CosmikRoger
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Riddley Walker - Russell Hoban, after seeing it mentioned and recommended on here. Im finding the phonetic writing style hard work, it's certainly slowing down my reading speed but I'm persevering.
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The Blood Spilt by Swedish writer Àsa Larsson. It's her second novel out of five she's written so far. I wasn't overly impressed by her first book, The Savage Alter, but I'm giving this one a bash.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
aleister crowley, 'the complete astrological writings' (london:star, 1987)
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Stephen King - Revival. Good enough to keep me up till one in the bloody morning finishing it, bleak enough to mean I can't sleep now 
moonsi til
worked it out now!
A Confederacy of Dunces: John Kennedy Toole
Just finished this very funny book this morning and would be running out to lend it to folk except I bought a 2nd hand copy, bent the spine and lost 14 pages on holiday. From the back blurb:
'A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern- this is Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. In magnificent revolt against the twentieth century, Ignatius propels his monstrous bulk among the flesh pots of a fallen city, filling his Big Chief tablets with invective, until his maroon-haired mother decrees that Ignatius must go to work'.
It has been a complete joy to read.
Just finished this very funny book this morning and would be running out to lend it to folk except I bought a 2nd hand copy, bent the spine and lost 14 pages on holiday. From the back blurb:
'A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern- this is Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. In magnificent revolt against the twentieth century, Ignatius propels his monstrous bulk among the flesh pots of a fallen city, filling his Big Chief tablets with invective, until his maroon-haired mother decrees that Ignatius must go to work'.
It has been a complete joy to read.
Jo Nesbo - Phantom. If you read the Harry Hole series; you know what to expect.
Where does the committee stand on JH these days?
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Lying fraudulent plagiaristic incest pornographer
tendril
Coming up blastin' like Yosemite Sam
Well, despite what he may have done in the past I am rather enjoying it. There is much I didn't know
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love - Raymond Carver
I bought this when I was drunk and thought it was by Raymond Chandler
. It's a bit weird buying second hand books when you're drunk, I have no idea why I was in an Oxfam book shop. Anyway, I did well, his short stories of drunk, unfaithful mid century Americans completely failing to live the American Dream is perfectly pitched. One short story is only seven pages long, there are no spare words, he doesn't explain the background story, but he conjures tension in the first few lines and holds it and you know exactly what has happened. A master class in short story writing.
I bought this when I was drunk and thought it was by Raymond Chandler
. It's a bit weird buying second hand books when you're drunk, I have no idea why I was in an Oxfam book shop. Anyway, I did well, his short stories of drunk, unfaithful mid century Americans completely failing to live the American Dream is perfectly pitched. One short story is only seven pages long, there are no spare words, he doesn't explain the background story, but he conjures tension in the first few lines and holds it and you know exactly what has happened. A master class in short story writing.
I've been on a crap roll with books lately - they've all been really shit and I've had to just give up on them. About 5 on the trot!
Anyway, perused my daughter's bookshelves tother day and found Richard E Grant's autobiog, With Nails. I really like his style of writing - very funny, poetic, his enthusiasm charges through sections of it
Anyway, perused my daughter's bookshelves tother day and found Richard E Grant's autobiog, With Nails. I really like his style of writing - very funny, poetic, his enthusiasm charges through sections of it
I've just started Dark Places by Gillian Flynn
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Killer In Clowntown- Martin Dillon for srs
Aloha From Hell- Richard Kadrey
an adepts 'friends' sold him out to hell and he spent 12 years there before getting back out. Seeks vengeance. amusing.
Aloha From Hell- Richard Kadrey
an adepts 'friends' sold him out to hell and he spent 12 years there before getting back out. Seeks vengeance. amusing.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Just started NOS4R2 by Joe Hill.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
is that Stephen King's son? read anything else of his?
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Yes, and yes - he's really good. There's a book of his short stories called 20th Century Ghosts (I think) that is amazing. Heart Shaped Box is a good thrill ride and I was blown away by Horns.
This one is the most like his dad's, so far - compulsively readable but lacking a bit of the emotional depth of Horns.
BoatieBird
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I've been greedy with the Joe Hill books and now I've run out, eagerly awaiting more.
I've loved them all, but 20th Century Ghosts and Horns were my favourites too May Kasahara.
It was you raving about Horns on here that made me want to read it and I've since gone on to recommend it to so many other people, the ones who read it love it too.
I've loved them all, but 20th Century Ghosts and Horns were my favourites too May Kasahara.
It was you raving about Horns on here that made me want to read it and I've since gone on to recommend it to so many other people, the ones who read it love it too.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
The ending of the book is a million times better than the film's ending
Buddy Bradley
Pantheistic solipsist
I read Hemingway's A Moveable Feast over the last couple of days, and massively enjoyed it - I think it's the best writing memoir I've read since Stephen King.
May Kasahara
take me to the feeling
Just finished this - very good overall, first half almost up there with Horns, final section like reading a very good Stephen King. I thought the evocation of how emotional damage passes on was fantastically well done. Vic McQueen is a superb heroine.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Imagine: Living in a Socialist USA - ed Frances Goldin
A bit more basic than I was hoping it would be, not unlike one of those 'Why You Should Be A Socialist' booklets the SWP/SP put out. But it's decent enough, and has some interesting facts and figures, and decent breakdowns of how various arenas (health, housing, the economy) could work.
Honourable Friends: Parliament and the Fight for Change - Caroline Lucas. The tale of her first five years in parliament. She writes well, and is good on the rampant hypocrisy within parliament, and how you need you need extra-parliamentary action to create change, but it's still....well, just a bit wet. And dodges a few issues (and I havent even got to the Brighton bin strike yet).
A bit more basic than I was hoping it would be, not unlike one of those 'Why You Should Be A Socialist' booklets the SWP/SP put out. But it's decent enough, and has some interesting facts and figures, and decent breakdowns of how various arenas (health, housing, the economy) could work.
Honourable Friends: Parliament and the Fight for Change - Caroline Lucas. The tale of her first five years in parliament. She writes well, and is good on the rampant hypocrisy within parliament, and how you need you need extra-parliamentary action to create change, but it's still....well, just a bit wet. And dodges a few issues (and I havent even got to the Brighton bin strike yet).
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