Jeanette Posted April 10, 2008 Report Share Posted April 10, 2008 It's by Graham Spiers... Enough said! I'm glad he doesn't write for The Herald anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Finally got round to finishing Please Kill Me today, best book I've read in a long time. Now onto Nikki Sixx's Heroin Diaries. I don't even like Motley Crue, but it was a fiver Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted April 16, 2008 Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 It's by Graham Spiers... Enough said! I'm glad he doesn't write for The Herald anymore! It's true, he is a fud. Reading the book reminded me why I hate the smug little fucker so much in the first place.I'm onto "Choke" by Chuch Palahniuk now. It's OK but nowhere near as good as Fight Club. The premise of it is entirely unbelievable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven Dedalus Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Just finished the graphic novel "Watchmen". What an absolutely stunning book / comic. I hear the movie's coming out next year. There's absolutely no way the Hollywood treatment is ever going to do it justice. This is a must read. (I've been putting it off for about 10 years because I'd gone off comics... how stupid of me.)It is jaw-droppingly good, isn't it?I once had the opportunity to interview Alan Moore, but it fell through at the last moment. I've been kicking myself ever since...**not literally, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 Just finished " A wild sheep chase" by Murakami.Am I the only person on here who likes Graham Spiers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimyReizeger Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 The football journalist? Yeah I like him. Why are we talking about him?Edit: just worked it out. Spiers is probably the most astute pundit around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eidolon Posted April 29, 2008 Report Share Posted April 29, 2008 'Lonesome Traveler' by Jack KerouacI loved it, would recommend him to everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Continuing my new-found love of comic novels, I've started reading 'Maus' by Art Speigelman.The Holocaust with Mice, cats and pigs...... Pretty good, if a little sad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steven Dedalus Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Continuing my new-found love of comic novels, I've started reading 'Maus' by Art Speigelman.The Holocaust with Mice, cats and pigs...... Pretty good, if a little sad.They've actually started teaching it in American schools. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Denim.. Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 They've actually started teaching it in American schools.They've started teaching it here as part of an English degree. That's why I'm reading it. (The missus is doing the degree, I just picked up the book because it was a graphic novel lying around the living room.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Finished 'Bit of a Blur' by Alex James the other day. Was good, but poorly written with lots of emphasis on being famous seen in the excessive use of the phrase, "When you're famous, [insert name of pub/club/country/city here] is where you have to go if you want to be seen."Still think he's ace though. Happy being posh. Am now about halfway through On The Road by Jack Kerouac. Been meaning to read it for ages to see if it is "literary genius" as many have said or "overrated" as my dad says. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimyReizeger Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Finished 'Bit of a Blur' by Alex James the other day. Still think he's ace though..I find him totally unbearable, the worst type of celebrity jack-of-all-trades: column in the Guardian, Have I got news for you guest, Johnathon Ross guest, cheese maker, radio 4 host, 'judge' on some shitty Ch4 talent show, writer.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted May 3, 2008 Report Share Posted May 3, 2008 Kerouac sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 I find him totally unbearable, the worst type of celebrity jack-of-all-trades: column in the Guardian, Have I got news for you guest, Johnathon Ross guest, cheese maker, radio 4 host, 'judge' on some shitty Ch4 talent show, writer..True, he is everywhere and can be a bit of a knob, but I like the fact that he's quite content just sitting around making cheese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimyReizeger Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 I like the fact that he's quite content just sitting around making cheese. Yeah, I suppose most cheese makers take a video diary as being part of the job:Alex James: the cheese diaries, episode 1 | Word of Mouth | Guardian Unlimited Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Anderson Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 just read 'the road' by cormac (someone) was quite good but a little depressing.also finished 'direct action' a book set in aberdeen that my mum gave me - she said it was too dirty for her! lol it was very easy to read and quite entertaining. proabably due to being set in aberdeen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meekshallinherit Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 1) kerouac does not suck, he is the shiz...as it were2) that'd be cormac mcarthy...of "no country for old men" fame3) i am busy reading this funny/tragic/romantic/sweet memoir by a rolling stone journalist called "love is a mix tape" and it's well worth a read, however i am also ploughing through charlie brooker's "dawn of the dumb"...i love charlie brooker, his hatred and loathing makes me laugh so hard my testicles hurt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 The Go-Between by LP Hartley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted May 4, 2008 Report Share Posted May 4, 2008 i am also ploughing through charlie brooker's "dawn of the dumb"...i love charlie brooker, his hatred and loathing makes me laugh so hard my testicles hurt!I read it and Screenburn a while ago. So bloody funny, what a guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted May 12, 2008 Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 Yeah, I suppose most cheese makers take a video diary as being part of the job:Alex James: the cheese diaries, episode 1 | Word of Mouth | Guardian UnlimitedBlessed are the cheese makers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveCrisis Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Blessed are the cheese makers.For they shall inherit the BabyBel?o_OThese past few weeks I've read:No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthyOil! by Upton SinclairThe Steep Approach To Garbadale by Iain BanksFlesh House by Stuart MacBrideI'm now in a bit of a Rebus mood so I've gone back to Knots and Crosses and going to read the entire Rebus back catalogue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltz Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 I've been reading:Lermontov - A Hero Of Our TimeFyodor Dostoevsky - The Idiotand J.R. Hartley's 'Fly Fishing'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimyReizeger Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 I just read Sunset Song for the first time the other day. Had to push a bit through the first half, but overall it's a pretty classy book, and I'm proud that it came from this part of the globe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodast Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Fyodor Dostoevsky - The IdiotHow is it? I have never read any of his stuff but I have heard that one in particular would be a useful one to read because it was influential (and a good book anyway). Right now I am trying to read "You'll Never Walk Alone: Ein Fussballmusikroman" by Florian Weber. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen B Posted May 15, 2008 Report Share Posted May 15, 2008 Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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