Books

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Did Waiting for Godot for Alevel and actually enjoyed it 😃 esp compared to some the other stuff we had to do, Chaucer, Shakespeare...

Must give it a read sometime but basically everything is sh1t and theres no hope for any of us seemed to be the jist of things 😊

Ta for the steer on Joyce tho chaps, sounds grim

[lurganblue]

I'm usually quite good at sticking with books that would be considered difficult reads.  In the end I really enjoyed the likes of War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, The Odyssey etc. 

I agree on Joyce though.  I've tried and just stopped very early on.

[StephenC]

I'm usually quite good at sticking with books that would be considered difficult reads.  In the end I really enjoyed the likes of War and Peace, Crime and Punishment, The Odyssey etc. 

I agree on Joyce though.  I've tried and just stopped very early on.

Agree, Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and writers like that are manageable. You can have one sentence that is a full paragraph, but it's still somewhat digestable. And at least they use punctuation.

[bennydorano]

Read Bob Mortimer's first novel - The Satsuma Complex, easy going & very enjoyable, can see it being a Sunday evening ITV comedy drama before too long.

[Jell 0 Biafra]

Enjoyed that, Benny. Thanks for the rec.

If you like the thriller/comedy written by former stand-up comedian genre, you should check out Hugh Laurie's The Gun Seller. 

[bennydorano]

Good man, it's been in my head to take a look about for something similar but hadn't gotten around to it yet.

Just started Billy Connolly's autobiography- Windswept & interesting.  It and Bob's book were 2 Christmas presents I hadn't bothered with yet.

[Feckitt]

Just started a new book yesterday 'Dirty Linen' by Martin Doyle. It's a history of the Troubles in the parish of Tullylish,  Co Down. A small rural area between Banbridge and Lurgan.  Very interesting so far.

[lurganblue]

Half way through Fairytale by Stephen King.  Disappointed so far.  It started well but has went down hill and is losing my attention. Hopefully it improves but I am already thinking about what I should read next.

[lurganblue]

Making a slight move from podcasts to audiobooks recently. Recently finished the Matthew Perry autobiography. Long suffering addict and strange to listen to knowing how his life ends. As a book though, I found it jumped back and forth too much and became repetitive (but I suppose his life was really on a repetitive loop).

I've now started Unruly by David Mitchell. So far it's a funny breath of fresh air look at the British Kings and Queens.

[Ethan Tremblay]

Making a slight move from podcasts to audiobooks recently. Recently finished the Matthew Perry autobiography. Long suffering addict and strange to listen to knowing how his life ends. As a book though, I found it jumped back and forth too much and became repetitive (but I suppose his life was really on a repetitive loop).

I've now started Unruly by David Mitchell. So far it's a funny breath of fresh air look at the British Kings and Queens.

Listened to this several months ago and found it a hard slog also.  Thought his haggard sounding voice didn't help it either.

Listening to Micah Richards, pretty good. 

[andoireabu]

The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes is a good read. Same author wrote I Am Pilgrim which is one of the few books I've ever read more than once.

[Tony Baloney]

The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes is a good read. Same author wrote I Am Pilgrim which is one of the few books I've ever read more than once.

Am I right in saying there is a sci-fi element to it? I like sci-fi and like I Am Pilgrim a lot but I have my reservations about this one.

[mrdeeds]

The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes is a good read. Same author wrote I Am Pilgrim which is one of the few books I've ever read more than once.

Am I right in saying there is a sci-fi element to it? I like sci-fi and like I Am Pilgrim a lot but I have my reservations about this one.

Yeah but so badly done. Was a normal run of mill book then last section went of on a massive tangent. I'm still not sure if I like the book. Just felt the sci fi bit was like an add on at end and not consistent with rest of story.

[Tony Baloney]

The Year of the Locust by Terry Hayes is a good read. Same author wrote I Am Pilgrim which is one of the few books I've ever read more than once.

Am I right in saying there is a sci-fi element to it? I like sci-fi and like I Am Pilgrim a lot but I have my reservations about this one.

Yeah but so badly done. Was a normal run of mill book then last section went of on a massive tangent. I'm still not sure if I like the book. Just felt the sci fi bit was like an add on at end and not consistent with rest of story.

Aye that's in line with a review I read. Will pass.

[StephenC]

Revelation Space series by Alastair Reynolds. Good space opera stuff with a decent hard science content. Has been on my to-read list for a long time and (having just finished the 2nd book) am really enjoying it.

The Black Company series by Glen Cook. Actually my 3rd time reading the series. It's dark fantasy that isn't that dark but love Cook's writing and the characters he created.

Gridlinked by Neal Asher. James Bond meets hand sci-fi. Found it hard to get into on the kindle, but switched to Audible and found it much better (I find that with a few books - some work better as audiobooks, others as text).