KarmaTsunami Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 I'm reading Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery. It's about the first woman to hike the whole Appalachian Trail alone in one go (2160 miles). She was 67. She's also considered a pioneer of ultra-light hiking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Surely it can't be as good as 'a walk in the woods'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 So far, it's definitely not as amusing as A Walk in the Woods (given that Emma Gatewood was physically and mentally abused by her psychopathic husband throughout her life), but it's still a great read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Just finished "11/22/63", Stephen King. Now reading "Thinner", also Stephen King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted January 21, 2015 Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Reading The Nazi's Next Door thanks to the power of Ab Mus recommendation! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 (edited) Just finished "11/22/63", Stephen King. Now reading "Thinner", also Stephen King.Finished "Thinner" and started two new books, "The Best In The World (At What I Have No Idea)" by Chris Jericho and "59 Seconds" by Richard Wiseman. I also joined GoodReads recently if anyone wants to be cyber pals. @5ea5erpent Edited January 26, 2015 by Loopy Racist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 I have just started 'Last and First Men'. Apparantly it had a vast impact on Arthur C. Clarke's imagination and Winston Churchill said it was good. It traces the rise and fall of the human race over a period of 2 billion years so I'm guessing it'll be fairly mintal. In the interim between this and finishing 'The Double' I read a Poe short. I had no idea what was going on but the words were beautiful - like a fresh pair of tits on page 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Started 1984 by Orwell (I think I'm the only person in the world not to have read that an Animal Farm) and Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill which is quite interesting, if a little obvious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I've still not read Animal farm. I've got a heavily abridged version illustrated by Ralph Steadman though, which is cool.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Ralph Steadman's stuff is tremendous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Aye. I've always been meaning to get an original print of his but I just blew my wad a Storm Thorgersen print last month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Finished "Thinner" and started two new books, "The Best In The World (At What I Have No Idea)" by Chris Jericho and "59 Seconds" by Richard Wiseman. I also joined GoodReads recently if anyone wants to be cyber pals. @5ea5erpentPolished off the Jericho book (it was shite), now reading "Peterhead Porridge" by James Crosbie, humorous memoirs from an ex-con about his time locked up there. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00AQXC7Z2?ie=UTF8&redirectFromSS=1&pc_redir=T1&noEncodingTag=1&robot_redir=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Will try to get into this thread again. Recently finished 'HHhH' by Laurent Binet which was excellent. It's very unique in that it's an account of a historical event (the assassination attempt on leading Nazi Reinhard Heydrich) but the author gives a running commentary on his own thoughts whilst researching and writing the book. It's difficult to explain so you should just read it. I'm now reading 'Fall of Giants' by Ken Follett. It's an epic saga based in WW1. I really liked his medieval series (Pillars of the Earth and World Without End) and this is in a similar vein. He writes a ripping yarn and is pretty educational too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted January 28, 2015 Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 Currently reading To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee. Interesting so far but only about 3% of the way through What did you think? It's one of my all time favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Polished off the Jericho book (it was shite), now reading "Peterhead Porridge" by James Crosbie, humorous memoirs from an ex-con about his time locked up there. http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B00AQXC7Z2?ie=UTF8&redirectFromSS=1&pc_redir=T1&noEncodingTag=1&robot_redir=1Hammering through the books since I got my new Kindle. Finished this. Started "Pygmy" by Chuck Palahniuk. I gave up very early last time I tried to read it. Hopefully I'll get to the end this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 This is why I gave up on Pygmy so early last time around, the entire book is written like this, it's really tough going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 This is why I gave up on Pygmy so early last time around, the entire book is written like this, it's really tough going. ....fuck in what the is that? xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I usually hate starting and not finishing a book, but I would've fucked that shit off pretty early on like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Finished 'Grandma Gatewood's Walk' which was really good. I'm now reading 'Rivers of London' by Ben Aaronovitch which is excellent so far and means the next few books I read will be the rest of the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 What did you think? It's one of my all time favourites.I really enjoyed it - the character of Atticus is superb and it's really well put together. Excellent read! That Pygmy nonsense looks unreadable! Finished 1984 on the bus to work this morning (just the sort of appendix bit to go). Interesting and glad I've read it but it was dry and pretty depressing! I guess that's maybe the point, but I like a bit of hope and inspiration in with the depression!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I really enjoyed it - the character of Atticus is superb and it's really well put together. Excellent read!That Pygmy nonsense looks unreadable!Finished 1984 on the bus to work this morning (just the sort of appendix bit to go). Interesting and glad I've read it but it was dry and pretty depressing! I guess that's maybe the point, but I like a bit of hope and inspiration in with the depression!! The main thing is you are now qualified to describe anything that happens in modern society as "a bit Orwellian" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Reading Inverting the Pyramid: the history of football tactics, by Jonathon Wilson. Fucking excellent read. Also reading The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair. Really good so far, but only 50 pages in or so. Joel Dicker was younger than me when he wrote it, which is dead inspirational and that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 The main thing is you are now qualified to describe anything that happens in modern society as "a bit Orwellian"That's definitely an advantage - I can also now understand more references that I didn't even understand were references! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 The bit with the rat helmet is pretty grim. I really enjoyed 1984 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 It's pretty dark and I suspect it hit the mark when the book came out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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