Betsi
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I didn’t expect to like it but thoroughly enjoyed it.I'm currently reading Bob Mortimer's The Satsuma Complex and absolutely loving it.
I didn’t expect to like it but thoroughly enjoyed it.I'm currently reading Bob Mortimer's The Satsuma Complex and absolutely loving it.
I was thinking about reading this. I think I'll probably stick to thrillers etc thoughA Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara
Several people have raved on about this so, pleased with the value for money, vast number of pages, I set off to read this...and have been riveted with an almost visceral hatred of just about every character (all male) in this horrible, utterly improbable misery ride. To complain seems almost as mean as dissing Helen Keller but truly, it took over 600 pages for the central character to finally off himself (i would have done it at page three). A ghastly, manipulative wail about 4 New York glitterati - an actor, an artist, an architect and a lawyer (give me a fucking break).
My advice - don't.
I usually wait for titles to go down to £5, but happy to support that kind of thing and buy at retail price.New Adventures in Space Opera, a collection edited by Jonathon Strahan who is the elisha to Gardner Dozois elijah, that is he has taken up the late great mans mantle over the last 10 yrs and continued the vital work of making sure short form stuff finds its way into good collections and anthologies, publishing up and coming new heads and good work from old heads.
In this case he's used the rule 'If its space opera it better have a starship in it or it doesn't count'.
This is actually really good! Nearly finished the audiobook and I thought it was a good look at the persecution of Muslims.Currently reading Peter Oborne - The Fate of Abraham. Very interesting so far looking at the history of islam in America and the UK. Didn't know much about Oborne though I can see a few here have mentioned him. He used to write for the Telegraph and Spectator, but spoke out against Islamphobia.