scottsdad Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Started re-reading Rumpole of the Bailey. Fantastic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 The warden by Anthony Trollope. i try to read at least one "classic" a year,I thought this one was terrific 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy1970 Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 Kill them all by John Niven. Very good and very sick - humour doesn’t come much blacker. Not recommended for the easily offended or Wacko Jacko fans Also started reading John Sandford Lucas Davenport series. Very addictive and I wouldn’t be surprised to see it adapted for TV. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Bartender Posted February 19 Share Posted February 19 On 05/02/2022 at 23:10, btb said: 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)... Have a look at the recent bbc "Imagine" documentary with her. Bit arty production but she comes across well and with an interesting story of her own life. Don't know her books though and the damning "chicklit" tag doesn't encourage me much. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0013w78/imagine-2022-1-marian-keyes-my-not-so-perfect-life 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Finished Rumpole of the Bailey by John Mortimer (again). A bit like PG Wodehouse, enjoyable to slip into something very comfortable and funny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Hunter Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Luster by Raven Leilani. A sensational debut. Weird, deeply uncomfortable in places, but brilliantly written and absolutely captivating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig the Hunter Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Star Wars The High Republic: Mission to Disaster by Justina Ireland. It's a kids book, so it's not particularly deep, but it's a good fun wee story and an enjoyable enough read. I'm trying to read the whole series, so the kids books are part of that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 Wandered into Cancer Research shop at Newington today on a whim and found Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy for £7.I hope I get through them before I drop off my perch.......... ETA- I do realise this should be in the 'Your Next Book' thread...... but there isn't one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 4 hours ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Wandered into Cancer Research shop at Newington today on a whim and found Hilary Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy for £7. I hope I get through them before I drop off my perch.......... ETA- I do realise this should be in the 'Your Next Book' thread...... but there isn't one. I listened to these on audio last year. First two - great, tightly written. The third I found too long and long-winded - it just shambled aimlessly through a litany of minor characters’ dramas before rushing through Henry VIII marrying the German wife and Cromwell getting offed. In the end, I was glad to see him go! No idea how close it all was to the historical Thomas Cromwell, whom the movies show as a devious b*****d. I didn’t feel moved by his downfall and thought he deserved all he got, but that might because of how tedious the third book had got. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay. Interesting read, watched the series straight after and both were enjoyable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 2 hours ago, RH33 said: This Is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay. Interesting read, watched the series straight after and both were enjoyable. Is this in any way connected to your post on female urethral sounding ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagyar Tier 3 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 Just finished Troy by Stephen Fry. Excellent easy read of a classic. Attempting to now read The Iliad by Homer. Jeez, that's heavy going. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 1 hour ago, Florentine_Pogen said: Is this in any way connected to your post on female urethral sounding ? I've never attended A&E to have a foreign object removed from my genitalia! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 46 minutes ago, RH33 said: I've never attended A&E to have a foreign object removed from my genitalia! Where do you usually go then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Saigon Raider Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Finished The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larsen, this is about a year with Winston Churchill during the Blitz. Larsen is an excellent researcher and it reads like a novel a lot of the time. Don’t think this is quite as gripping as Devil In The White City or his book on the Lusitania but still very good.Was looking for a fun, easy to read crime novel and just started The Darker Arts by Oscar de Muriel. Had never heard of the Frey and McGray series but they have good ratings on Goodreads. Have enjoyed the start and looking forward to finding a new series to get into. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigFairlie Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Started Isle of Noises: Conversations with great British songwriters last night and enjoying it so far. Finished the Supersonic: The Complete, Authorised and Uncut Interviews which was pretty definitive and i've read a LOT of Oasis releated books. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Just finished The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Given its subject, I'm sure it was meant to be a relentless slog, and it was. Big themes and ideas abound, but I didn't find the prose as impressive as I'm apparently supposed to, going by reviews. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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