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[kirsten]

Had my eye on Charlie Brooker's new book at work all day yesterday so caved and bought it with money I don't really have. So far, so good as per Brooker-usual. Hardback though. Weird.

And look at his lovely scowling face...

Aww...

[KarmaTsunami]

******************MILD STIEG LARRSON SPOILERS********



I started/finished The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest yesterday evening/wee hours of the morning. I thought it should have ended a wee bitty sooner than it did as anything after the warehouse confrontation sort of weakened the sense of finality. All in all though a cracking end to the trilogy, although I still think the second book is the strongest of the three.

[Lucky Rathen]

I'm reading The Dirt, the Motley Crue book. Unputdownable

[Shaki]

Finished Moll Flanders. I enjoyed it apart from the preface. Daniel Defoe sounds like a bit of a nob all things told.

Started A Snowball in Hell by Christopher Brookmyre. Great opening chapter - I love that character.

[KimyReizeger]

At a loss for things to read at the moment so re-reading 'Success' my Martin Amis, which is really good book about a group of people going slowly insane due to over-prevalence of rampant narcissism, materialism, sexual humiliation and incest within their family. It's written from the point of view of the two male children, who occupy entirely different positions within society yet are forced to live with one another.

[Shaki]

Originally Posted by KimyReizeger

At a loss for things to read at the moment so re-reading 'Success' my Martin Amis, which is really good book about a group of people going slowly insane due to over-prevalence of rampant narcissism, materialism, sexual humiliation and incest within their family. It's written from the point of view of the two male children, who occupy entirely different positions within society yet are forced to live with one another.

There's heaps of other books been written. Go to a library, bookshop, jumble sale or even check on line

Sounds like a nifty story like but I've never understood re-reading whole books. I'll keep books I like and flip through them, read a section here and there that I enjoyed but I've never re-read a book start to finish. I consider that when I die there will be thousands of enjoyable books that I never got round to reading so why waste my time on one when I ken fit happens?!

[KimyReizeger]

Yeah, aside from this I've never re-read a book before for pleasure. I literally can't find anything which zings for me at the moment; keep starting then stopping things that people recommend etc.

[BFM]

Reading Perch Hill by Adam Nicolson and it is very good,
BFM

[kirsten]

Been on a bit of a Vonnegut binge of late. Currently reading 'Armageddon in Retrospect'. It's very very good, I'm sad he's dead.

[ca_gere]

Originally Posted by Lucky Rathen

I'm reading The Dirt, the Motley Crue book. Unputdownable

Love that book. I had never heard of 'ludes' untill I read it.