*What book are you reading ?
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bluestreak
HomosexualityIsStalin’sAtomBombtoDestroyAmerica
i've just finished reading andrew martin's bilton, which is very funny indeed, a nice bit of social satire.
now i'm re-reading holidays in hell by p j o'rourke. i'm a big fan of o'rourke, even though i tend to disagree with a lot of his politics. he and i often have the same view on the world but from different angles. he's unashamably biased though, and it's that lack of shame that often makes him good.
now i'm re-reading holidays in hell by p j o'rourke. i'm a big fan of o'rourke, even though i tend to disagree with a lot of his politics. he and i often have the same view on the world but from different angles. he's unashamably biased though, and it's that lack of shame that often makes him good.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
bluestreak said:
A good book but it could have been so much more. It’s a book in need of a good editor
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
Hmm, Jim Dodge. I just read Stone Junction. The first half of the book was good, then it really went downhill. Hippie crap partly. The ending was complete crap I thought.
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Spandex
A crazy bulbous punchbag of sound
Pickman's model said:
Dirty Martini said:
I read this a while ago, so my memory is a bit vague about it (like most things
). I was interested throughout as I knew so little about the Stasi/life in the GDR. The style can be a bit overbearing as it is quite autobiographical, with quite a bit on the author's life as she goes around talking to people about their experiences with the Stasi. Still, it was quite moving in places and worth a read, if you interested in that sort of thing.I'm still wading through The Complete Sherlock Holmes (completely brilliant), but have taken a break to re-read The Electric Cool Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe atm.
well my holiday reading went well..
thoroughly enjoyed Stoned by Andrew Loog Oldham - he's clearly an arse, but a fascinating and honest one.
was less pleased with Stewart Home's 69 Things To Do With A Dead Princess. in trying to write 'properly' his mannerisms (the repetition, the deliberately banal lists of food etc) just irritate rather than being part of the whole style of the thing..
the best bit was that in the apartment we rented there was a bookcase for people to leave/trade holiday reading, so now in amongst the Grishams and Sven Hassel's there's Stewart Home..
and now halfway through Violent london by Clive Bloom, very interesting stuff but some of the editing is a bit off leaving some statements seeming unintentionally (i assume) ambiguous..
thoroughly enjoyed Stoned by Andrew Loog Oldham - he's clearly an arse, but a fascinating and honest one.
was less pleased with Stewart Home's 69 Things To Do With A Dead Princess. in trying to write 'properly' his mannerisms (the repetition, the deliberately banal lists of food etc) just irritate rather than being part of the whole style of the thing..
the best bit was that in the apartment we rented there was a bookcase for people to leave/trade holiday reading, so now in amongst the Grishams and Sven Hassel's there's Stewart Home..
and now halfway through Violent london by Clive Bloom, very interesting stuff but some of the editing is a bit off leaving some statements seeming unintentionally (i assume) ambiguous..
AntoninArt
Brazilian ronin
The dog listener by Jan Fennel
Faust by Goethe
Faust by Goethe
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AntoninArt said:
i hope you're not reading it in german...am struggling at the moment with Duerenmatt's play 'der Besuch der alten Dame' and Odon von Horvath's 'Jugend Ohne Gott' for my German A2 exams. yuck.
i shouldn't be reading anything other than exam-related shtie at the moment, apparently, but nonetheless i am being A Rebel and reading Monica Ali's 'Brick Lane'. i think it's amazing for a first novel, although it's lagging a wee bit in the middle now. she has an amazing talent for original similies and descriptions of people (i've never been good at describing people). it's really good.
"Living with the Dead" - an autobiographical account of life with The Grateful Dead, by their roadie.
Very entertaining read so far. The Grateful Dead are totally daft.
Just read "Cosmic Trigger" volumes one and two, by Robert Anton Wilson. Completely nuts and the most fantastic stuff I've read in years.
Very entertaining read so far. The Grateful Dead are totally daft.
Just read "Cosmic Trigger" volumes one and two, by Robert Anton Wilson. Completely nuts and the most fantastic stuff I've read in years.
AntoninArt
Brazilian ronin
No, Little loaf, i am reading it in portuguese but strangely its a bilingual edition ( german-portuguese) and the price was accordinly unfortuantely...the good point is that it has illustrations by Delacroix...
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
i thought it was an interesting read, though.
even though moore does try too hard, imo, to raise a chuckle.
even though moore does try too hard, imo, to raise a chuckle.
Hellsbells
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I just finished reading The Last Girl by Stephan Collinshaw. I only picked it up b'cos I spotted that a writer I like (Helen Dunmore) had praised it on the back cover blurb. But I'm glad I gave it a go.
It's a pretty good read. Set in Lithuania, & narrated by an elderly poet who has been traumatised by some event in his past involving a young Russian girl and a baby. The book delves into the 2nd world war, persecution of jews, communism etc etc - and parts of it are as you would expect, quite disturbing. In particular the books climax - the poet's ultimate betrayal of the woman he loved.
It's a pretty good read. Set in Lithuania, & narrated by an elderly poet who has been traumatised by some event in his past involving a young Russian girl and a baby. The book delves into the 2nd world war, persecution of jews, communism etc etc - and parts of it are as you would expect, quite disturbing. In particular the books climax - the poet's ultimate betrayal of the woman he loved.
Just starting The Forsyte Saga, though with the pile of work I have for uni will probably take me several years to finish! Never mind. Anyone else read it?
Oh, and I am reliably informed by my housemate's brother that the new Motley Crue autobiog. is the best book in the world. Ever
Never mind. Anyone else read it?Oh, and I am reliably informed by my housemate's brother that the new Motley Crue autobiog. is the best book in the world. Ever
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Rollem said:
He trys to appeal to the american public to much without pissing them off, someone should just explain you cant please everyone all the time and so he should just get on with it. Some of the information is interesting, but its just all that 'we shouldnt fight the right we should pity them bollocks' coupled with his how to appeal to a conservative shite and then when i read all that 'mumbia probably didnt kill that guy' and 'your children do not have a right to privacy' i nearly threw the bloody thing out of the bus window.
corporate whore
oh, thought you were dead
Stuart Maconies' Cider With Roadies - You know what to expect: dry, wry northernisms, an overwhelming Morrissey fetish, four days in a van with Napalm Death. An easy, entertaining read, for anyone who's ever bought the NME and thought 'how difficult could it be...'
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Starry Wisdom
reading noam chomsky's new book, hegemony or survival. very interesting.
An unexpected light by Jason Elliot its about travels in Afghanistan, its probably the best first book by an author you will read this year, its very interesting. He went there when he was a teenager and fought with the mujahadeen against the russians.
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