]

Yes, Bitterblue was brilliant, the whole post traumatic stress disorder issue played out by Bitterblue's advisors following Leck's reign was very insightful and incredibly moving to read about.
I'm looking forward to Cashore's next instalment.

What did you think of Fire?

I liked it, because it was obvious the author was setting up a "world turned upside down" for people from the 7 kingdoms to encounter at a later date. The whole "brightly-coloured predators" thing seemed a bit counter-intuitive at first, until I realised that if they had the power to hypnotise prey, they wouldn't need to evolve any sort of camouflage!

 

[StoneRoad]

Just got through the first three of the "Axis of Time" trilogy, John Birmingham.
Interesting concept. Some of the details are a bit gory (but not as much as in the Sharpe stuff I was reading before them).
I gather that there may be a couple of additional instalments ....

 

[Spanky Longhorn]

The Bone Clocks

great so far

Just finishing this, got about 7% left and I'm skimming through it now - fantastic book - except the last bit and the Crispin Hershey bit dragged a little as well.

Over all great imagery and prose, hopefully the last bit is worth dragging through!

 

[weltweit]

Teach us to sit still, Tim Parks
Just finished, well written and an easy read, makes me wonder if everyone should try Vipassana meditation.

 

[flypanam]

Joshua Ferris - The unnamed

His second book and a massive let down. Has it moments like some beautifully observed domestic life, but mostly it rushes to nowhere in particular. I had a real problem with all the protagonists in this novel. All were unlovable.

 

[ringo]

The Long Goodbye - Raymond Chandler

Just brilliant.

 

[sojourner]

The last one in Pat Barker's trilogy - The Ghost Road

 

[ViolentPanda]

Bears- A Brief History by Bernd Brunner.

 

[jeff_leigh]

After Dark, My Sweet - Jim Thompson

 

[DotCommunist]

Just finishing this, got about 7% left and I'm skimming through it now - fantastic book - except the last bit and the Crispin Hershey bit dragged a little as well.

Over all great imagery and prose, hopefully the last bit is worth dragging through!

funnily enough further to our conversation on another thread I decided to give Stross's Merchant Princes another go.

now on bok 2 in as many days lol

 

[goldenecitrone]

This Bloody Mary is the last thing I own. Jonathan Rendall. A nuts and bolts account of the boxing scene in the 90s. Have just got a copy of Scream: the Tyson tapes by the same author.

Also, Neanderthal Man - In Search of Lost Genomes by Svante Paabo. How he helped develop the techniques to extract DNA from the bones of Neanderthals.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Witches - A Tale of Sorcery, Scandal and Seduction, by Tracy Borman.

It's about a particular case of alleged witchcraft back in the 17th century.

 

[D'wards]

Just finished another reading of Blood Meridian - I think i'm slightly obsessed with this book.

It has made me read further about the native Americans, particularly the Apache and Comanche - where the European settlers practiced an almost business-like extermination of the peoples, the natives (some of them) were quite sadistic and creative with their violence and murder.
Interesting stuff.

 

[oneunder]

Just finished another reading of Blood Meridian - I think i'm slightly obsessed with this book.

It has made me read further about the native Americans, particularly the Apache and Comanche - where the European settlers practiced an almost business-like extermination of the peoples, the natives (some of them) were quite sadistic and creative with their violence and murder.
Interesting stuff.

Read it recently..i took my time over it..really enjoyed it and bought 2 more copies for xmas gifts..

 

[N_igma]

Just finished David Graeber's Debt: The First 5,000 Years. Simply wow! Very informative and thought provoking at the same time one of those ones where it leaves you thinking about it long after you've put it down can't recommend it enough.

Moving on to Northern Protestants by Susan McKay next. Basically she interviews various people from the Protestant community in Northern Ireland to gain an insight into their political opinions etc looking forward to it.

 

[KeeperofDragons]

Currently got 2 on the go, Dickens A Christmas Carol (always read it this time of year) & Peter Ackroyd's London.

 

[weltweit]

Blood Line, Mark Billingham

Read a few Billinghams now and just got a couple more from the library, easy reading, good plots, believable characters (DI Thorne is the main protagonist) good crime / thriller / drama.