Question What are you reading?

[Mad Cyril]

Programming in Scala - Martin Odersky.

Gripping.

 

[Earls Hall Blue]

Currently working my way through Mark Billingham's DI Thorne books, great reads. Very clever plots & some brilliant humour as you get to know Tom Thorne..:smile:

P.S. Everyone should read Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road', an amazing book..:thumbsup:

 

[canveyshrimper]

Currently working my way through Mark Billingham's DI Thorne books, great reads. Very clever plots & some brilliant humour as you get to know Tom Thorne..:smile:

P.S. Everyone should read Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road', an amazing book..:thumbsup:

Quite right about Billingham and his Thorne novels, I've got his latest to read.

Beforethat I'm reading the latest Stephen King 11.22.63, although for the UK it should be 22.11.63.:unsure: so far a really good read.

 

[Dick Bate's Protege]

Great Expectations. Read it just before xmas every other year, storytelling at its best. Looking forward to the BBC adaptation this year.

 

[Rob Noxious]

Currently reading Wreckless Eric Goulden's 'A Dysfunctional Success' - great stuff. He swapped it for my mate's book and my mate sent it to me, so it feels quite intimate.

 

[Napster]

Currently reading Wreckless Eric Goulden's 'A Dysfunctional Success' - great stuff. He swapped it for my mate's book and my mate sent it to me, so it feels quite intimate.

Shame it ended the way it did.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Just finished Montalban's Tartuaje(Tatoo)the first of his great Pepe Carvalho detective stories.Wonderful stuff,full of gourmet food description,love making,book burning and strolls through the mean streets of Barcelona.Even Sant Cugat gets a mention.:thumbsup:

 

[Napster]

Just finished Stephen King, now reading a nice Karim Fossum.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

David Lammy's Out of the Ashes(Britain after the riots).An interesting account.

 

[canveyshrimper]

David Lammy's Out of the Ashes(Britain after the riots).An interesting account.

Blimey he rushed that out sharpish. And what was Bernie Grant's protege's verdict?

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

God! i haven't been on here since July.........haven't stopped reading but did get particularly bogged down with one book. If Eastblack is still into Scandanavian crime I can now strongly recommend 'Mercy' by J Alder Olsen........don't expect piles of bodies but a taut thriller that builds up into a fine crescendo.
Took a break from crime to read 'The Art of Racing in the Rain' (Garth Stein)......pleasing little book, even though I'm not a dog owner nor particularly a dog lover. I'm afraid that the book I got bogged down with was 'Money' by Martin Amis. I found it pretty heavy going and whilst it brought about a smile or two, it didn't exactly get me falling off my chair laughing. .......is it already dated from the seventies and eighties?
After loving 'What a Carve Up' and 'The House of Sleep' by Jonathan Coe, I've waited a LONG time before launching into
'The Rotters' Club', which I've finished and 'The Closed Circle', which I'm at present reading. Whilst enjoyable (part Autobiographical???), it's not quite at the level of the first two I read and there does appear to be general disappointment with his recent novels. If it weren't for a botch up by Amazon I would have had his biography 'Like A Fiery Elephant' .........would be interested to know whether anyone on here has read it and what they thought.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Blimey he rushed that out sharpish. And what was Bernie Grant's protege's verdict?

It's not a great book but he does run through the usual panaceas ie more community policing,more schemes to help kids excluded from school,more support for single mums,better youth club support facilties etc,etc

You're right about him rushing it out quickly.Bits of it are re-runs of his time in office under Brown and Blair and his own childhood experiences obviously re-written to fit in with his analysis of the riots.

He is quite interesting however, on what he describes as the tensions betwee the two revolutions that Britain has undergone, ie the social liberalismof the 60's and the economic liberalism of the 80's.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

God! i haven't been on here since July.........haven't stopped reading but did get particularly bogged down with one book. If Eastblack is still into Scandanavian crime I can now strongly recommend 'Mercy' by J Alder Olsen........don't expect piles of bodies but a taut thriller that builds up into a fine crescendo.
Took a break from crime to read 'The Art of Racing in the Rain' (Garth Stein)......pleasing little book, even though I'm not a dog owner nor particularly a dog lover. I'm afraid that the book I got bogged down with was 'Money' by Martin Amis. I found it pretty heavy going and whilst it brought about a smile or two, it didn't exactly get me falling off my chair laughing. .......is it already dated from the seventies and eighties?
After loving 'What a Carve Up' and 'The House of Sleep' by Jonathan Coe, I've waited a LONG time before launching into
'The Rotters' Club', which I've finished and 'The Closed Circle', which I'm at present reading. Whilst enjoyable (part Autobiographical???), it's not quite at the level of the first two I read and there does appear to be general disappointment with his recent novels. If it weren't for a botch up by Amazon I would have had his biography 'Like A Fiery Elephant' .........would be interested to know whether anyone on here has read it and what they thought.

Elephant's not worth reading Yogi(I have a copy which I can send you though if you pm me with your address).Glad you liked the other JC's.Would also agree about Money being dated but what made it for me was reading it after the recent TV dramatisation brought the novel to life.

 

[Eastblack]

If Eastblack is still into Scandanavian crime I can now strongly recommend 'Mercy' by J Alder Olsen........don't expect piles of bodies but a taut thriller that builds up into a fine crescendo.

I am thanks, and will look out for that. I'm coming to end of Fear Not by Anne Holt (which has been a bit disappointing) and was looking for something else. Will give that a go thanks.

 

[canveyshrimper]

It's not a great book but he does run through the usual panaceas ie more community policing,more schemes to help kids excluded from school,more support for single mums,better youth club support facilties etc,etc

You're right about him rushing it out quickly.Bits of it are re-runs of his time in office under Brown and Blair and his own childhood experiences obviously re-written to fit in with his analysis of the riots.

He is quite interesting however, on what he describes as the tensions betwee the two revolutions that Britain has undergone, ie the social liberalismof the 60's and the economic liberalism of the 80's.

Without checking I am sure the local council must be controlled by Labour, and therefore it would seem they haven't done an awful lot to help the community they are meant to serve. But then of course they can blame that nasty coalition for all the cuts.

 

[Eastblack]

Just finished Stephen King, now reading a nice Karim Fossum.

Which one, out of interest?

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Elephant's not worth reading Yogi(I have a copy which I can send you though if you pm me with your address).Glad you liked the other JC's.Would also agree about Money being dated but what made it for me was reading it after the recent TV dramatisation brought the novel to life.

Sorry I was talking about Graham Swift's Making an Elephant.Not the J. Coe.:blush:

Stop press.I have certainly read Like a Fiery Elephant but can't find my copy on the shelves.:dunce:

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Without checking I am sure the local council must be controlled by Labour, and therefore it would seem they haven't done an awful lot to help the community they are meant to serve. But then of course they can blame that nasty coalition for all the cuts.

That is the line I believe Hammy's peddling at the moment in interviews about the book.:winking:

 

[canveyshrimper]

Which one, out of interest?

The Dead Zone I think from an earlier post by Naps.

 

[Eastblack]

The Dead Zone I think from an earlier post by Naps.

Thanks, sorry - too lazy to check back.