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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I love this thread, it is so interesting seeing how diverse we are!
What book are you currently reading, or just finished?
Did you like it, would you recommend it?
What have you got lined up next?
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If I say “An Idiot Abroad” I’m going to appear lightweight and superficial.
Obviously I want the Fab readership to think I’m a cerebral intellectual.
Um some deep psychology text or Homers Iliad is the answer I will go with* OP.
That’ll impress the ladies 
(* It’s An Idiot Abroad, really, OP. But shhhh don’t want to ruin the mystique..  ) |
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I have just read
The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla. It is a series of short stories - real life experiences and perspectives. I found it both confronting and informative, interesting. It really made me think about my white privilege and some of the stories are truly shocking - I'm still thinking about the maternity unit/pain threshold story. Definitely recommended. I think it should be on the school curriculum (maybe it is)
Then I moved onto something lighter.. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen. He is a great writer. I enjoyed it very much.
Now I'm reading Will Smith's autobiography. I put it off because of the incident at the awards evening. But I'm glad I've started it.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I have just read
The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla. It is a series of short stories - real life experiences and perspectives. I found it both confronting and informative, interesting. It really made me think about my white privilege and some of the stories are truly shocking - I'm still thinking about the maternity unit/pain threshold story. Definitely recommended. I think it should be on the school curriculum (maybe it is)
Then I moved onto something lighter.. Skinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen. He is a great writer. I enjoyed it very much.
Now I'm reading Will Smith's autobiography. I put it off because of the incident at the awards evening. But I'm glad I've started it.
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I love Carl Hiaasen ! I've always wanted to visit Florida because of him.  |
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'The Peripheral' William Gibson.
I'm enjoying the TV series but I'm struggling to get into the book.
Prior to that I read 'Untrue' by Wednesday Martin. "Why nearly everything we believe about women and lust and infidelity is untrue"
A very interesting read that makes you really question the structure of society |
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"'The Peripheral' William Gibson.
I'm enjoying the TV series but I'm struggling to get into the book.
Prior to that I read 'Untrue' by Wednesday Martin. "Why nearly everything we believe about women and lust and infidelity is untrue"
A very interesting read that makes you really question the structure of society "
Oh i might see if i can find that one, it sounds interesting (untrue) |
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I just finished The Painter of Signs by R K Narayan. I'd recommend it if you want a short novel that draws you in to the life of a fairly ordinary man who basically throws everything away for love. I enjoyed it but I wouldn't read it again.
Despite that I immediately began to read The Guide by the same author  .
I am also part way through a book giving very brief histories of every monarch of England then Great Britain since Alfrd the Great in 871. I find it fascinating and would recommend if you're interested in monarchy. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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'Barracoon - The Story Of The Last Black Cargo' by Zora Neal Hurston.
She interviews the last known survivor of the Atlantic Route s*ave trade, Cudjoe Lewis, in 1927
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By (user no longer on site)
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I'm alternating 4 books at the moment...
Re-reading The Silmarillion by JRR Tolkien.
The Apollo Murders by Chris Hatfield.
The New Kingdom by Wilbur Smith & Mark Chadbourn.
Shards of Earth by Adrian Tchaikovsky.
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By *ack688Man
over a year ago
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Yesterday I finished All quiet on the western front, a harrowing book, but I wanted it to coincide with Remembrance Day and it was a worthwhile read. I’ve now started Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak, which is a dark mystery type book. I’ve not read much yet but it’s very engaging so far |
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We went to meet a new local dog minder in Leeds and it turned out he’s an author/play writer and a very interesting guy. He could spin a story and he had us there for a glass of wine, telling stories. He was brilliant.
So I’ve bought his book - Whoosh by Ray Brown and I’m looking forward to reading it.
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"I'm currently reading the silmarillion
It's not an easy read but I am enjoying it "
It gets easier as you get into it ... the first few chapters are messy though with the God / Creation stuff .. once it gets into the different tales though I found it quite good .. beren & Luthien was great |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Chaos Daemons Codex
The First Heretic "
Is there a new demons codex?
And the first heretic is amazing! One of my favourite HH books!
No idea you were a 40 fan |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm currently reading the silmarillion
It's not an easy read but I am enjoying it
It gets easier as you get into it ... the first few chapters are messy though with the God / Creation stuff .. once it gets into the different tales though I found it quite good .. beren & Luthien was great "
That's cool
I'm no stranger to long winded stuff just found it a slog initially.
Some of the heresy books are the same but that's bound to happen with a series with so many entries I guess |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm currently reading the silmarillion
It's not an easy read but I am enjoying it
It gets easier as you get into it ... the first few chapters are messy though with the God / Creation stuff .. once it gets into the different tales though I found it quite good .. beren & Luthien was great "
100% stick with it, amazing worldbuilding by Tolkien. I've recently bought The Fall of Numenor which is on the ever growing TBR pile. |
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"Chaos Daemons Codex
The First Heretic
Is there a new demons codex?
And the first heretic is amazing! One of my favourite HH books!
No idea you were a 40 fan"
If you look at my video where I am standing , behind me is a big cabinet with some of my warhammer models / conversions lol :_.
Yes I am a big warhammer nerd gamer/ commission builder/3d printer etc its like probably 50% of my life lol |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Yesterday I finished All quiet on the western front, a harrowing book, but I wanted it to coincide with Remembrance Day and it was a worthwhile read. I’ve now started Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak, which is a dark mystery type book. I’ve not read much yet but it’s very engaging so far"
Have you seen the new adaptation on Netflix, bloody brilliant and brutal. Never eat book or seen original film but intend seeking them out. |
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"Chaos Daemons Codex
The First Heretic
Is there a new demons codex?
And the first heretic is amazing! One of my favourite HH books!
No idea you were a 40 fan"
Yes they got a new codex couple of months ago its pretty good rules for mixed factions alas I am a weirdo and love papa nurgle |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Chaos Daemons Codex
The First Heretic
Is there a new demons codex?
And the first heretic is amazing! One of my favourite HH books!
No idea you were a 40 fan
Yes they got a new codex couple of months ago its pretty good rules for mixed factions alas I am a weirdo and love papa nurgle "
Awesome that must have passed me by!
I have a big death guard army actually
So grandfathers blessings to you haha |
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"Chaos Daemons Codex
The First Heretic
Is there a new demons codex?
And the first heretic is amazing! One of my favourite HH books!
No idea you were a 40 fan
If you look at my video where I am standing , behind me is a big cabinet with some of my warhammer models / conversions lol :_.
Yes I am a big warhammer nerd gamer/ commission builder/3d printer etc its like probably 50% of my life lol "
I've been Warhammer sobre for a few years now. All it takes is one little rock of plastic crack to draw you back in.
Got really into malifaux for a while. Built a whole Victorian town board to play on, all the houses had lights and everything. It's like a little film set. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Chaos Daemons Codex
The First Heretic
Is there a new demons codex?
And the first heretic is amazing! One of my favourite HH books!
No idea you were a 40 fan
If you look at my video where I am standing , behind me is a big cabinet with some of my warhammer models / conversions lol :_.
Yes I am a big warhammer nerd gamer/ commission builder/3d printer etc its like probably 50% of my life lol
I've been Warhammer sobre for a few years now. All it takes is one little rock of plastic crack to draw you back in.
Got really into malifaux for a while. Built a whole Victorian town board to play on, all the houses had lights and everything. It's like a little film set."
Oh I quit for a couple of years but my plastic crack addiction is back with a vengeance now haha
And malifaux is very cool I do like the aesthetic of it that board sounds epic |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I only really read psychology books. Looking at my collection, quite a few of them are about psychopaths...
If anyone has any good recommendations for psychology books I'm always looking for more."
I don't know if these would fit your remit, but they are both excellent
Thomas quick - the making of a serial killer - Hannes Rastam
The first day of spring - nancy tucker (warning, it has multiple triggers and I'd recommend self care for 2 weeks afterwards if you decide to read it)
Presume you've read the lighter fun ones such as The Psychopath Test |
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"I only really read psychology books. Looking at my collection, quite a few of them are about psychopaths...
If anyone has any good recommendations for psychology books I'm always looking for more.
I don't know if these would fit your remit, but they are both excellent
Thomas quick - the making of a serial killer - Hannes Rastam
The first day of spring - nancy tucker (warning, it has multiple triggers and I'd recommend self care for 2 weeks afterwards if you decide to read it)
Presume you've read the lighter fun ones such as The Psychopath Test "
Ah cool thanks. I'll have a look. Yeah read that one, I really like Jon Ronson. He's like the bastard child of Louis Theroux and Hunter S Thompson
The Wisdom of Psychopaths
The Psychopsth test
And The Psychopath Whisperer are all really good. |
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I’m reading Punk Paradox: A Memoir. It’s the autobiography of Greg Graffin, singer with Bad Religion and long-standing evolutionary academic. So it’s partly about his life in punk rock but also partly a step back to analyse what punk was, what it became, and what it might be in the future. |
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"I’m reading Punk Paradox: A Memoir. It’s the autobiography of Greg Graffin, singer with Bad Religion and long-standing evolutionary academic. So it’s partly about his life in punk rock but also partly a step back to analyse what punk was, what it became, and what it might be in the future."
Oh that sounds up my street, let me know what you think of it |
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"Oh that sounds up my street, let me know what you think of it"
I’m not far through it yet (it only came out a few days ago!) but I’m really enjoying it so far. Griffin has a bit of an academic voice but that’s the whole point - it’s interesting to see the old LA punk scene through that sort of filter. Totally different to the NOFX book about the exact same time period! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"If I say “An Idiot Abroad” I’m going to appear lightweight and superficial.
Obviously I want the Fab readership to think I’m a cerebral intellectual.
Um some deep psychology text or Homers Iliad is the answer I will go with* OP.
That’ll impress the ladies
(* It’s An Idiot Abroad, really, OP. But shhhh don’t want to ruin the mystique.. )"
Don't be ashamed of that answer pal. Karl Pilkington is a national treasure and has had me crying with laughter countless times over the years  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I’ve been reading a few books by Colleen hoover. I really enjoyed verity , love a good romance book
Colleen Hoover sounds like a made-up name! "
It’s not she writes cheesy romance books and I love them ! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I’ve been reading a few books by Colleen hoover. I really enjoyed verity , love a good romance book
Colleen Hoover sounds like a made-up name!
It’s not she writes cheesy romance books and I love them !"
It would be a great fab name  imagine if she was already on fab  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm reading Official and confidential: The secret life of J Edgar Hoover by Anthony Summers, I knew a bit about him but I had no idea how truly awful he was."
Yeah he was a pretty terrible human I read that not too long ago. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I love this thread, it is so interesting seeing how diverse we are!
What book are you currently reading, or just finished?
Did you like it, would you recommend it?
What have you got lined up next?
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White line fever..Lemmy Kilmister autobiography. |
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"I love this thread, it is so interesting seeing how diverse we are!
What book are you currently reading, or just finished?
Did you like it, would you recommend it?
What have you got lined up next?
White line fever..Lemmy Kilmister autobiography. "
I remember so looking forward to this book at the time it was pretty disappointing I thought and I'm not the only motorhead fan who thought this..far better is Lemmy by Mick wall.. it's the book white line fever should have been.. |
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Orlando by Virginia Woolf. Absolutely love her, and as a novel addressing gender fluidity it's remarkable that something written nearly 100 years ago seems so relevant and fresh to the now. I'd recommend anything by Woolf but if you like linear storytelling it won't be for you. |
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By *ack688Man
over a year ago
abruzzo Italy (and UK) |
"Yesterday I finished All quiet on the western front, a harrowing book, but I wanted it to coincide with Remembrance Day and it was a worthwhile read. I’ve now started Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak, which is a dark mystery type book. I’ve not read much yet but it’s very engaging so far
Have you seen the new adaptation on Netflix, bloody brilliant and brutal. Never eat book or seen original film but intend seeking them out. "
I had seen that there was a new film version out which was getting rave reviews, and I wanted to make sure I had read the book before seeing the film, another reason to have picked that specific anti-war book this week |
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By *ack688Man
over a year ago
abruzzo Italy (and UK) |
"The Ink Black Heart by Robert Galbraith (J K Rowling) I’ve read all the Strike novels thoroughly hooked. "
I loved this one, I can’t decide which is my favourite of them all, it’s between Ink Black Heart and Troubled Blood |
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The Midnight Lock by Jeffery Deaver. Love the Lincoln Rhyme series.
And
Left You Dead by Peter James. The Roy Grace series is very well written and based in the brighton area which i know well so it always makes me smile, when they talk about this place or that
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By (user no longer on site)
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"So many interesting sounding books! "
I find it interesting most people have posted fiction books.
I've read a few, but prefer Non-fiction.
You might like Baraccoon.. |
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By *EAT..85Woman
over a year ago
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"So many interesting sounding books!
I find it interesting most people have posted fiction books.
I've read a few, but prefer Non-fiction.
You might like Baraccoon.."
Fantasy books are a form of escapism for me. I can't stand soaps but books you can emerse yourself in, forget the daily grind and the real world for a while |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"So many interesting sounding books!
I find it interesting most people have posted fiction books.
I've read a few, but prefer Non-fiction.
You might like Baraccoon..
Fantasy books are a form of escapism for me. I can't stand soaps but books you can emerse yourself in, forget the daily grind and the real world for a while "
I genuinely find it interesting. It seems most people prefer fiction. I never thought about it as escapism before. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"So many interesting sounding books!
I find it interesting most people have posted fiction books.
I've read a few, but prefer Non-fiction.
You might like Baraccoon.."
Thank you for the recommendation, i will see if it is available at my library. I read 'Mr Atkinson's rum contract' by Richard Atkinson which sounds like it is a similar view of history ... Compelling, dreadful and outrageous |
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"If I say “An Idiot Abroad” I’m going to appear lightweight and superficial.
Obviously I want the Fab readership to think I’m a cerebral intellectual.
Um some deep psychology text or Homers Iliad is the answer I will go with* OP.
That’ll impress the ladies
(* It’s An Idiot Abroad, really, OP. But shhhh don’t want to ruin the mystique.. )"
The Iliad could be fairly described as '50,000 Idiots Abroad'. Plus Odysseus.
I'm reading The Silmarillion again, and marvelling at the understated flexibility of Tolkien's narrative voice. |
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"Orlando by Virginia Woolf. Absolutely love her, and as a novel addressing gender fluidity it's remarkable that something written nearly 100 years ago seems so relevant and fresh to the now. I'd recommend anything by Woolf but if you like linear storytelling it won't be for you. "
Awesome book. Someone I'm teaching is doing a wonderful comparison of it wurh Twelfth Night, looking at gender/sexual identity. Such a talent, Woolf, for all her snobbery: and such a dreadful end. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Women Who Run With the Wolves. I need new glasses though the print is really small and it is quite a hefty and heavy book I need good concentration for. |
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Am reading " When the World stops watching " atm.. numerous sports stars tell of how they coped after finishing up their sporting careers at a top international level , very interesting thb. |
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I'm partway through so many different books at the moment. My mind is not settling easily and I find myself putting down one part read book and picking up another. I have literally thousands of books in the house (two rooms with walls covered in bookshelves, and stacks of other books on floors) and must be more than a hundred waiting for reading.
On the go at the moment includes:
* A novel by Alan Moore
* A short story collection by Alan Moore
* A short story collection by Brian Aldiss
* Biographies of William Blake and William Shakespeare
* A graphic novel by Tom King
* A graphic novel be Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
* A set of linked short stories by Greg Egan
* One of the moomin books by Tove Jansson
* Several computer science texts
* Two novels by M. John Harrison
* The "Wet Moon" graphic novel series by Sophie Campbell (no relation to Eddie)
* "Somnium" by Steve Moore (no relation to Alan)
* The autobiography of John Otway |
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Currently struggling through The Woman In White by Wilkie Collins. I've never been that big a fan of the 'classics' but I bought a few from a charity shop recently and started with this one. It desperately needs an editor - I'm not sure if it first appeared serialised so he was spinning it out but it's so slow and padded that getting through it is like walking through treacle. I'm 200 pages in out of 500 but I'm determined to finish it, even if I have to pause every so often to read something else to break it up. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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I've listened to another three:
Between the world and me by ta-nehisi coates. Very intense & challenging... The monotony of a few sentences grated on me... But it was done deliberately to reflect real life. Thought provoking
Notorious by Raphael Row. I found him really arrogant and irritating, but it is an incredible story
So lucky by Dawn porter...light relief and easy fun |
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I've just finished a book by Claudia Winkelman. 'Quite' I think it was called. It was amusing in parts but mostly her telling people 'be like me, it's fun and very clearly the right way to be'. It felt to me like a justification of her chaotic life (always hilarious and fun for her friends), her trying to persuade herself and the reader that her relationships, her friends, her children, her way of dressing are something to aspire to and a list of what you should be looking for in a partner or a friend. I doubt she meant anyone to take it seriously or I hope she didn't but eventually I tired of the 'look how mad I am with a fringe, black clothes and all, you should try it'. I've always found her public persona slightly over the top and fake this was her trying to tell me it's not I think. |
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I'm not reading anything as much as I would like to (annoyed at myself about that), but still on the go are:
- Bob Mortimer's autobiography (I forget the name)
- 'Number 11'by Jonathan Coe
- 'A Promised Land' by Barack Obama |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I've listened to another three:
Between the world and me by ta-nehisi coates. Very intense & challenging... The monotony of a few sentences grated on me... But it was done deliberately to reflect real life. Thought provoking
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Oh a friend bought me that as a Christmas present a couple of years ago - very interesting and definitely worth reading. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Just finished "Early Riser" by Jasper Fforde, which was excellent as all his books are.
Now switching to the latest book in the "Rivers of London" series, which I am looking forward to |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I'm not reading anything as much as I would like to (annoyed at myself about that), but still on the go are:
- Bob Mortimer's autobiography (I forget the name)
- 'Number 11'by Jonathan Coe
- 'A Promised Land' by Barack Obama "
I have Bob Mortimer on hold |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I've listened to another three:
Between the world and me by ta-nehisi coates. Very intense & challenging... The monotony of a few sentences grated on me... But it was done deliberately to reflect real life. Thought provoking
Oh a friend bought me that as a Christmas present a couple of years ago - very interesting and definitely worth reading."
Isn't it! I found it tough in places |
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By (user no longer on site)
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A mixture, between James Patterson, Chris Carter, Steve Cavanagh, Rachel Lucas and Cara Hunter. I've got tons to get through. Really enjoying my reading right now x |
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By *aryjWoman
over a year ago
londin |
"I love this thread, it is so interesting seeing how diverse we are!
What book are you currently reading, or just finished?
Did you like it, would you recommend it?
What have you got lined up next?
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I love Kerry barnes books |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The Inhabited Island by Strugatsky brothers. "
Oh I've read a few of theirs but not that. Any good?
Have you read Roadside Picnic and film based on part of it, Stalker? |
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By *woToSeeCouple
over a year ago
Cork City |
"The Inhabited Island by Strugatsky brothers.
Oh I've read a few of theirs but not that. Any good?
Have you read Roadside Picnic and film based on part of it, Stalker?"
Nope, I didn't. But the Inhabited Island is the good one. It's a first part of a trilogy. |
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"I'm partway through so many different books at the moment. My mind is not settling easily and I find myself putting down one part read book and picking up another. I have literally thousands of books in the house (two rooms with walls covered in bookshelves, and stacks of other books on floors) and must be more than a hundred waiting for reading.
On the go at the moment includes:
* A novel by Alan Moore
* A short story collection by Alan Moore
* A short story collection by Brian Aldiss
* Biographies of William Blake and William Shakespeare
* A graphic novel by Tom King
* A graphic novel be Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
* A set of linked short stories by Greg Egan
* One of the moomin books by Tove Jansson
* Several computer science texts
* Two novels by M. John Harrison
* The "Wet Moon" graphic novel series by Sophie Campbell (no relation to Eddie)
* "Somnium" by Steve Moore (no relation to Alan)
* The autobiography of John Otway"
Not moved forward on any of the above. But have just finished an unrelated novelette by Greg Egan, and started book four of the Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children series by Ransom Riggs.
A friend keeps telling me that I should get a Teach Yourself Korean book, but I reply that I can already understand spoken Korean perfectly well (as long as it comes with English subtitles). |
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By *iraelWoman
over a year ago
Wolverhampton |
"Nick Hornby - Dickens and Prince.
Just finished The Dark is Rising  "
I’ll be doing my annual reread of The Dark is Rising on Wednesday. The poor battered copy I got 33 years ago 3
Currently indulging in a Lisa Kleypas rereading binge. Historical romance, bit like Bridgerton but I like these better. |
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"The Inhabited Island by Strugatsky brothers.
Oh I've read a few of theirs but not that. Any good?
Have you read Roadside Picnic and film based on part of it, Stalker?
Nope, I didn't. But the Inhabited Island is the good one. It's a first part of a trilogy."
I recommend Stalker but it's a film you have to be in the mood for - it's very slow but beautiful. |
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"Nick Hornby - Dickens and Prince.
Just finished The Dark is Rising
I’ll be doing my annual reread of The Dark is Rising on Wednesday. The poor battered copy I got 33 years ago 3
Currently indulging in a Lisa Kleypas rereading binge. Historical romance, bit like Bridgerton but I like these better."
I think I may add it to my re-read list as I loved it. You can actually feel the atmosphere in the writing |
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"At some point this week ill be starting to read,
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Would you let me know what it’s like please as I quite fancied that one too xx"
Of course I can |
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"Just listened to Rob Delaney reading his book A Heart That Works. His account of the life and death of his two year old son. So simply told and deeply affecting. "
I really want to read that, but I keep putting it off as I'm not sure if I can handle it. |
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"Just listened to Rob Delaney reading his book A Heart That Works. His account of the life and death of his two year old son. So simply told and deeply affecting.
I really want to read that, but I keep putting it off as I'm not sure if I can handle it. "
His simply and plainly expressed grief is very difficult to listen to. I'm glad I did but I wouldn't recommend it unless you're feeling strong. |
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