JamesP_81 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 Just finished Dune , thought it was alright, will probably dip back into the series at some point but not in any particular rush to. Am I right in thinking that the Frank Herbert sequels are worth a read but not the others ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 19 minutes ago, JamesP_81 said: Just finished Dune , thought it was alright, will probably dip back into the series at some point but not in any particular rush to. Am I right in thinking that the Frank Herbert sequels are worth a read but not the others ? Even the later Frank ones are a slog but worth it for how weird they get. The ones by his son try to fill in parts of the backstory but do so very poorly, imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP_81 Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 1 minute ago, NotThePars said: Even the later Frank ones are a slog but worth it for how weird they get. The ones by his son try to fill in parts of the backstory but do so very poorly, imo. Are they natural progressions from the first one to be read in order or are they more just set in the same world but stand alone novels ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotThePars Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 3 minutes ago, JamesP_81 said: Are they natural progressions from the first one to be read in order or are they more just set in the same world but stand alone novels ? Sequential with some massive time skips. You would need to read them in order to follow them. The ones by his son are prequels IIRC. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullyWeeStonehouse Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 If you're into dystopian or survivalist stuff I can highly recommend the Metro trilogy. Namely Metro 2033, 2034 & 2035. 2035 was the last book I read a few months ago. Written by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky, the books are about life after a radiation disaster (a common one I know) and some of the last remaining humans who have built up a community in the Moscow metro system and in particular one guy in his early 20s named Artyom who lives in an outlying station who has to alert the other communities about threats from the deepest parts of the metro network and above ground. They made the books into computer games which were decent, too. I believe there's a film and/or tv series coming out in 2023 also. As it's originally written in Russian some of the translating doesn't quite work out but you can work out what they mean easily enough. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted February 4, 2022 Share Posted February 4, 2022 Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami. Enjoyable collection of short stories. Maybe best read rather than listened to though as the Audible narrator wasn't great. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btb Posted February 5, 2022 Share Posted February 5, 2022 (edited) Marian Keyes has a new "Rachel" book out, altho most of her work is chick lit she does adress topics like domestic abuse & addiction plus unless she's had work done or the photos have been touched up she's in good nick for 58 (same age as me)... Edited February 5, 2022 by btb 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Demon by Matt Wesolowski. The sixth in the Six Stories series, which is fiction presented as a true crime podcast. Works really well on audio. Probably the weakest of the series so far, but still a very enjoyable read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 Finished two audiobooks today. Britt-Marie Was Here by Fredrik Backman. No one can make you care about their characters quite like Fredrik Backman. You care so much about every single person in every one of his books. This is another absolute triumph Star Wars: The High Republic - The Fallen Star by Claudia Gray. The best book in the High Republic series so far. Absolutely ruthless and sets up the future really wellThe movie of Britt-Marie Was Here is still on iPlayer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 The Last Colonial War - Mark Frankland.Best book I’ve read in ages - literally couldn’t put it down 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigFairlie Posted February 11, 2022 Share Posted February 11, 2022 I mainly read autobiographies. Finished Alan Thompson's book a few days back and went straight to Jackie McNamara's autobiography. Read Bob Mortimer's autobiography at the start of the year, absolutely fantastic stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Tourette Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Just finished The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. A very good sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, and a better read imo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internet Citizen Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 I mainly read autobiographies. Finished Alan Thompson's book a few days back and went straight to Jackie McNamara's autobiography. Read Bob Mortimer's autobiography at the start of the year, absolutely fantastic stuff.I’d never really got into audiobooks but had a couple of free audible credits to use. I decided to go for autobiographies read by the person, rather than fiction books, and I’ve really enjoyed listening while I’m driving. Bob Mortimer’s was brillint, and also enjoyed Harry Hill’s. Both were surprisingly candid about their lives, and some of their failings. It’s tempted me to carry on an audible subscription for a while to see what other autobiographies I can find. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 I mainly read autobiographies. Finished Alan Thompson's book a few days back and went straight to Jackie McNamara's autobiography. Read Bob Mortimer's autobiography at the start of the year, absolutely fantastic stuff.I like a good biography. And Away.. Is indeed outstanding, and very touching in places.What I really enjoy is reading the varying memoirs of those who were in bands together - sometimes you'd think they'd never met! Good examples of this include members of The Eagles and Kiss.I've recently read Tom Jones' memoir, Over the Top and Back Again, which was surprisingly enjoyable. Not one I'd have looked for, but at 99p I thought I'd take a stab. Just got Mark E. Smith's Renegade for the same price. Check out bookbub - you get a daily email alerting you to bargains on Amazon and Google. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted February 12, 2022 Share Posted February 12, 2022 Read the Hairy Bikers autobiography and also The Dark Remains this week. Finished Gomorrah last weekend. Lucky if I usually read half a dozen books in a year and I've read that since the new year. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigFairlie Posted February 14, 2022 Share Posted February 14, 2022 On 12/02/2022 at 10:32, Internet Citizen said: I’d never really got into audiobooks but had a couple of free audible credits to use. I decided to go for autobiographies read by the person, rather than fiction books, and I’ve really enjoyed listening while I’m driving. Bob Mortimer’s was brillint, and also enjoyed Harry Hill’s. Both were surprisingly candid about their lives, and some of their failings. It’s tempted me to carry on an audible subscription for a while to see what other autobiographies I can find. I use audible too. I mainly buy physcial books if they're footballing or music ones which aren't avaible on audible or kindle and the 3 books I mentioned in my previous posts were gifts. On 12/02/2022 at 16:51, WhiteRoseKillie said: I like a good biography. And Away.. Is indeed outstanding, and very touching in places. What I really enjoy is reading the varying memoirs of those who were in bands together - sometimes you'd think they'd never met! Good examples of this include members of The Eagles and Kiss. I've recently read Tom Jones' memoir, Over the Top and Back Again, which was surprisingly enjoyable. Not one I'd have looked for, but at 99p I thought I'd take a stab. Just got Mark E. Smith's Renegade for the same price. Check out bookbub - you get a daily email alerting you to bargains on Amazon and Google. Will check out Bookhub, thank you for the reccomendation. Greatly appreciated. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 I just finished A Memory of Light. The last of the Wheel of Time series.An absolute blockbuster of a book and a series. Quite literally better than anything I've read, and I am a huge mark for The Witcher, Harry Potter and less so now, Game of Thrones. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 14/02/2022 at 20:11, CraigFairlie said: I use audible too. I mainly buy physcial books if they're footballing or music ones which aren't avaible on audible or kindle and the 3 books I mentioned in my previous posts were gifts. Will check out Bookhub, thank you for the reccomendation. Greatly appreciated. No worries - it is actually Bookbub, that wasn't a typo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteRoseKillie Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 On 12/02/2022 at 22:00, RH33 said: Read the Hairy Bikers autobiography and also The Dark Remains this week. Finished Gomorrah last weekend. Lucky if I usually read half a dozen books in a year and I've read that since the new year. I quite enjoyed Si and Dave's book (assume you mean Blood sweat and tyres?). A good insight as to how they got to be the double act we've grown to love and then get to the "another themed series?" stage with. Still miss their weekly Planet Rock Show, which introduced me to the phrase "an arse that felt like I'd fallen asleep in a Turkish prison and been voted the pretty one". I was a bit underwhelmed by TDR - felt it fell some way short of what either writer was capable of. Still a decent read, though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted February 16, 2022 Share Posted February 16, 2022 4 hours ago, WhiteRoseKillie said: I quite enjoyed Si and Dave's book (assume you mean Blood sweat and tyres?). A good insight as to how they got to be the double act we've grown to love and then get to the "another themed series?" stage with. Still miss their weekly Planet Rock Show, which introduced me to the phrase "an arse that felt like I'd fallen asleep in a Turkish prison and been voted the pretty one". I was a bit underwhelmed by TDR - felt it fell some way short of what either writer was capable of. Still a decent read, though. I agree with TDR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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