What books are we reading at the moment ?

[Legs]

Armadale by Wilkie Collins, and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by whoever wrote it.

Armadale is great, particularly Lydia Gwilt

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a real pantomime villain if ever there was one.

  You might need to draw a family tree or spider diagram to keep track of who the characters are

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, or purport to be.

I didn't think is was quite in the same league as No Name or The Moonstone, but very enjoyable nonetheless.

[citoyen]

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by whoever wrote it.

I remember when I read that thinking it felt more like the story for a Radio 4 afternoon play than a novel. Turns out that whoever wrote it does in fact write afternoon plays for Radio 4.

[T42]

Revisiting Neil Gaiman & Terry Pratchett's Good Omens. Something and nothing, really, but good bedtime reading.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

I love Good Omens.

[Canardly]

I do have a problem with 4" thick books whilst reading in bed. George Martin 'Dance with Dragons'.

[Ruthie]

I really didn't expect it to be as funny as it is.

It really is.  Even the darkest of the dark scenes.  Genius. 

[Mr Larrington]

I love Good Omens.

Miss von Brandenburg reckons she has read this more times than any other bok in the history of all things ever and not, I think, because she keeps forgetting how it ends.

[Kim]

Well they.... weird.  Maybe I should read it again?


Anyway, this Heathrow expansion thing makes a lot more sense when you realise Crowley is involved...

[T42]

S'funny, I can remember very little of any T.P. book I've read.  Same goes for the Potter saga.**

Good Omens: it's fun enough. Maybe I haven't read it before. Two splutters & a guffaw so far. Pant-y-Gyrdl indeed.

**and that other thing... the one with all the begats. Wossname again?

[Mr Larrington]

**and that other thing... the one with all the begats. Wossname again?

The Authorised Version of the Bible?

[mattc]

I do have a problem with 4" thick books whilst reading in bed. George Martin 'Dance with Dragons'.

You wake up with a bruised nose?

[T42]

**and that other thing... the one with all the begats. Wossname again?

The Authorised Version of the Bible?

That's the one. Couple of good films in there, I shouldn't wonder.

[Eccentrica Gallumbits]

Armadale by Wilkie Collins, and The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by whoever wrote it.

Armadale is great, particularly Lydia Gwilt

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a real pantomime villain if ever there was one.

  You might need to draw a family tree or spider diagram to keep track of who the characters are

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, or purport to be.

I didn't think is was quite in the same league as No Name or The Moonstone, but very enjoyable nonetheless.

I'm enjoying it much more than I thought I would.

[Legs]

 

[red marley]

I am contemplating subscribing to Audible books for, well, audible books. Can the great hive mind of YACF (and especially Fboab) recommend any good ones that specifically benefit from being read aloud? So not good reads per se, but rather ones that take advantage of the spoken word. I am thinking Alan Partridge's Nomad might be a good start.

[geraldc]

Sign up for the 12 (or 24) books at once offer, it represents better value than the monthly subscription. I've been going through the Max Hastings books on WW2, they're very good*, and all over 24 hrs*

http://audible-uk.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5527/~/what-are-the-different-membership-plans-audible-offers%3F


*Well at first they grated on me, as when quoting WW2 era people, one of the narrators would put on accents and do voices

**Yes, I factor in how long a book takes to be read to you when ordering, along with the normal review.

[mrcharly-YHT]

I am contemplating subscribing to Audible books for, well, audible books. Can the great hive mind of YACF (and especially Fboab) recommend any good ones that specifically benefit from being read aloud? So not good reads per se, but rather ones that take advantage of the spoken word. I am thinking Alan Partridge's Nomad might be a good start.

Smiley's People

[mrcharly-YHT]

Just finished Cory Doctorow's 'Homeland'.

A good read, v. heavy on the paranoia and makes me think Cory really needs to try living somewhere other than a really huge city like London or LA.

[PeteB99]

Kindle deal of the day (4th Nov) has a bunch of Neil Gaiman books at 99p

https://www.amazon.co.uk/b/ref=lp_4725112031_gbps_img_s-3_4987_8d7efe5d?rh=i%3Adigital-text%2Cn%3A4725112031%2Cn%3A4725112031&ie=UTF8&smid=A1G3UP32AZJ14F&node=4725112031

[T42]

Just starting Chaga, an Ian McDonald that I missed for some reason.  I enjoyed the opening, felt like home.

Missus is chortling over Jean-Paul Sartre's Carnets de la Drôle de Guerre, about his experiences as a conscript in WW2. I'll have a go at that when she's done, I enjoy low comedy. Snippet: when French soldiers were stringing barbed wire across the bridge between Strasbourg and Kehl, German soldiers came out to natter with them, and even set up lights to help them.

[Mr Larrington]

Miss von Brandenburg, the ["Uncle Monty" - Ed.], sent me a gloatingly illustrated e-mail yesterday.  A copy of "The Hanging Tree" has already landed on her Kindle.  This means war.

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This had better be worth the wait, Aaronovitch, or I will send the BEAR round to yours to kill u utterly to DETH.

[Thing2]

It could be worse Mr L. My kindle is registered in the US and I'm not going to receive The Hanging Tree until next July! :-(

[Canardly]

 A Dance with Dragons. Book is a bit heavy for bedtime reading at 1000 plus pages.

[Jakob W]

This had better be worth the wait, Aaronovitch, or I will send the BEAR round to yours to kill u utterly to DETH.

So, what's the verdict? Hoping to have some blessed free time this weekend, so may try and grab a copy.

[Mr Larrington]

This had better be worth the wait, Aaronovitch, or I will send the BEAR round to yours to kill u utterly to DETH.

So, what's the verdict? Hoping to have some blessed free time this weekend, so may try and grab a copy.

Well up to the expected standard   This Unit thoroughly endorses this product and/or service.