rollstar Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 5 minutes ago, coprolite said: I'd probably enjoy it now but having to read it for higher at 17 kind of ruined it. Yeah, I didn't have to read it at school but got into it through the TV series. I didn't read it until years later and even then had to make a 2nd attempt after not getting far past the prologue. It's worth persisting though, and even Gibbon himself said you can skip most of the prologue if you're not into it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 Saga Volume 10 by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples. After a long break, we're back with a bang. Always a thrill ride, always full of surprises. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 19 hours ago, rollstar said: Yeah, I didn't have to read it at school but got into it through the TV series. I didn't read it until years later and even then had to make a 2nd attempt after not getting far past the prologue. It's worth persisting though, and even Gibbon himself said you can skip most of the prologue if you're not into it. I read it at school and hated it. A decade later I revisited it and now love it. I'd recommend that anyone reading it should skip the prologue altogether and only read it at all, afterwards. I know that flies in the face of the rules many of us, including me, would impose on reading, but it really helps with accessing this book. I'd urge anyone who was once put off this book, to give it another go in adulthood. It's tremendous. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 21 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said: I read it at school and hated it. A decade later I revisited it and now love it. I'd recommend that anyone reading it should skip the prologue altogether and only read it at all, afterwards. I know that flies in the face of the rules many of us, including me, would impose on reading, but it really helps with accessing this book. I'd urge anyone who was once put off this book, to give it another go in adulthood. It's tremendous. I was meant to read it for higher English.. Even got a decent mark on an essay using the notes book. Still haven't read more than first chapter. Managed a C anyway. Just made sure I knew the poetry well instead 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 17 minutes ago, Madame RH33 said: I was meant to read it for higher English.. Even got a decent mark on an essay using the notes book. Still haven't read more than first chapter. Managed a C anyway. Just made sure I knew the poetry well instead That's the experience of most people. Notes books can actually take you quite far - believe me. Not many fancy revisiting something they didn't like first time around of course, but this one seriously is worth the effort. It's available for 49p on the Kindle. Do it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 22 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said: I'd urge anyone who was once put off this book, to give it another go in adulthood. It's tremendous. Sunset Song is a novel every Scot should read. The rest of the trilogy is 'meh'. My most recent Swedish ex ranks it as one of the best books she's ever read - and I can't disagree with her. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 I can't even remember what it was about! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 40 minutes ago, Madame RH33 said: I can't even remember what it was about! A horny da and cows 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 On 23/12/2022 at 15:25, Craig fae the Vale said: Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty. A really good collection of interconnected stories set on a Native American Reservation. Dark, affecting, a fantastic read. I'll have to find that one. There's some great Native American literature out there. Leslie Marmon Silko and James Welch are two favourites. There's a great book called Eye Killers by AA Carr. It mixes the Vampire story with Navajo myth. Really good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Bartender Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 3 hours ago, The_Kincardine said: Sunset Song is a novel every Scot should read. The rest of the trilogy is 'meh'. My most recent Swedish ex ranks it as one of the best books she's ever read - and I can't disagree with her. The intro is indeed hard work. The story and it's telling is remarkable on so many levels. Books 2 & 3 are indeed lesser reads. But how does a Swedish person mange to read in the Doric? You do need that inner voice, ken? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 3 hours ago, Madame RH33 said: I was meant to read it for higher English.. Even got a decent mark on an essay using the notes book. Still haven't read more than first chapter. Managed a C anyway. Just made sure I knew the poetry well instead I did 2001: A Space Odyssey for my higher English. The book explains far more than the movie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 11 hours ago, House Bartender said: The intro is indeed hard work. The story and it's telling is remarkable on so many levels. Books 2 & 3 are indeed lesser reads. But how does a Swedish person mange to read in the Doric? You do need that inner voice, ken? If she tried to tell me what 2+2 equals I'd check her workings but she has a real gift for language. Before she'd finished the book she could extemporise in passable Chris Guthrie. It's actually a bit spooky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PossilYM Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 Argos catalogue 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Just finished Gabriel Byrne a memoir. Really well written and enjoyable short read, despite the fact it's taken me 2 months. As for books I despise due to being made to read at school, "The great Gatsby" although I'm informed that I should read it again. I hated this book so much at school I was given an alternative "flowers for Algernon" which is still a favourite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 On 01/01/2023 at 00:58, coprolite said: I'd probably enjoy it now but having to read it for higher at 17 kind of ruined it. Proper mannies new years in the olden days. Totally this. There's a character in a Chris Brookmyre book whos talking to his old English teacher and says that maybe a book about teuchter farmers raping their kids is maybe not the best book to get Scottish 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeWhoWalksBehindTheRows Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 On 01/01/2023 at 00:58, coprolite said: I'd probably enjoy it now but having to read it for higher at 17 kind of ruined it. Proper mannies new years in the olden days. Totally this. There's a character in a Chris Brookmyre book whos talking to his old English teacher and says that maybe a book about teuchter farmers raping their kids is maybe not the best book to get Scottish kids into literature. He has a point. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted January 10, 2023 Share Posted January 10, 2023 Dashboard Elvis is Dead by David F. Ross. An absolutely wonderful book spanning decades and countries. Engaging characters- a trait that Ross has mastered - and a sweeping story that is never short of captivating. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FK1Bairn Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 The latest Rebus book. Bit meh but I really really hope Rankin stops milking the Rebus name and puts him out to pasture. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 11, 2023 Share Posted January 11, 2023 1 hour ago, FK1Bairn said: The latest Rebus book. Bit meh but I really really hope Rankin stops milking the Rebus name and puts him out to pasture. I always thought that if he wanted to keep going back, write some stories about him as a young copper in the 70s. No need to have an octogenarian wheezing his way through a novel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted January 12, 2023 Share Posted January 12, 2023 Qarabag: The Team Without a City by Emanuele Giulianelli. A really interesting look at the conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia and a football team who went from having their home city being wiped off the face of the earth to reaching the group stages of the Champions League. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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