Richey Edwards Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Bob in Denny said: Far superior... just put aside plenty of time.. Hobbit first.. I've finally took the plunge and presently listening to a Bob Mortimer @and away' audiobook, strange feeling and TBH missing the hard copy... Yeah they're a bit bulky. I did try Audible but it's just not the same as actually reading. I can understand the appeal and convenience of being able to listen to books while going about your day without actually needing to find the time to sit and read, but that wasn't for me. Reading is something I enjoy doing and I felt that audiobooks took that aspect away. Edited August 20, 2023 by Richey Edwards 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 1 minute ago, Richey Edwards said: Yeah they're a bit bulky. I did try Audible but it's just not the same as actually reading. I probably read the LOTW book every couple of years.. I find around 20 mins a time with any book ... the films were good but missed a lot of the backstories.. Enjoy..... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 22 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: Are the books worth reading? Do you like reading descriptions of trees? If so, yes. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, Bob in Denny said: I probably read the LOTW book every couple of years.. I find around 20 mins a time with any book ... the films were good but missed a lot of the backstories.. Enjoy..... Yeah, I've heard that the films missed out a lot of characters and plot aspects. Just now, mathematics said: Do you like reading descriptions of trees? If so, yes. What kind of trees? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 2 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: What kind of trees? All of them 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 20, 2023 Share Posted August 20, 2023 Just now, mathematics said: All of them Big fan of trees IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are by Rachel Bloom. Bonkers and very enjoyable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 Spearfish by Brian Callison Action adventure written and set in the early 80s. Very enjoyable, read it in a day. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internet Citizen Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 On 20/08/2023 at 12:02, Bob in Denny said: Far superior... just put aside plenty of time.. Hobbit first.. I've finally took the plunge and presently listening to a Bob Mortimer @and away' audiobook, strange feeling and TBH missing the hard copy... I find audiobooks of autobiographies quite good if it’s the person reading it. Bob Mortimer’s was great. It took me time to get used to them, but I tend to listen now if I’m driving. On 20/08/2023 at 11:57, Richey Edwards said: I have never read the LOTR/The Hobbit books despite enjoying the movies years ago. Are the books worth reading? I’ve just bought a Hobbit/LOTR book set 2nd hand from eBay, as I had a notion for something a bit different from my usual reads. If and when I get round to them, I’ll let you know how it goes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob in Denny Posted August 22, 2023 Share Posted August 22, 2023 3 hours ago, Internet Citizen said: I find audiobooks of autobiographies quite good if it’s the person reading it. Bob Mortimer’s was great. It took me time to get used to them, but I tend to listen now if I’m driving. I’ve just bought a Hobbit/LOTR book set 2nd hand from eBay, as I had a notion for something a bit different from my usual reads. If and when I get round to them, I’ll let you know how it goes. Ironically, its on just now as I came into P&B, growing on me this audiobook lark.. Always been a Mortimer fan... after almost 70 years of hard copy reading, I'll teach this old dog new tricks.. mind you, I have an original kindle... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Decided to attempt to make a dent in the absolute piles of books in my collection that I have purchased but not read yet. This weeks reads: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Chess by Stefan Schweig Currently about halfway through The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Just now, Richey Edwards said: One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez That's in my to read pile. What did you think? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 26, 2023 Share Posted August 26, 2023 Just now, Gnash said: That's in my to read pile. What did you think? To be honest it wasn't the kind of thing I would usually read, but it was okay. A bit too much magic realism and incest for my liking, and there are a lot of characters with the same or very similar names - which made it sometimes hard to keep track of who was who. Some parts of the story were pretty interesting though, so I did finish it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandmac Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 (edited) "The silence of the girls " by pat barker,a retelling of the Iliad mainly from the perspective of Achilles slave,breisis.superb Edited August 27, 2023 by highlandmac 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The DA Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 2 hours ago, highlandmac said: "The silence of the girls " by pat barker,a retelling of the Iliad mainly from the perspective of Achilles slave,breisis.supurb Unexpectedly, I really enjoyed that and the first book in the (hopefully) series, 'The Women of Troy'. Briseis is a great character. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 8 hours ago, highlandmac said: "The silence of the girls " by pat barker,a retelling of the Iliad mainly from the perspective of Achilles slave,breisis.superb The Iliad is also on my big pile of books that I haven't read yet. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted August 27, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2023 The Utilita Football Yearbook 2023-24. Decent effort as usual, although they have mis-spelled East Fife's Reece Beveridge's surname... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 12 hours ago, Cosmic Joe said: The Utilita Football Yearbook 2023-24. Decent effort as usual, although they have mis-spelled East Fife's Reece Beveridge's surname... Did they call him Rice Beverage? Sake... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oneteaminglasgow Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Started reading before bed a couple of months ago, having not read much at all for a long time. Very much enjoying it. Books I’ve read so far are: The boy who stole Atilla’s horse - Ivan Repila (novella rather than a full novel, but would thoroughly recommend) Crossing - Pajtim Statovci (utterly depressing mostly, but interesting enough) Meantime - Frankie Boyle (I enjoyed it) The Turning Season - Michael Wagg (not quite what I expected, but some nice stories about places and football teams I’d never heard about before) And Away - Bob Mortimer (it’s Bob fucking Mortimer) A very short introduction to The Spanish civil war - Helen Graham (interesting, but probably only if, like me, you knew almost nothing about the war beforehand) Currently reading Terry Pratchett’s ‘Mort’ having never read anything by him before, and absolutely loving it. Have ordered a few more discworld novels already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internet Citizen Posted September 1, 2023 Share Posted September 1, 2023 (edited) The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka Really interesting take on a whodunnit set against the backdrop of the Sri Lankan civil war. The title character is dead and trying to find out who killed him. Thought this was great. It won the Booker Prize last year but I hadn’t really seen any publicity for it. Edited September 1, 2023 by Internet Citizen 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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