has anyone read Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman? Its the 3rd book i'm reading at the moment.
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Just finished reading "The Wolf of Wall Street", easily the best book I have read. Will go into buy the 2nd book "Catching the wolf of wall street" soon. The author is going to SYD and MELB but not perth. 
It's great isn't it. You are really made to feel Rubeshov's torment and gradual mental disintegration. And also frustration as this man becomes a puppet for something that he helped build and that has now lost it's way with the second generation.
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Too early to tell what I think about it yet.
Too early to tell what I think about it yet.
I finished reading A Thousand Splendid Suns last night and now feel depressed. Not totally convined with the quality of writing but a story that we need to know about in the West.
I think I will read Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami next. I bought it a few weeks ago and planned to read it next but I am not sure if my wife has finished it yet.
For the record. I happen to really enjoy Tim Winton books. Not through any sense of nationailism because I am English. I read The Riders when I was going through a separation many years ago and the feelings that the main character had were so real to me. I find he is very evocative.
I do not remember being bored reading Picture of Dorian Gray. I think I was in a very intense mood at that time of my life and read so many classics that it would have seemed like such light reading.
I think I will read Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami next. I bought it a few weeks ago and planned to read it next but I am not sure if my wife has finished it yet.
For the record. I happen to really enjoy Tim Winton books. Not through any sense of nationailism because I am English. I read The Riders when I was going through a separation many years ago and the feelings that the main character had were so real to me. I find he is very evocative.
I do not remember being bored reading Picture of Dorian Gray. I think I was in a very intense mood at that time of my life and read so many classics that it would have seemed like such light reading.
The Fabric of the Cosmos by Brian Greene.
Basically an introduction into space, time, reality, dark matter, space warps, quantum mechanics, string theory... you get the picture. Covers scientific advances chronologically, carefully explaining each breakthrough in layman terms everyone with half a brain should be able to understand.
There is no mathematics in the book, instead concepts are very precisely articulated and illustrated with analogies, metaphors, stories and illustrations.
A fascinating read, much more enjoyable and accessible than A Brief History of Time, which IMO is one of the most overrated books ever written (right up there with Cloudstreet).
Basically an introduction into space, time, reality, dark matter, space warps, quantum mechanics, string theory... you get the picture. Covers scientific advances chronologically, carefully explaining each breakthrough in layman terms everyone with half a brain should be able to understand.
There is no mathematics in the book, instead concepts are very precisely articulated and illustrated with analogies, metaphors, stories and illustrations.
A fascinating read, much more enjoyable and accessible than A Brief History of Time, which IMO is one of the most overrated books ever written (right up there with Cloudstreet).
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"The Gum Thief" by Douglas Coupland.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.
The new Penguin Hardcovers are awesome!
The new Penguin Hardcovers are awesome!
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I am America (and so can you) by Stephen Colbert.
Hilarious. Just finished the Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan - not bad at all.
Hilarious. Just finished the Strain by Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan - not bad at all.
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The Adventures of Huck Finn.
I may end up struggling by the end due to the 1st person slang narrative. Pretty enjoyable so far though.
I may end up struggling by the end due to the 1st person slang narrative. Pretty enjoyable so far though.
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Worth persisting with. It's a great book.
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Will do, very good so far.
A Clockwork Orange.
A great read so far, love the language.
A great read so far, love the language.
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"Santa - A Life" by Jermey Seal.
Interesting piece of work that traces the evolution of St Nicholas/Santa Clause from a 4th Century Byzantine Saint to an icon of global consumerism.
Interesting piece of work that traces the evolution of St Nicholas/Santa Clause from a 4th Century Byzantine Saint to an icon of global consumerism.
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Read a bit over the last 2 months or so, although nothing particularly heavy, and mostly re-reads
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby - Good book, bits of humour and pretty well written
Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson - bryson is a great travel writer, and this is probably my favourite of his books. Friggen hilarious
A Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life The Universe and Everything, So Long and Thanks for all the Fish - Douglas Adams - supurb series of books, zany, pretty original.
Slam - Nick Hornby - Shithouse to be honest, crappy book.
ZigZag Street - Nick Earls - Really good book, hadnt read it for years but one of the better books i have read
Currently reading a new Nick Earls book.
High Fidelity - Nick Hornby - Good book, bits of humour and pretty well written
Walk in the Woods - Bill Bryson - bryson is a great travel writer, and this is probably my favourite of his books. Friggen hilarious
A Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, Restaurant at the End of the Universe, Life The Universe and Everything, So Long and Thanks for all the Fish - Douglas Adams - supurb series of books, zany, pretty original.
Slam - Nick Hornby - Shithouse to be honest, crappy book.
ZigZag Street - Nick Earls - Really good book, hadnt read it for years but one of the better books i have read
Currently reading a new Nick Earls book.
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John Kennedy Toole- A Confederacy of Dunces
worth all the hype
worth all the hype
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Im half way through reading "The Cup" which is based on the 2001 Melboune Cup
Good read so far
Im half way through reading "The Cup" which is based on the 2001 Melboune Cup
Good read so far
Just started The Beach by Alex Garland today. Seems good so far.
Also reading Richard Dawkins' new book: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, and The Second World War, by Martin Gilbert (Winston Churchill's biographer). Yes, it's slow going getting through all this.
Also reading Richard Dawkins' new book: The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, and The Second World War, by Martin Gilbert (Winston Churchill's biographer). Yes, it's slow going getting through all this.
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Not reading, but listening to an audiobook of 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'.
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John Kennedy Toole- A Confederacy of Dunces
worth all the hype
Great book. Better with multiple readings.
Currently reading God Delusion again. Next up Nick Cave's book
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To the Lighthouse, by Virginia Woolf. As the colonist in Aliens said when the marines arrived, "please.... kill..... me.."
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Her writing style takes a bit of getting used to, but definitely worth it in the end.
