Ross. Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami. Decent enough read without being as imaginative as some of his other work. Started "The Crow Road" by Iain Banks this morning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Ken Follet Code To Zero Set in the late 50s about a plot to sabotage an American satellite launch. Was a freebie from the book cart when I was in hospital last week, easy read, decent enough plot, finished it in 2 days (not a lot else to do other than have blood drawn every 2 hours or so, connected to an IV for 3 days solid!) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted February 17, 2014 Author Share Posted February 17, 2014 Just finished reading 11.22.63 - I was quite disappointed. I'm not a Stephen King fan really, but I'd heard good things about this. Quantity not quality. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 Just finished reading 11.22.63 - I was quite disappointed. I'm not a Stephen King fan really, but I'd heard good things about this. Quantity not quality. I really enjoyed it, it's a long book but it didn't feel like it to me! The last book I finished was 'Die Trying' by Lee Child, the second of the Jack Reacher books. Not great but a quite enjoyable read albeit incredibly predictable/corny. Currently reading Horns by Joe Hill (Stephen Kings son). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locheedfcno1 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Keith Gillespie ex man u Newcastle. Loved a gamble. Decent read 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForzaDundee Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Just finished Sir Alex's "My Autobiography". In all honestly it was shite but got through it out of respect. Halfway through "On the Milk" by Willie Robertson so will finish that before "On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft" by Stephen King, looking forward to it immensely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Not quite a book, but an addendum - The Secret of Hanging Rock, by Joan Lindsay. It's the final chapter of Picnic at Hanging Rock, which was removed from the original novel. It reveals what happened to those who vanished, but was left out as a mystery ending would sell better. It was published posthumously, at Lindsay's request. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I've read inferno, good, but not his best 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadgerTheBadger Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 The Biff, Chip & Kipper books at primary school 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty meadow Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Just finished Innocence by Dean Koontz. Borrowed from local library. Started off promising but fell away a bit towards the end. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 (edited) Finished The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore last night. Pretty funny book about a huge sea monster that makes depressed people horny. Recommended for those that enjoy Carl Hiaasen, Christopher Brookmyre or Tom Sharpe. Edited February 27, 2014 by Tommy Nooka 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 Have gone through Iain Rankin's "Saints of the Shadow Bible" and Jo Nesbo's "Police" in the last week or so. Both were OK reads, but you get the impression that both are struggling to get rid of their main characters in a way that fits them. Started on "Life of Pi" this morning. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chomp my root Posted February 27, 2014 Share Posted February 27, 2014 The last book I read was 'The Tartan Special One' but I finished it a while ago, I'm struggling through 'Carspotting' on my kindle, its a Irvine Welsh wankfest by one of his mates, I'm 63% through so I'll persevere but I'm not digging it. To be honest I don't read nearly as much as I used too which is a shame but I do watch a lot more TV/films. I've been an avid reader from about the age of 5 until 35 then I got distracted by films etc when on trains or working away. I've been detirmined for about the last 3 years to read more which I've probably done but gone are the days when I'll sit and read a book and do nothing else. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Anyone read Iain M Banks Culture novels? Thinking about making a start on those as I loved Dan Simmons Hyperion Cantos which is also considered Space Opera, whatever thats supposed to be. Sci-fi action is what Id call it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrison Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 I've only read the first one, Consider Phlebas. Thought it was pretty good, just haven't got round to buying the second one yet. Finished Ready Player One by Ernest Cline yesterday. Enjoyable stuff, and I'm sure there'll be folk on here that'll be able to take more away from all the 80's references to music, games and films than I did. Some embarrassing dialogue aside, this was worth a go. The plot's straight forward: multi-billionaire dies leaving his entire fortune to whoever can complete the quest he has laid down within this World of Warcraft style game he created. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkfish Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Anyone read Iain M Banks Culture novels? Thinking about making a start on those as I loved Dan Simmons Hyperion Cantos which is also considered Space Opera, whatever thats supposed to be. Sci-fi action is what Id call it. Great books, got me into sci fi. Very funny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted March 9, 2014 Share Posted March 9, 2014 Finished Consider Phlebas this morning and it has left me very conflicted. On the one hand I really enjoyed the majority of the book and I had a few sessions where I couldn't put the book down, on the other hand the ending is absolutely honking. 3 out of 5 as 95% of the book is great but the ending 'reeks a pish'. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Finished The Lust Lizard of Melancholy Cove by Christopher Moore last night. Pretty funny book about a huge sea monster that makes depressed people horny. Recommended for those that enjoy Carl Hiaasen, Christopher Brookmyre or Tom Sharpe. I bought this for Kindle after having read your recommend and enjoying the first couple of chapters free (as you get with all Kindle books). But gave up about half way through. I might try a sample of his other stuff though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 Just finished Haruki Murakami's South of the Border, West of the Sun. I just adore Murakami's stuff, and this, although far more straight-laced than his usual blend of surrealism and banality. This is a deeply romantic story of a man who drifts apart from his childhood sweetheart, becomes a bar manager with the help of Yakuza money, and falls out of love with his wife, at the same time as the childhood sweetheart comes, melancholically, back into his life. It's only 150 pages, as opposed to the 1000 that was 1Q84, and the protagonist, unusually for Murakami, is a jerk, but I really liked it. I prefer his surreal stuff, but this was a lovely little novella. 7/10 Now moving on to Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, which I found in a discount bookstore in Riyadh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted March 13, 2014 Author Share Posted March 13, 2014 Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn. Heartily recommend it - very clever and will take about an hur to read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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