BigAl Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Peter Swanson - The Kind Worth Killing Man and woman get chatting whilst in the bar at Heathrow waiting for a transatlantic flight, share secrets about their lives and set in motion a sequence of events ending in murder. Each chapter is written from the point of view of one of the characters and really liked this style. Loads of turns and twists. If you like criminal thrillers then this is for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Next up is Mr Mercedes by Stephen King. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Mr Mercedes was ok, no better, no worse than ok Started "The Narrow Road To The Deep North" by Richard Flanagan which won The Man Booker Prize in 2014. About one hundred pages into it and got to say I am struggling to really get into it. Not saying it's a bad book, maybe just the right one for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie03 Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Mr Mercedes was ok, no better, no worse than ok Started "The Narrow Road To The Deep North" by Richard Flanagan which won The Man Booker Prize in 2014. About one hundred pages into it and got to say I am struggling to really get into it. Not saying it's a bad book, maybe just the right one for me. I always struggle with Man Booker Prize winners and actually avoid them now - something about them being too descriptive without getting to the point puts me off tho I did read The Luminaries recently which I enjoyed I'm reading Fourth of July Creek but swithering about ditching it - not got into it at all and the last chapter described a teenager arousing a dog which made me feel ever so slightly queasy - yuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted June 19, 2015 Author Share Posted June 19, 2015 I've finished Martin Fletcher's book about the Bradford fire, really interesting and compelling stuff. Clearly the initial inquiry was far too hasty and narrow in it's scope. I had no idea Fletcher was also present at Hillsborough. That's mental that he witnessed both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 Finders keepers is out now, Stephen king. in the same timeline as mr mercedes and some characters reappear especially Brady Hartfield. Will give that one a look mate Reading "The Dolls House" by David Hewson just now. Set in Amsterdam and a cracking read. On separate issue, just wondering if anyone else has ditched their e reader and gone back to buying paperbacks also ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kowalski Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 On separate issue, just wondering if anyone else has ditched their e reader and gone back to buying paperbacks also ? No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie03 Posted June 22, 2015 Share Posted June 22, 2015 I still buy books - read the occasional one on my daughter's kindle but there's something about a bookshop and the smell & feel of a paperback that I can't let go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 "The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair"by Joel Dicker 600+ pages and absolutely superb, brilliantly written and loved it Hebrew - Reckon this would be one for you. Check it out http://www.amazon.co.uk/Truth-about-Harry-Quebert-Affair/dp/1848663269/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1435735794&sr=1-1&keywords=joel+dicker+the+truth+about+the+harry+quebert+affair Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie03 Posted July 1, 2015 Share Posted July 1, 2015 Ooh Al thank you very much - I liked the sound of it so it's downloaded and I'll start reading it tomorrow cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie03 Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 I bloody loved your book Al - first time in ages i've been awake till the wee small hours with a book i can't put down I feel a bit lost this morning tho........................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 A couple of books came today. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison & The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan. Ony o you guys read these two authors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 A couple of books came today. The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison & The Unknown Terrorist by Richard Flanagan. Ony o you guys read these two authors? Like the look of The Unknown Terrorist and might give that a go. Only thing putting me of it is that I bought one of Flanagan,s other books "The Narrow Road To The Deep North" and frankly just couldn't get into it and gave up before I was half way through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Does anyone still read If so lets be having your recommendations please. On the lookout for some reading o'er the winter months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc_don Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Does anyone still read If so lets be having your recommendations please. On the lookout for some reading o'er the winter months. Just you and hebrew I'm looking for recommendations though, long haul flights to kiwi land mean I have a lot of time coming up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thestooge Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Stuart Cosgrove's Detroit 67 is superb if your into soul music and social/political movements of the sixties. It's dense like, encyclopaedic in scope and likely to veer down wee avenues but the narrative is pushed on chronicling a year in the life of Motown. It's nae really light reading though and I'd say you really do need an interest in the music of that era to get through it but it's the best thing I've read this year by some distance. I really like Cosgrove. One of few folk on Radio Scotland worth listening to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minijc Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Been reading 'Kill Your Friends' cracking book and looking forward to watching the film aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Been reading 'Kill Your Friends' cracking book and looking forward to watching the film aswell. Christ Mini....you're alive min Welcome back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minijc Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Christ Mini....you're alive min Welcome back Keep forgetting to pop in here, hope all is well Al? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlg1903 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Recently read a book called Armada, it's Earnest Cline's follow up to the much vaunted ready player one (which is great btw if your like that sort of thing). It's a decent enough sci fi read that doesn't reach the heights of rp1 but leaves plenty of room for sequels that could. I'm looking forward to seeing where he takes it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I've just started Nemesis by Philip Roth. Probably his latest novel as written in 2010. Not a book I necessarily recommend (yet, as it's a pretty harrowing subject matter and without his usual excellent humour thus far) but he is a brilliant must-read author. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1997. Edit: finished it tonight. Definitely NOT a book I recommend! Weird one. Troubling. Sad. Not an enjoyable experience at all. This reminds me when I first started exploring his books. Some great but some not so good. I reckon he's bi-polar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madbadteacher Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I still read a lot, but a lot of it these days is easy reading crime stuff like John Sandford. Last "real" book was about Little Big Horn called "The Last Stand" very different from the usual "hero/twat" dichotomy over Custer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I've just started Nemesis by Philip Roth. Probably his latest novel as written in 2010. Not a book I necessarily recommend (yet, as it's a pretty harrowing subject matter and without his usual excellent humour thus far) but he is a brilliant must-read author. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1997. Edit: finished it tonight. Definitely NOT a book I recommend! Weird one. Troubling. Sad. Not an enjoyable experience at all. This reminds me when I first started exploring his books. Some great but some not so good. I reckon he's bi-polar. Think I've only read one of Roth's books, "The Plot Against America" and that was several years ago. Not really sure why I never sent back to read any more as it was a pretty decent read. Might check out some others on Amazon, but will take your council RS and give that one a miss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocket_scientist Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Council? Do I come across as a committee man? I would counsel you to read more books to improve your linguistic abilities I've got I Married A Communist in the house but his award winning American Pastoral is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigAl Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 Council? Do I come across as a committee man? I would counsel you to read more books to improve your linguistic abilities I've got I Married A Communist in the house but his award winning American Pastoral is great. Could blame predictive text, but what the fuck, I 'm just a thick cunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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