Jmothecat2 Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Seems to be the way with fantasy series. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted July 16, 2017 Share Posted July 16, 2017 Just finished The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke and now straight into another of his books (The Jealous Kind). Right up my street - sleazy Deep South crime. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nightfly Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Peter May - Coffin Road. I must have read 7 or 8 of his books this year. Murder mysteries that keep you guessing until the end. The Lewis Trilogy would be my recommendation. Reading them in order is not necessary but the published order is The Blackhouse, Lewis Man, The Chessmen. The Coffin Road follows, not connected but featuring the local policeman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Nightfly Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Just finished The Neon Rain by James Lee Burke and now straight into another of his books (The Jealous Kind). Right up my street - sleazy Deep South crime. Brilliant writing. I love all his Robicheaux books. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ya Bezzer! Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 (edited) I bought my current book when I saw on Amazon what I'd say was the best book review of all time as far as I'm concerned. It was a two word review. "Leftie rubbish". Hard back edition on Amazon marketplace for £1. The world might be an illiterate and idiotic mess but it's a great time for book buyers. So here I am reading 'The Oxford History of the French Revolution' by William Doyle. Lots of stuff about various layers of shambolic bureaucracy, a corrupt tax system and peasant poverty. No aristocrats guillotined yet. Edited July 17, 2017 by Ya Bezzer! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR989 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Just finished The day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth. Very enjoyable. Will move onto another of his books, The Odessa File. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Just finished The day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth. Very enjoyable. Will move onto another of his books, The Odessa File. Funnily enough I just finished The Odessa File this morning and came on here to post about it. Good, exciting story, interesting subject matter and I thoroughly enjoyed it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnR989 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 11 minutes ago, Jmothecat2 said: Funnily enough I just finished The Odessa File this morning and came on here to post about it. Good, exciting story, interesting subject matter and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well it should be coming through the letter box any day. Looking forward to a good read now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 29 minutes ago, Jmothecat2 said: Funnily enough I just finished The Odessa File this morning and came on here to post about it. Good, exciting story, interesting subject matter and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Good film too as I remember it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Good film too as I remember it. Watched the film years ago and remember enjoying it. I noticed it was on Netflix so might stick that on tonight.Day of the Jackal is a great film. Drax makes a great policeman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Watched the film years ago and remember enjoying it. I noticed it was on Netflix so might stick that on tonight.Day of the Jackal is a great film. Drax makes a great policeman. Made me want to be an international assassin when I grew up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chlamydia Kid Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Read my first novel In years when I ran out of reading material on holiday and borrowed one of the missus. Amsterdam by Ian Mcewan. It was tolerable. Not into fiction, too much superfluous information communicated. Would rather read about real events, the only fictional books I've read that I've really enjoyed have been set in a period or place that I'm interested in from a political or historical perspective or that provide an insight into a defining social or political issue that I'm interested in. Not enough novels do that and my time is too precious to read fairy stories for the sake of enjoyment. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Read my first novel In years when I ran out of reading material on holiday and borrowed one of the missus. Amsterdam by Ian Mcewan. It was tolerable. Not into fiction, too much superfluous information communicated. Would rather read about real events, the only fictional books I've read that I've really enjoyed have been set in a period or place that I'm interested in from a political or historical perspective or that provide an insight into a defining social or political issue that I'm interested in. Not enough novels do that and my time is too precious to read fairy stories for the sake of enjoyment. I've found myself moving more and more towards 'fairy stories'. I think with both my work life and home life being hectic at the moment (both in a good way) novels provide a good amount of escapism that other forms of entertainment don't. I do most of my reading on the bus to and from work and that separation between home and work becomes more pronounced with the escape into whatever fantasy world my book takes me into. There's something about the solitary nature of reading a book which appeals to me, unlike television which feels like it's being made for many people, a book often seems like it is being directed specifically to you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chlamydia Kid Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Fair enough. Maybe I should be more open minded. I've just started too many that have done nothing for me. I get angry reading political ones though so maybe I should give it more of a chance. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmothecat2 Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 Fair enough. Maybe I should be more open minded. I've just started too many that have done nothing for me. I get angry reading political ones though so maybe I should give it more of a chance. I've started just leaving books if I'm not enjoying them. Life's too short. There seems to be this weird idea that if you start a book you have to finish it but I don't subscribe to that. I definitely go through phases with reading though. I can go months hardly reading anything to suddenly reading at pretty much any opportunity I get. For a long time after finishing uni I couldn't read fiction at all for pleasure, I studied literature and found myself unable to turn off the critical part of my brain and was overanalysing everything. It's only relatively recently I've actually managed to get back into fiction again and just enjoy a book because it's a good story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted July 17, 2017 Share Posted July 17, 2017 4 minutes ago, Jmothecat2 said: I've started just leaving books if I'm not enjoying them. Life's too short. There seems to be this weird idea that if you start a book you have to finish it but I don't subscribe to that. I definitely go through phases with reading though. I can go months hardly reading anything to suddenly reading at pretty much any opportunity I get. For a long time after finishing uni I couldn't read fiction at all for pleasure, I studied literature and found myself unable to turn off the critical part of my brain and was overanalysing everything. It's only relatively recently I've actually managed to get back into fiction again and just enjoy a book because it's a good story. There's scope for discussion about 'worthy' books you've tried several times to read but never got on with: Ulysses - Joyce The Famished Road - Okri Anything by Virginia Woolf - It's all about her. Anything by Kafka - Repetitive bilge after the first 50 pages Catch-22 - A one-page summary would've been fine 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradHorse Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 On 16/07/2017 at 12:35, Tommy Nooka said: Another series that should only be read by the most patient of readers. 2 books in 10 years and the last one was 6 years ago. Indeed man. I was late to the party so can't claim I've been waiting ages or whatever, but Rothfuss is apparently taking his sweet time on the final book. Doesn't take away from the writing for me, however. Fantastically written series so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradHorse Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 Anyone ever read 'The Lies of Locke Lamora'? I did a bit of research and it seemed like a must read book but I did the first couple of chapters and wasn't that enamoured. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chlamydia Kid Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 There's scope for discussion about 'worthy' books you've tried several times to read but never got on with: Ulysses - Joyce The Famished Road - Okri Anything by Virginia Woolf - It's all about her. Anything by Kafka - Repetitive bilge after the first 50 pages Catch-22 - A one-page summary would've been fine I tried to read catch 22 years ago. Was utter dross. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Chlamydia Kid Posted July 18, 2017 Share Posted July 18, 2017 I once read Great Expectations.......it wasn't all I'd hoped for [emoji106] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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