Craig fae the Vale Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Several People Are Typing by Calvin Kasulke. Wildly weird. Great concept. Absolutely tremendous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide This was fine. A perfectly pleasant read but nothing groundbreaking. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted November 1, 2023 Share Posted November 1, 2023 Death to the Emperor by Simon Scarrow. Basically the same as all his other Roman books. But for years I always thought the guys were Marco and Cato. Only this time did my eyes correct and realise the name is actually Macro, not Marco. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefybake Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 'The Psychology of Money' Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed and Happness by Morgan Housel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 On 21/10/2023 at 10:10, Clough85 said: I’ve recently finished Slow Horses and Dead Lions, books 1 and 2 from the Slough House series by Mick Herron. Enjoyed both and just started the third one Real Tigers. The TV adaption is worth a watch as well. Worth watching for Gary Oldman alone. Loved the Slow Horses TV adaptation. The adventures of a group of shit spies. Gary Oldman is his usual brilliant self. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Slayers: A Buffyverse Story by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden. A full cast audiobook featuring a swathe of the original Buffy cast. Enjoyable nonsense set in a parallel universe. Total fluff but entertaining with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 Just finished R.J.B. Bosworth's Mussolini biography. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 43 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: Just finished R.J.B. Bosworth's Mussolini biography. What happens at the end? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 20 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: What happens at the end? He emigrates to the USA and opens a chain of restaurants. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacky Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 I recently read catch22 by Joseph Heller again. Once again I was laughing out loud at some of the madness. Maybe it’s just my simple sense of humour, but some of the well written irony in it really does make me laugh out loud. It’s about an American bomber group flying missions during the war. The biggest catch being that military personnel can stop flying missions and go home if they say they are mad, but anyone who says they are mad, and wants to stop flying missions can’t be considered mad, as you’d sane to not want go into a plane and be shot at. “it’s a powerful catch that catch22, it’s the best there is” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 41 minutes ago, Richey Edwards said: He emigrates to the USA and opens a chain of restaurants. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 46 minutes ago, Wacky said: I recently read catch22 by Joseph Heller again. Once again I was laughing out loud at some of the madness. Maybe it’s just my simple sense of humour, but some of the well written irony in it really does make me laugh out loud. It’s about an American bomber group flying missions during the war. The biggest catch being that military personnel can stop flying missions and go home if they say they are mad, but anyone who says they are mad, and wants to stop flying missions can’t be considered mad, as you’d sane to not want go into a plane and be shot at. “it’s a powerful catch that catch22, it’s the best there is” I must have started that book 3 or 4 times now, and always give up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted November 7, 2023 Share Posted November 7, 2023 7 hours ago, scottsdad said: I must have started that book 3 or 4 times now, and always give up. I'm the same, one of the very few books I've started but not finished. I just couldn't get into it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted November 12, 2023 Share Posted November 12, 2023 God Bless You, Mr Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut. Once again, a sixty year old book from Vonnegut still hits hard as a satire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted November 22, 2023 Share Posted November 22, 2023 The Deal of a Lifetime by Fredrik Backman. A truly wonderful short story. Backman is a perfect author. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted December 1, 2023 Share Posted December 1, 2023 Child of God by Cormac McCarthy. What a master storyteller McCarthy was. What a loss to the world. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melanius Mullarkey Posted December 2, 2023 Share Posted December 2, 2023 Les Enfants Terrible by Jean Cocteau. Troubled siblings. Lot of shite imo. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. Read this before but it's my book club's book for this month and I was more than happy to read it again. Its is a perfect book, perhaps even better the second time around. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted December 6, 2023 Share Posted December 6, 2023 On 20/10/2023 at 22:10, Clough85 said: I’ve recently finished Slow Horses and Dead Lions, books 1 and 2 from the Slough House series by Mick Herron. Enjoyed both and just started the third one Real Tigers. The TV adaption is worth a watch as well. Worth watching for Gary Oldman alone. Ditto. I've been listening to the audiobooks on YT, read by Sean Barrett, who's pretty good and who am I to turn down a freebie ? Just started with Real Tigers and the first two books in the series do a pretty good job of introducing character and backstory. Mick Herron's writing is starting to grow on me but it's an interesting wee game to listen out for the similarities in plot or cast of character hierarchy between Herron and LeCarre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted December 8, 2023 Share Posted December 8, 2023 A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. Very entertaining. Goes back in forth through time, so you have to make sure you're paying attention, but worth the effort. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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