*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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I've just finished the last book in 'The Mortal Instruments' 'City of Heavenly Fire' by Cassandra Clare. sobs!
Sebastian had all his demon blood burnt out of him and is now dead... which is a shame as I really liked him.
not sure where the spoiler code button is now (haven't been here for ages) so wont say anymore, but this series was AWESOME!!!
Am now on book 3 of the prequel 'The Infernal Devices' and am sooo looking forward to the sequel 'The Dark Artifices' book 1 is out early next year.
Has anyone else read these?
Sebastian had all his demon blood burnt out of him and is now dead... which is a shame as I really liked him.
not sure where the spoiler code button is now (haven't been here for ages) so wont say anymore, but this series was AWESOME!!!
Am now on book 3 of the prequel 'The Infernal Devices' and am sooo looking forward to the sequel 'The Dark Artifices' book 1 is out early next year.
Has anyone else read these?
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
well, the only way to solve that dilemma, was the obvious one - read them both!
The first Martin Beck - Roseanna - is a very good, stripped back, slow, police procedural, no car chases, big gun fights, nor anything like that. And all the better for it. That said, I think the translation left a lot to be desired, simplistic to the point of almost childishness. And the kindleification...ohh dear oh dear, abysmal, it still had the original page numbers in in some places! the others better be better done.
March Violets - the first Bernie Gunther - is an absolute blast of a belter of a book. Think Philip Marlowe in nazi Germany. Historically spot on and politically as sharp as an SA Schnittert dagger, it's a right rip-roaring read. Halfway through at the mo, cant wait to finish it.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
King of the badgers by Philip Hensher
An Aga saga with an orgy thrown in
An Aga saga with an orgy thrown in
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Been dipping my toes into Suicide Squads first run of comics. I'm not sure, I like it but I'm still not sure. The artwork is beautiful though.
Recently finished the 'Daughter of Smoke and Bone' trilogy by Laini Taylor.
It was totally EPIC.. initially set in Prague, the protagonist is a female art student who lives with a 'family' of chimera. She travels around the world collecting teeth for her guardian but does not know what they are for...
She also has hamsa's tattooed into the palms of her hands and doesn't know how they got there..
Then we discover there is a war going on between the Chimera and the Seraphim
I was on the edge of my seat reading this...
It also features a seriously hot (literally) angel called Akiva
It was totally EPIC.. initially set in Prague, the protagonist is a female art student who lives with a 'family' of chimera. She travels around the world collecting teeth for her guardian but does not know what they are for...
She also has hamsa's tattooed into the palms of her hands and doesn't know how they got there..
Then we discover there is a war going on between the Chimera and the Seraphim
I was on the edge of my seat reading this...
It also features a seriously hot (literally) angel called Akiva
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
aleister crowley, eight lectures on yoga (phoenix, az: new falcon, 1991)
Tim Parks - Where I'm Reading From.
Promising, but I've just found fault with his section on e-books, saying they are a medium for grown-ups. He points out loads of things that people 'think' are wrong with kindles, but misses the bleeding obvious (obvious to me, anyway). If the fucking lights go out, you won't be able to read them. If electricity/energy becomes scarce/unreliable/you are in the middle of nowhere, then you will always be able to read printed paper, but you won't be able to read a fucking kindle.
Promising, but I've just found fault with his section on e-books, saying they are a medium for grown-ups. He points out loads of things that people 'think' are wrong with kindles, but misses the bleeding obvious (obvious to me, anyway). If the fucking lights go out, you won't be able to read them. If electricity/energy becomes scarce/unreliable/you are in the middle of nowhere, then you will always be able to read printed paper, but you won't be able to read a fucking kindle.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
There are plenty of valid arguments 'against' kindles, but that is a rather weak one.
Not to me it isn't.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Then you're essentially arguing against powered technology.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Latter half of Dillons 'Dirty War'. Just reading about Robert Nairac. I don't care how good your irish accent is, being sas and wandering south armagh, in the mid 70s, on your billy tod was very foolish indeed- one quote that intrigued me 'they don't like anyone down their- they run their own war'.
No I'm not. I'm pointing out a downside to kindles that Tim fucking Parks didn't. Nice extrapolation though.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
It's hardly a downside, unless there is a disaster.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Dp
It IS a downside, stop being tiresome again.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
tbh, if we lose all electricity, not being able to read my kindle will be a fair way down my list of things I'm arsed about.
tho that does kinda of dovetail with my latest read:
Stephen Witt - How Music Got Free. A very good, so far, history of the mp3, file sharing, and how it has changed music forever. Should make for an interesting corollary for the upcoming Paul Mason book on how free info is going to end capitalism.
Off to the North of Wales camping so ive decided to carry on with my Game of Thrones series (had them for months and honestly couldn't be fucked). Got the 2nd and 3rd book with me and the 4th in a emergency if I manage to read them.
I'll probably do 50-100 pages but it gives me something to do
I'll probably do 50-100 pages but it gives me something to do
It doesn't have to be ALL the time, the loss. Gods sake, can't believe I'm arguing this.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
there is a reason I keep two paperbacks in my old dears crap, frequently breaking down motor. Got caught short not two months ago on a run to corby for...legitimate reasons...twiddling my thumbs for ages waiting for green flag. No book. Radio is fucked so no talk radio. I actually had to be in my own head for an hour. It was hell.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I wasn't.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
not started it yet, but have just been given After I’m Gone by Laura Lippman. Which was very nice of Faber, who are promising me another in a week, some kind of deal so they can check how I read it, 'taking into consideration things such as whether you complete a chapter and how long it takes you to read it. Do you read in short sessions or in long sessions? Where do you get stuck in the story? We hope that it will help us better understand our readers.'
I think I got it as a Faber Social member, so anyone can probably sign up to that and get them for nowt too
I think I got it as a Faber Social member, so anyone can probably sign up to that and get them for nowt too
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I'm reading Ian McEwan's The Children Act.
It's about an important person who ruminates on their important life whilst chewing over an important decision about some unimportant people, all whilst trying to live a normal domestic life, just like a normal person.
I'm never sure how much he's taking the piss out of these people, if at all. He doesn't seem to hold them in contempt at all. He's very sympathetic towards them, but then he talks about the protagonist's extended family holidaying 'in the cheaper sort of castle', and I wonder...is there a joke i'm missing?
He is an excellent wordsmith and observer of human relationships, but the people he writes about...aaargh
It's about an important person who ruminates on their important life whilst chewing over an important decision about some unimportant people, all whilst trying to live a normal domestic life, just like a normal person.
I'm never sure how much he's taking the piss out of these people, if at all. He doesn't seem to hold them in contempt at all. He's very sympathetic towards them, but then he talks about the protagonist's extended family holidaying 'in the cheaper sort of castle', and I wonder...is there a joke i'm missing?
He is an excellent wordsmith and observer of human relationships, but the people he writes about...aaargh
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
The Lives of Ants, by Laurent Keller and Elisabeth Gordon. It's all about lovely little ants, as you'd expect.
BoatieBird
Well-Known Member
I know exactly what you mean!
I too love his writing, but some of his protagonists... hmmm, I couldn't finish Solar because the main character was such a cock.
Really? You surprise me. You're a poet, are you not? Your own head should be a heaven, not a hell.
You were. You just never realise you are being.I wasn't.
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