Books 11:29 - Aug 26 with 2645 views | Phildo | Anyone read any good ones recently? I am 40 years late but I just read Lonesome Dove and oh my I enjoyed it. |  | | |  |
Books on 19:12 - Aug 26 with 592 views | willesdenr | Started reading Mick Heron’s Slow Horses series, didn’t think it would improve the excellent TV series but it does. Only another 5 books to go. He has written several other series as well which I will try. |  | |  |
Books on 20:06 - Aug 26 with 456 views | Akindweevil | There are some great suggestions already in this thread.. Thank you! (Just about to buy Zweig's Beware of Pity as a result!) I've just finished The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood. This is one of the most enjoyable books I've read for a while. She is a very assured writer... it was a joy to be in her company for a week or so. [Post edited 26 Aug 20:11]
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Books on 11:38 - Aug 26 by Gus_iom | I read a lot during work breaks. I buy books from the charity shop as they are likely to get a bit mucky in my van, so definitely not the latest releases. Anyway, just read 'time after time' by Ben Elton. Didn't have great expectations (!), but thought it was really good. Thoroughly recommend. |
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Books on 20:22 - Aug 26 with 418 views | TwoHalves | Just starting ‘The 1619 Project’, a reframing of the American origin story, beginning not on 4th July 1776 with the American War of Independence, but in August 1619, when a ship arrived in Virginia bearing a cargo of thirty enslaved people from Africa. It’s a collaboration between the editors of the New York Times Magazine and journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones, placing the legacy of slavery at the centre of the national narrative. Safe to say it won’t feature on Trump’s reading list. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.htm |  | |  |
Books on 20:22 - Aug 26 with 418 views | dmm | I got through my first audiobook recently: 'Thatcher Stole My Trousers' by Alexei Sayle. It chronicles the founding of the Comedy Store, the Comic Strip, the Young Ones, and a lot more besides. It's read by the man himself which is a bonus. Funny and fascinating in equal measure. |  | |  |
Books on 22:50 - Aug 26 with 258 views | Sonic_Hoop | I've recently started re-reading some of my favourite books. Lanark by Alisdair Gray, The Ginger Man by JP Donleavy and Steppenwolf by Hesse. A very different experience visiting them as an old man than as a proto- adult. Still no nearer to understanding the human condition or maybe just less certain of its nature. |  | |  | Login to get fewer ads
Books on 00:12 - Aug 27 with 202 views | Sommerbreeze | just finished 'The Lock-Up' by John Banville, who won the Booker Prize for his The Sea a few years back. This is one of his detective novels, which I think he started writing under a pseudonym. very noir-ish. set in 50s Dublin. Really good. also reread a couple of my favourite sports books this summer: The Year of the Locust by Jon Hotten. the most incredible boxing story ever. Hotten also writes brilliant cricket books. This Bloody Mary is the Last Thing I Own by Jonathan Rendall. Another incredible boxing book / memoir about a journalist becoming a boxing manager. |  | |  |
Books on 01:09 - Aug 27 with 170 views | BrisbaneR | I've really enjoyed Edward Rutherford's 'city' books; he'll place fictional characters in a city at its inception, and we see their families lives play out across the generations. While the city grows & changes, we see his characters interact with real historical people & events - really enjoyed London (I learned so much) and Dublin is great too (a two-parter). Also just read & loved The Morrigan by Kim Curran, a retelling of Irish myths from the perspective of a goddess who's also a mortal and a warrior. The key at the front to help with the pronunciation of the Irish names is invaluable, so again, I learned while I was entertained. |  | |  |
Books on 05:09 - Aug 27 with 109 views | larsricchi | My last 3 reads: The Witch Elm by Tana French Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane When The Game Was War by Rich Cohen First two were solid crime/thrillers. Last one looked at the 1987-88 NBA season, which is pretty much when I started really paying attention to pro basketball, which I stopped caring about by the early 2000s. Author has a soft spot for Isiah Thomas, which is too bad. Need to pick my next one. Saw the mention of The Human Stain earlier; might go that route. But look forward to more recommendations! |  | |  |
Books on 06:49 - Aug 27 with 21 views | PeterHucker | Most of the fiction stuff I read is horror and sci fi. I discovered the books of Grady Hendrix a few years ago and have just finished his book We Sold Our Souls and it might be my favourite of his. It's the story of the fictional 90s rock band Dürt Würk and their great lost album Black Iron Mountain. It's horror but not gory for the sake of it, and it's got a sense of humour. for fans of classic 80s tongue-in-cheek horror films like The Evil Dead trilogy. My other favourites of his are Horrorstor & The Southern Book Club's Guide To Vampire Slaying, The Final Girl Support Group. other books in a similar vein.... Devil House by John Darnielle (singer / songwriter of the group The Mountain Goats bus also a spectacularly good writer) A Mask Of Flies by Matthew Lyons The Book Of Accidents by Chuck Wendig Some recent sci fi books I've loved.... The Three Body Problem (Cixin Liu) – mind-bending sci-fi packed full of genius ideas that I'm sure has been discussed on here before. Looking forward to reading the rest of the trilogy. Walking On Glass (Iain Banks) – I’ve read nearly all of his books but never got round to this one until just recently. This one is certainly not a straightforward story but I still absolutely loved it. The Dispatcher trilogy (John Scalzi) – Film noir with a sci fi edge. The 3 books in the trilogy are The Dispatcher, Murder By Other Means and Travel By Bullet. Self Help (Ben H. Winters) – an audiobook about an audiobook. Brilliant narration by Wil Wheaton & Ron Perlman I also read a lot of non fiction music books so here are some recent favourites.... Fingers Crossed (Miki Berenyi) Rough Trade website selected it as their best book of 2022 saying this: “A revelatory and important statement on the sexism of the 90s music industry, growing up through parental neglect and the wild highs and lows of the Britpop years. The Lush star is a trailblazer and here to remind us that success means different things to different people and that perhaps the traditional definition ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.” I bought this from Miki herself when she was doing a book signing at Bella Union in Brighton a while ago. It’s a truly remarkable read. Some musicians biographies can drag a bit when you’re reading about their early lives. You just want them to get to the bit where they start the band. That’s not the case here at all because Miki’s life before becoming a musician was already quite extraordinary. It’s an extremely honest and emotional book and highly recommended, regardless of whether you’re familiar with her music or not I Wanna Be Yours by John Cooper Clarke (get the audiobook if you can) The man has a way with words as we all know and his frequent tangents about films, breakfast cereal, fashion or whatever are equal parts fascinating and hilarious. As the tagline from the After Eight adverts quoted in the book several times puts it, listening to this was “Luxury, pure unashamed luxury” Paper Cuts: How I Destroyed The British Music Press & Other Misadventures by Ted Kessler (he's on this forum I believe) I'm a massive Beatles & having read books about them by Hunter Davies, Mark Lewisohn & Ian McDonald' decades ago I really didn't think I'd ever need to read any more books about them. But I recently read 2 absolutely outstanding ones..... 1 2 3 4 by Craig Brown With a little Help from Their Friends by Stuart Maconie. I'm also a massive Bruce Springsteen nerd and have read a load of books about him. Recently I've read these ones that stood out.... Born in the USA: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition by Jim Cullen Deliver Is From Nowhere by Warren Zanes |  | |  |
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