Question What are you reading?

[canveyshrimper]

just read some more crime - as well as Jack Dee's autobiog, which was OKish.

Just finished the latest Mark Billingham / Tom Thorne novel, his best yet IMO.

 

[Napster]

Just finished the latest Mark Billingham / Tom Thorne novel, his best yet IMO.

Ah, that's on my list. Billingham's a great writer - very gritty and well-plotted.

 

[ibwiajwa]

Just finished Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Brilliant. 6 stories going forward in time to a dystopian future and then back again. The connections between the stories become clear as time goes on. Sounds pretentious but isn't.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Just finished Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell. Brilliant. 6 stories going forward in time to a dystopian future and then back again. The connections between the stories become clear as time goes on. Sounds pretentious but isn't.

Oh it is pretentious. Didn't like it one bit, Ghostwritten was far superior (imho).

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Oh it is pretentious. Didn't like it one bit, Ghostwritten was far superior (imho).

David Mitchell seems to be one of those authors that people love or hate.Agree with you about Cloud Atlas.Liked Ghostwritten and Black swan green though.

 

[Dick Bate's Protege]

Janet and John book 1

Good read, but not as great IMO as its reputation suggests.

 

[Cricko]

Janet and John book 1

Good read, but not as great IMO as its reputation suggests.

Figures......:joke:

 

[Napster]

David Mitchell seems to be one of those authors that people love or hate.Agree with you about Cloud Atlas.Liked Ghostwritten and Blackswangreen though.

Ive read Black swan green, which was OK if a bit "wasn't being a kid great?"

 

[Dick Bate's Protege]

Figures......:joke:

Git.........

 

[The Big Shrimp]

Just finished Hoggy, Matthew Hoggard's autobiography, which is an excellent read. Very funny, very few long words & not up his own bottom. A few interesting insights into Nasser's reign as England captain & Duncan Fletcher's management. I don't think either were keen on a plain talking Yorkshireman who didn't go to a good school!

Now reading Ronnie, Ronnie O'Sullivan's autobiography, which is poorly written, but seeing as Ronnie didn't try too hard at school, is borne out in the writing style. That said, interesting read so far!

 

[Napster]

Just finished Hoggy, Matthew Hoggard's autobiography, which is an excellent read. Very funny, very few long words & not up his own bottom. A few interesting insights into Nasser's reign as England captain & Duncan Fletcher's management. I don't think either were keen on a plain talking Yorkshireman who didn't go to a good school!

Now reading Ronnie, Ronnie O'Sullivan's autobiography, which is poorly written, but seeing as Ronnie didn't try too hard at school, is borne out in the writing style. That said, interesting read so far!

simon hattenstone ghostwrote ronnie - i imagine it must have been hard work to get into ronnie's character!!

 

[The Big Shrimp]

simon hattenstone ghostwrote ronnie - i imagine it must have been hard work to get into ronnie's character!!

That is not a surprise as in the first 90 pages or so, it does have a feel of two people writing! Still worth reading though!

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson

I seem to remember reading that as a kid.Didn't you have a childhood?:winking:

 

[OldBlueLady]

Treasure Island - Robert Louis Stevenson

Ha! Read that last half term break to tie in with school work, this one I'm reading "Tom's Midnight Garden", also to tie in with school!

 

[MK Shrimper]

I seem to remember reading that as a kid.Didn't you have a childhood?:winking:

Never read it, even as a sprog.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Never read it, even as a sprog.

Nor had I until very recently, nothing wrong with re-visiting or reading for the first time classic children's literature. That's a joy you'll have to come Paul, introducing your little 'un to favourite books!

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

I seem to remember reading that as a kid.Didn't you have a childhood?:winking:

Yes I did, thank you very much, and I did read quite a bit, however I never got around to reading this particular book. Although it's a children's novel, it's also a literary classic, and so I thought I'd have a read to see what all the fuss is about.

Plus it was a freebie on my phone's kindle app, and I fancied reading something.

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

Never read it, even as a sprog.

Forget the stigma that some people attach to reading children's books, and have a look. You'll finish it in an afternoon, but it's a fun read

 

[canveyshrimper]

Yes I did, thank you very much, and I did read quite a bit, however I never got around to reading this particular book. Although it's a children's novel, it's also a literary classic, and so I thought I'd have a read to see what all the fuss is about.

Plus it was a freebie on my phone's kindle app, and I fancied reading something.

Spot on. Treasure Island was the first "proper" book (after the Janet & John stuff) I read as a child, I found it an absolute joy, and it set me upon a lifetime love of reading. I also got it a freebie for my Kindle.