MattBairn Posted October 7, 2015 Share Posted October 7, 2015 Currently reading a book called Ready Player One. Basically it's a mix between the Matrix and Willy Wonka as the quote on the front cover states. Very heavy on its nods to the 80s which was the main reason I purchased it. Basically it's set in 2044 and the world is ravaged, so most people spend their lives hooked into the online OASIS which is basically a virtual reality with thousands of planets and life is pretty much lived on there. The owner of the system has just died and he has no heirs, so what he done before his death was set up a quest and the winner will inherit his multi million fortune which some people believe isn't real due to it's difficulty as 5 years have passed and there hasn't been a sniff of a clue. The lead character finds the first clue which leads to everyone in the world willing to murder etc to inherit this world just because of how poor the quality of life is on Earth. I've not finished it but very interesting concept and it's an easy enough pick up and put down. That is going to be my next book after I've finished the 3rd book in the Silo series. Fancied it for ages and downloaded it a few days ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted October 8, 2015 Share Posted October 8, 2015 Finished Black Mass on the way into work yesterday. Bought "Child 44" on my way home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted October 9, 2015 Share Posted October 9, 2015 Bliss To Be Alive - Gavin Hills I've been reading this collection of articles written by the now deceased Face magazine journalist Gavin Hills. There some pretty interesting stuff, covering such diverse topics as football hooliganism, the dance music scene, interail travel and various political issues of the time. Some of it is very dated, but he did die in 1997, so that's to be expected. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 Coming Up For Air by George Orwell It's quite funny. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlion Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 "Lustrum" by Robert Harris - the second of his Cicero novels, about life in the last years of the Roman Republic, from the POV of consul and scholar Cicero's slave. The third in the trilogy ("Dictator") has just been released, so I'll have to pick it up in hardcover. Thoroughly recommend these books! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Quite Ugly One Morning, Chris Brookmyre. A birthday gift from my son and a good page turner, if you can suspend belief regarding the unlikely tale. This was my first Brookmyre - I believe it was his debut novel. Thanks, Albino! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Oh, I missed one. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graeme. It's a bit wacky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boostin' Kev Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Got round to reading Makiavelli's The Prince. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albino Rover Posted October 15, 2015 Share Posted October 15, 2015 Quite Ugly One Morning, Chris Brookmyre. A birthday gift from my son and a good page turner, if you can suspend belief regarding the unlikely tale. This was my first Brookmyre - I believe it was his debut novel. Thanks, Albino! Most welcome. Glad you liked it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliced Bread Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I'm doing a 52 book reading challenge in 2015, just finished #47 Stephen King - "Salem's Lot". Now reading #48 Terry Pratchett - "Sourcery". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sliced Bread Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Despite being a big SK fan I actually saw the movie before reading the book and I was underwhelmed tbh then read the book a few years later, it's has much greater 'supernatural' feel than the Kubrick 'insanity' movie and it just worked better imo. It was nice that Danny and Dick(pan bread in the movie) made a reappearance in Doctor Sleep which I also enjoyed. . I'm a big fan too, read most of his stuff but did not enjoy Doctor Sleep. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Quite Ugly One Morning, Chris Brookmyre. A birthday gift from my son and a good page turner, if you can suspend belief regarding the unlikely tale. This was my first Brookmyre - I believe it was his debut novel. Thanks, Albino! If you plan on reading more of his stuff, it's probably best to read them in order. While in a lot of cases it won't make the books less enjoyable, a lot of the characters and incidents are reused and referred to later. Can make some things make a bit more sense.. I finished Child 44, which was excellent. Now reading "Life or Death" by Michael Robotham. Enjoyable so far. First of his books I have read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I'm a big fan too, read most of his stuff but did not enjoy Doctor Sleep. I think I'm easily pleased when it comes to anything SK related, I liked Revival and Finders Keepers too. I also really enjoyed NOS4A2 (could have been a bit shorter) which has crossover(y) elements. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludo*1 Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 I'm shocked at the dislike for The Shining. I love the film and the book and I'd seen the film first. I think the biggest scare in the book isn't in the film - the bit in the sandbox - for anyone that knows what I'm talking about. I also enjoyed the layered back story of Jack's abusive drinking past. That said I also loved the mini series and most on here thought that was dreadful, so perhaps it's just me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capybara Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 (edited) Just finished Lee Child's latest Reacher. I liked it a lot. Typical Reacher story. You know what you are going to get but it is a bit of escapism. Just going to start Bill Brysons The Road to Little Dribbling. It is the follow up to the brilliant Notes from a Small Island. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago. Edited October 17, 2015 by capybara 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted October 17, 2015 Share Posted October 17, 2015 capybara, on 17 Oct 2015 - 14:38, said:Just finished Lee Child's latest Reacher. I liked it a lot. Typical Reacher story. You know what you are going to get but it is a bit of escapism. I've always preferred his small town conspiracy type stories compared to the globe trotting ones and road ones he does. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Nooka Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Finished Iain Banks' Stonemouth last night. Enjoyed it quite a bit, finished it in a couple of days, probably because it was a considerably 'lighter' read than my previous book Existence by David Brin. Despite having the feeling their wasn't much actually happening in the story it kept me interested and had quite an 'explosive' finale. His SF books have much more going on, a bit too much for some people but I think that's why i like them. Just started reading V for vandetta which I loaned from the library,it's a shame Moore didn't think to go a little further into the future. The story is set in 1997 and a facist government has been in power for about 10 years. I reckon he was just a tad pessimistic with that kind of outlook in the early 80's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty meadow Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Just finished reading The Cartel by Don Winslow. I can't recommend this highly enough. Brutal at times but absolutely engrossing particularly so when you realise that some of the most gruesome parts of the book are based on real events. Before that I read The Power of the Dog which was the prequel to the above. Once again, highly recommended. Two of the best books I've read in a long time. This month I have also read Wind / Pinball by Haruki Murakami which is an omnibus edition of his first two novels, Hear The Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973. I don't know what it is about him but I love Murakami's style of writing although it's easy to see why some people just don't rate him. Finally, I read The Strange Library also by Murakami which I picked up in the library not realising it was an illustrated children's novella. Now reading another by Don Winslow, Savages which was made into a film in 2012. Just started this one and although it is another one based on the Mexican drug cartels it doesn't seem like it's going to be as in depth as the previous books I mentioned. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Gaines Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Working through the King collection, and Christine is done. Wasn't hot on the premise of it, but it's really well done and found myself getting right into it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Kincardine Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Finished Iain Banks' Stonemouth last night. Enjoyed it quite a bit, finished it in a couple of days, probably because it was a considerably 'lighter' read than my previous book Existence by David Brin. I liked 'Stonemouth'. Did you watch the BBC adaptation? How do you think they compared? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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