Question What are you reading?

[MK Shrimper]

Crazy book, starts off fun then descends into madness.

Just finished 'Generation A', which was a marvel. Coupland back to his best imho, he uses the sci-fi angle to great effect to shine a light on current issues.

Now reading 'The Beats' by Harvey Pekar, a graphic novel about the Beat Generation (Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs et al.). Good stuff so far.

A new Coupeland! Off to Waterstones I go!

 

[Kent Shrimper]

The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver, Very good book, the character Lincoln Rhyme was made famous by Denzel Washington as a quadriplegic in The Bone Collector. This is the latest in the series and is about data mining \ big brother in the 21st century and how it could be used to aid a killer 9/10

 

[Sussex Shrimper]

Just finished: Flat Earth News by Nick Davies. Brilliant book, and Davies deserves a lot of credit for having the guts to write it. The moral of the story - question everything you read in the media irrespective of the reputation of the source.

Just started: Eyes of the Tailless Animals, a North Korean prison diary and every bit as cheerful as you'd expect... :(

 

[MK Shrimper]

Today with my Christmas vouchers, I bought:

The Road - Cormac McCarthy.
Julia, Naked - Nick Hornby
Between Assassinations - Aravind Adiga

and will be reading The Road before I go an see it in the flicks. IMHO on second reading of The Diceman - it hasn't aged well at all.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Today with my Christmas vouchers, I bought:

The Road - Cormac McCarthy.
Julia, Naked - Nick Hornby
Between Assassinations - Aravind Adiga

and will be reading The Road before I go an see it in the flicks. IMHO on second reading of The Diceman - it hasn't aged well at all.

McCarty's novel is much better than the film.The Nick Hornby is also a good read.

 

[Pubey]

Today with my Christmas vouchers, I bought:

The Road - Cormac McCarthy.
Julia, Naked - Nick Hornby
Between Assassinations - Aravind Adiga

and will be reading The Road before I go an see it in the flicks. IMHO on second reading of The Diceman - it hasn't aged well at all.

I always thought The Diceman was really overrated. It starts off well but then decents into crap.

I'm seeing The Road next week, probably haven't got time to read the book first unfortunately. Also I'm currently halfway through The Tipping Point and it's really good!!

 

[OldBlueLady]

Just finished Philippa Gregory's "The Other Queen", her version of the events surrounding Mary Queen of Scots, from the perspectives of Mary herself, and George and Bess, Earl and Countess Shrewsbury, who were charged with her guardianship during her incarceration. Usually love Gregory's books but this one took me ages to get into, however it was worth sticking with. Lots of accurate historical detail, mixed in with the fictional.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just started Beginners by Ramond Carver.The original versions of What do we talk about when we talk about love.Excellent.

 

[MK Shrimper]

McCarty's novel is much better than the film.

I have to say I can't get on with the book at all. McCarthy's writing style is irritating to say the least - a short paragraph that doesn't say much at all, a break, another short paragraph. I gave up 60 pages or so in.

 

[Pubey]

I had to make a quick train journey up and down to Essex this weekend as my Grandpa unfortunately passed away. I got The Road for the journey and have nearly finished it, I think it's absolutely superb.

Going to see the film on thursday and really excited about it

 

[MK Shrimper]

I had to make a quick train journey up and down to Essex this weekend as my Grandpa unfortunately passed away. I got The Road for the journey and have nearly finished it, I think it's absolutely superb.

Going to see the film on thursday and really excited about it

Sorry to hear about that mate. Maybe I'll give it another go.

 

[Rob Noxious]

"Don't like that, try this instead..."

I have to say I can't get on with the book at all. McCarthy's writing style is irritating to say the least - a short paragraph that doesn't say much at all, a break, another short paragraph. I gave up 60 pages or so in.

Hmmm ... I think you'd like this instead. It got a good review from a poster on the Southend Radio Facebook page over the week-end ...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=fm247&x=19&y=23

 

[Napster]

Currently in between books, so reading the Sunday Times- looking forward to Brian Moore's biog.

 

[Rob Noxious]

Currently in between books, so reading the Sunday Times- looking forward to Brian Moore's biog.

Hope they name it after the Gills' fanzine affectionately titled, 'Brian Moore's Head Looks Like The London Planetarium' ... :clap:

 

[Dick Bate's Protege]

Tai-Pan - James Clavell

 

[MK Shrimper]

Hmmm ... I think you'd like this instead. It got a good review from a poster on the Southend Radio Facebook page over the week-end ...
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=fm247&x=19&y=23

Remind me end of the month, I'll stick my hand in my pocket!

 

[Tinks]

Just finished Martina Cole's latest novel "Hard Girls". Took me 2 days to read it although nothing else much got done over those 2 days.
Am going to read Bobby Robson's autobiography next

 

[Napster]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - read yesterday, as I spent nine hours going to and from work...

OK, I know a kid with Asperger's, so made more sense to me. Story zipped along, good phrasing, but not much to make you think. Would have liked to see more of the other characters, also the ending felt rushed.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Men Who Stare at goats is a very good book. There's a lot of weird tuff urrounding the American Military, and this is a small inight. I read it about 2 (maybe three) years ago. Got it for a couple of quid in HMV of all places.

Would like to ee the film, but I think it's a very loose adaptation.

Now reading 'The Men Who Stare At Goats'. And after a number of people on SZ said it was very good & better than the movie, I have to say I'm disappointed. I'm finding the narrative pretty weak, he uses too many different 'characters' (yes I know they're real people) which dilutes it. And to be honest I'm starting to think they did well to get a 7/10 movie out of it.

 

[Smiffy]

I'm reading the whole page spread that was in the Mail at the weekend.

With the headline Southend 1 - 1 Sainsbury's.

Anyone see that?