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Am reading Black Noir by Laurell K Hamilton.... I love her books and have and read all of her sixteen novels... and am looking forward to reading a lot more..

Anyone else read her books?? If not you should.. the characters are brilliantly written and believable and so very sexy! Vampires werewolves... and so much more... (AD over lmao)
 
I'm mostly reading Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde. An excellent overview of the trickster god archtype from Ancient Greece, Native American and other traditions.

When I'm not reading that, I'm flicking through Cory Doctorow's Little Brother. Maybe I just get lucky with these things, but I never seem to find a free e-book that is actually given away by its author (as opposed to just leaked onto the internet) that I don't like. Then again, I've only read about 5 books like that so far...
 
Yu_Gi_Oh said:
The God of Small things is meant to be really good, May, but I couldn't get into it because of the language. If you persevere then you might be rewarded by it though, wish I could. :)

I've started Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis, I know I should be loving it but all I can think is that is feels like it's written by Martin Amis' dad, which obviously it is. :D But reading Martin Amis doesn't feel like a challenge or a chore and Lucky Jim is feeling a teensy bit hard going. :( Does anyone have any words of encouragement?
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It's short :)
 
'Fraid so! I didn't get past the first chapter, but I was only a lad when I tried to read it. I imagine it has dated somewhat now. University life is quite different these days.
 
Yeah, I wonder if that's it, having never been to uni, 'specially not years ago, maybe I'm missing something! Thanks OU, the perfect reason to give up. :)
 
Orang Utan said:
'Fraid so! I didn't get past the first chapter, but I was only a lad when I tried to read it. I imagine it has dated somewhat now. University life is quite different these days.
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The comedy hasn't dated at all. It's one of the funniest books around. The first few chapters are tightly written, but then it really hits its stride.

How could the subject-matter of any book written 50 years ago not have dated? :confused:
 
Capt Jacks Coat said:
Am reading Black Noir by Laurell K Hamilton.... I love her books and have and read all of her sixteen novels... and am looking forward to reading a lot more..

Anyone else read her books?? If not you should.. the characters are brilliantly written and believable and so very sexy! Vampires werewolves... and so much more... (AD over lmao)
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Hi,

Not read her books before but are they paranormal romance. If so have read similar authors including Sherrilyn Kenyon, Christine Feehan, Susan Krinard and my favourite at the moment is Karen Marie Moning especially her Fever series.

Yummy vampires and werewolves...
 
picked up a proof copy of Andrew Crumey's Sputnik Caledonia.

Intrigued so far - account of a kind in 70s Glasgow dreaming of being an astronaut, but I think it becomes a little more sci-fi (and plays with chronology) as it carries on. nice writing style, and Crumey doesn't wear his physics Phd too heavily.
 
On the Black Hill - Bruce Chatwin.

Set on the Welsh borders :)

Actually, think I may fuck off to my favourite plaza now and finish it off with a cold beer.
 
Dirty Martini said:
The comedy hasn't dated at all. It's one of the funniest books around. The first few chapters are tightly written, but then it really hits its stride.

How could the subject-matter of any book written 50 years ago not have dated? :confused:
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I dunno - university life is a lot different these days and the relationships between students and faculty are different. I read Malcolm Bradbury's The History Man when I was a student and that already seemed dated.
 
Finished "Revelation" - very good, CJ Sansom is an excellent and entertaining writer.

Now it'll be "A Midsummer Night's Dream" for a bit until I get all my lines learnt :oops:
 
I went and bought another book, despite having another four on the go - the new Stephen Pinker book on language and thought. I love his books and the way he thinks and explains his thought.
 
Vintage Paw said:
I'm reading Sex and the City in preparation for seeing the film.

Don't mock me. I need a good dose of trash.
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How does one read Sex and the City? I thought twas a tv series. :confused:

I started reading Ken Kesey's Demon Box again over the weekend and remembering why i liked it so much so far.
 
Jeffrey Richards - Sex, Dissidence and Damnation: Minority Groups in the Middle Ages

Not my period and not a book I'd normally pick up, but it was going cheap in a second-hand bookshop and it looked interesting. Sure enough, it is. Nicely written, too.
 
"The Reapers" - John Connolly's new book. I feel a bit distracted at the moment though - for some unknown reason - so haven't got into it yet as much as I expected :(
 
just finished 'The Shadow Of The Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafon, enjoyed it very much and glad I picked it back up again having abandoned it about a year ago.

Now started 'Notes From An Exhibition' by Patrick Gale. seems ok s far, nothing ground breaking but it'll do me for the beach.
 
Finished the Orton Diaries, started Prick up your Ears but the inclusion of vast chunks of the diaries really irritated me, and he didn't seem to have a lot to add around them. So started the Kenneth Williams Letters, and very quickly decided I'd much rather read his diaries.

Went back to A Star Called Henry
 
sojourner said:
Finished the Orton Diaries, started Prick up your Ears but the inclusion of vast chunks of the diaries really irritated me, and he didn't seem to have a lot to add around them. So started the Kenneth Williams Letters, and very quickly decided I'd much rather read his diaries.

Went back to A Star Called Henry
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Yeh i meant to mention that...Prick up your ears does repeat a lot of stuff from the diaries so i skipped chunks of it too.

True, The Kenneth Williams diaries are better than the letters. Much more interesting. I'll find it and you can borrow that :)
 
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