Lemonade Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) I finished "The Hardest (Working) Man In Showbiz" by Ron Jeremy and "Trainspotting" by Irvine Welsh last week, then having covered sex and drugs I moved on rock n roll. Just finishing up "The Dirt" by Motley Crue / Neil Strauss (which actually has more sex and drugs than the other two.) Edited May 25, 2015 by Lemonade Sparkle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lemonade Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Hat trick! Working through "Glue" by Irvine Welsh and "The Colour Of Magic" by Terry Pratchett. I remember really enjoying Glue when it first came out but I'm struggling with it this time. It's long as fuck, I've put hours in to it so far and nothing has really happened. This is the first time I've attempted to read Terry Pratchett. Not my usual thing at all, I hate fantasy passionately, but my girlfriend is such a huge Terry Pratchett nerd I promised I'd at least give one a go. So far I'm enjoying the dialogue and the writing, but all the mystical creatures and made up words are getting on my tits a bit. I'll stick with it, I feel like if I can get over the hurdle of it being fantasy I may really enjoy it. I've been a bit lax with my reading last couple of weeks, going to have to pick the pace up if I'm going to make that 50 book challenge. Oh I met Irvine Welsh last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 Hat trick! Working through "Glue" by Irvine Welsh and "The Colour Of Magic" by Terry Pratchett. I remember really enjoying Glue when it first came out but I'm struggling with it this time. It's long as fuck, I've put hours in to it so far and nothing has really happened. This is the first time I've attempted to read Terry Pratchett. Not my usual thing at all, I hate fantasy passionately, but my girlfriend is such a huge Terry Pratchett nerd I promised I'd at least give one a go. So far I'm enjoying the dialogue and the writing, but all the mystical creatures and made up words are getting on my tits a bit. I'll stick with it, I feel like if I can get over the hurdle of it being fantasy I may really enjoy it. I've been a bit lax with my reading last couple of weeks, going to have to pick the pace up if I'm going to make that 50 book challenge. Oh I met Irvine Welsh last week. Did you meet Michael J Fox as well and get him to take the photo? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 I'm also reading Terry Pratchett (one of the last ones), for the first time in a few years and not enjoying it as much as I used to. The Colour of Magic I didn't think much of the first time though... I originally read them pretty much backwards and I think I probably lost interest when I got into the first dozen or so (!). The ones I enjoyed most (in my teens) where probably in the numbers 20+. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroopy121 Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Hmm. Broadly. It changes a lot of the detail though, but I didn't mind that much. If you do a search online though there's a fuckload of fanboy arguments and nerd meltdowns about how bad the film was because Zaphod didn't have two heads side by side or the heart of gold was the wrong shape. Mos Def plays Ford Prefect.. but he's Ginger in the book... HOW DARE THEY! There are a few things in the movie that don't line up but for the most part I like the movie. It's not as enjoyable as the books are, as the trilogy is among my favourite books, but other than little tweaks make for casting/practical effects reasons (Zaphods heads, Mos Def being awesome for the part but having the audacity not to be white..) I think it's pretty true to the books, just a little bit less dry which I think loses some of the charm. Something about the ridiculous shit that Adams wrote about always seemed more absurd when they were just written about and the visuals were left to the mind of the reader.. when you see the Vogons being brought to life it kinda takes something away from the absurdness and humour of it, I thought. xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted June 3, 2015 Report Share Posted June 3, 2015 Read Flash Boys by Michael Lewis last week and then re-read The Blind Side over the weekend. I can't get enough of his writing; he has a way of making everything seem realy interesting, even fibre optic cables! Just started this morning on Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort having watched the film last week for the first time. Still chipping away at a few other things and also reading the last few pages of Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael Azerrad which has been excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Wolf of Wall Street was a pretty easy read and the film was reasonably faithful to the book, but stopped just as he got arrested. He always seemed to struggle with admitting that anything was his fault without qualifying it with someone else having done something bad too. His drug dependence got wildly out of hand and it cost him his marriage in the end, but the fact remains that he made a fortune through fraud and deception and just sort of shrugs it off, justifying it because other people did bad things too. Started yesterday on Making it Happen, the other book about RBS and the financial crisis, having read Shredded last year. Interesting so far, though not quite as captivatingly written as Shredded. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 I finally, finally finished Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant and the only reason it took me nearly two months to finish is because a video game temporarily ruined my life. Otherwise, it's a solidly good book, very strange mix of Arthurian legend and old English folk tales. The ending is very sad, and left me feeling despondent for a good hour or so afterwards. I have also recently read the trade paperbacks of Lumberjanes, Rat Queens and Saga, which puts me at 25 for the year and one book behind schedule to hit sixty by the end of 2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Embarking on a 3 weeker offshore and have stocked up on many books.Starting off with a confederacy of dunces. I made a decent start on the train yesterday and it seems like a right hoot so far.I also have Norwegian wood by haruki what's his face, portrait of the artist by James Joyce and that other big Joyce one. They're in my bag just now and can't be arsed opening it to retrieve omitted details. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Ulysses. I'm reading Tera Patrick's autobiography, "Sinner Takes All". It's not so good. 45% read in two hours tho. Will be good for my reading stats! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Embarking on a 3 weeker offshore and have stocked up on many books.Starting off with a confederacy of dunces. I made a decent start on the train yesterday and it seems like a right hoot so far.I also have Norwegian wood by haruki what's his face, portrait of the artist by James Joyce and that other big Joyce one. They're in my bag just now and can't be arsed opening it to retrieve omitted details. A Confederacy of Dunces is absolutely brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 Ulysses. Finnegan's Wake..... Also, Haruki Murakami. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted June 10, 2015 Report Share Posted June 10, 2015 I'm reading Tera Patrick's autobiography, "Sinner Takes All". It's not so good. 45% read in two hours tho. Will be good for my reading stats! I've never even thought about looking for a pornstars biography before. Is it just her rating folks fannies and cocks out of 10? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 (edited) I've never even thought about looking for a pornstars biography before. Is it just her rating folks fannies and cocks out of 10? This is only the second one I've read, but while Ron Jeremy came across as likeable, a bit of a goof, she seems like a total wank. And yeah, lots of cocks and fannies. It feels like it was written as Tera Patrick the porn star / character rather than an actual real person, like every chapter of her life story seems to involve how much she loves fucking. The bit where she meets her husband and talks about how they fell in love instantly, instead of romantic dinners and walks like you might expect there's two chapters about the fucked up sex they had and how she likes it when he chokes her and lets him piss on her face. Edited June 11, 2015 by Lemonade Sparkle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted June 11, 2015 Report Share Posted June 11, 2015 She's not even that good a porn star - she doesn't rosebud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted June 16, 2015 Report Share Posted June 16, 2015 Finished 'A confedaracy of dunces' last night. very good, would read again, could not put down. very funny, good ending, should make into film with Zach Galifinarkioarz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Finished Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Pretty decent, love story with a slight Japanese slant..... I managed half a page of Finnegan's wake last night and gave up. I Googled it and found out Joyce had basically lost his marbles by this point and even his die hard fans were alienated by it's 500 odd pages of gibberish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alkaline Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 I'm reading "The Man in the High Castle" by Philip K Dick at the moment. Enjoying it so far. Just finished the first four Katie Maguire novels by Graham Masterson, they were good in an Irish version of Stuart MacBride way but the sex scenes are apalling (not surprising scene as though the guy used to edit Mayfair). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 The Man in the High Castle is good. Definitely in Dick's top 5. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Started Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. Had it on my kindle for a while. Powerful stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 21, 2015 Report Share Posted June 21, 2015 Just finished 'Sunset Song' by Lewis Grassic Gibbon. Was sure I must have read it at school and have strong memories of watching some iffy film adaption in standard grade but none of it seemed to ring a bell. Despite that it was great. A superb book and a powerful story. Especially resonant with both sides of my family having strong Mearns farming roots. Drove down to Castleton Farm Shop yesterday and was looking at the surrounding area a bit differently now trying to picture Kinraddie just over the other side of the hill. Rest of the Scots Quair are now on my Kindle ready to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Great choice - Sunset Song is a book that has changed for me a lot over the years, being one that we were forced to read at school (and being received as such) to one that I've revisited a number of times and absolutely love. The second of the trilogy is arguably even better, although the original has the advantage of being new and fresh, and there are some proper laugh out loud bits and some wicked put-downs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 I definitely did Sunset Song at school and thus have always written it off as a children's book. Am I wrong about this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 I definitely did Sunset Song at school and thus have always written it off as a children's book. Am I wrong about this? Definitely not a children's book. Much talk of sexy times and doric swearing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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