Mark Connolly Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 17 hours ago, JamesP_81 said: The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova. She set herself a challenge to go from complete poker beginner to competing in the WSOP main event in one year . This book chronicles her personal development along the way , a truly compelling behavioural and psychological study. Absolutely no requirement to know or care anything about poker to enjoy it . I hear it's a flop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 12 minutes ago, SamuraiJock said: Inversions - Iain M. Banks - Banks and the Culture books always excellent. Very little Culture in this one though. While still full of interesting ideas and quality prose, I’d say inversions was the book I enjoyed least out of his sci fi brand. Still better than most stuff by most other writers though. It reminded me in a lot of ways of one of the plot threads in The Bridge, the one with the castle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamuraiJock Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 10 minutes ago, coprolite said: While still full of interesting ideas and quality prose, I’d say inversions was the book I enjoyed least out of his sci fi brand. Still better than most stuff by most other writers though. It reminded me in a lot of ways of one of the plot threads in The Bridge, the one with the castle. Haven’t tried the bridge yet but it’s on my long list to get to. favourite culture novel? Use of weapons and excession I enjoyed a lot, but still got a few to get to 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 5 minutes ago, SamuraiJock said: Haven’t tried the bridge yet but it’s on my long list to get to. favourite culture novel? Use of weapons and excession I enjoyed a lot, but still got a few to get to Those two for me too. Excession probably shades it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Steele Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 59 minutes ago, SamuraiJock said: Haven’t tried the bridge yet but it’s on my long list to get to. Move it to the 'read this weekend' list. A great book and one of his finest, imo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted April 28, 2023 Share Posted April 28, 2023 Calypso by David Sedaris. It's incredible how Sedaris manages to be so funny while being so deep and personal. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Just finished"exit A",fiction by Anthony Swafford,the guy who wrote "Jarhead".it's decent 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 Not a U2 or bono fan but had some credits on audible to use so listened to Bono's book and was pleasantly surprised, really enjoyed it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarrbridgeSaintee Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 Sounds from Heaven : The Revival on the Isle of Lewis 1949 - 1952. Scotland is largely secular, with true Christianity only being practised by a tiny minority. The pace of change has been much slower in the Western Isles though, and that's not just because of it's remote location, but the revival which took place in the late 40s/early 50s. The book contains testimonies of those alive at the time, and they are fascinating. As a Christian myself, I don't truly understand what actually happened. A charismatic Highland preacher called Duncan Campbell sailed over and started preaching the word in houses, asking people to pray for their salvation, and it went from there. People spoke of suddenly falling to their knees at roadsides with their minds having suddenly consumed by the image of the cross, or hearing church bells in the distance and following them. It sounds like the ways of pentacostalism than us wee frees! Are they lying? I don't think so. Were they being converted in the true sense, by the holy spirit filling their hearts? Possibly, but was this a direct result of Campbell's actions? I'm not so sure. I think mass hysteria could have been at play. What is mass hysteria? (medicalnewstoday.com) What can't be disputed however, is that no matter the gateway, it still led to true conversions and the creation of a high-trust society that I'd have loved to be a part of. Well worth a read folks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Just finished listening to 'cider with Rosie", written in the 50s and read by the author it was a gentle listen with every sentence almost poetic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coineanach Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Not long finished the new(ish) Irvine Welsh yin, "The Long Knives", was a decent yarn but a bit muddied around the trans rights issue, felt like he had something he wanted to say but ended up saying nothing. I reckon he must have had leftover material after being involved with the TV adaptation of "Crime", which was also pretty good. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internet Citizen Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 On 17/04/2023 at 13:09, Melanius Mullarkay said: I did. I have an eye on Brighton Rock so let me know how that goes. The missus also recommended Our Man in Havana and the Power and the Glory. Finished Brighton Rock a couple of days ago and it’s another to recommend. As @coprolitesays, it’s dripping in threat from the off, and is relentlessly menacing but it kind of has to be. I’m on a roll with Greene so I’ve started on The Power And The Glory after the recommendations on here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 6 hours ago, Internet Citizen said: Finished Brighton Rock a couple of days ago and it’s another to recommend. As @coprolitesays, it’s dripping in threat from the off, and is relentlessly menacing but it kind of has to be. I’m on a roll with Greene so I’ve started on The Power And The Glory after the recommendations on here. Just finished Breakfast of Champions by Vonnegut (another interesting if a bit weird at times concept) so will likely move on to Brighton Rock. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Been given a stack of books by my mum. Over the years my dad and I passed loads of books back and forth. He had dozens in his room when he died. Some of these are ones I gave him. Tried reading Much Obliged, Jeeves, which is one of them. Just cannot get through it. I've read this book a few times but just cannot do it at all. So now about to look for new authors/books. No idea where to start. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Paper Girls: The Complete Story by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang. A spectacular time travel epic. Superb story and wonderful artwork. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Just finishing Christiane F - Bahnhof Zoo. A memoir of a teenage junkie/prostitute in 1970s West Berlin. It is fucking grim. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Just finished "Spanish steps" by Tim Moore,about him doing the Camino with a donkey.quite entertaining 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted May 12, 2023 Share Posted May 12, 2023 Finally got round to reading the last Orwell book I hadn’t yet read, The Road to Wigan Pier. Almost 100 years on and nothing of importance in the UK has changed much, with some of the attitudes described becoming more embedded in UK culture, if anything. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Just finished The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler. Reading Farewell, My Lovely now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oystercatcher Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Killing thatcher. All about the IRA plot to blow up the hotel in Brighton. Fantastic book thoroughly recommend it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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