Houdini Logic Posted 20 November 2009 Posted 20 November 2009 this puts me off somewhat. i want a writer to get to the point, not ponce about the bush It's strange because a well written book will take you right where you need to be, but Kerouac seems to be able to do that by writing off the top of his head. My god, I haven't even started on the wine and i'm waffling...
Libertine Posted 20 November 2009 Posted 20 November 2009 Yeh it's not a style that you want to read every day necessarily. Really good though.
Lillehamring Posted 2 December 2009 Posted 2 December 2009 It's strange because a well written book will take you right where you need to be, but Kerouac seems to be able to do that by writing off the top of his head.My god, I haven't even started on the wine and i'm waffling... i started reading, gosh, i think it was visions of cody, and i was completely underwhelmed - not that it was bad, but i was just expecting it to be a bit more exciting, i did enjoy reading his poetry though, that's kind of fun... there are better american writers from that period...(IMO)
Libertine Posted 3 December 2009 Posted 3 December 2009 The Other Hand - Chris Cleave Fiiiinished. Didn't touch it for ages after reading the first chapter but picked it up again about 2 weeks ago. Good stuff. Not a classic, but really easy to read and very interesting and emotional maaan.
Tabou Posted 3 December 2009 Posted 3 December 2009 Just got a free copy of Business Stripped Bare - Richard Branson - from Sainsbury's. Boooyaaaahh Edit:- I am not a shop lifter.
Fosse Boy Posted 27 December 2009 Posted 27 December 2009 Had read about it somewhere and got it in a 3 for 2 (along with two Chirstmas presents) at Waterstones. Only took me a couple of days before Christmas. Great novel, wonderful descriptive passages, couldn't put it down, but I just felt it lacked a real conclusion to the story (although I think I sort of missed the point of it in that regard. I just like stories to have a beginning, middle and end as such). Read Frankie Boyle's autobiography (a Christmas present) too. Had its moments but is mostly a fairly standard autobiography written by someone who's not really old enough to write one, so lots of filler. Currently reading Lynne Truss' book about her days as a sports writer for The Times. Proving very entertaining stuff, decent insight into the world of journalism too.
AoWW Posted 27 December 2009 Posted 27 December 2009 Well if you can put up with Kerouac's (often intense) prose style then I'd definitely read Lonesome Traveller - quite a short book and one you wont put down Talking of 'prose style' I've just finished re-reading The Famished Road by Ben Okri. Fantastic author with an amazing - if somewhat self-indulgent - writing style. Would highly recommend this and also Astonishing the Gods by him - both well worth a read.
dandannieldanok Posted 27 December 2009 Posted 27 December 2009 I received Jack Dee's Thanks for Nothing for Christmas, looking forward to getting into it. I love bitter cynicism.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 28 December 2009 Posted 28 December 2009 Got given a few Dick Francis books never heard of him before but all books have a racing theame which might be all right.
lou Posted 28 December 2009 Posted 28 December 2009 I received Jack Dee's Thanks for Nothing for Christmas, looking forward to getting into it. I love bitter cynicism. Hooray someones posted a book I could actually read too I got Jo Brands.... Look back in hunger for Crimbo and now Im stuck for something to do will settle down with a bottle of Mint Choc Baileys and read some of that this afternoon while the old man plays with his new Blue Ray player. Got given a few Dick Francis books never heard of him before but all books have a racing theame which might be all right. Ive read a lot of his... theyre good!
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 4 January 2010 Posted 4 January 2010 Ive read a lot of his... theyre good! Just started one called Even Money and am already sussing out others of his to by. Also any one read any of Edward Rutherfurd's books, i'm after opions on any of them.
MC Prussian Posted 4 January 2010 Posted 4 January 2010 Talking of 'prose style' I've just finished re-reading The Famished Road by Ben Okri. Fantastic author with an amazing - if somewhat self-indulgent - writing style. Would highly recommend this and also Astonishing the Gods by him - both well worth a read. Funny you mention Ben Okri - just recently dug into Radiohead's discography and found out that "Street Spirits (Fade Out)" was inspired by "The Famished Road".
Tabou Posted 4 January 2010 Posted 4 January 2010 I got 'A Prison Diary - Volumes 1-3 by Jeffrey Archer'. Bloody good read...and opens your eyes to the justice system.
Leicfox Posted 4 January 2010 Posted 4 January 2010 I picked this up from the £1 shop in hardback. Very funny read. Do you have fond memories of Knight Rider, Etch-a-Sketch or Raleigh Choppers? You wouldn't be alone. Books, broadcasters and newspapers have fed us a constant diet of why the good old days were so fabulous. They've made a warm, thick treacle of the past which we've bathed in for too long. This book finally pulls the plug on all that. The Crap Old Days is a savagely funny recollection of how things really were: Tiny Tears was a washout, the Flying Pickets fouled the airwaves and Subbuteo was just flicking daft!
BoneDog Posted 4 February 2010 Posted 4 February 2010 This beauty Then on to the main man Velikovsky, what a hero, shat on by the big establishment delusionists because he rocked their boat, but finally getting some recognition.
Zingari Posted 4 February 2010 Posted 4 February 2010 I got 'A Prison Diary - Volumes 1-3 by Jeffrey Archer'. Bloody good read...and opens your eyes to the justice system. i don't believe a fookin word that man says
Zingari Posted 4 February 2010 Posted 4 February 2010 This beauty Then on to the main man Velikovsky, what a hero, shat on by the big establishment delusionists because he rocked their boat, but finally getting some recognition. flippin heck Empty , you read some deep shit , ain't you never heard of dan brown or john grisham ?
BoneDog Posted 4 February 2010 Posted 4 February 2010 ain't you never heard of dan brown or john grisham ? I do love a bit of Pratchett now and then
Hitesh Posted 4 February 2010 Posted 4 February 2010 Currently reading through Enigma by Robert Harris - its a really good read! Also getting me into the history of the war a bit more so might start looking for some books on the Enigma itself and the later years of the war.
Lillehamring Posted 4 February 2010 Posted 4 February 2010 just finished 'the late hector kipling' by the actor, david thewlis... very good read. and now reading 'vera' by elizabeth von armin
easilee Posted 6 February 2010 Posted 6 February 2010 Make room, make room. by Harry Harrison Made into the movie Soylent Green. As always, preferred the book to the movie. BTW, J.D. Salinger died a couple of weeks ago. RIP. At least now he won't be able to influence any more nutty lone gunmen.....or will he?
Zingari Posted 1 March 2010 Posted 1 March 2010 very interesting ,nice easy to read book Superfreakonomics
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