Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
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I've no idea, sorry. I'd not heard of the author until the long-list was published. Please do take my review with a pinch of salt! It is just my opinion.
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[Misc] What Book are you Currently Reading?
- Thread starter Lady Buck
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I've no idea, sorry. I'd not heard of the author until the long-list was published. Please do take my review with a pinch of salt! It is just my opinion.
Tom Hark Preston Park
Will Post For Cash
- Jul 6, 2003
- 72,352
Currently reading big old chunky 600 page 'Playboy Book Of Short Stories'. Only ever bought it for the fiction 
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
- 26,121
The Man Booker shortlist was announced yesterday:
Marlon James (Jamaica), A Brief History of Seven Killings
Tom McCarthy (UK), Satin Island
Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria), The Fishermen
Sunjeev Sahota (UK), The Year of the Runaways
Anne Tyler (US), A Spool of Blue Thread
Hanya Yanagihara (US), A Little Life
I matched with 4 of the 6, the judges going for the unreadable (IMO) 'Brief History of Seven Killings' and the downright terrible 'A Little Life'. I'm still sticking with my own presonal favourites 'The Year of the Runaways' followed by 'Satin Island' and I hope the judges do too. I'd be interested to know if anyone else has read Little Life or Brief History... and what they thought of these 2 books.
Marlon James (Jamaica), A Brief History of Seven Killings
Tom McCarthy (UK), Satin Island
Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria), The Fishermen
Sunjeev Sahota (UK), The Year of the Runaways
Anne Tyler (US), A Spool of Blue Thread
Hanya Yanagihara (US), A Little Life
I matched with 4 of the 6, the judges going for the unreadable (IMO) 'Brief History of Seven Killings' and the downright terrible 'A Little Life'. I'm still sticking with my own presonal favourites 'The Year of the Runaways' followed by 'Satin Island' and I hope the judges do too. I'd be interested to know if anyone else has read Little Life or Brief History... and what they thought of these 2 books.
Buzzer
Languidly Clinical
- Oct 1, 2006
- 26,121
And books that I'm currently reading...
I'm back to working my way through the Lee Child 'Jack Reacher' series. Finished 'The Hard Way' last night. It's a bit formulaic but good fun and a very easy read. And after I finished my Man Booker longlist challenge I finally got round to reading Haruki Murakami's 'Kafka on the Shore'. After so many mediocre books this was an absolute joy, I just wish I'd gotten round to reading it earlier, much earlier. His style is so warm and engaging and the quirky but quite brilliant plot moves at a canter. This is definitely a book that I am going to re-read in the future.
I'm back to working my way through the Lee Child 'Jack Reacher' series. Finished 'The Hard Way' last night. It's a bit formulaic but good fun and a very easy read. And after I finished my Man Booker longlist challenge I finally got round to reading Haruki Murakami's 'Kafka on the Shore'. After so many mediocre books this was an absolute joy, I just wish I'd gotten round to reading it earlier, much earlier. His style is so warm and engaging and the quirky but quite brilliant plot moves at a canter. This is definitely a book that I am going to re-read in the future.
Good analogy but the book is not up to much. Don't bother.
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 28,273
The Killers of The King by Charles Spencer. It's about how Charles the Second tracked down and gained revenge on the 150 or so Parliamentarians involved in the trial and execution of his father, Charles1st. Not many got away and many had VERY grisly deaths.
Marshy
Well-known member
A game of thrones by George RR Martin, love the TV series so thought I would read the books, bloody epic too 
The return of Reginal Perrin. A very disturbing book.
SIMMO SAYS
Well-known member
I havent got time to read ffs!
skipper734
Registered ruffian
Just finished rereading the 19 Reacher books, halfway through the 20th, Make me. Lee Child.
The Modfather
New member
Just finished John Lydon's biog, Anger is an energy.
foul old ron
I'll decide, thank you.
Apathy For The Devil by Nick Kent.
If you remember Nick Kent from his days writing for the NME then give this a go. It only covers the seventies but it is a real insight into his life and the behind the scenes lives of stars like The Stones, Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Sex Pistols. He doesn't pull any punches. Excellent read.
If you remember Nick Kent from his days writing for the NME then give this a go. It only covers the seventies but it is a real insight into his life and the behind the scenes lives of stars like The Stones, Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Sex Pistols. He doesn't pull any punches. Excellent read.
- Aug 7, 2003
- 8,090
Don Quixote
Well-known member
- Nov 4, 2008
- 8,362
The Other Wind - Ursula le Guin
Bombadier Botty
Complete Twaddle
- Jun 2, 2008
- 3,258
Just finished The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k by Sarah Knight. Very funny in places.
Mandela"s 'Long Walk' up next.
Mandela"s 'Long Walk' up next.
Barry Izbak
U.T.A.
Deliver Us From Evil, by David Baldacci