What Book Are You Reading Now?

Under-the-ground

Done a bit of reading on the Great War.

What waste of life. Adds a bit more on to my trip earlier in the year to Ypres.

Feels to me we haven’t learnt a thing.

Under-the-ground

Finished the invisible man by Hg wells.

I enjoyed it, but sort of fizzled out at the end, I did like the descriptions of that south east nowheresville at the start. Suffolk way.

Anchor

Finished this yesterday after Rudi recoed it. It was good and a proper page turner at the end. Some chunky issues weaved in and they were subtle. It got a bit David Peace in the middle but enjoyable nonetheless.

white_dragon

Set in Bradford. Enjoyed it enough to read another next.
In the wrong order, I think.

Under-the-ground

Just finished Fred & rose house of horrors.

Not my usual bag but having lived in Gloucestershire most of my life I remember it all well, even though I was away at the time it happened. Fuck me what a hard read. Proper sick fucks.

Good book. Not sensationalised but glad to finish it. How did all go undetected for so long? That Gloucestershire thing of I didn’t like to ask. Proper inward looking.

Anchor

Under-the-ground Does it go into detail with the crimes or more a broad over view?

Under-the-ground

Anchor even broad brush is bad enough . You need a strong stomach

Anchor

Cockfight by Maria Fernanda Ampuero - Brutal set of short stories covering a lot of themes. race, class, patriarchy, crime, religion - usual stuff.

Translated from the Authors Ecuadorian Spanish. Enjoyed.

Odd_Job

Just finished ‘Echoes’ - Will Sergeant. Great read. We’re only up to ‘Heaven Up Here’. Looking forward to Volumes 3, 4 and 5…

CBIT

Odd_Job Is this available in the @Odd_Job library for borrowers ?

CBIT

The Night Manager

Anchor

Under-the-ground I think I might skip it.

fuzzy

I bought Brighton Rock to read on holiday in the summer. Put it somewhere "safe" then couldn't find the bastard. Found it this week. Brilliant. Just so good. Think Greene is becoming one of my favourite ever Authors. Only read about 6 but so much more to go at. Which is great to know.

Harvest

fuzzy That's a great book, really atmospheric. You seen the Richard Attenborough film? Equally good, slightly different ending.

oneallanclarke

fuzzy A contemporary author who’s compared to Greene and whom I like a lot is Lawrence Osborne. Morally compromised, flawed characters in exotic locations. Hunters in the Dark, Ballad of a Small Player and The Forgiven are all very good, if not in the end quite in the Greene league.

fuzzy

Harvest No need to see that! Yeah so atmospheric. It's like a film playing out in your imagination

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos

fuzzy Once you’re past the old line about the film never being as good as the book, it’s top viewing. The seediness of Pinkie’s mob, and the rundown hovel they inhabit are perfectly presented.

Djpekingman

Young_Marxist_at_Tescos Or the remake not being as good as the original - the 2010 remake was superb. On a par with the original.

Harvest

Under-the-ground

Following on from the Monroe book just read this. A very good read. She was a worker & survivor alright. She certainly made mistakes in life but she didn’t dwell on them.

Plus she was pretty fit which helps. I enjoyed the descriptions of that underbelly of London from the 50’s to the .70’s. She also from Swindon. Nowheresville if there was ever a place. Good book

Kevin_Stapleton

Fup by Jim Dodge. For about the 3rd of 4th time, and it never gets any less brilliant. Required as a 'palate cleanser' after some self-indulgent French nonsense and whilst I waited for a big parcel from WOB.

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