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What book are you reading?
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Just finished Prophet Song by Paul Lynch which was like a punch to the gut (fiction: an authoritarian regime takes control in Ireland. A woman searches for her husband who has become a political prisoner of the regime).
Now onto The Spy and the Traitor (cold war espionage stuff).
I like to pivot between fact and fiction.
Favourite book this year probably In Ascension by Martin MacInnes (fiction: sombre, mind bending sci fi).
Now onto The Spy and the Traitor (cold war espionage stuff).
I like to pivot between fact and fiction.
Favourite book this year probably In Ascension by Martin MacInnes (fiction: sombre, mind bending sci fi).
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Living The Beatles Legend by Kenneth Womack - The Mal Evans Story (he was their roadie)
History Of The Paris Commune by Lissagaray.
History Of The Paris Commune by Lissagaray.
The Wars of the Roses by Matthew Lewis.
Very complicated. Every one of the characters has about 5 different names or titles. Then the locations of the two factions are not what you'd think. For example, Yorkshire was a Lancastrian stronghold!
But between all the confusion, it is a good read, I'm enjoying it.
Very complicated. Every one of the characters has about 5 different names or titles. Then the locations of the two factions are not what you'd think. For example, Yorkshire was a Lancastrian stronghold!
But between all the confusion, it is a good read, I'm enjoying it.
Read all of Beever’s books, but Stalingrad the best. Some of the cock-ups just unbelievable, and despite being history it’s as good a page turner as a novel imo.
Currently re-reading all my le carre books, and just discovered David Baldacci, so started on his long list.
Made a promise to myself this year that I'd read as much as I could.
Currently on Book 24. Hoping to finish Book 25 by 1st January.
Someone recommend 'The Ark Files' to me, so will be starting that one very soon.
Currently on Book 24. Hoping to finish Book 25 by 1st January.
Someone recommend 'The Ark Files' to me, so will be starting that one very soon.
I'm currently reading Orbital by Samantha Harvey, which has just won the Booker Prize - can't say I'm captivated, to be honest, but I'm persevering (and it's very short). It feels a bit like she wanted to write a book about space and has jerry-rigged a plot around it but what do I know.
I recently read The Road by Cormac McCarthy for the first time (it was given to me for my birthday about 15 years ago and I've finally got around to reading it). Absolutely extraordinary, totally harrowing, and unforgettable. Go and read it!
I recently read The Road by Cormac McCarthy for the first time (it was given to me for my birthday about 15 years ago and I've finally got around to reading it). Absolutely extraordinary, totally harrowing, and unforgettable. Go and read it!
I am reading How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, and for light relief I am making my way through Donna Leon’s Inspector Brunetti series… makes Venice seem worse than Detroit 
The Road! Wow that one really got me too. Got me onto McCarthy...Blood Meridian is probably the most brutal book I've ever read, but even the descriptions of some of the most grotesque violence are poetic.
It takes real skill to write violence well. It never seems gratuitous - it hits so hard because the writing is so sparse and he lets the reader's imagination do the work.
I've got a nine-month-old daughter and I read most of The Road with her asleep strapped to me in her sling - as you can imagine that that augmented the impact somewhat!
Yeah I'm sticking to 'Patrick Wants A Dog' with my 1 year old. To be fair, the violence is really well written in that too.
Just finished 'Why Orwell Matters' by Christopher Hitchens. Tough to follow at times as Hitchens is far more intelligent than I'll ever be, but some interesting observations.
Now reading 'Minor Detail' by Adania Shibli. A past and present look at the Nakba in Palestine.
Now reading 'Minor Detail' by Adania Shibli. A past and present look at the Nakba in Palestine.
Wait til you read the ending of Oi Frog, that's an absolute gut punch.
Just finished Killing Thatcher, a book about the Brighton bombing. It’s incredible. Like reading a thriller. Now onto the autobiography of Stephen Morris from Joy Division/New Order
Just finished "A Calamity of Souls" by David Baldacci set in 1968 racist Virginia. A duo of black and white lawyers against a deeply unfair justice system intent on finding a black man guilty of a murder he did not commit. An outstanding book which really captures that troubled time in Americn history.