#751
fatboy wrote:
Currently reading- Cham by Jonathan Trigell, simply because Boy A was great (shame about the film) and Roundyhouse No.22, because its full of poetry and I have some work in there.
Posted on Wed, 12 December 2007 at 19:59
#752
Dennis wrote:
Things My Girlfriend And I Have Argued About - Mil Millington
(Very kindly lent to me by a WoMble )
Very much enjoying this book - a good level of sarcasm and irony to be found. Disturbingly close to my own life in a number of ways.
Good fun. With a hint of quiet desperation!
(Which is a good thing)
Posted on Sun, 16 December 2007 at 18:58
#753
FNYANKEZ wrote:
Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker. A fun look at the life of a demon
Posted on Mon, 17 December 2007 at 17:48
#754
interzone (What's up sucker !!!) wrote:
I am starting to read “live and let die” by Ian Fleming
Posted on Thu, 3 January 2008 at 11:32
#755
Dermot (The Derm) wrote:
I’m reading The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster at the mo. Just finished the first one, City of Glass. Was really good
Posted on Thu, 3 January 2008 at 11:34
#756
chr1s (The T.F.M) wrote:
Just finished reading Slash’s autobiography and about to start Richard Hammonds.
Posted on Thu, 3 January 2008 at 11:37
#757
opal_mantra (Holly) wrote:
just started nikki sixx’s book..
rather good so far.
i just bought slash’s biog as well..looks like a good read..
oh and the kill bill diaries!!
Posted on Thu, 3 January 2008 at 17:50
#758
hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Lots of Martin Millar… Lonely Werewolf Girl (new ambition: get a copy of this to Joss Whedon) and now The Good Fairies of New York
Posted on Thu, 3 January 2008 at 19:08
#759
allroy wrote:
Read both The Chemistry Of Death and Written In Bone by Simon Beckett over christmas, the first one being good, the latter being ok except maybe one of the worst endings ever in crime fiction.
Right now I’m studying The Simpsons from a philosophical point of view
Posted on Thu, 3 January 2008 at 19:14
#760
Divers (Simon) wrote:
A book about the fall, which has been cool… hard reading at times but Mark e smith is a bit of a nutter. Before that was the slash book which i loved.
Posted on Tue, 8 January 2008 at 11:16
#761
Cuchulain wrote:
Just started reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini , his second novel after The Kite Runner.
One of my friends is stationed in Afghanistan and it’s a good read about the local life under the Taliban there.
Posted on Tue, 8 January 2008 at 12:16
#762
opal_mantra (Holly) wrote:
the vampire chronicles..anne rice at her finest!
Posted on Wed, 9 January 2008 at 17:14
#763
kossu (Petri Koskiniemi) wrote:
“Sabbath bloody sabbath”- bet you know which band it´s written about…
Posted on Wed, 9 January 2008 at 17:27
#764
Dennis wrote:
U2? :D
I haven’t started it yet, but next up is Will Self’s “The Book of Dave”
:)
Sounds like a damn good name for a book, if nothing else!
Posted on Wed, 16 January 2008 at 10:42
#765
Cuchulain wrote:
Someone gave me The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell as a present last weekend.
Haven’t started it yet but have been told it’s a very good read.
Posted on Wed, 16 January 2008 at 10:59
#766
Dennis wrote:
I hope a certain percentage from the sale of each copy goes towards the Philanthropists’ Trouser Replacement Scheme.
Posted on Wed, 16 January 2008 at 11:03
#767
mr self destruct wrote:
Dennis wrote:
I haven’t started it yet, but next up is Will Self’s “The Book of Dave”
I’ve read some of his short stories which are great - though sometimes I find him a bit difficult to understand. The man has a brain the size of a small planet.
Posted on Wed, 16 January 2008 at 11:21 in reply to an earlier post
Last edited by Teethgrinder on Wed, 16 January 2008 at 11:53 (Corrected use of quotes)
#768
Dennis wrote:
..and a forehead to match
Posted on Wed, 16 January 2008 at 11:28
#769
opal_mantra (Holly) wrote:
the book of dave is brilliant!!!
I’ve read alot of will self’s stuff..
very highly recommended!!
Posted on Thu, 17 January 2008 at 20:33
#770
mr self destruct wrote:
Posted on Mon, 15 September 2008 at 07:18
#771
Dermot (The Derm) wrote:
Ah, Mr Brooker… always perfect for that Monday morning mood!
I meant to bump this thread a while ago to tell WOMbles about this guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ligotti
He’s kind of like a modern HP Lovecraft. Was trying to get something by him for ages, and one of his books was finally published in the UK a couple of months ago (Teatro Grottesco) and it didn’t disappoint
Posted on Mon, 15 September 2008 at 08:27
#772
deadsetgav wrote:
I’ve got the Brooker column on an rss feed - pure class!
Posted on Mon, 15 September 2008 at 08:39
#773
fatboy wrote:
Is The Life of Pi any good?
I bought it a year ago with a load of other books, some I’ve read and the others are collecting dust, yet I really want to enjoy this book as I’ve heard its up there with the Lord of the Flies (now that is a classic).
Posted on Mon, 15 September 2008 at 11:44
#774
Dennis wrote:
I am reading Blur bassist Alex James’ autobiography “Bit of a Blur”
Very well written and quite interesting so far, although like most such books it races through the story way too fast to include enough detail.
I bought it one night last week on the way home from work and the next day I got a text from a mate I haven’t heard from in months asking me, out of the blue, “have you read Alex James’ book? Do you know if it’s any good?” Fucking spooky.
Posted on Thu, 18 September 2008 at 16:59
#775
Taunty Dan wrote:
Oh…my…GOD!!!!
:eek:
YOU can READ???
Posted on Thu, 18 September 2008 at 18:36
#776
Dennis wrote:
Yes, but I get bored of the articles about sports cars soon enough and get back to looking at the naked women instead
Posted on Thu, 18 September 2008 at 21:43
#777
interzone (What's up sucker !!!) wrote:
I’m starting to read Goldfinger by Ian Fleming.
Posted on Thu, 18 September 2008 at 23:30
#778
buffalo-boy wrote:
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett - very good.
Posted on Fri, 19 September 2008 at 07:20
#779
bristarman wrote:
shock doctrine by naomi klein. i would recommend it to anyone interested in left-wing politics or the anti-corporate movement. it’s about how governments (esp u.s.) and economists implement shock and awe on a country following crisis both economic (eg hyperinflation) and natural (eg tsunami; new orleans) and also individual shock, such as torture and electro shock therapy, creating a double tactic to force the free market on to poor countries with disastrous results. very informative and surprisingly easy to read. klein’s up there with pilger and chomsky in my opinion.
Posted on Fri, 19 September 2008 at 11:08
#780
mrs h wrote:
buffalo-boy wrote:
Going Postal by Terry Pratchett - very good.
I heard a really interesting interview with him last week. He was saying that the kind of alzheimers he has means that at the moment he can still plot out a whole novel and all the characters and so on and so forth, but then he will forget how to spell really simple words so he has to use his spellchecker all the time. That must be infuriating, but I’m really glad he’s persevering :)
Posted on Sat, 20 September 2008 at 10:21 in reply to an earlier post
