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*What book are you reading? (part 2)

ShiftyBagLady said:
It's not what I'm reading but I've just pulled a selection of books off my shelf for my boy (14yr old) to read. It was good fun actually. I've left a little post it note on each one to try and sell them to him a little. I'm going to leave them in the sofa as that's the first place he heads when he gets home
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What a great thing to do ShiftyBagLady :cool:

Of course I am intrigued to read your post it notes now! :D

Honestly I don't think there is anything anyone could say to get me to try and read The Prince again. ;)

I am currently reading this:

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Plus reading/line editing my friend's 2nd crime/detective novel.
 
Shirl said:
Inocents - How justice failed Stefan Kiszko and Lesley Moleseed by Jonathan Rose with Steve Panter and Trevor Wilkinson
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sojourner I've finally finished this book. It's made me incredibly angry. I've followed on line from where it left off and it's really bloody depressing. Give me a shout if you still want it and I'll post it on.
 
krtek a houby said:
Hellfire - Mia Gallagher. Really odd book set in Dublin about this girl and her family. The blurb mentions Harry Potter and Irivine Welsh but I can't see the connections yet...
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ok, far far far better than the jacket blurb would indicate. Can't see the Harry Potter link at all but can see a bit of the Welsh vibe, in terms of vernacular. Story set in inner city Dublin over several decades around a family, drug abuse, loss and gangland activity. Sounds grim - and it is in part - but Mia Gallagher excels herself. Wonderful and haunting.
 
Great post from ShiftyBagLady earlier :thumbs:
Well this is what is exciting me at the moment Jeremy Hutchinson’s Case Histories – stories of a devil’s advocate
He may appear priveledged what with his background, education Etc. BUT he has had one hell of a life and twice stood as a Labour MP (Benn campaigned for him).
Some of his cases shaped the 20th century; George Blake, Christine Keeler, Lady Chatterley obscenity trial, Howard Marks, Tom Keating et al.
As a bye the bye, following reading about one or two of the cases has lead me to watching documentaries and films about them :)
 
Savage Continent: Europe in the aftermath of WW11 by Kieth Lowe

forgot I had this loaded into my MagicScroll reading app library.
 
Mation said:
Turns out the sequel is coming out this month, so I've pre-ordered it :cool:
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Just finished this - A Closed and Common Orbit. I don't understand the title but, stars I loved the book. And now I have to wait until however long it takes her to write another one :mad:
 
A History of Economic Thought by Isaac Ilych Rubin
I was recommended Rubin's book as a helpful one to read with Marx's Theories of Surplus Value and it is a very clear account of the development of political economy from the mercantilists to the break down of the classical era after Ricardo. It effectively places the various theorists in their historical context and fairly straightforwardly assesses their various merits and flaws. A very useful book.

I also read Rage by Lorenza Mazzetti which has its moments but on the whole is a bit muddled and dull in places. It;s a novel about a traumatised teenager facing adulthood in post war Italy, and it does capture the mentality of being that age along with disorienting and isolating grief pretty well, unfortunately just not in a way that's especially great to read.
 
Revenger - Alistair Reynolds...unfortunately awful, simplistic, telegraphed. switching between Becky Chambers - A Long Way Down to a Small Angry Planet and His Bloody Project, Graeme Macrae Burnet
 
It broke my heart to finish 'The art of fielding' it was so good, the best book I've read in a while.

But finish it I did, so now I'm on to Jonathan Franzen's Purity. Not liking it so far, but will persist.

and

Mark Greif's Against Everything: on dishonest times
 
Genealogy As Critique (Foucault And The Problems Of Modernity) - Colin Koopman.

Probably one of the strongest attempts to synthesize different aspects of Foucault's work, especially in regard to Archaeology and Genealogy. He also writes well too!
 
I ran out of library books and have yet to get some more on order so I accepted Master And Commander by Patrick O'Brian as a sort of fill in book - from a nautical friend. At first I found the constant detailed descriptions of everything annoying but the style has grown on me and I am now half way through it. He has all of them, so if I like this one more could follow.

Has anyone else read any Patrick O'Brian? what did you think?
 
weltweit said:
I ran out of library books and have yet to get some more on order so I accepted Master And Commander by Patrick O'Brian as a sort of fill in book - from a nautical friend. At first I found the constant detailed descriptions of everything annoying but the style has grown on me and I am now half way through it. He has all of them, so if I like this one more could follow.

Has anyone else read any Patrick O'Brian? what did you think?
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Yes, I've read the series and recognise the description you give of finding the initial immersion annoying, but it really is worth the effort. Once you are familiar with the terminology (I found myself buying a guide to the terms etc) you gain so much more from the novels. O'Brian clearly cared deeply about crafting his books, once you recognise the effort and research he undertook your appreciation of him as a writer will grow.
 
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