*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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flypanam
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I've three on the go at the moment:
Paul Murray - The mark and the void. The characterisation is very like his previous book 'Skippy dies' but the sections about banking, Irish identity, and behaviour are excellent. Well worth reading.
Benjamin Kunkel - Indecision. First novel by a young American novelist, very much a coming of age story. Funny too.
What do you desire? N+1 anthology volume II - a selection of essays from the N+1 journal. Very good long form essays.
Paul Murray - The mark and the void. The characterisation is very like his previous book 'Skippy dies' but the sections about banking, Irish identity, and behaviour are excellent. Well worth reading.
Benjamin Kunkel - Indecision. First novel by a young American novelist, very much a coming of age story. Funny too.
What do you desire? N+1 anthology volume II - a selection of essays from the N+1 journal. Very good long form essays.
sovereignb
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Ive just finished "Kill Your Boss" by John Lago which was great...im now reading the sequel Shoot The Messenger
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Working my way through the Black Company by Glen Cook, currently on book 3: White Rose
Steel Icarus
ersatz maven
Finally reading The Making of the English Working Class. Interesting stuff.
Yes, but apparently it was terrible, the new 'Shadow Hunters' series seems to have better actors and producers, not sure how to watch it in the UK when it comes out next year though.
Good article mentioning it here, also the photo is of Clary on set!
http://variety.com/2015/tv/features...-magicians-shadowhunters-shannara-1201568950/
Cassandra Clare also has a very good Tumblr blog here too http://cassandraclare.tumblr.com/ full of interesting facts, fan art, cast interviews etc etc.. She was also in London recently giving talks etc.
I adore the new (US) book covers..
ringo
Macaroni cheese controller
That song by Deep Blue Something?
Yep, I've got to finish the book quick 'cos it's non-stop and I only know the chorus. Good job it's a short novel
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
M John Harrison - Light
Emily St.John Mandel - Station Eleven
I'm not too sure what Light's about yet - might end up being too clever for me as i don't get quantum mechanics, but i don't mind not understanding some of it because it is so beautifully written
Station Eleven seems to be about a theatre in post- apocalyptic Canada - very crisply written and compelling so far. I was only supposed to be reading Light, but I picked this up and was hooked
Emily St.John Mandel - Station Eleven
I'm not too sure what Light's about yet - might end up being too clever for me as i don't get quantum mechanics, but i don't mind not understanding some of it because it is so beautifully written
Station Eleven seems to be about a theatre in post- apocalyptic Canada - very crisply written and compelling so far. I was only supposed to be reading Light, but I picked this up and was hooked
Am currently reading 'The Wrath and the Dawn' by by Renée Ahdieh - a retelling of the Arabian Nights, am about halfway in and on the edge of my seat in anticipation of finding out why a Prince kills all his brides at dawn.. it has something to do with the rain..
And also reading Seraphina by Rachel Hartman - It's about dragons and half dragons who take human form, as well as mind gardens filled with strange beasts..
And also reading Seraphina by Rachel Hartman - It's about dragons and half dragons who take human form, as well as mind gardens filled with strange beasts..
Have temporarily halted Zen and the Art of Motorcycle etc & am currently reading "People Like Us" by Chris Binchy. Life in Dublin, circa the bubble.
Vintage Paw
dead stare and computer glare
Just finished Talk to the Tail by Tom Cox. I like his cat books.
Now reading Scoop, by Waugh. Liking it so far.
I was reading In Cold Blood but god I just couldn't get into it.
Now reading Scoop, by Waugh. Liking it so far.
I was reading In Cold Blood but god I just couldn't get into it.
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Books, not bombs
- Zen was hard work but worth it. Really struggled with the follow up, Lila.
Currently reading Alan Johnson's This Boy. I have never been so taken in/so involved with any book ever before. I felt like I really knew his mother Lilly and sister Linda.
I was close to tears when Lilly died and was veryy worried about what would become of them after that. Great book, well written.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
Gut - the inside story of our body's most under-rated organ, by Giulia Enders. All about the intestinal tract and shitting. 
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
finishing off Seveneves by stephenson
the build up was better than the far future section. One reviewer nailed it perfectly. 'This is an engineers future. People engineered, religion egineered'. Its a little narrow in scope there. Makes up for it with the vast scope of the megastructure, terraforming etc
the build up was better than the far future section. One reviewer nailed it perfectly. 'This is an engineers future. People engineered, religion egineered'. Its a little narrow in scope there. Makes up for it with the vast scope of the megastructure, terraforming etc
Steel Icarus
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Blood Meridian. I was ready for another McCarthy, it being a couple of years since I read The Road. Lacks the emotional impact of The Road but the writing is astonishing, especially the descriptive passages of the land. Like it's from some other time, almost.
Voley
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Beautiful, isn't it? There's a sentence from one in that trilogy that goes on for almost a page - he's describing a train pulling into a station - that's incredibly poetic, has the rhythm of a train slowing down, everything. I went back and reread it about four times. The atmosphere of those books is unreal.
Steel Icarus
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Was intending to get that yesterday but ran out of time in town trying to find trousers. Will get online...
weltweit
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The Black Book, Ian Rankin - I have read quite a few Rankin books now and know the characters well, despite this I always enjoy the slow reveal of the plots in the darker parts of the city. This will not be the last Rankin book I read.
A Colder War, Charles Cumming - I was a bit concerned about the slow start in this but it developed into a thriller I enjoyed. Never read Charles Cumming before.
A Colder War, Charles Cumming - I was a bit concerned about the slow start in this but it developed into a thriller I enjoyed. Never read Charles Cumming before.
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