tongue_tied_danny Posted April 22 Share Posted April 22 On 14/04/2024 at 16:08, Oystercatcher said: Utterly terrifying Finished this tonight. Fascinating and terrifying in equal measures. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde We've been waiting a long time for this book and it doesn't disappoint even a tiny bit. Brilliantly written, funny, tense and a hugely satisfying ending. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 The Ionian Mission by Patrick O'Brian. Best series I have read in years. Individual books are kind of meaningless, just a massive story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Jawbone by Mònica Ojeda. Superb. Lyrical and poetic and genuinely chilling and haunting. A fantastic translation ad well, which really seemed to capture the spirit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbaxters Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 13 hours ago, Craig fae the Vale said: Jawbone by Mònica Ojeda. Superb. Lyrical and poetic and genuinely chilling and haunting. A fantastic translation ad well, which really seemed to capture the spirit. Do you read more than one book at the same time or did this one take you 10 hours to read? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 7 minutes ago, jimbaxters said: Do you read more than one book at the same time or did this one take you 10 hours to read? I've usually got 3 on the go. Audiobook when I'm in the car with Mrs fae the Vale (I drop her off in the morning as it's on my way to work) A different audiobook when I'm in the car myself A Kindle book that I read on my lunch breaks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 Blindness - José Saramago. Load of folk go blind, get out in quarantine, shit themselves a LOT, chaos and disorder, escape into a society where everyone is blind (apart from one wifie) then they regain sight again. Was ok. Translation was a bit weird imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 The Kaiju Preservation Society - John Scalzi. Proper no frills entertainment with monsters that have monsters. Could have done with more Kaiju action. Fairly throw-away plot and lots of in jokey irony, wisecracking action etc. If you like your sci fi profound and thought provoking then this probably isn't it. It's tremendous fun though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Yellowface by R.F. Kuang. Really enjoyable read. Juniper is a complex, intriguing character written with real nuance. The last 15% or so goes a wee bit off the rails, but Kuang manages to pull it back for a satisfying ending. Pretty good stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted May 2 Share Posted May 2 Fiction Land by R.R. Haywood. Leave your brain at the door and strap in for one of the most enjoyable thrill rides of a book that I've read in ages. Utter nonsense, but delightfully entertaining. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Currently reading Caledonian Road by Andrew O'Hagan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 Read Jack Zofirillo Autobiography 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 An Audible Original dramatisation of 1984 by George Orwell. Cast includes Andrew Garfield, Andrew Scott, Cynthia Erivo and Tom Hardy. Really good and engaging adaptation that has made me want to pick up the full novel and see how it compares. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 13 Share Posted May 13 3 hours ago, Craig fae the Vale said: An Audible Original dramatisation of 1984 by George Orwell. Cast includes Andrew Garfield, Andrew Scott, Cynthia Erivo and Tom Hardy. Really good and engaging adaptation that has made me want to pick up the full novel and see how it compares. 1984 was written in a cottage on Jura. I don't think being on Jura did Orwell's TB much good. Should have drank more whisky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internet Citizen Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata. An interesting wee novella about societal norms and fitting in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston_bud Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 Just finished The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. About how we're overprotecting children in the real world but allowing them too much access to, and freedom on, the Internet and how this has changed childhood and creating huge issues in mental health. For anyone with - or who works with - kids, it's probably quite a useful book about the issues and how to tackle them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 (edited) Listened to this on audible. I was interested as during the tory leaders contest he came across well. But no, just another career minded tory w@nk Edit. Had no idea he was scottish. Anyone scottish that has to put on a poor scottish accent when talking about a scottish person is for the watching Edited May 18 by Oystercatcher 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 7 hours ago, Oystercatcher said: Listened to this on audible. I was interested as during the tory leaders contest he came across well. But no, just another career minded tory w@nk Edit. Had no idea he was scottish. Anyone scottish that has to put on a poor scottish accent when talking about a scottish person is for the watching I think "eligible to play for Scotland" would be more correct than "Scottish". He was born in Hong Kong, raised in London, and then the far east, and went to school in Oxford and at Eton. Not the normal pathway of someone who identifies as Scottish -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Blue Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 7 hours ago, Oystercatcher said: Listened to this on audible. I was interested as during the tory leaders contest he came across well. But no, just another career minded tory w@nk Edit. Had no idea he was scottish. Anyone scottish that has to put on a poor scottish accent when talking about a scottish person is for the watching Irrespective of his politics, I was recently given a copy of his book "The Places In Between" which chronicles a solo winter walk he did across Afghanistan in 2002 with just a backpack, a walking stick and a dog and staying overnight in tribal villages along the route. Whatever anyone says about the guy, I have to admit that that walk took some balls, he did it, and he survived it. How many of our politicians of whichever persuasion could or would tackle that? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 7 hours ago, Oystercatcher said: Listened to this on audible. I was interested as during the tory leaders contest he came across well. But no, just another career minded tory w@nk Edit. Had no idea he was scottish. Anyone scottish that has to put on a poor scottish accent when talking about a scottish person is for the watching I actually enjoyed the book, then went on to his Places In Between and really didn't get into it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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