Craig fae the Vale Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 Columbine by Dave Cullen. One of the most interesting books I've ever read. An essential portrait of this tragedy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Just finished The Expanse series by James SA Corey. I went from start to finish and thought it was excellent. Good characters, great storylines. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmca Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. A girl is abandoned by family and left to live alone in a shack on the edges of a marsh in North Carolina, giving rise to her being called the marsh girl by distrustful locals. Throw in a murder mystery and I felt there were slight echoes of To Kill a Mockingbird. Can't recommend this book highly enough. It takes you on an emotional rollercoaster while also having lyrical passages describing the wildlife and natural beauty of the marsh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 On 30/04/2022 at 10:18, Cosmic Joe said: Recently completed John Cooper Clarke's autobiography, halfway through Brian Cox's. Would recommend both. The actor or the effete scientist? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 37 minutes ago, coprolite said: The actor or the effete scientist? The fellow Dundonian 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 44 minutes ago, coprolite said: The actor or the effete scientist? Greenied for use of 'effete'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 Went to see Daniel Sloss at the Mitchell Library talking about his book Everyone You Hate is Going to Die as part of the Aye Write festival this afternoon. Just such a naturally funny guy, a really entertaining talk. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 The Storyteller, Dave Grohl. Good read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duszek Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 Everyman (Philip Roth) and The Lay of the Land (Richard Ford). Both outstanding. One short, one long, both set in New Jersey and both wonderful illuminations of the human condition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blootoon87 Posted May 9, 2022 Share Posted May 9, 2022 The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck. What a relentlessly miserable book. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 After the End by Clare Mackintosh. Horribly sad but beautifully written. Well worth a read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted May 18, 2022 Share Posted May 18, 2022 Just finished listening to "how not to be a boy" by Robert Webb. Thought it was fantastic 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Heaven & Hell: My Life in the Eagles by Don Felder. Recommended, I think, by @WhiteRoseKillie. Having recently read the Grohl autobiography I cannot help but compare them - I found Felder's a more in-depth read. Probably because Dave Grohl's book carries on the theme that he cannot believe how successful he is and who he has met (which makes a good read) but it is clearly written from a guy at the very top. Felder had that and then it all turned sour. So there was a lot of the deterioration of his relationship with Glenn Frey here, how he lost everything he had, that added an extra dimension. Felder himself doesn't come across all that well either, to be honest. Particularly with his ex-wife - spent years on the road shagging anything that moved while she stayed at home with the kids. When she gets a career and leaves him in the house all day, he divorces her and shacks up with a bird 20 years younger than him. But still, very fascinating book. Interesting take on the rock scene in the 70s. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kersey Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend This was £0.99 on Google Play so I bought it on impulse. I'm about halfway through and it's a decent wee read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) On 09/05/2022 at 22:47, Blootoon87 said: The Grapes Of Wrath by John Steinbeck. What a relentlessly miserable book. A very long time since my Steinbeck phase but I think I recall one comic moment. Young brother Joad takes the family cow to be serviced by a neighbour's bull. Watching the action with the neighbour's daughter, the young lad says wistfully, "I wish I was doing that" to which the smartarse girl replies, "Why not? It's your cow." Also ends on a bizarre, but upbeat, note when the previously self-obsessed daughter breast-feeds a starving man. Edited May 19, 2022 by Thane of Cawdor Punctuation matters. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Covenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. Another really enjoyable, quirky wee Japanese book. Short, snappy and a lot of fun. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 And I've also just finished Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung. A Korean short story collection. A little bit sci-fi, a little bit fantasy, a little bit magical realism. All surreal and brilliantly written. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loonytoons Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 Richard Matheson - I Am Legend This was £0.99 on Google Play so I bought it on impulse. I'm about halfway through and it's a decent wee read. Aye. Really good quick read. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel. Wonderful. Beautifully written, compelling characters and a fantastic twist. Mandel has become an author who I will read anything she writes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSU Posted May 29, 2022 Share Posted May 29, 2022 41 minutes ago, Craig the Hunter said: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel. Wonderful. Beautifully written, compelling characters and a fantastic twist. Mandel has become an author who I will read anything she writes. I'm exactly the same. Thought this was a bit of a return to form following The Glass Hotel, which I only kinda liked. Just an amazing storyteller. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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