Books

[lurganblue]

I have a few pages left to read on A Belfast Child by John Chambers.  I haven't been able to put it down.  So easily read and yet gripping.  I'm sure many from up North would empathise with his story or at least aspects of it anyway.

[charlieTully]

Tried to read Jack Kerouac's On The Road. Just couldn't get into it, and gave up after a few dozen pages.

Have I missed anything?

No.

[Billys Boots]

Tried to read Jack Kerouac's On The Road. Just couldn't get into it, and gave up after a few dozen pages.

Have I missed anything?

No.

I liked it, though it was definitely of its time. 

[bennydorano]

It's now officially my reading season, have bought 2 books recently, the Sally Rooney one and Richard Osman's follow up book Not that hi brow these days.

Obama's book is never getting finished.

[Tony Baloney]

It's now officially my reading season, have bought 2 books recently, the Sally Rooney one and Richard Osman's follow up book Not that hi brow these days.

Obama's book is never getting finished.

You're getting like me! I'm too tired to read anything taxing nowadays. My Obama book is still vacuum packed!

[lurganblue]

It's now officially my reading season, have bought 2 books recently, the Sally Rooney one and Richard Osman's follow up book Not that hi brow these days.

Obama's book is never getting finished.

You're getting like me! I'm too tired to read anything taxing nowadays. My Obama book is still vacuum packed!

Speaking of taxing books, I just finished War and Peace. What a slog! Interesting at many points during the story but awfully drawn out. Wouldnt recommend anyone put themselves through that.  I'm glad I read it, but also wonder why I stuck with it.

Now reading The Wisdom of Crowds, the latest in the series by Joe Abercrombie. Thoroughly enjoying it.

[bennydorano]

Tried to read Jack Kerouac's On The Road. Just couldn't get into it, and gave up after a few dozen pages.

Have I missed anything?

No.

I liked it, though it was definitely of its time.

Brother in law gave me that book years ago, always promised to get round to reading it. Watched the Movie version on Film 4 there a couple of weeks ago, not great and won't ever be reading it now.

[Mikhail Prokhorov]

It's now officially my reading season, have bought 2 books recently, the Sally Rooney one and Richard Osman's follow up book Not that hi brow these days.

Obama's book is never getting finished.

You're getting like me! I'm too tired to read anything taxing nowadays. My Obama book is still vacuum packed!

get the audiobook, obama is the narrator as well, def worth it

great book though it's only vol 1   

[Silver hill]

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart.
Semi autobiographical novel set in Glasgow in the 80s.
What a brilliantly crafted book.

[Tony Baloney]

Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart.
Semi autobiographical novel set in Glasgow in the 80s.
What a brilliantly crafted book.

I have avoided it as I have read reviews that talk about the grimness of it. Cant be doing with misery lit - is the grimness unrelenting or only a background to the story?

[Silver hill]

It's gritty alright, he doesn't sugar coat the conditions and the mood in thatcher era Glasgow. There is hope though. The book is a triumph of the human spirit.
Couldn't recommend it enough

[Tony Baloney]

It's gritty alright, he doesn't sugar coat the conditions and the mood in thatcher era Glasgow. There is hope though. The book is a triumph of the human spirit.
Couldn't recommend it enough

Might add it to the reading list then.

[Capt Pat]

It's now officially my reading season, have bought 2 books recently, the Sally Rooney one and Richard Osman's follow up book Not that hi brow these days.

Obama's book is never getting finished.

You're getting like me! I'm too tired to read anything taxing nowadays. My Obama book is still vacuum packed!

Speaking of taxing books, I just finished War and Peace. What a slog! Interesting at many points during the story but awfully drawn out. Wouldnt recommend anyone put themselves through that.  I'm glad I read it, but also wonder why I stuck with it.

Now reading The Wisdom of Crowds, the latest in the series by Joe Abercrombie. Thoroughly enjoying it.

I eventually got  through war and peace in the original lockdown with everything shut and the 2 km limit on leaving the house. That was after  starting it and leaving it for many years on 2 different occasions. A hard slog it was but an interesting read as well.

[dec]

It's gritty alright, he doesn't sugar coat the conditions and the mood in thatcher era Glasgow. There is hope though. The book is a triumph of the human spirit.
Couldn't recommend it enough

Stuck it on hold at the library when it was mentioned here and it has turned up already. Looking forward to it.

[Silver hill]

It's gritty alright, he doesn't sugar coat the conditions and the mood in thatcher era Glasgow. There is hope though. The book is a triumph of the human spirit.
Couldn't recommend it enough

Stuck it on hold at the library when it was mentioned here and it has turned up already. Looking forward to it.

Hope you enjoy it.