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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I love to party, and by party, I mean read books. Any other bibliophiles out there?
What was the last book you read and was it any good?
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I've been far too Facebook led! Just reading Why Mummy Drinks by Gill Sims from the Peter and Jane blog. And I love A Small Fiction so much I've preordered their book |
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"I've been far too Facebook led! Just reading Why Mummy Drinks by Gill Sims from the Peter and Jane blog. And I love A Small Fiction so much I've preordered their book"
What did you think of Why Mummy Drinks? I love her blog, makes me laugh out loud at times. |
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Favourite book of last year was The Book Thief, a wonderful novel. Halfway through The Earth Hums in Bb right now, which is v good. Also devouring anything by Karen Maitland. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just finished The Illiad
Gave up on Ulysses...
Leopold Bloom is impenetrable
Say whaaaat?  "
Sorry Estella...
I just found Mr Bloom to be dull opinionated and a complete pain in the ass.
I'll not be allowed back in Dublin now... |
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Just started Sapiens A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari.
Recntly finished Am I Normal Yet? By Holly Bourne about a girl with OCD, genuine OCD not the faux OCD people claim they have because their wardrobes are neat. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Just finished The Illiad
Gave up on Ulysses...
Leopold Bloom is impenetrable
Say whaaaat?
Sorry Estella...
I just found Mr Bloom to be dull opinionated and a complete pain in the ass.
I'll not be allowed back in Dublin now..."
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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago
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"The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick.
Any good? "
I enjoyed it, starts a bit slow but just gets better as it goes. I've not seen the TV show but I might give it a go. Think I'll read some more of his too, though I think the others are more Sci fi.
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"Dan Brown: Origin.
As a stand alone it would have been alright. However more of the same from Mr. B. "
I’m halfway through it. Took forever for anything to happen but I’m sticking with it as I enjoyed previous ones (Except symbol). |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick.
Any good?
I enjoyed it, starts a bit slow but just gets better as it goes. I've not seen the TV show but I might give it a go. Think I'll read some more of his too, though I think the others are more Sci fi.
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I love his books. All the ones I've read have been sci-fi though, I don't know this one. |
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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago
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"The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick.
Any good?
I enjoyed it, starts a bit slow but just gets better as it goes. I've not seen the TV show but I might give it a go. Think I'll read some more of his too, though I think the others are more Sci fi.
I love his books. All the ones I've read have been sci-fi though, I don't know this one."
Its basically a story set in America based around what woukd have happened if Germany had won the war,great ending.
What one of his would you recommend? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick.
Any good?
I enjoyed it, starts a bit slow but just gets better as it goes. I've not seen the TV show but I might give it a go. Think I'll read some more of his too, though I think the others are more Sci fi.
I love his books. All the ones I've read have been sci-fi though, I don't know this one.
Its basically a story set in America based around what woukd have happened if Germany had won the war,great ending.
What one of his would you recommend? "
I read Fatherland by Robert Harris a while back. Basically a detective story set in 1960s Germany, but it's an alternate history where Germany won WW2.
Philip K Dick ... Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is the classic. Palmer Eldritch, and Ubik are great if you like weird/surreal sci-fi. We Can Remember It For You Wholesale is a short novel that Total Recall was loosely based on x |
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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago
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"The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick.
Any good?
I enjoyed it, starts a bit slow but just gets better as it goes. I've not seen the TV show but I might give it a go. Think I'll read some more of his too, though I think the others are more Sci fi.
I love his books. All the ones I've read have been sci-fi though, I don't know this one.
Its basically a story set in America based around what woukd have happened if Germany had won the war,great ending.
What one of his would you recommend?
I read Fatherland by Robert Harris a while back. Basically a detective story set in 1960s Germany, but it's an alternate history where Germany won WW2.
Philip K Dick ... Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is the classic. Palmer Eldritch, and Ubik are great if you like weird/surreal sci-fi. We Can Remember It For You Wholesale is a short novel that Total Recall was loosely based on x"
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By (user no longer on site)
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I finished The Hero with a Thousand Faces last week which I really enjoyed. And over this weekend I read Breakfast of Champions because I've needed a Vonnegut fix recently. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm reading Stephen Kings IT, read it about 15 years ago and the new film made me want to read it again. It's still creepy as hell!"
I have a book of short stories by King writing as Richard Bachman. Very dark and twisted, great stuff  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The Magpies by Mark Edwards.
Have had it on my kindle for a long long time so thought I'd give it a try. Not a bad book.
And The Husbands Secret by Liane Moriarty |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Do other people have books they can read over and over and never tire? Some of mine are Asimov's The Naked Sun, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, the Dexter series, Moomins, Adrian Mole, any of Karen Maitland's, Ruth Rendell .. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick.
Any good?
I enjoyed it, starts a bit slow but just gets better as it goes. I've not seen the TV show but I might give it a go. Think I'll read some more of his too, though I think the others are more Sci fi.
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Love PKD, can be quite out there though, the guy experimented heavily with LSD etc, and not surprised he ended up writing as he did. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep which became Bladerunner a good example.
I like some Alastair Reynolds, I’m quite a sci fi nerd as well as book geek, The Passage by Justin Cronin was a masterpiece.
Bill Bryson always a chuckle and love Worst.Person.Ever by Douglas Copeland. John Niven Kill your friends also a scream... I could go on to be honest xx |
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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago
Hillside desolate |
"The Man in the High Castle by Philip K Dick.
Any good?
I enjoyed it, starts a bit slow but just gets better as it goes. I've not seen the TV show but I might give it a go. Think I'll read some more of his too, though I think the others are more Sci fi.
Love PKD, can be quite out there though, the guy experimented heavily with LSD etc, and not surprised he ended up writing as he did. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep which became Bladerunner a good example.
I like some Alastair Reynolds, I’m quite a sci fi nerd as well as book geek, The Passage by Justin Cronin was a masterpiece.
Bill Bryson always a chuckle and love Worst.Person.Ever by Douglas Copeland. John Niven Kill your friends also a scream... I could go on to be honest xx"
I've read the passage trilogy as well, I loved those books. I'm in an intensive reading phase at the moment and this thread has given me some great suggestions |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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I read Fatherland by Robert Harris a while back. Basically a detective story set in 1960s Germany, but it's an alternate history where Germany won WW2.
Philip K Dick ... Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is the classic. Palmer Eldritch, and Ubik are great if you like weird/surreal sci-fi. We Can Remember It For You Wholesale is a short novel that Total Recall was loosely based on x"
Fatherland, incredible. Also whilst The adjustment team is only a PKD short story, the film the adjustment bureau is one of my favourite films.
While I’m still banging on, love Phillip Kerr Bernie Gunther novels. Brilliant and so well researched, If the dead rise not, and Prague fatale my faves x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I read Fatherland by Robert Harris a while back. Basically a detective story set in 1960s Germany, but it's an alternate history where Germany won WW2.
Philip K Dick ... Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep is the classic. Palmer Eldritch, and Ubik are great if you like weird/surreal sci-fi. We Can Remember It For You Wholesale is a short novel that Total Recall was loosely based on x
Fatherland, incredible. Also whilst The adjustment team is only a PKD short story, the film the adjustment bureau is one of my favourite films.
While I’m still banging on, love Phillip Kerr Bernie Gunther novels. Brilliant and so well researched, If the dead rise not, and Prague fatale my faves x "
I like Enigma a lot too, Harris is one of those hard-to-put-down writers. I read less than I used to as I lack the attention span now so it's great to find books that really make me want to read them. |
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"The instruction booklet for my Tassimo. A truly fantastic read it was to, complete with pictures  "
I used to love the manuals that came with audio hardware, pc games etc. Nowadays it's all crappy pdfs and help pages. Sigh  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"No one will believe me but The Bible. Read for study "
I've read a lot of the Bible. Bhagavita, Qu'ran etc. Religion fascinates me though I'm a total atheist. |
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By *ty31Man
over a year ago
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"Last Exit To Brooklyn.
Bleak and brutal but really good
Worth it if only for 'the story of tra la la' chapter"
My favourite was And Baby Makes Three.
The only positive story in the whole book I think. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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The Psychopath Test by Jon Robson. I watched a Ted Talk he did on the subject and then bought the book when it caught my eye. Interesting and amusing read. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I like bleak and brutal. "Filth" is a great read in that vein.
And very funny too, in a black humour sense"
It's very funny in places yes, I love black humour. It definitely didn't leave me thinking "gosh that was hilarious" though : ) |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"It's been a while but World War Z by Max Brooks is my favourite and make a point of reading it at least once a year"
I liked Survival Guide a lot : ) Haven't got around to WWZ yet |
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The Fell Sword by Miles Cameron it's the second part of a fantasy series and I really enjoyed it. I'm taking a break from the series to avoid character fatigue though and have just started Too Like the Lightning by Ada Palmer. |
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Doctor Dogbody's Leg - James Norman Hall
A different but interesting read.
I managed to get an original copy a few years ago, just before Keith Richards mentioned the book on Desert Island Discs . . . |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Glamorama - Brett easton ellis
American Psycho yay.
if you liked that, you'll appreciate this"
Below Zero was good too but not the stand-out classic that AP was. I'll have a look out for Glamorama though, thanks : ) x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I think perhaps given the centenary of female suffrage, men should be encouraged to read some feminists, rather than speak about what it is and isn't without ever having read any. It doesn't have to be a dry academic tome by Germanie Greer or Andrea Dworkin. Cailtin Moran's "How to be a Woman" is funny feminism:
“You can tell whether some misogynistic societal pressure is being exerted on women by calmly enquiring, ‘And are the men doing this, as well?’ If they aren’t, chances are you’re dealing with what we strident feminists refer to as ‘some total fucking bullshit’.”
Sara Pascoe's Animal is also very good, though deals with the wider issues of women's bodies as well as touching on Feminism:
"There are a few women in stand-up who are labelled 'feminist comics’ but that’s because a woman talking about her experiences is oddly always seen as feminist – whereas with a man it’s just a man talking about his experiences." |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Fuck him- nice girls always finish single.
Harry potter and the philosophers stone.
Forbidden poundings.
Wicca for beginners.
The elements of eloquence.
And always Jane Eyre
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"The Psychopath Test by Jon Robson. I watched a Ted Talk he did on the subject and then bought the book when it caught my eye. Interesting and amusing read. "
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"Sven Hassles The Legion of the damned...
It's a great book but you get to the end and feel just a little traumatised..
Read a few of these, some are very brutal and descriptive. "
And, if you like that, you'll love The last Soldier, by Guy Sajer, similar to Hassel but less crazy. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I'm currently reading 'Fire and Fury' and 'Your Money or Your Life'.
There's also a book in reading out loud to Marc while he drives....I can't remember the name of it but it's a really interesting book with a collection of writings written by historians in various countries about how people in their country view themselves and their history. |
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