sonofjenova Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Porno doesn't work because the characters are too old. The angry edge that Trainspotting had just isn't there. Just finished American Psycho. Very clever book, 8/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_S_A_R Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 Porno doesn't work because the characters are too old. The angry edge that Trainspotting had just isn't there. Just finished American Psycho. Very clever book, 8/10. i'd attribute that to the author being older and further away from the world he is writing about. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 (edited) A brave new world by aldous huxley. great book, and worth a read. The scary thing is that it is very believable.It's like 1984, but more realistic Edited January 25, 2012 by jojo 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboMikey Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 (edited) With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa - E.B. Sledge Amazing account of a marine that fought in some of the worst fighting of World War 2. Puts things into perspective. Edited January 26, 2012 by JamboMikey 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Henry Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 Just got sent The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Apparently, I am very similar to one of the support characters. I'm only eleven pages in, and have absolutely no idea whether this is a good or bad thing. Very well written eleven pages, I must say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigMartyn86 Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 A question of blood by Ian Rankin. Almost finished the rebus series and it's been quite good reading it from the start in knots and crosses up to fleshmarket close (almost finished that as well). will be a bit gutted when I finish the series though as you become quite attached to some of the characters. Here's hoping DI Fox is as entertaining as rebus has been. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckles Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa - E.B. Sledge Amazing account of a marine that fought in some of the worst fighting of World War 2. Puts things into perspective. The recent Hanks / Spielberg TV series " The Pacific ", was mainly based on this book . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny Danger Posted January 30, 2012 Share Posted January 30, 2012 I finally got around to reading '1984' by George Orwell, a book I've been meaning to read for a long time. I wasn't disappointed. I loved it. It's portrayal of a society based on hatred and fear feels almost as if Orwell was sending a message of warning to future generations. Words and phrases such as Big Brother, the thought police, Room 101 etc have all entered our vocabulary, which I find very telling. I would recommend this dark, and at times frightening, story to everyone. Excellent book, though there is nothing of Orwell's that has ever disappointed me. Started reading the Stuart Macbride novels. Pretty good though he uses author's licence (sp?) to its full effect. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty meadow Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 Latest book by Andrea Levy and another cracker. This time set in 19th century Jamaica rather than the usual English setting this novel is based in the latter days of slavery and also it's abolition. Like the previous books I've read by this author you are captivated right from the beginning and quickly get to love or hate the characters. As is the norm with Levy's books the dark, disturbing subjects investigated by the author are laced with some very funny moments which are at times solely down to her unique writing style. Highly recommended 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa - E.B. Sledge Amazing account of a marine that fought in some of the worst fighting of World War 2. Puts things into perspective. Get yourself Helmet for my Pillow by Robert Leckie as a companion piece. This also made up a large part of The Pacific 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds2002 Posted January 31, 2012 Share Posted January 31, 2012 I have just finished "The City and the City" by China Mieville. Science Fictiony Thiller - two cities occupy the same time and space and there has been a murder with an investigations that is slightly tangled. Interesting concept and I enjoyed the book overall but there are a few holes in the plot (although I often find that with Thrillers). I know others have found this a difficult read but by chapter 3 I was in the swing of things. Probably enjoyed the premise more than the investigation though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shire Voice Of Reason Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 Currently re-reading "England's Dreaming" by Jon Savage. A social and music history of punk in the 1970's. Inspirational stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Hutchwright Posted February 1, 2012 Share Posted February 1, 2012 suttree by cormac mccarthy: an apparently semi autobiographical novel about a young man's time spent living amongst the poorest people in 1950s knoxville tennesse. it's quite realistic in that that there isn't much of a plot, it just details live amongst the destitute which is unsuprisingly sad but never depressing. as ever with mccarthy the writing, particularly the dialouge, is fantastic with a bit more of a friendly conversational tone to it compared to the grave doom in some of his other works. a great read, hopefully he will publish something new shortly. I'm the best part of the way through this at the moment, and it really is a great novel. There's a real warmth and humour to it, which isn't something that particularly characterises his later books, wonderful though they are. Gene Harrogate is just a brilliant character. I must admit that I've have had to reach for the dictionary a fair few times though... Regarding new work from McCarthy, he's seemingly working on a novel called The Passenger, which is to be set in 1980's New Orleans, and about a young man dealing with the suicide of his sister. This, along with Richard Ford's Canada, which seems to have been 'forthcoming' for about three years now, are the two yet to be released novels I'm champing at the bit to get my clammy paws on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty meadow Posted February 9, 2012 Share Posted February 9, 2012 Read this ... Crime novel set on Lewis. 7/10 and this ... Comedy/thriller set in Northern Ireland. 4/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
young buck Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 smokeheads-doug johnstone- easy wee read. the power of the dog- don winslow. expansive epic story of mexican drug cartels and how women are mans most dangerous liason. fantastic read 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandcowden Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 I finally got around to reading '1984' by George Orwell, a book I've been meaning to read for a long time. I wasn't disappointed. I loved it. It's portrayal of a society based on hatred and fear feels almost as if Orwell was sending a message of warning to future generations. Words and phrases such as Big Brother, the thought police, Room 101 etc have all entered our vocabulary, which I find very telling. I would recommend this dark, and at times frightening, story to everyone. i try to read one classic a year,i finally got round to 1984 this year.supurb though chilling,highly recommended 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddiemcgarrigle Posted February 13, 2012 Share Posted February 13, 2012 Hell's Gate - Douglas Nash Chronicles the Battle Of The Cherkassy Pocket where 400,000 Russians had surrounded 60,000 Germans. Although outnumbered in men, tanks, artillery and aircraft, the Jerries still managed to break out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty meadow Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Japanese man hears a muzak version of Norwegian Wood on an aeroplane and is taken back to his college days and his love of two completely different (in every sense) girls. Pretty much a 'love triangle' story but very dark in places and brilliantly written or perhaps translated. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 I finally got around to reading '1984' by George Orwell, a book I've been meaning to read for a long time. I wasn't disappointed. I loved it. It's portrayal of a society based on hatred and fear feels almost as if Orwell was sending a message of warning to future generations. Words and phrases such as Big Brother, the thought police, Room 101 etc have all entered our vocabulary, which I find very telling. I would recommend this dark, and at times frightening, story to everyone. Probably the book I'd pick out as my favourite if anyone asked. Read it at school when I was 15 or 16 and it didn't do much for me, but read it again a couple of years ago and found it terrifying, have read it a few times since, tend to pick it up when I've run out of books to read and it's still to hit pay day. Every time as enjoyable as the last. Just started reading "Fight Club". Have seen the film, which I enjoyed, but read a few other books from Palahniuk recently and thought I'd give this a go. Also bought "Vernon God Little", off the back of reading "Lights Out in Wonderland", which I enjoyed despite finding it difficult to follow at times, and finding the end a little abrupt... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 (edited) The Slayer Diaries by Jon 'Metalion' Kristiansen A brilliant 700 page nostalgia fest for metalheads of a certain generation, weaned on tape trading, fanzines and ropy demos from Sweden and beyond. Takes us from the early 80's right through Norway's notorious 90's to near enough the present day. 8/10 Also 'I Am Legend' by Richard Matheson. Read it in one evening; it's fantastic and DON'T EVEN MENTION WILL SMITH!! 10/10 Edited February 20, 2012 by Ranaldo Bairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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