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*What book are you reading? (part 2)
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Books, not bombs
Thats a blast from the past.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
That reminds me that I've got The Memory Chalet somewhere and have been meaning to read it for ages. I'll go and look for it now.
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Having rediscovered my reading mojo I've recently reread Wolf Hall and Bring Up The Bodies as well as An Experiment In Love. Pondering going through The Mirror And The Light again but in the meantime read A Gesture Life by Chang-rae Lee, which I like very much. The prose and the formal, considered tone reminds me of Kazuo Ishiguro and the plot includes episodes from the lives of comfort women during the second world war which are a difficult read but inform our hero's subsequent actions.
Elpenor
a clown’s heart and a mandolin
I am reading this at the moment and agree with everything in this post
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
The Spy and the Traitor by Ben Macintyre
Typical Macintyre book, this one about KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky
Typical Macintyre book, this one about KGB defector Oleg Gordievsky
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Darn. I was pretty much expecting this though, last time I read Cryptonomicon I thought the middle could do with some serious prunage but hey, triumph of hope over expectation and all that, and there are plenty of his earlier works I haven't got yet, so I guess it's all good
chainsawjob
Kipping in the dunes
Seven Kinds of People you find in Bookshops by Shaun Bythell
If you're thinking of reading this, don't bother! I was given it for my birthday. He's written several based on his experience of being a bookshop owner. He's rude and misanthropic about his customers. I'm surprised he has any (assuming his descriptions of people are based on true life)! And surprisingly free with describing his staff and their experiences
Gave up after a chapter. Not pleasant. A judgemental and superior-attitude book.
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DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
By chance I was reminded of an author who I really enjoyed reading and somehow completely forgot about. Carl Hiaasen, in this particular case I'm reading Squeeze Me. A vicious and funny eye for floridas elites, corruption, mystery and conservation. Good yarns.
furluxor
snake with a claw
I've only ever read Snow Crash (well, listened to an audiobook) and if that's the apex of Stephenson's writing powers, I'm out. It does move along at a fun pace and YT was a cool character but it felt like such a bro book. Here's a cool action scene. Here's some tough talk. Here's the motorcycle/leather coat/L33T HACKER STUFF. Maybe it's just its age showing?
Chz
Stark Raving Sane
It's both of its time, and a lot of its biggest fans read it as a YA. I think it's a superlative example of its type, but its type isn't for everyone by any means.
friedaweed
Me and me girl named Jane
I've just started the latest New Naturalist which is called Trees
I've been reading the new naturalist for about 8 years now but I think this is the one I have most looked forward to.
The next one I'm a bit excited about is on Small Mustelids but I'll have to wait till next October for that to be published.
I've been reading the new naturalist for about 8 years now but I think this is the one I have most looked forward to.
The next one I'm a bit excited about is on Small Mustelids but I'll have to wait till next October for that to be published.
Really enjoyed this. She’s written 5 other books so I’ll look out for them.
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Why wouldn't they? I don't use them personally (don't like headphones) but have never understood why some people hold them as somehow less.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
Just finished two books about America's dirty underbelly
Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby is about a man trying to make the right choices, but his past gives him the wrong options
Bewilderness by Karen Tucker is about addiction, friendship and fucking up again and again.
If you're going to read either, Blacktop Wasteland is the better one
Blacktop Wasteland by SA Cosby is about a man trying to make the right choices, but his past gives him the wrong options
Bewilderness by Karen Tucker is about addiction, friendship and fucking up again and again.
If you're going to read either, Blacktop Wasteland is the better one
Nikkormat
Well-Known Member
Taking a break from The Decameron and Tony Judt's Postwar to read The Passenger by Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz. Good so far.
Didn’t like this much at first but in the end really liked it. It’s a very thoughtful book, it just took a while to get in to.
seventh bullet
sovietwave
It's not something I've bothered with in a long while, that being fiction (unless you count studies on the official culture of Stalinism), but I've been revisiting Idoru, which was the first William Gibson novel I read when a teen way back when (what hair I have left is now turning grey).
I still enjoy his talent for fleeting but vivid description, including the comedic kerfuffle in the bathroom of the love hotel where the characters eventually converge, day-glo sex toys accidentally scattered everywhere.
I still enjoy his talent for fleeting but vivid description, including the comedic kerfuffle in the bathroom of the love hotel where the characters eventually converge, day-glo sex toys accidentally scattered everywhere.
seeformiles
Lost in the wood
Currently enjoying a gentle read
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