leviramsey Posted September 16, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2010 Currently reading Erin Arvedlund's Too Good To Be True: The Rise and Fall of Bernie Madoff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted September 16, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2010 Finished Marabou Stork Nightmares the other night. Took an absolute age to genuinely get into that. It's not a bad book, some interesting ideas and takes some twists and turns but not the best thing I've ever read. The games Welsh plays with structure and form of the text gets tiresome and I'm not sure how much it really adds to the narrative, eventually just starts becoming distracting. Finally moved onto the Bridge after my break from Banks, start bodes well for the rest of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 I'm reading In Cold Blood again, such a brilliant book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted September 16, 2010 Moderator Share Posted September 16, 2010 Finally moved onto the Bridge after my break from Banks, start bodes well for the rest of it Stick with it, another tough to get into book imo but well worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Just started 1984, bout 30 pages in and lovng it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Reading Everything Is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer. It's pretty good so far with a well judged mix of emotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted September 16, 2010 Share Posted September 16, 2010 Reading John Pilgers - Hidden Agendas. A brilliantly written book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 19, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted September 19, 2010 Just spent two weeks in Provence, so it had to be: Not for the casual reader, this one. Walks the very thin line between cerebral and pretentious, and I very nearly gave up after about 100 pages. Glad I didn't, really absorbed in it now. And I just noticed something very strange about that image up there: only one "L" in what should be "Durrell". And I have that very edition - with both "L"s present and correct. Odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Just read Ted Dekker 'Black' the first in a trilogy - very kooky storyline in which a man lives between two worlds, one on earth prior to a deadly virus being released and the other somewhere in the future and he has no idea which one is real..... Have the second part 'Red' ready to read right after I finish Christopher Brookmyre's It's Not The End Of The World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rendelc Posted September 19, 2010 Share Posted September 19, 2010 Just finished Berlin by Antony Beevor. Fantastic read. Next book is ' A writer at war ' by Vasily Grossman. Looking forward to reading this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 20, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted September 20, 2010 Just finished Berlin by Antony Beevor. Fantastic read. Next book is ' A writer at war ' by Vasily Grossman. Looking forward to reading this.Both books on my "long shortlist". Grossmann's epic novel "Life and Fate" is superb BTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dundeevilla Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Just finished Slaughterhouse 5. Very good, if concise, novel. Now reading Voodoo Histories by David Aaronovitch. Totally debunks all the popular conspiracy thoeries of the last century. A great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted September 20, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted September 20, 2010 Now reading Voodoo Histories by David Aaronovitch. Totally debunks all the popular conspiracy thoeries of the last century. A great read.Also on my unfeasibly long shortlist. Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soprano Posted September 20, 2010 Share Posted September 20, 2010 Read Die trying by Lee Child recently. Gets a bit too far fetched towards the end like most Dan Brown books but I've decided to give him another go and have bought 61 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 14, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2010 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted October 14, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2010 Finally moved onto the Bridge after my break from Banks, start bodes well for the rest of it Stick with it, another tough to get into book imo but well worth it About 200 pages into this now, I'm going very very slowly with it, only reading a few pages at a time. I'm trying to drag it out because it marks the end of anything unread for me and right now, I'd rather not further invest in books. It's not been slow for me at all, or hard to get into. A couple of moments have seen it slow somewhat or have my interest waning but it's largely been quite good. Elsewhere the Booker prize went to Howard Jacobson, a book which anyone who watched last week's review show will know China Mieville really didn't like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted October 14, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2010 Got a few on the go at the moment. This... Brilliant stuff, a great humorous jab at the Raj. This... Not particularly well written but interesting nonetheless. He was a real piece of work was Arthur. And finally... Hang my head in shame as it's taken me this long to read it. Enjoyable though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Read Die trying by Lee Child recently. Gets a bit too far fetched towards the end like most Dan Brown books but I've decided to give him another go and have bought 61 hours. 61 Hours is great, if devoid of violence. His new one is out already, "Worth Dying For" and there is plenty of aggro in this one ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted October 14, 2010 VT Supporter Share Posted October 14, 2010 Hang my head in shame as it's taken me this long to read it. Enjoyable though. Good book (if a little dated), but it has one of the weakest endings EVER. It's as if he was finishing his homework on the bus to make the deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theunderstudy Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 Hitchhikers Quadrilogy Lord of the Rings trilogy King solomon's Mines by H rider Haggard is a classic as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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