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Reading Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse 5.
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Didn't really enjoy Slaughterhouse at all. Cat's Cradle or Breakfast both vastly better.
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
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Just finished Wind-up Bird Chronicle, now starting Journey to the Centre of the Earth.
Wow - I freaking love Alan Furst - haven't read Spies of the Balkans yet, but I've read about 4 or 5 others. If you haven' lost all interest, try "The Foreign Correspondent"
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- Aug 13, 2001
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I'm reading Lights out in Wonderland at the moment.
If anyone else is reading it/has read it would be very interested to hear some thoughts on it. Not quite sure what I think of it, at this point.
If anyone else is reading it/has read it would be very interested to hear some thoughts on it. Not quite sure what I think of it, at this point.
Reading the rather monumental tome "Crimes Against Humanity" by Geoffrey Robertson. It's an impressive study of the history of human rights and their enforcement, including some rather sobering examples of the UN's failures, along with occasional successes.
Unfortunately, I got the ultra-cheap Penguin version, which has about 8-point writing - makes a complex book even harder to follow!
Unfortunately, I got the ultra-cheap Penguin version, which has about 8-point writing - makes a complex book even harder to follow!
Vince Neil : Tattoos & Tequila. Outstanding.
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A Farewell to Arms, The Immoralist and Fathers & Sons.
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Loved it. Read it a few years ago and have lent it out to several people since then, but they struggled to get into it. The end gets me every time. Amazing book.
Pale Fire - Vladimir Nabakov
It's a little bit strange so far.
It's a little bit strange so far.
Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb
Going slowly due to exams, but up to the last/second last chapter and I'm loving it so far. Can't wait to get stuck into the next two books.
Going slowly due to exams, but up to the last/second last chapter and I'm loving it so far. Can't wait to get stuck into the next two books.
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Anthony Bourdain, Medium Raw. Sequel to Kitchen Confidential, really a collection of essays/musings/reminiscinces.
It's a bit of fluff after ploughing my way through 2666 by Roberto Bolano. Not that it was turgid or a struggle, far from it. But with two young kids and a heavily pregnant Mrs Mortdecai, I basically read 20 mins on the train to work, 20 mins on the way home. Oh, and on the crapper. Anyway makes a 900 page book last.
But 2666 is superb. Can't decide if I prefer it to The Savage Detectives - both outstanding.
It's a bit of fluff after ploughing my way through 2666 by Roberto Bolano. Not that it was turgid or a struggle, far from it. But with two young kids and a heavily pregnant Mrs Mortdecai, I basically read 20 mins on the train to work, 20 mins on the way home. Oh, and on the crapper. Anyway makes a 900 page book last.
But 2666 is superb. Can't decide if I prefer it to The Savage Detectives - both outstanding.
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In between book club books I'm reading something a bit more trashy as in 'El Diego', Diego Maradona's autobiography. Reading this is like being in a Bueno Aires nightclib with a coked up Diego yelling in your ear for 3 hours about his life and career from his point of view. Entertaining in some bits but very onesided...biographys are the better to read.
Renegade's Magic. Book 3 of the Soldier Son's Trilogy by Robin Hobb.
After really enjoying the Assassin and Tawny Man series this one isn't too bad. It's not as good as those two, but it's not the grind The Liveship Traders was.
After really enjoying the Assassin and Tawny Man series this one isn't too bad. It's not as good as those two, but it's not the grind The Liveship Traders was.
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117 Days: An Account of Confinement and Interrogation Under the South African Ninety-Day Detention Law by Ruth First. Ruth was an anti-apartheid activist; married to Joe Slovo, she was killed by the South African security forces when she opened a parcel bomb that had been sent to her in Mozambique. This is the story of her detention in 1963, and the way that she coped with it psychologically. Only a short book, and it utterly fascinating.
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"Chocky" by John Wyndham. Don't bother reading it if it's on your list as it's crap.
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Lol... isn't that the early 80's kids sci-fi show?
Crap is unfair. What one would find with John Wyndham books is that they would be dated somewhat. I read a lot of Wyndham in my younger days, the early 70's, and found his books to be relevant for the times and full of imaginative ideas that appealed to me as a teen. The vast majority of his novels where post apocalyptic in a very English style that has maybe not stood the test of time. I suspect that a lot of the genre from that period would also seem somewhat dated, say On The Beach by Neville Shute and Lord Of The Flies by William Golding.
Wyndhams books are still staple fair for ideas for film and TV. I had no idea that Choky had been adapted for Kids TV though I did catch a recent remake of Triffids though that was a bit disappointing.
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WTF? That is so bad? Can you get a refund out of it?
I'm currently reading Patrick Rothfuss "The Name of the Wind". Excellent book and so simplistic to read. No padding or unnecessary filler like most fantasy book does.
I'm currently reading Patrick Rothfuss "The Name of the Wind". Excellent book and so simplistic to read. No padding or unnecessary filler like most fantasy book does.
Next series on my agenda...once I'm done with Robin Hobb and read the next SOIAF...and perhaps WoT as I'm a slow reader. Great reviews and an interesting concept.
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Trust me. He's a good as writer. Doesn't mince word. Great writing style and interesting way of retelling a story. You won't be disappointed. Also won a few awards and was considered one of the most anticipated book for the year that it released.
