MSU Posted February 26, 2019 Share Posted February 26, 2019 12 minutes ago, tongue_tied_danny said: I love the film version of Catch 22 but I also gave up on the book after a few chapters. Another supposed cult classic that I gave up on pretty quickly was Slaughterhouse 5. It said "so it goes" at the end of every fucking paragraph and that seriously got on my moobs after a few pages... I was the same with Slaughterhouse Five. Seemed like such a short book, supposed masterpiece, should fire through it in an afternoon. Gave up in the first ten pages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 4 hours ago, TheIntenseHummingOfEvil said: I gave up on Catch 22 after about 100 pages and last night started reading Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre. I've rattled through it and am about three quarters of the way through. I'd never read any of his books before but heard that this was good. I am enjoying it and now will have to read the rest of the Karla trilogy and the rest of Le Carre's books. Finished Tinker Tailor. I might read The Spy Who Came In From The Cold next as that one seems highly regarded as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saigon Raider Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 8 hours ago, TheIntenseHummingOfEvil said: I gave up on Catch 22 after about 100 pages and last night started reading Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre. I've rattled through it and am about three quarters of the way through. I'd never read any of his books before but heard that this was good. I am enjoying it and now will have to read the rest of the Karla trilogy and the rest of Le Carre's books. Hilarious that those are the two books I haven't managed to finish!! I might have been smoking too much during Tinker Tailor (back a long time ago) but I was constantly having to flick back to remember who everybody was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the aggressive beggar Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 Struggled with Catch 22 until just past half way, then it just seemed to click with me and got right into it. By the end i didn't want it to finish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 8 hours ago, Saigon Raider said: Hilarious that those are the two books I haven't managed to finish!! I might have been smoking too much during Tinker Tailor (back a long time ago) but I was constantly having to flick back to remember who everybody was. I couldn't put Tinker Tailor down and read about 300 of it's 400-and-something pages in one sitting, but different strokes for different folks. As for Catch 22, I just couldn't get into it. I know people who love that book but it's not for me. IMO life is too short to spend your time reading books you don't enjoy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the jambo-rocker Posted February 27, 2019 Share Posted February 27, 2019 On 16/11/2017 at 18:55, topcat(The most tip top) said: For a more general grounding in what’s more commonly thought of as Economics then he’s probably better off getting a First year textbook like Economics by Begg, Dornbusch & FischerThinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is well worth reading if you’re interested in behavioural Economics.https://books.google.com/books/about/Thinking_Fast_and_Slow.html?id=ZuKTvERuPG8C My curiosity was piqued after Michael Lewis' 'The Undoing Project'. I'm about 70 pages into it, and it is a very impressionable read. The problem is, I can only manage a few pages of it at a time before I need a lie down. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 Finished The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and already have Call For The Dead and The Looking Glass War lined up for reading. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Daphne du Maurier’s last book, “Rule Britannia”. It got slated on its release in the 70s for being too far fetched but I reckon Daphne’s having the last laugh. The plot is that the UK votes against joining the European Economic Area. A corrupt English government then basically sells the UK to the USA for a trade deal, and a group of rural Cornish folk (an elderly former actress, her granddaughter, and a slew of foster sons) lead the resistance against an American takeover. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kmeister Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Just finished The Border by Don Winslow, the final part of his Mexican Drug War Triology. Absolutely fantastic book, as are the other two, The Power of the Dog and The Cartel.The running theme, apart from the gratuitous violence is how the US Government actively supports the drug trade as well as the War on Drugs.It looks like FX have agreed to make TV series out of the books as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 On 26/02/2019 at 21:28, tongue_tied_danny said: I love the film version of Catch 22 but I also gave up on the book after a few chapters. Another supposed cult classic that I gave up on pretty quickly was Slaughterhouse 5. It said "so it goes" at the end of every fucking paragraph and that seriously got on my moobs after a few pages... I thought that the book of catch 22 was quite a pacy read although I never got my head around the egg thing. The film made me want to punch the telly within about 5 minutes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardy Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Finished Munich by Robert Harris which I enjoyed. March’s effort is Night Flight To Paris by David Gilman. Good suspense in it already. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 28 minutes ago, coprolite said: I thought that the book of catch 22 was quite a pacy read although I never got my head around the egg thing. The film made me want to punch the telly within about 5 minutes. Took me a bit to work out how he made a profit, despite apparently making a loss. It made sense eventually but it is that long since I read the book, I can't actually remember how he was doing it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Stephen King: The Outsider. Typical King fayre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackislekillie Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Finished The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and already have Call For The Dead and The Looking Glass War lined up for reading.The second book in the Karla trilogy, The Honourable Schoolboy, is one of my favourite Le Carre books. The Secret Pilgrim is a great read as well. Fantastic writer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 2 hours ago, blackislekillie said: The second book in the Karla trilogy, The Honourable Schoolboy, is one of my favourite Le Carre books. The Secret Pilgrim is a great read as well. Fantastic writer. He does have a really enjoyable way of telling stories that makes you not want to stop. All other titles in my "to read" pile have been put on the back burner until I have finished these. Currently just over half way through The Looking Glass War. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Just finished A Most Wanted Man by Le Carre (admittedly listening to audiobook in the car). One of his more modern set books - quite like his cynicism and the way he doesn't tie his books up with a nice neat happy ending. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 Genghis Khan and the making of the modern world. Written by historian Jack Weatherford. Non Fiction work based on decades of research. I had no idea how influential Genghis and Kublai Khan were in politics and commerce. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 1 hour ago, Archie McSquackle said: quite like his cynicism and the way he doesn't tie his books up with a nice neat happy ending. I know. Spoiler The ending of The Spy Who Came In From The Cold took me completely by surprise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted March 14, 2019 Share Posted March 14, 2019 I've just finished Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. It started off well as the sleazy protagonist was chasing his 'prey', but once they get together it totally lost its edge. I was really struggling to finish the last third. But it wasn't holding my attention so I completely missed the key plot element for about 50 pages. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 Started reading The Dark Tower by Stephen King. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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