Last Book You Read....

[tongue_tied_danny]

2 hours ago, The Saintee said:

Metro 2033 by Dimitry Glukhovsky.

 

 

I just got that for 99p on Google play.

Thanks for the recommendation.

[AsimButtHitsASix]

The most recent Expanse book.

Forgot the name already.... (googles)... Persepolis Rising.

Worst one of the series when it should have been the best. Ach well.

[ThomCat]

The Cicero Trilogy by Robert Harris. (Imperium, Lustrum, Dictator) Been a while since I've been as engrossed in a series. Robert Harris is always a good read and these are superb. Fantastic insight into the person and the times. Would highly recommend.

[ICTChris]

I've got money in my Amazon account and will be travelling this week. 

What book should I order to read while I am away this week?  Hit me P&B

[tongue_tied_danny]

40 minutes ago, ICTChris said:

I've got money in my Amazon account and will be travelling this week. 

What book should I order to read while I am away this week?  Hit me P&B

Kem Nunn - Tapping the Source.

[bishopburn boy]

7 hours ago, tongue_tied_danny said:

It's not new, but have you read John Wyndham's The Day Of The Triffids?

One of my favourite books. I've read it at least 5 or 6 times. 

Or the Midwitch Cuckoos by the same author , or if we are looking at mid century classics  Neville Shute ‘s  “ on the Beach” 

[welshbairn]

1 hour ago, bishopburn boy said:

Or the Midwitch Cuckoos by the same author , or if we are looking at mid century classics  Neville Shute ‘s  “ on the Beach” 

Might give the film a watch tonight if I can find it. Younger posters won't realise that some of us grew up seeing it as very possible if not likely.

[tongue_tied_danny]

1 hour ago, welshbairn said:

Might give the film a watch tonight if I can find it. Younger posters won't realise that some of us grew up seeing it as very possible if not likely.

It's on showbox.

[ICTChris]

I’m going to take George Pelecanos’ The Night Gardener with me, had it in my shelf for years. Also taking Terry Hayes I Am Pilgrim, which has been gathering dust similarly.

Hopefully I get time to read, if I get into a rhythm with a book, especially if it’s crime fiction like Pekecanos I can really get through it quickly. Having the wee man has curtailed my reading for a few months, going to get back to it on this trip, hopefully.

[Miguel Sanchez]

I'd Die for You: And Other Lost Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald - Mostly lost for a reason, but still worth reading

The Busconductor Hines by James Kelman - Truly there is no better literature than that written in stream-of-consciousness Glaswegian

[murphy1970]

Read a few good ones recently. One of the perks of being on holiday.

Yuval  Harari - Homo Deus. A thoughtful look at where our species stands and an imaginative look at where our species may be heading.

Not a cheery read but he argues his case well.

Blitzed- Drugs the 3rd Reich.

Absolutely fascinating read. Lot of stuff I'd never come across before and I'm a bit of a history buff.

I knew Hitler had a dodgy doc who kept him doped up but had no idea of the extent. He spent most of WW2 on a cocktail of steroids and then progressed onto opiates and coke. He was on speedballs til supplies dried up.

There was also an eye opener about the widespread use of methylamphetamine. The Panzer groups haring through Poland & France were basically on Crystal Meth 

[tongue_tied_danny]

17 hours ago, murphy1970 said:

Read a few good ones recently. One of the perks of being on holiday.

Yuval  Harari - Homo Deus. A thoughtful look at where our species stands and an imaginative look at where our species may be heading.

Not a cheery read but he argues his case well.

Blitzed- Drugs the 3rd Reich.

Absolutely fascinating read. Lot of stuff I'd never come across before and I'm a bit of a history buff.

I knew Hitler had a dodgy doc who kept him doped up but had no idea of the extent. He spent most of WW2 on a cocktail of steroids and then progressed onto opiates and coke. He was on speedballs til supplies dried up.

There was also an eye opener about the widespread use of methylamphetamine. The Panzer groups haring through Poland & France were basically on Crystal Meth 

Yeah. I read that a couple of years ago. It did give one explanation for early German successes. 

[welshbairn]

Read a few good ones recently. One of the perks of being on holiday.
Yuval  Harari - Homo Deus. A thoughtful look at where our species stands and an imaginative look at where our species may be heading.
Not a cheery read but he argues his case well.
Blitzed- Drugs the 3rd Reich.
Absolutely fascinating read. Lot of stuff I'd never come across before and I'm a bit of a history buff.
I knew Hitler had a dodgy doc who kept him doped up but had no idea of the extent. He spent most of WW2 on a cocktail of steroids and then progressed onto opiates and coke. He was on speedballs til supplies dried up.
There was also an eye opener about the widespread use of methylamphetamine. The Panzer groups haring through Poland & France were basically on Crystal Meth 

I remember reading that Goering had a suitcase full of drugs when he surrendered to the Americans, opiates I think.

[spud131]

https://booksplusbeer.com/
Thought this might be of interest to some on here. Basically a subscription service where you get a new paperback book (either crime or non fiction) and 2 craft beers every month for £10 (plus p+p).

[Savage Henry]

Read The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris for the first time in decades. I’ve always kind of dismissed it as Dan Brown for Grown Ups, but it’s actually really good. Much better than, say, the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series.

 

[Savage Henry]

Moved on to The Plot Against America by Philip Roth. Seemed apt. Also got The Scottish Nation by T.M Devine on the go, but that’s going to take months for me to finish.

[Sergeant Wilson]

20 years in The Fall by Steve Hanley.

Mark E. Smith comes over really well in it.

[beefybake]

Just today finished reading...  

'To Throw Away Unopened'   the second book by Viv Albertine, former guitarist in the band.., The Slits.    

A few months back, I read her first,   'Clothes, Clothes, Clothes.., Music, Music, Music......, Boys, Boys, Boys'.

That was a raw , and engrossing read, about her life in the band, and in later years, trying to have a baby. 

Throw Away Unopened is also hugely personal, and draws you in.  

Edited December 17, 2018 by beefybake

[Savage Henry]

Sped through The Plot Against America, and was genuinely saddened when there was nothing left to read. One of the best things I’ve ever read. A Nazi sympathising celebrity becomes POTUS and chaos ensues. Philip Roth is everything I wanted John Updike to be.

 

On a vaguely similar note, I’ve bought All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, pretty much on a whim.

 

[Jmothecat2]

Sped through The Plot Against America, and was genuinely saddened when there was nothing left to read. One of the best things I’ve ever read. A Nazi sympathising celebrity becomes POTUS and chaos ensues. Philip Roth is everything I wanted John Updike to be.
 
On a vaguely similar note, I’ve bought All The Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, pretty much on a whim.
 

I read it not too long ago and it really is fantastic. I love pretty much everything I've read by Philip Roth but in a post-Trump world Plot Against America really resonates.