joinerisme Posted January 10, 2015 Share Posted January 10, 2015 Red Tory-Philip Blond.A treatise on capitalism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Listening to an unabridged recording of Stephen King's 'It'. Creepy enough on the page, having Pennywise whisper in your ear as you fall asleep is definitely not recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hodgepodge Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 We are all completely beside ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler. Don't read any Amazon type reviews as it will spoil the twist. Surprising, thoughtful, made me question life . Unputdownable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 "Anger Is An Energy", the autobiography of John Lydon, aka Johnny Rotten of the Sex Pistols and later PIL (Public Image Limited). Quite interesting read, he tells the story of his early life in a poor, Irish family in London, his close brush with death, from meningitis aged seven, which left him with amnesia, through him working with Malcolm Maclaren, and vivienne Westwood. I'm about halfway through, so far. it's been interesting, although the writing style is a little too "stream of conciousness" for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acutting82 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Anything by Mark Edwards and Mark Edwards/Louise Voss - mystery crime thriller writers, ebooks and paperbacks!! Definitely recommend!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 (edited) Just finished 'The Last Word' by Ben McIntyre, a collection of columns from the Times book sections about books, words and so on. I thought I was going to enjoy this, and for a bit I did, but after a while the author's habit of repeating himself got rather annoying - it could have done with a good edit. For example there were two pieces about people reviewing books on Amazon that were very similar, and I lost count of the number of times he explained what Chinglish was. Anyway now for something different - 'The Moorstone Sickness' by Bernard Taylor, which looks as though it might be set somewhere like the Peak District - a bit like Ramsey Campbell's 'The Hungry Moon' maybe. Edit: ah, no, it turns out it's Dartmoor instead. Edited January 28, 2015 by metalman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Surface Detail, Iain.M.Banks - meh. ---------- Post added 28-01-2015 at 00:57 ---------- Just finished Hogfather by Terry Pratchett I'm working my way through the series, although not in order of appearance sometimes. Next up...the light fantastic. There are only two connected books in the Discworld series, and they are the first two. My advice for reading enjoyment and a bit more continuity would be to read "The colour of magic" before "The light fantastic", if you haven't already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeG Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 'Parky'. Michael Parkinson's autobiography. Well written. Interesting bloke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feargal Posted January 28, 2015 Share Posted January 28, 2015 Currently about halfway through One Three One by Julian Cope. I can't make up my mind if I'm enjoying it or not. Lots of random capitalisation, and thinly disguised cameos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalman Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 Bernard Taylor's 'The Moorstone Sickness' turned out to be an excellent little horror novel. You can see what's coming, but it builds up to its climax rapidly so you keep turning the page (in contrast to the T.E.D. Klein one I read a few weeks ago). Definitely an underrated writer, and since I enjoyed that one, I've decided to read his first book, 'The Godsend' next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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