highlandcowden Posted March 23, 2019 Share Posted March 23, 2019 the general in his labyrinth by Gabriel Garcia marquez about the last days of simon bolivar,depressing stuff 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Nederlander Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 On 2/25/2019 at 19:30, Gnash said: The other book I remember ditching was The Silmarillion. I gave The Silmarillion about one page before ditching it, really wanted to like it, really didn't like it, ditched it. Same with Moby Dick "I've read this damn book 22 times Charlie and I still don't understand a thing" In fact I think I'll give Moby Dick another chance, it's a fucking classic right !? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 I gave The Silmarillion about one page before ditching it, really wanted to like it, really didn't like it, ditched it. Same with Moby Dick "I've read this damn book 22 times Charlie and I still don't understand a thing" In fact I think I'll give Moby Dick another chance, it's a fucking classic right !?Thus spake Tortelvis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 6 hours ago, Ned Nederlander said: I gave The Silmarillion about one page before ditching it, really wanted to like it, really didn't like it, ditched it. Same with Moby Dick "I've read this damn book 22 times Charlie and I still don't understand a thing" In fact I think I'll give Moby Dick another chance, it's a fucking classic right !? Moby Dick is a strange one. Very readable in parts, utterly bizarre in others. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 On 22/03/2019 at 23:12, TheIntenseHummingOfEvil said: Started reading The Dark Tower by Stephen King. Yes! Brilliant series! Advance warning though, the penultimate book, Song of Susannah, is shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saigon Raider Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Just finished The Book Of Dust by Phillip Pullman. It’s the prequel to the His Dark Materials trilogy and is superb. It is aimed at a teenage audience but I have loved all of them, highly recommended. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 I finished Norwegian Wood earlier today. I adored it, a really great novel and my favourite one for some time. Any recommendations on where to go next with Murakami? I’ve had a look elsewhere online but it’s not exactly helpful! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted April 6, 2019 Share Posted April 6, 2019 I've just started to re-read Atomised by Houllebecq. I read it around 10 years and loved it. One of the best books ever written IMO but the angry middle aged man schtick is started to get a bit too close to home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 13 hours ago, yoda said: I finished Norwegian Wood earlier today. I adored it, a really great novel and my favourite one for some time. Any recommendations on where to go next with Murakami? I’ve had a look elsewhere online but it’s not exactly helpful! A Wild Sheep Chase, or Hardboiled Wonderland... Leave The Windup Bird Chronicle till later. It's great, but going from Norwegian Wood to that is a bit of a jump. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 I finished Norwegian Wood earlier today. I adored it, a really great novel and my favourite one for some time. Any recommendations on where to go next with Murakami? I’ve had a look elsewhere online but it’s not exactly helpful! I've read a fair bit of Murakami but I wasn't a big fan of Norwegian Wood. I loved Wild Sheep Chase though. His sort stories are also very good.I'm reading some Krasznohorkai at the moment, so thirty page paragraphs and page long sentences. It's not as difficult to read as you might imagine though. I'm about sixty pages in and for a book called The Melancholy of Resistance it's a bit too upbeat for my liking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 1 hour ago, Savage Henry said: A Wild Sheep Chase, or Hardboiled Wonderland... Leave The Windup Bird Chronicle till later. It's great, but going from Norwegian Wood to that is a bit of a jump. 1 hour ago, DiegoDiego said: I've read a fair bit of Murakami but I wasn't a big fan of Norwegian Wood. I loved Wild Sheep Chase though. His sort stories are also very good. Thanks! A lot of people online seem to recommend diving straight into The Windup Bird Chronicle and Kafka On The Shore but I think I'll leave them for now. I see A Wild Sheep Chase is part of a "trilogy" of sorts, is it the kind of thing you can read as a standalone novel? Will seek out Hardboiled Wonderland and some short story collections - I've demolished most of George Saunders' back catalogue over the past 12 months so I'm looking for more short story collections to work through. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 13 minutes ago, yoda said: Thanks! A lot of people online seem to recommend diving straight into The Windup Bird Chronicle and Kafka On The Shore but I think I'll leave them for now. I see A Wild Sheep Chase is part of a "trilogy" of sorts, is it the kind of thing you can read as a standalone novel? Will seek out Hardboiled Wonderland and some short story collections - I've demolished most of George Saunders' back catalogue over the past 12 months so I'm looking for more short story collections to work through. Yeah. I read all of his books as stand-alone novels, to be quite honest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deanburn Dave Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Blood of Rome by Simon Scarrow. If you like your battles of the sword and sandal variety then this venture into Armenia is for you. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Blades Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Not as highbrow as a lot of the titles mentioned on here, but I’ve started reading the Logan McRae series by Stuart Mcbride again. Read most of them in the past, but can’t remember which I’ve read & ones I’ve not. So, purchased 10 of the 11 on Kindle yesterday (already had one in my library), real good deal - all books for £40. I’ll read them all in order as they were written. Starting with Cold Granite.D.I. Steele is a fantastic character & I think Mcbride is a very talented writer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJ2 Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 Not as highbrow as a lot of the titles mentioned on here, but I’ve started reading the Logan McRae series by Stuart Mcbride again. Read most of them in the past, but can’t remember which I’ve read & ones I’ve not. So, purchased 10 of the 11 on Kindle yesterday (already had one in my library), real good deal - all books for £40. I’ll read them all in order as they were written. Starting with Cold Granite.D.I. Steele is a fantastic character & I think Mcbride is a very talented writer. This is weird, after starting Cold Granite a while ago, I’m going back to it today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
As Easterly as it gets! Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Deanburn Dave said: Blood of Rome by Simon Scarrow. If you like your battles of the sword and sandal variety then this venture into Armenia is for you. Read Under the Eagle a couple of weeks ago, and halfway through The Eagles Conquest. Enjoying his writing on a subject he obviously likes very much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Ferrino Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 "How to kill yourself" by Tye Rope. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted April 7, 2019 Share Posted April 7, 2019 On 04/04/2019 at 15:23, mathematics said: Yes! Brilliant series! Advance warning though, the penultimate book, Song of Susannah, is shite. Spoiler I finished the first one and started the second. I was gutted Jake died. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duszek Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 "Nail on the Bannister" by R. Stornoway. First in his Western Isles trilogy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted April 8, 2019 Share Posted April 8, 2019 14 hours ago, TheIntenseHummingOfEvil said: Reveal hidden contents I finished the first one and started the second. I was gutted Jake died. Aye Roland was a bit of a b*****d there. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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