Question What are you reading?

[Cricko]

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.

1 funny book though Naps.

 

[Napster]

1 funny book though Naps.

In places. But nowhere near as funny as Tom Sharpe, Pratchett, Fraser (Flashman)...

 

[Thorpe Groyney]

Now reading 'The Complete Works Of William McGonagall', Scotland's alternative Poet Laird. You can't help but love a tome that includes the sentence "This time it was the publican who threw a plate of peas at me."

Before that I read 'The Kenneth Williams Diaries'. What a nasty, spiteful, horrible piece of work he really was. Patronising, racist and, amazingly, homophobic. All of which made, of course, for absorbing reading.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Before that I read 'The Kenneth Williams Diaries'. What a nasty, spiteful, horrible piece of work he really was. Patronising, racist and, amazingly, homophobic. All of which made, of course, for absorbing reading.

Would like to read that actually, is it really worth reading?

 

[Thorpe Groyney]

Yes, definitely, an eye-opening look into someone most of us probably thought of as a harmless camp comedy actor.

 

[McNasty]

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

I have all Martina Cole's novels. Gritty stuff but her very early books all contained local references, the Hoy and Helmet and Wakering spring to mind.

 

[McNasty]

Just finished Ozzy Osbourne's autobiography-- a very good read, and just started Bobby Robson's book.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Would like to read that actually, is it really worth reading?

Absolutely!

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Yes, definitely, an eye-opening look into someone most of us probably thought of as a harmless camp comedy actor.

But he was a harmless camp comedy actor.He was also a lot more highbrow than I woud've thought and very witty too.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just finished Will Birch's excellent new biography of Ian Dury.It's extremely well researched and entertainingly written.Some nice anecdotes about Wilko Johnson in it too.
Well worth looking out for when it comes out in paperback.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Just finished Will Birch's excellent new biography of Ian Dury.It's extremely well reseached and entertainingly written.Some nice anecdotes about Wilko Johnson in it too.
Well worth looking out for when it comes out in paperback.

Had a hardback biog which was heavy going and I gave up on. Not sure who it was by, have to dig it out.

 

[ibwiajwa]

I'm reading Promise Me by Harlen Coben. I've been reading the Myron Bolitar books in order and I love them. They're funny with interesting characters and are real page turners.

 

[ibwiajwa]

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.

I have a sister-in-law with Asperger's so I could relate to it and it had a clever plot. The only thing that bothered me was the fact that everyone who came across the main character seemed to drop the F bomb on him to the point that it was unrealistic. I have found that people are pretty tolerant with Asperger's kids on the whole - they realise pretty soon that something is wrong.

 

[osymandus]

But he was a harmless camp comedy actor.He was also a lot more highbrow than I woud've thought and very witty too.

Piece of triva , Bernard Breslaw (i think i spelt ive correctly ) Kenneth Williams hated as he found he was his intellectual equal .

 

[The Big Shrimp]

Chris Evans' autobigraphy. An excellent, easy read, although frustrating. How does that ugly ginger twit get so many beautiful women? Its not the size of his "ego" either!!

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Just finished reading Day of the Triffids - John Wyndham.
The first time I read this I was 13 and I loved it then, the mix of monsters, disaster & survival. Now I'm 30 and this time it hit even harder, the human relationships and sociology aspect are superb, and what's frightneing now is how some of Wyndham's vision of the future is scarily accurate today. Not just one of the best sci-fi books, but one of the best books ever.

 

[Napster]

I have a sister-in-law with Asperger's so I could relate to it and it had a clever plot. The only thing that bothered me was the fact that everyone who came across the main character seemed to drop the F bomb on him to the point that it was unrealistic. I have found that people are pretty tolerant with Asperger's kids on the whole - they realise pretty soon that something is wrong.

Yeah, I see your point.

 

[Napster]

Ok, currently reading Roger Moore's autobiography which is marvellous.

Also, just read two books last week:

Straw Men, by Michael Marshall - 7/10; slightly predictable, but a good page-turner. Didn't really like the way the characters came together.
Angel's Share by Mike Ripley- 6/10, OK, not as funny as it thinks, boring in places, ending a bit cliched.

 

[Rob Noxious]

You heard it here first ...

Somewhat text-book, but an illuminating read all the same is Annie Caulfield's 'Writing For Radio (A Practical Guide),' which I've been dipping into whilst I've been doing a radio drama course. I've got plans to adapt 'Radio Binfield' to a radio drama format and this book is going to be helpful towards taking those first steps towards it. I like the almost Carveresque sense of economy that comes with radio drama where the onus is on the listener to interpret what's happening behind the intonation of the spoken word. As 'The Emperor' might say, "today Binfield, tomorrow the world (service)! So stay tuned and don't touch that dial!" ;)

 

[Pubey]

Risk - Dan Gardner