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*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
I was bought A Brief History of Seven Killings, but the person who bought it for me bought it for herself too, and is on the verge of abandoning it.
The reviews on Amazon are very mixed; lots love it, lots hate it.
Has anyone read it and would you recommend it? I have loads to read, and am loathe to abandon books once i start.
The reviews on Amazon are very mixed; lots love it, lots hate it.
Has anyone read it and would you recommend it? I have loads to read, and am loathe to abandon books once i start.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
It's fucking great. helps a little if you are aware of some of the circumstances around the novels setting, but i don't think it makes that much difference
D'wards
IT'S YOUR DECISION DANIEL
Cheers, i do know a little as i've seen all the various Bob Marley documentries over the years, but i'll read the wikipedia entry on the shooting, and elections.
Incidentally, did you see the Classic Album about Catch a Fire? Interesting to note that Blackwell took the master tapes and had country music players put extra bits on, with the Wailer's approval, to soften the sound a bit and make it more attractive to whites - and it worked an all.
ringo
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Its great, have a read of this, haven't checked for spoilers though...
A Brief History Of Seven Killings - Marlon James
That classic albums episode is surprisingly good, they can be a bit dull. Island released the original raw Jamaican mix before Blackwell et al added their rock noodlings a few years ago, well worth a listen. I like the polished release too though.
Twilight Of The Idols - Nietzsche (again)
Villain - Shuichi Yoshida. Crime fiction set in a quiet Kysushu district. Inevitably, the jacket blurb compares the writer to Stieg Larsson. He's not.
Mansfield Park - Jane Austen
ringo
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The Zone Of Interest - Martin Amis
I used to love him when I was in my teens/twenties. Then he went really shit. Read his last, Lionel Asbo, because it was cheap in a charity shop. Unremittingly awful shit.
Got this one because I got the epub free. I've just realised it's some sort of Aushwitz comedy. I'm ready to be offended but reviews seem fairly reasonable, the first couple of chapters quite readable. I still think he's a massive twat though.
I used to love him when I was in my teens/twenties. Then he went really shit. Read his last, Lionel Asbo, because it was cheap in a charity shop. Unremittingly awful shit.
Got this one because I got the epub free. I've just realised it's some sort of Aushwitz comedy. I'm ready to be offended but reviews seem fairly reasonable, the first couple of chapters quite readable. I still think he's a massive twat though.
got 2 on the go - Echopraxia - Peter Watts (dystopian sf) and Nod - Adrian Barnes which sounded intriguing. Insomnia sets in across Canada...after 6 days of sleep deprivation, psychosis sets in and after 4 weeks the body breaks down and organs cease to function. Not everyone is affected. Panic sets in leading to a bizarre new world order.
Also dipping into The Cabaret of Plants - Richard Mabey.
eta - halfway through Nod - seriously creepish. Have an infected foot so not sleeping well, staying up all night reading a book about insomnia has not improved the vague dread I am now feeling. Not sure whether I have the fortitude to finish.
Also dipping into The Cabaret of Plants - Richard Mabey.
eta - halfway through Nod - seriously creepish. Have an infected foot so not sleeping well, staying up all night reading a book about insomnia has not improved the vague dread I am now feeling. Not sure whether I have the fortitude to finish.
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Paul Beatty - The Sellout
I understand that it is trying to be satire. I understand that. But this quote says it all for me, "It manages to eviscerate every social taboo and politically correct nuance, every sacred cow. While making us laugh, it also makes us wince. It is both funny and painful at the same time.” (historian Amanda Foreman)
Hmm. Cheap laughs is what springs to my mind, tbh. Some of it is quite clever, some of it. The rest reminds me of an unfunny comedian pulling the 'irony' (not irony) card.
I understand that it is trying to be satire. I understand that. But this quote says it all for me, "It manages to eviscerate every social taboo and politically correct nuance, every sacred cow. While making us laugh, it also makes us wince. It is both funny and painful at the same time.” (historian Amanda Foreman)
Hmm. Cheap laughs is what springs to my mind, tbh. Some of it is quite clever, some of it. The rest reminds me of an unfunny comedian pulling the 'irony' (not irony) card.
Stewart Lee's How I Escaped My Certain Fate... basically, annotations to three of his live shows plus bits in between. Very funny but I'd rather see him live.
Foucault & Neoliberalism - Daniel Zamora & Michael C. Behrent (Eds.).
The Philosophical Discourse Of Modernity - Jurgen Habermas
Specifically: The Critique Of Reason As An Unmasking Of The Human Sciences & Questions Concerning The Theory Of Power: Foucault Again
Specifically: The Critique Of Reason As An Unmasking Of The Human Sciences & Questions Concerning The Theory Of Power: Foucault Again
BoatieBird
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You might have just solved a Christmas present dilemma for me!
I have a bee-keeping friend but I'm not sure if what she does is 'Top-Bar Beekeeping', would this book still be useful to her if she does something different?
Libertad
Sparking up a rollie in the Reichstag
I'm afraid not, the book is hive type specific.
BoatieBird
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Libertad
Sparking up a rollie in the Reichstag
Ah OK, thanks.
I wonder how I can casually slip that into a conversation?
If you can find out what sort of hive she has and how long she's been bee juggling then I might be able to suggest a book for her.
I can thoroughly recommend this book though, even to non beeks:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Honeybee-D...&qid=1481111636&sr=8-1&keywords=bee+democracy
BoatieBird
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Libertad
Sparking up a rollie in the Reichstag
They look like National hives. How long has she been beekeeping?
BoatieBird
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She's had a trad one in her garden for about 3 years (just got the first lot of honey from it).
The ones in the photo are on some land she's acquired and she's had them for about 6 months.
Libertad
Sparking up a rollie in the Reichstag
She's got a few seasons under her belt then. I'd get her Seeley's book that I linked to but don't pay the Amazon asking price, click through the links and get it from Wordery. £16.87 as opposed to £22.95.
BoatieBird
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ordered! (just going into our second season beekeeping).
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