What are you reading
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Roadhump
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted
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- The flatlands of South West Lancs
I recently read Skinhead by Richard Allen. This book, and a few others, such as Suedehead, Skinhead Escapes and Chopper were all the rage when I was at school in the early 70s during the Skinhead / Boot boy/ Suedehead / Smoothie / Hell's Angel era, and I read most of them then when making out you were dead hard was in vogue, and if you used phrases like "in vogue" you would have got your head kicked in for being a nancy boy.
Out of curiosity I found it on Amazon for a couple of quid so got it for my Kindle. All I can say is, what a load of garbage, seems like it was written in a hurry, shallow lazy plot with cartoon style predictable gratuitous violence.
Now reading City of Bones by Michael Connelly, the 8th of the Harry Bosch detective stories, a much better quality read.
Out of curiosity I found it on Amazon for a couple of quid so got it for my Kindle. All I can say is, what a load of garbage, seems like it was written in a hurry, shallow lazy plot with cartoon style predictable gratuitous violence.
Now reading City of Bones by Michael Connelly, the 8th of the Harry Bosch detective stories, a much better quality read.
Dayvo
just passin' through
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- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
[QUOTE 5130157, member: 259"]The Long Goodbye by Raymond Chandler. California, what it is to be human, and dead smart, witty writing.[/QUOTE]
Just catching up with this thread.
If you like Raymond Chandler, you'll really enjoy Philip Kerr's 'Bernie Gunther' series.
Unfortunately Philip Kerr died recently, but he managed to turn out a dozen or so Gunther books: top drawer reading (and writing) with plenty of chuckles thrown in for good measure.
Just catching up with this thread.
If you like Raymond Chandler, you'll really enjoy Philip Kerr's 'Bernie Gunther' series.
Unfortunately Philip Kerr died recently, but he managed to turn out a dozen or so Gunther books: top drawer reading (and writing) with plenty of chuckles thrown in for good measure.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
At home, I'm catching up on a bit of local-ish history, through various books pulled off my shelves
(& one, for the Western answer to the 'Great North Road')
(& one, for the Western answer to the 'Great North Road')
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor. Hilarious. Also gut-wrenching. Also infuriating. Makes you wonder how the NHS functions at all (but not why it hoovers up money). But mostly hilarious. Adam Kay, who wrote it, now writes for tv instead. You can certainly see why.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
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- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
The Chimp Paradox by Prof Steve Peters, consultant psychiatrist to the Sky Cycling team etc.
I wasn't interested enough to pay the full price for it, but it was on offer for Kindle at 99p yesterday so I downloaded a copy.
I can tell you already that my inner Chimp has been in charge for too long and has been bullying my latent Human!
I wasn't interested enough to pay the full price for it, but it was on offer for Kindle at 99p yesterday so I downloaded a copy.
I can tell you already that my inner Chimp has been in charge for too long and has been bullying my latent Human!
shirokazan
Veteran
The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane.
Reynard
Guru
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- Cambridgeshire, UK
"A Flag Full of Stars" by Brad Ferguson.
A Star Trek novel set between the end of the original series and the first of the films.
A Star Trek novel set between the end of the original series and the first of the films.
Hitchington
Lovely stuff
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- That London
Re-reading Iain M Banks culture series. Heard that Amazon are producing a Consider Phlebas TV series, so dug out my collect to refamiliarise myself.
LeetleGreyCells
Un rouleur infatigable
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- Whitehaven Mansions
Re-reading the Hellequin series by Steve McHugh as the final book has come out so I thought I’d do the series justice and start again from beginning. I’ve read the first book, Crime Against Magic, and I’m now on Born To Hatred. Great characters, plot and dialogue. Recommended.
luckyfox
She's the cats pajamas
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- County Durham
Eat Pray Love
Not my usual but it’s interesting, differs greatly from the movie.
Not my usual but it’s interesting, differs greatly from the movie.
Yellow Fang
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I am reading The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins. Pretty good so far.
Also reading The Alexandria Quartet by Lee Durrell, elder brother of Gerald Durrell who wrote My Family and Other Animals. It was a mistake starting this. It's about 2 inches thick and it's like wading through treacle.
Also reading The Alexandria Quartet by Lee Durrell, elder brother of Gerald Durrell who wrote My Family and Other Animals. It was a mistake starting this. It's about 2 inches thick and it's like wading through treacle.
