Spoonie Posted June 22, 2015 Report Share Posted June 22, 2015 Some fantastic characters too - especially Chae and Rob. And nobody in it is safe from a slagging! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 Recently finished Irvine Welsh's "Glue" and working through two quick memoirs - Nikki Sixx "The Heroin Diaries" and Piper Kerman "Orange Is The New Black - My Year In A Women's Prison". Still ahead of schedule on my 50 Book Challenge but losing steam a bit since I started watching The Sopranos again and playing GTA V. Bad moves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 First chapter of 'A portrait of the artist as a young boy' is pretty hard going. I shall persevere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattJimF Posted June 24, 2015 Report Share Posted June 24, 2015 I'm currently reading And Another Thing... while sitting in the Italian sun.It's good but seems to spend far too much time filling gaps with guide entries and explaining races you have already met (Vogons) while not really explaining about the four main characters which is a bit disjointed and makes you wonder who the book is pitched at, people new to the series or people familiar with the series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted June 27, 2015 Report Share Posted June 27, 2015 First chapter of 'A portrait of the artist as a young boy' is pretty hard going. I shall persevere. This is some verbose shit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 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.I love this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 Fnished Man's Search for meaning which was excellent and started Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell which has been typically excellent so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted June 29, 2015 Report Share Posted June 29, 2015 I've just given up on A portrait of the artist as a young man after 80 pages. I think I'll read A portrait of the artist as a young dog again when I get home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 (edited) Finished "The Extra Ordinary Life Of Frank Derrick, Age 81" by J.B Morrison (who I found out after I read it is the lead singer from Carter USM). Initially I found it very annoying but I stuck with it and glad I did. Very light hearted and easy to read but fun. Now started "Doctor Sleep" by Stephen King, which continues the story of Danny, the little boy from The Shining, now an adult, a drifter with serious addictions, haunted by trauma and his power which still gives him terrifying visions. So far monsters, cocaine, child abuse and a newborn baby has predicted 9/11. Not so light hearted. Edited July 8, 2015 by Lemonade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 Started "Everything Is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer. So far it seems to be part comedy and part weird fantasy with two completely seperate narratives. I think I'm going to hate it. "Doctor Sleep" wasn't that good either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 I really liked Everything Is Illuminated. The film was good too but if I remember right there are a few big differences between the two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted July 15, 2015 Report Share Posted July 15, 2015 So far, Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami is fucking ace. People talking to cats and Colonel Sanders as a pimp etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsum_Fantastic Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Just finished American Gods by Neil Gaiman, only read two of his books, his latest one and this one so very late to the party but I really love him as an author his books just seem to evoke a very pleasant satisfying feeling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted July 16, 2015 Report Share Posted July 16, 2015 Read The Old Man and the Sea this week; really good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemonade Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 Another hour of Everything Is Illuminated confirmed that I did in fact hate it so I binned it in favour of "The Light Fantastic" by Terry Pratchett instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottyboy Posted July 17, 2015 Report Share Posted July 17, 2015 When I read Everything is Illuminated (I think in my teens) I thought the first chapter written by Alex was incredible; but the novelty wore off a bit and rest of the book just didn't live up to the profound masterpiece suggested by the press soundbites. The film (good) is pretty faithful to the book IIRC but it's only the actual in-Ukraine narrative and ditches the surreal sections Lemonade mentioned (and about which I remember nothing). His other, later main book, Extremely Loud ad Incredibly Close, I did really enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Finished Kafka on the shore this morning. Really good fucked up Japanese shit. I must invest some more time in Murakami. Started the Road to Los Angeles by John Fante and after that I'll read Tales From Bunker Hill then I'll have finished the Bandini quartet. John Fante is fucking ace and anyone who's a fan of Bukowski should check him out, if they haven't already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Finished Kafka on the shore this morning. Really good fucked up Japanese shit. I must invest some more time in Murakami. I'd recommend 'Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World' as I read it this year and it's ace, despite the crap title. Have always meant to read more Murakami but it's just never happened. Just finished 'Oracle Night' by Paul Auster. Classic Auster story-within-a-story-within-a-story stuff. Really great, though, engaging and bleak as fuck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted July 19, 2015 Report Share Posted July 19, 2015 Cheers. I just got a couple more, including your suggestion, off of that Ebay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 The Wind Up Bird Chronicle is the best Murakami.The wild sheep chase and Kafka... are my other favorites. However if you really like his style of writing you'll probably find any of his books worth reading, even the ones where the story isn't as interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted July 20, 2015 Report Share Posted July 20, 2015 To be honest his writing isn't much to write home about.... The stories are good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoonie Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 Started Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad last night, mixed in with re-starting Commando Dad, to get back on top of this whole parenting business with 2 weeks until the due date! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted July 22, 2015 Report Share Posted July 22, 2015 I intned to re-read Heart of Darkness. I 'll maybe try Nostromo or Nigger of the Narcissus first though. I'm reading like fuck this year! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Broonbreed Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 Finished the Bandini quartet, Started Moby Dick and just bought the Satanic Bible. Fuckin' reads, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delboy1969 Posted July 26, 2015 Report Share Posted July 26, 2015 I bought a copy of 'The Big Midweek' by former bass player of The Fall, Steve Hanley about his 17 years in the band. Its supposed to be for my forthcoming holiday but couldn't resist reading about the infamous on stage bust up in New York in 1998 when an onstage fight broke out and he finally left the band. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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