What books are we reading at the moment ?

[Ham]

Oh dear!

There are lots of Reacher books.

They are all the same, but the adiction has set in and you will read and enjoy them all. Once you have finished them you will crave the release of the next one.

DAHIKT

Not necessarily if the initial one was the Kindle freebie and you have a virtual shelf full of other stuff..........


I'm quite good at resisting full price books, although the other night I decided I just couldn't live one minute longer without some Annie Proulx on the Kindle (no matter that I have them all in ancient parchment format. Alcohol may have been implicated.

[citoyen]

I'm quite good at resisting full price books, although the other night I decided I just couldn't live one minute longer without some Annie Proulx on the Kindle (no matter that I have them all in ancient parchment format. Alcohol may have been implicated.

Same here - I currently have about 400 books on my Amazon wishlist, all books that I'd quite like to read but I've already got enough on my kindle to keep me going for a couple of years, so I don't need to ever buy a book at full price unless it's something I really, really want.

And because my wishlist is being tracked by ereaderiq, I got an email this morning informing me that The Damned Utd is currently available for 99p.

I have a few Annie Proulx on my wishlist but I can live without them for the time being. And I have a policy of staying away from Amazon and iTunes after drinking...

[Tom B]

"The Song Before It Is Sung" by Justin Cartwright. I've read two of his other novels and like all three

[Ham]

I'm quite good at resisting full price books, although the other night I decided I just couldn't live one minute longer without some Annie Proulx on the Kindle (no matter that I have them all in ancient parchment format. Alcohol may have been implicated.

Same here - I currently have about 400 books on my Amazon wishlist, all books that I'd quite like to read but I've already got enough on my kindle to keep me going for a couple of years, so I don't need to ever buy a book at full price unless it's something I really, really want.

And because my wishlist is being tracked by ereaderiq, I got an email this morning informing me that The Damned Utd is currently available for 99p.

I have a few Annie Proulx on my wishlist but I can live without them for the time being. And I have a policy of staying away from Amazon and iTunes after drinking...

YOU BASTARD. You knew there was a Lee Child for 99p as well didn't you? No? Hah! got my own back.

[citoyen]

Lee Child isn't on my wishlist.

I'm sure his books are as good as everyone says they are, but I remain untempted. My loss.

[Ham]

If I had been taking more careful notice instead of paying half my attention to the conference call I was on I would have noticed that Lee Metcalfe had morphed into you, my apologies. Carry on.

ETA: I think I have to leave that Paul/ Lee Child / Metcalfe boo-boo in place for posterity

[citoyen]

I shall take it as a compliment.

[LEE]

Lee Child isn't on my wishlist.

I'm sure his books are as good as everyone says they are, but I remain untempted. My loss.

I started this Reacher novel after finishing "The Bourne Identity" by Ludlum.  I have no idea who read "Bourne" and thought it was worth making a film of it because it's a terrible read.  Kudos to the director for making such an exciting film out of such a tedious tome.

The opposite seems true of the Tom Cruise film of Reacher and I'm already thinking "who thought Tom Cruise was ideal for this?".

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Tom Cruise of course

[T42]

The Memory of Whiteness, by Kim Stanley Robinson. It's basically a so-so crime story set against a background of musical theory and creative physics. Only just not boring.

Best reads this year were Simon Raven' Alms for Oblivion series and Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End. Both monumental.

[citoyen]

Best reads this year were Simon Raven' Alms for Oblivion series and Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End. Both monumental.

My dad has been trying to get me to read Alms For Oblivion for ages. As per previous post, they're on my wishlist pending price drops.

Parade's End is just magnificent. Also one of my top reads this year. Would be one of my top reads of any year, tbh.

[citoyen]

God Bless You, Mr Rosewater - Kurt Vonnegut

I am mostly crying with laughter at lines like:
"Eliot took a drink of Southern Comfort, was uncomforted."

Also slightly shocked that a book written in 1965 could so easily pass for a book written in and about 2013.

[Ruth]

Thanks citoyen. You have reminded me to revisit KVJ - something I've been meaning to do for a while 

[spindrift]

The Radleys, quite a funny novel about suburban vampires.

Woman in Berlin, harrowing, anonymous, true, about the fall and arrival of the Russians.

[tiermat]

Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell.

Only started this the other night, and so far it's the bog standard "I was in Iraq/Afganistan/wherever and you don't understand what it is was like, but I was proud to server my country and my president" kind of book which seem to be 10 a penny at the moment.

It's very lightweight, there are better out there, I may end up abandoning it and switching to "The History of Spain"

[L CC]

God Bless You, Mr Rosewater - Kurt Vonnegut

I am mostly crying with laughter at lines like:
"Eliot took a drink of Southern Comfort, was uncomforted."

Also slightly shocked that a book written in 1965 could so easily pass for a book written in and about 2013.

Thanks citoyen. You have reminded me to revisit KVJ - something I've been meaning to do for a while 

Earlier this year I read listened to The Universe Versus Alex Woods, in which the hero is an admirer, and sets up a Kurt Vonnegut Book Club. I've been meaning to add them to my wishlist, too.

[citoyen]

To my shame, I'm a latecomer to Vonnegut's genius. I only read Slaughterhouse-Five for the first time last year, so I'm playing catch-up. I think I always had a vague misconception that I wouldn't like his stuff. How much more wrong could I be!

The Universe vs Alex Woods sounds fun. Another one added to the never-diminishing wishlist...

[clarion]

Odd, that.  I always enjoy Vonnegut's writing more than I expect to.

[Riggers]

First book (out of eleven*) to do with wizards 'n' magic 'n' stuff that my son suggested I read, by somebody Goodwood (or something). "Wizard's first rule." I've remembered the title at least!

Tempted to say: "What's the first rule of Wizard's Club?"

*I think they're all of the 'doorstop'-type thickness.

[Ruth]

All the Narnia books. In one volume, nicked off the kids' bookshelf.

Most enjoyable and comforting.

[microphonie]

Just finished Eastern Standard Tribe by Cory Doctorow & have just started Exiles, the second Uplift trilogy by David Brin (which is such a breezeblock it's making an e-reader very tempting...)

[spindrift]

Let The Right One In.

The film was pretty faithful, there's more back-story in the book, some of it stomach-churning.

[citoyen]

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce

Dear god... someone please tell me it improves because, after 12% read, I fear I might puke if I have to read much more of this tripe.

[T42]

The Unlikely Pilgrimage Of Harold Fry - Rachel Joyce

Dear god... someone please tell me it improves because, after 12% read, I fear I might puke if I have to read much more of this tripe.

I read the first few pages on Amazon. Reminds me of The Missing Postman, but that was great and had a bike in it.

[spindrift]

I didn't mind it, it started as a Radio 4 play with Anna Massey.

[Vince]

Earlier this year I read listened to The Universe Versus Alex Woods, in which the hero is an admirer, and sets up a Kurt Vonnegut Book Club. I've been meaning to add them to my wishlist, too.

I've read the Amazon preview and purchased. Thx.