Savage Henry Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Why has this been unpinned? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I'm stuck in work until 11pm just about to start Dan Brown's "The lost Symbol". Anyone read? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Why has this been unpinned? Because I'm 7 months pregnant and stuck at home, sober as a judge, on NYE 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 One other good thing about the Kindle is you can highlight interesting passages for your own reference or whatever and see what other people have highlighted. Next up on my Kindle will be The Chessmen by Peter May, part three of the [isle of] Lewis Trilogy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Anyone read anything by Ann Cleeves? She has a similar series of books to Peter May set on Shetland though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WILLIEA Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 I can read a novel on Kindle no problems, it's great. But reading a textbook from photocopies, online or on a kindle I find almost impossible. I know there's no reason that this should be the case, but yet, it's true... I'm a total kindle/e-book convert but I can see where you're coming from re. textbooks. You do a lot of flicking back and cross referencing on a text book. I'm sure that would be a real pain on a kindle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footiechick Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I got a Kindle Fire for Christmas. It's fab - downloaded tons of books and I had only spent 3.75. I've tried an audio book as well - don't know if I'll like it but I'll give it a bash. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebanda's Handyman Services Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Porno - Irvine Welsh Sequel to Trainspotting which focuses on Sick Boy's plan to become rich by becoming a porn director. Doesn't hit the heights (or depths if you want to look at it that way) that Trainspotting does but is still an excellent read. Has anyone read Ecstacy or Maribou Stork Nightmares? Recommended? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banterman86 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I have broken two kindles in a year Has anyone read Ecstacy or Maribou Stork Nightmares? Recommended? I've read Ecstacy, I'd assume anything by Welsh is worth a whirl if you like him though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I read a lot of Irvine Welsh in the 90s and enjoyed it then. Trainspotting and The Acid House are the best. I more recently read Filth and didn't like it. I'm not sure if it's just that I'm older and really don't want to read about the merry lives of narcissistic alkies and druggies, or if Welsh was a one or two hit wonder. My eldest son dissertated on Maribou Stork Nightmares for his Higher English, and got an A! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_S_A_R Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 just finished vineland by thomas pynchon. it's set in the early 80s in northern california but it's mainly about the 60s counterculture the federal government's efforts to suppress it. it has the usual pynchon elements of crazy plot twists and characters but it's a lot warmer than the other novels i've read by him due to it's focus on family. a very good read but not up there with gravity's rainbow and V. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrison Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Finished Che Guevara's Bolivian Diary. I didn't know much of Guevara apart from the very basic attachment to Cuba, and this diary of his last guerilla effort comes complete with an introduction by Fidel Castro. Worth a read, I'm tempted to track down the Congo Diary now. Anyone know if it's worth the trouble? Gulliver's Travels. Tricky to get used to the language but the story itself is a good one. Beyond Lilliput I was completely unfamiliar with it, but I enjoyed each part more than the previous. Takes a bit of persistence, though worthwhile. Now reading Standing In Another Man's Grave. The return of Rebus. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dindeleux Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I read a lot of Irvine Welsh in the 90s and enjoyed it then. Trainspotting and The Acid House are the best. I more recently read Filth and didn't like it. I'm not sure if it's just that I'm older and really don't want to read about the merry lives of narcissistic alkies and druggies, or if Welsh was a one or two hit wonder. My eldest son dissertated on Maribou Stork Nightmares for his Higher English, and got an A! Is Filth the one about the bent police detective? With the worm? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Is Filth the one about the bent police detective? With the worm? Yes. I saw it done as a play too - a terrific one man show at the Citz - Tam Dean Burn. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted January 6, 2013 Author Share Posted January 6, 2013 Is Filth the one about the bent police detective? With the worm? Filth is absolutely terrible. The ending is one of the most risible things in print. It gave me a laugh anyway, that the previous pages certainly didn't. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Troll Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Started reading The Silmarillion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichtieforlife Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Good luck. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Troll Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Good luck. It's tought going. I'm a huge LOTR geek anyway so it's not as baffling as it could've been 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmadaleKillie Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 It's tought going. I'm a huge LOTR geek anyway so it's not as baffling as it could've been I read that book when I was 15 and it broke my mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted January 6, 2013 Share Posted January 6, 2013 Just finished How late it was, how late by James Kelman. Quite good for "literary vandalism". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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