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*What book are you reading? (part 2)

Easing my way back into books after a shitty year, haven't read this pulpy space adventure in yonks :cool:

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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.
 
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?
 
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
 
I'm reading The Price of Salt, or Carol by Patricia Highsmith. I felt somewhat lukewarm about the movie but the book is strong so far (I'm merely a chapter in).
 
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
 
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 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.
 
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.
 
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?


This had a very disappointing ending.

Shame
 
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.
 
perhaps you should try ugo bardi's 'before the collapse: a guide to the other side of growth' Before the Collapse
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
 
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