DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Easing my way back into books after a shitty year, haven't read this pulpy space adventure in yonks 
*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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sparkling
Proper country now
Just finished Klara and the Sun which I loved. I was doubting my concentration levels until I started reading this book and then became totally absorbed so realised it was not my concentration that was lacking, but was the crappiness of my previous book.
Now about to start Smile by Roddy Doyle.
Now about to start Smile by Roddy Doyle.
Finished this, it was really excellent. She’s written a few other books so I’ll look them out.
Nikkormat
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The Real Sherlock Holmes - The Hidden Story of Jerome Caminada by Angela Buckley. Caminada was a detective in late 19th century Manchester. Readable and interesting.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Darkside by Belinda Bauer.
Crime in a small inward-looking Exmoor village.
I'm enjoying the parochial outlook. Complicated crimes are investigated by Dulverton police; really complicated ones by Tiverton, and for murder they get a copper down from Taunton, which must be all of 20 miles away.
And there's a bit of Devon dialect in it too. Right, bey?
Crime in a small inward-looking Exmoor village.
I'm enjoying the parochial outlook. Complicated crimes are investigated by Dulverton police; really complicated ones by Tiverton, and for murder they get a copper down from Taunton, which must be all of 20 miles away.
And there's a bit of Devon dialect in it too. Right, bey?
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
Spin by Robert Charles Wilson.
Just finished his Darwinia and was encouraged to look for more work by the man. Deft, accomplished writing, big ideas, interesting influences
Just finished his Darwinia and was encouraged to look for more work by the man. Deft, accomplished writing, big ideas, interesting influences
Am halfway through and really enjoying 'A Village in the Third Reich' by Julia Boyd & Angelika Patel. Great insight into how Nazism took a hold/ was resisted in a traditional Bavarian village.
https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-...scism/julia-boyd/angelika-patel/9781783966219
https://www.waterstones.com/book/a-...scism/julia-boyd/angelika-patel/9781783966219
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Ooh didn’t Boyd also write that Travellers In The Third Reich book?
Yes- would you recommend that? I'm slow on the uptake.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Aye! Fascinating stuff!
Great- Will definitely put that on the list. Love the way Boyd puts it all together.
That's the current pile to get through first.Great- Will definitely put that on the list. Love the way Boyd puts it all together.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I have a whole bookcase of to-be-reads!
Have now moved on to this...
Rubble and Repression: An Intimate Look at Germany in the Decade After Hitler
Rubble and Repression: An Intimate Look at Germany in the Decade After Hitler
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
We need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver.
I knew the basic premise of what it was about, and have avoided watching the film.
What a fantastic book. It works well as an epistolary novel as everything develops from one point of view.
Highly recommended
I knew the basic premise of what it was about, and have avoided watching the film.
What a fantastic book. It works well as an epistolary novel as everything develops from one point of view.
Highly recommended
furluxor
snake with a claw
I was very puzzled by the book. Was the mother character supposed to be unlikable? Are you supposed to be abhorred by the son's behaviour but then gradually start to feel sympathy for him given the kind of people his parents are? Is it supposed to be a sort of dark joke where the ending of the book (the son's impending doom and the awkward reconciliation, possibly out of fear) is scarier than the grotesque description of the murders? I'd love your take on this.
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
Terra Incognita by Sara Wheeler.
Someone has the idea to send an actual writer to Antarctica in the mid-90s. It's quite entertaining and informative in equal bouts. Definitely a change from the usual polar writing.
I think someone here recommended it, but it doesn't seem to be in this thread.
Someone has the idea to send an actual writer to Antarctica in the mid-90s. It's quite entertaining and informative in equal bouts. Definitely a change from the usual polar writing.
I think someone here recommended it, but it doesn't seem to be in this thread.
Thistlewaite
Member
I am currently reading "50 Shades Darker."
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
Just finished Where The Crawdads Sing. Loved it.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
The Death of Marco Pantani by Matt Rendell.
The title gives away the ending
The title gives away the ending
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
David Niven “The Moon’s a Balloon”
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Just started reading Ghost Signs by Stu Hennigan, which is in the form of a diary about delivering emergency food and meds parcels during lockdown in Leeds. Horrific stories of poverty and deprivation. Not something you can take more than a few pages at a time. Haven't got far into it but my initial impression is it should be required reading for every MP, and the Cabinet should be locked in until they've all finished it.
Nikkormat
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Fantastic book. Bring On The Empty Horses is also worth a go.
I'm still on The Decameron, but am also reading A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Thomas Flanagan, the end of the hunt
hash tag
Books, not bombs
Have just discovered this which I suspect is a much better read than dust. I gather VM is a very good writer but can't believe the book is so old
Forensics by Val McDermid - Defrosting Cold Cases
This book by Val McDermid from 2014 is still relevant today. Old unsolved cases are in the news with the improvements in forensic sciences.
defrostingcoldcases.com
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