*What book are you reading? (part 2)

[sojourner]

And plunging straight back into the abyss - started 1983 by David Peace last night. I am wondering whether storylines will plait together in this, and part of me wants them to, and part of me doesn't. It looks like they might though. God this man is a fucking genius.

An interesting aside: The Red Ladder Theatre Company in Leeds (radical group) recently had ALL of their funding pulled by the Arts Council, and David Peace sold the stage rights to one of his books to them for £3.68, a penny per page, so they can raise funds

 

[idumea]

The Magicians by Lev Grossman
The Iron King by Maurice Druon

 

[belboid]

There's a new Umberto Eco novel out!

sadly, my Italian isn't good enough to know more than the fact that there's a new Umberto Eco novel out. But at only 218 pages, it might not take too long to translate.

 

[nogojones]

Just finished 1980 by David Peace

Not heard of him before, but been looking since I saw the reviews here. What's a good one to start on?

 

[belboid]

Not heard of him before, but been looking since I saw the reviews here. What's a good one to start on?

as they're a quadrilogy, probably best to start with the earliest one

Unless you want a very nice gentle introduction, and dont mind reading about Leeds United, in which case start with the Damned United

 

[nogojones]

as they're a quadrilogy, probably best to start with the earliest one

Unless you want a very nice gentle introduction, and dont mind reading about Leeds United, in which case start with the Damned United

I have no interest in football what so ever, so one of the quartet I guess. What's the first one?

 

[belboid]

Nineteen Seventy-Four

The pedant in me has to point out that it is actually written thus, and not numerically rolleyes: at self)

GB84 is a standalone one about the miners strike that is a very good read - tho far too dark and bleak to really capture the mood of the strike, imo. Other opinions are available.

 

[MrSki]

The Lords of the North - Bernard Cornwell

I started this series ages ago, but am only just getting back into it.

It is really good. I am waiting for some fucker to return the latest in the series 'The Empty Throne' to the library so I can read it.

Currently reading the ninth in the 44 Scotland Street series by Alexander McCall Smith. Very different to the Saxon Stories but enjoyable.

 

[neonwilderness]

It is really good. I am waiting for some fucker to return the latest in the series 'The Empty Throne' to the library so I can read it.

Currently reading the ninth in the 44 Scotland Street series by Alexander McCall Smith. Very different to the Saxon Stories but enjoyable.

There's lots of similarities to The Warlord Chronicles series, but it's an enjoyable read nonetheless. I'm looking forward to the BBC adaption of The Last Kingdom too

 

[MrSki]

There's lots of similarities to The Warlord Chronicles series, but it's an enjoyable read nonetheless. I'm looking forward to the BBC adaption of The Last Kingdom too

That sounds good. Was not aware of it being made. Do you know when it will be out? Surely if it a success then the will do the whole of the Saxon stories. I can see them being able to flog it in the States.

 

[neonwilderness]

That sounds good. Was not aware of it being made. Do you know when it will be out? Surely if it a success then the will do the whole of the Saxon stories. I can see them being able to flog it in the States.

I'm not sure. I think they started filming a few months back, so maybe towards the end of this year?

It would certainly make sense to do the full series if the first one is a success.

 

[Buddy Bradley]

Just finished What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami. It was surprisingly excellent; I've not been a huge fan of Murakami's novels, but this memoir -- equal parts running diary and musing on his novels and life -- is a satisfying, albeit short, read. He is candid about his fear of growing older, and as a runner myself, his descriptions of the effects of running on his psyche rang authentically true.

 

[starfish]

To Rise Again At A Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris. Traditional Booker shortlist Christmas pressie from my big sis.

 

[rubbershoes]

The Power and The Glory by Graham Greene

Such a good writer

 

[imposs1904]

The Power and The Glory by Graham Greene

Such a good writer

Just stumbled across a load of Graham Greene books that someone had dumped outside a shut down bookstore near where I buy my groceries. There were at least 15 of his books lying on the pavement. I did the decent thing and grabbed three of them.

 

[Dexter Deadwood]

Obama's Wars - Bob Woodward.

 

[weltweit]

The Invisible Man, H.G. Wells

Lethal, Sandra Brown

The Fall, Simon Mawer

I read HG Wells wrote 400 books, sadly The Invisible Man is the only one my local library had.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Just finished children's author Jaqueline Wilson's autobiography of being a young teenager in London in 1960 - superb. What a writer!!!

 

[ringo]

Bring Up The Bodies - Hilary Mantel.

Bit of a rush to get it read before the TV series gets that far but it's so good I'm charging through it already.

 

[MrSki]

Just starting 'Where the Bodies are Buried' - Christopher Brookmyre.

 

[sojourner]

I have no interest in football what so ever, so one of the quartet I guess. What's the first one?

Be sure to post up here when you read them - I've got just less than halfway to go before finishing the last one. Fuck me. INCREDIBLY good writing. Just astonishingly good.

 

[maya]

Stig Dagerman- German Autumn (1947). Non-fictional account of his travels through the country and encounters with the people in the immediate aftermath of WW2.

Anna Funder- Stasiland: Stories from behind the Berlin Wall (2003). This was okay(ish), but felt a bit too anecdotal for me- not enough analysis or historical background... But it never intended to provide that, then it'd be a very different book. Just my own impatience/taste shining through, tbf.

Trying to find a good book on the Stasi, will have a look at academic works but any suggestions at all would be appreciated...

 

[Greebo]

Amexica: War along the borderline - Ed Vuillamy

Zla Milosc - Aleksander Sowa (just to get used to the word patterns at the moment)

 

[Greebo]

weltweit try looking on gutenberg.org. There's quite a lot by H.G Wells there, admittedly not 400.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/30

 

[weltweit]

weltweit try looking on gutenberg.org. There's quite a lot by H.G Wells there, admittedly not 400.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/30

Thanks for that Greebo, I may have to get myself one of those "reader" thingies

 

[Greebo]

Thanks for that Greebo, I may have to get myself one of those "reader" thingies

No immediate need, the ones on that site are readable online, as well as downloadable in most e reader formats and as PDF (so you can print them if preferred).

 

[flypanam]

To Rise Again At A Decent Hour by Joshua Ferris. Traditional Booker shortlist Christmas pressie from my big sis.

It's a beautiful read, very funny and pushed me to take better care of my teeth.

 

[mypreciouss]

The Great Transformation - Polanyi

 

[hot air baboon]

weltweit try looking on gutenberg.org. There's quite a lot by H.G Wells there, admittedly not 400.
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/30

....he did do alot of short stories - don;t know if they're all getting rolled up into the total...

...there's a big doorstep collection of 84 of them thats been reprinted numerous times in numerous editions....

 

[moon]

The Signature of all Things - Elizabeth Gilbert (Audible)
I've just downloaded this, it was on my wish-list as Juliette Stevenson is the narrator and the storyline involves botany..

I finished Vampire Academy.. I found the relationship between Moroi, Strigoi and Dhampirs quite interesting but it was a bit too teen fiction for me.. I guess there was a clue in the title..

Have nearly finished the Hunger Games, 1 more chapter to go, it has been really interesting and creepy etc etc.. will put Catching Fire on my to read list..