A jolly good read?

[Jabbawolf]

I don't think that was me. The title doesn't ring a bell & westerns ain't my thing.

Edit never read any cormac Mccarthy so not guilty m'lud!

Ah, you’re right - just checked back, and it was T-Dan who mentioned it - apologies.

 

[Kenny]

Ah, you’re right - just checked back, and it was T-Dan who mentioned it - apologies.

So disappointed it wasn't Darlo who mentioned it

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Ah, you’re right - just checked back, and it was T-Dan who mentioned it - apologies.

It must have been a long time ago that I mentioned it!

I didn’t even like the book either. I gave up on it.

 

[Jack Regan]

Reading the most recent Logan McRae book by Stuart McBride at the moment. I'm not massively highbrow so his take on the state of Scottish policing is always entertaining.

Listened to the audiobook of Salem's Lot by Stephen King whilst I was away recently and got to thinking how any book written at that time would need totally replotting due to the invention of the mobile phone.

 

[sycophantia]

Reading the most recent Logan McRae book by Stuart McBride at the moment. I'm not massively highbrow so his take on the state of Scottish policing is always entertaining.

Listened to the audiobook of Salem's Lot by Stephen King whilst I was away recently and got to thinking how any book written at that time would need totally replotting due to the invention of the mobile phone.

I enjoy some nonsense police prodedurals now and again, Loganberry McRae books are pretty good, an even grittier Rebus.

 

[Boozad]

Got A Clockwork Orange and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest for Christmas (Helen is single handedly rebuilding my library) and I can’t wait to get into them. Love the films but have never read the books.

 

[lemonjelly]

Got A Clockwork Orange and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest for Christmas (Helen is single handedly rebuilding my library) and I can’t wait to get into them. Love the films but have never read the books.

Both fantastic books.
Cuckoo's nest is still brilliant, but quite different from the film. (Really want to say more, but I don't want to spoil it for you)

 

[Boozad]

Both fantastic books.
Cuckoo's nest is still brilliant, but quite different from the film. (Really want to say more, but I don't want to spoil it for you)

It’s another I’ve been meaning to read for years but just never got round to it. No excuse now, I just need to find the time.

 

[Boozad]

I did finish The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde just before Christmas and it wasn’t what I was expecting at all. Obviously I knew the basic story but it was a very brief read and quite bereft of any of the gothic horror I was expecting.

 

[ROVERT47]

Currently reading Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel, she is/was a brilliant writer.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Just finished 'Weyward' by Emilia Hart.

A book about 3 generations of women from a family accused of witchcraft. One set in 1600s, one set in the 1940s and one in modern day.

It was one of those really well written books that I kept wanting to pick up. Recommended.

 

[Hereford Wolf]

Currently reading Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel, she is/was a brilliant writer.

The Trilogy is just one of the best reads of my life. She was a genius.

 

[lemonjelly]

Tidied up the bookcases for the first time this year. Have got through the following so far in 2024;

Leila Slimani - Lullaby
Michael Hawley – JtR Suspect Dr Francis Tumblety
Marcus Aurelius – Meditations
Pamela West – Yours Truly, jack the Ripper (fiction, and not very good!)
Malcolm Gladwell – The Tipping Point (fascinating behavioural text)
Paul Auster – The New York trilogy (sadly passed away recently. Bizarre, but really good trilogy!)
Piper Kerman – Orange is the new Black
Jostein Gaarder – Vita Brevis
Mark Nicholls – Investigating Gunpowder Plot
Robert Galbraith – The Running Grave
James Shapiro – 1599
John Connolly – Every Dead Thing (Have become quite addicted to this series. This is the first book, and is amongst the best. There are almost 3 separate stories inter-twined in this novel, and it is properly gripping. I have since read several others in the series, and for winter have another 6/7 to get through in the dark evenings!)
Sarah Bax Horton – One Armed Jack
John Connolly – Dark Hollow
Naomi Klein – Doppelganger (possibly the best non-fiction book I have read recently. Investigating the impact of social media on identity. A joy to read, Naomi Kleins books tend to be excellent.)
Stephen King – Just After Sunset
Tim O’Neill – Chaos – The Truth Behind the Manson Murders (Thought this would be good, however it seems to be much more about one persons obsession, with a lot of confirmation bias. TL;DR, conspiracy theories can be found everywhere if you want them to).
John Connolly – The Killing Kind
The Chemical Brothers – Paused in Cosmic reflection
John Connolly – The White Road
Daniel Johnson – Jack The Ripper Truth, Lies, Conspiracy
Patrick Stewart – Make It So
Lauren Oyler – Fake Accounts
Robert Kershaw – 24 hours at Waterloo (really human look at people involved, taken from participants actual writings. Loved this.)
John Connolly – The Black angel
John Connolly – The unquiet
Dan Ariely – Misbelief (Similar to Naomi Kleins book, looking at peoples beliefs instead. Ariely, like Klein is a fantastic writer, and his research is always insightful and stimulating.)
J Hainsworth/C Ward-Argus – The Escape of Jack the Ripper
Katie Williams – Tell The Machine Goodnight
Paul Britton – The Jigsaw man
JP Delaney – The perfect Wife
Julian Bagginni – The Pig That Wants to be Eaten
Stephen King – Billy Summers (A surprising, and really enjoyable book. Loved the characters.)
P Evans/G Deehan – The descent of Mind
Jostein Gaarder – An Unreliable Man
Stephen King – Elevation
Elmore leonard – Out of Sight (proper good gangster caper)
Stephen King – Full dark No Stars (4 short stories, and to a really high standard)
Robert Pirsig – Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance (not sure what all the fuss is about?)
Hallie Rubenhold – The Five (Not as bad as had been made out. Very readable, effectively a feminist critique of the Jack the Ripper crimes. Let down however by selective cherry picking and worse of “evidence”)
Greg Bear – The City at the End of Time (Mad sci-fi, that is rather complicated and confusing in equal measure)

 

[Loki]

I must admit, thing I`m tapping on has seriously impacted the amount of books I`ve read these past couple of years. Must do something about it.

 

[Dire Wolf]

Tidied up the bookcases for the first time this year. Have got through the following so far in 2024;

Leila Slimani - Lullaby
Michael Hawley – JtR Suspect Dr Francis Tumblety
Marcus Aurelius – Meditations
Pamela West – Yours Truly, jack the Ripper (fiction, and not very good!)
Malcolm Gladwell – The Tipping Point (fascinating behavioural text)
Paul Auster – The New York trilogy (sadly passed away recently. Bizarre, but really good trilogy!)
Piper Kerman – Orange is the new Black
Jostein Gaarder – Vita Brevis
Mark Nicholls – Investigating Gunpowder Plot
Robert Galbraith – The Running Grave
James Shapiro – 1599
John Connolly – Every Dead Thing (Have become quite addicted to this series. This is the first book, and is amongst the best. There are almost 3 separate stories inter-twined in this novel, and it is properly gripping. I have since read several others in the series, and for winter have another 6/7 to get through in the dark evenings!)
Sarah Bax Horton – One Armed Jack
John Connolly – Dark Hollow
Naomi Klein – Doppelganger (possibly the best non-fiction book I have read recently. Investigating the impact of social media on identity. A joy to read, Naomi Kleins books tend to be excellent.)
Stephen King – Just After Sunset
Tim O’Neill – Chaos – The Truth Behind the Manson Murders (Thought this would be good, however it seems to be much more about one persons obsession, with a lot of confirmation bias. TL;DR, conspiracy theories can be found everywhere if you want them to).
John Connolly – The Killing Kind
The Chemical Brothers – Paused in Cosmic reflection
John Connolly – The White Road
Daniel Johnson – Jack The Ripper Truth, Lies, Conspiracy
Patrick Stewart – Make It So
Lauren Oyler – Fake Accounts
Robert Kershaw – 24 hours at Waterloo (really human look at people involved, taken from participants actual writings. Loved this.)
John Connolly – The Black angel
John Connolly – The unquiet
Dan Ariely – Misbelief (Similar to Naomi Kleins book, looking at peoples beliefs instead. Ariely, like Klein is a fantastic writer, and his research is always insightful and stimulating.)
J Hainsworth/C Ward-Argus – The Escape of Jack the Ripper
Katie Williams – Tell The Machine Goodnight
Paul Britton – The Jigsaw man
JP Delaney – The perfect Wife
Julian Bagginni – The Pig That Wants to be Eaten
Stephen King – Billy Summers (A surprising, and really enjoyable book. Loved the characters.)
P Evans/G Deehan – The descent of Mind
Jostein Gaarder – An Unreliable Man
Stephen King – Elevation
Elmore leonard – Out of Sight (proper good gangster caper)
Stephen King – Full dark No Stars (4 short stories, and to a really high standard)
Robert Pirsig – Zen and the art of Motorcycle Maintenance (not sure what all the fuss is about?)
Hallie Rubenhold – The Five (Not as bad as had been made out. Very readable, effectively a feminist critique of the Jack the Ripper crimes. Let down however by selective cherry picking and worse of “evidence”)
Greg Bear – The City at the End of Time (Mad sci-fi, that is rather complicated and confusing in equal measure)

I think you should get off your phone and read more, it'll do you good.

 

[Del Woppio]

Something for @Deutsch Wolf

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I saw them whining away in an inexplicable piece the Graun granted them last week. Just STFU and go away. No-one asked you to do anything, you've somehow made* millions, enjoy your incredible good fortune despite having zero ability or likeability.


*Conned

 

[Keef]

Managed to get a cheapish copy of happy odyssey autobiography of Adrian Carton De Wiart, hoping it lives up to the first paragraph of his Wikipedia entry

 

[lemonjelly]

Currently reading Bullshit Jobs, a theory by David Graeber.
It's an absolute fucking masterpiece.

 

[lemonjelly]

https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2024/dec/06/irvine-welsh-to-publish-new-sequel-to-trainspotting

Welsh giving us a new book covering the immediate aftermath of trainspotting. Looking forward to that.

Also looks like Philip pullman has finished the book of dust 3. It's being edited. Hope the release of that is soon, as held off on the first 2 to allow me to binge all 3 when it's out.