Do you like Sharpe? He released Sharpes Assassin last year, after an absence of 29 years and there is another out this year - Sharpes Command. I love the Uhtred books, he is one of my all time favourite characters but I love anything by Bernard Cornwell and have read everything hes done. His stand alone novels are great also, like Stonehenge and Azincourt. Gallows Thief in particular I remember as being brilliant.
Still reading Deadhouse Gates - wow - taking a long time this And about another 500 books to go in the series
Gulls of Europe, North Africa and the Middle Eastscintillating
Just started reading Regenesis by George Monbiot. Won’t be well received by farmers but I think George has a lot of good ideas about how we can change and make a more positive impact on climate change. It’s a book that makes you think and one I’d encourage others to consider reading
Seriously? Okay
yeah it's trueim an ornithologist'scintillating' was a joke but the book is very good in its genre and took a completely different format than any before it, so props for that (it's an identification fieldguide of what's in the title)
A couple of Craig Brown books to addOne Two Three Four: The Beatles in Time Ma'am Darling: 99 Glimpses of Princess Margaret Both fantastic social histories
This was good, not sure if i mentioned it above in this thread, but i liked the unusual style of the book.I`m still reading the Jodi Taylor (NOT) time-travelling Historians St.Mary`s series. Quite light and humorous, but i do like the historical details.Also reading Le Carre`s last novel "Silverview".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAJ1CgCOe_w
Just picked up a copy of Heat 2, written by Michael Mann in conjunction with Meg Gardiner. Apparently it's both a sequel and prequel, going to save it for my holiday.Just finished 'American Kingpin', it chronicles the Silk Road website and its creator Ross Ulbricht. It didn't tell me much I didn't already know but it's an easy enough read and written more like a thriller. Probably recommended for those that don't know much about Dark Web drug sites.
Who would have thought liverblokes no draws idea would not be his worst idea of the weekend
Read a great little novel at the weekendGreybeard by Brian Aldiss, about a future world where no kids are being born and everyones getting old. Also has a great character name in it - Bunny Jingadangelow
Is it bleak like Children of Men?
Has anyone read the "The New York Trilogy" by Paul AusterI got it when I was off on a 'good reading' kick and it had high recommendations. I first read it and although found it a bit tedious, convinced myself that it was good and a deep book about innate knowledgeI read it again recently and it's absolute total utter shite.
Has anyone read Stephen King's new book 'Fairy Tale'? I'm 100 or so pages in and fuck all has happened really. Extremely slow burner but going to persevere as he usually doesn't let you down.
Fairy TaleI was away recently on holidays somewhere Dutch, and I searched out and paid for the hardback of this in English, on a day trip to Utrecht. The following day, I started and finished it. Now, I had a good armchair, a lake view, plenty of cigarettes and beer and a wife mostly willing to leave me alone but still. I can't remember the last time I did that, if ever. Not for a book of more than 500 pages, certainly.It's a thumper. I saw someone on the twitter machine comment with desperation that there was "no good place to stop". There are echoes of The Hunger Games, King's own The Long Walk and 11/22/63 or Neil Gaiman's Stardust. There are strong whiffs of Narnia about the place, there are evil Kings and good but cursed Princesses, disfigured but kind loners, wicked dwarves and royal insects. The story starts with our almost adult hero dealing with loss, grief and danger in the real world before going to a different sort of reality, and there's a faithful dog who is actually a big thread in the tale. I suspect King had an old dog in the house when he was writing this, and I had one at home being minded by my college age son, so it was plinking a lot of strings for me.As I've said before in this thread, King can be a bit hit and miss. I went through a phase of not finishing a couple of his books, I just wasn't that bothered, but this one I fucking devoured. He also tends to start big and trail off somewhat but this one keeps going like a train all the way to the finish. His best in a while.
