What are you reading?

boomnoise · Post by **boomnoise** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 2:09 am

my current pile looks like this:

mezi · Post by **mezi** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 7:41 am

kidcazual · Post by **kidcazual** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:06 pm

EFA wrote:

me too bless up mr curtis

paolo · Post by **paolo** » Sat Jan 05, 2008 10:14 pm

'Dawn of the Dumb' by Charlie Brooker, original badman

RubiconMan · Post by **RubiconMan** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:22 pm

paolo wrote:

'Dawn of the Dumb' by Charlie Brooker, original badman

excellent, will be the next purchase for sure

schamotnik · Post by **schamotnik** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 3:58 pm

boomnoise wrote:my current pile looks like this:

looks like a screenplay for a musical..

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:25 pm

current selection

the rimbaud and burroughs books are crazy, well done opium addiction

schamotnik · Post by **schamotnik** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:44 pm

dubluke wrote:current selection

I've been meaning to read that, I think my sister owns it. Tell me what you think about it when you're done dubluke.

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 4:55 pm

is good so far, i liked his other one 'junky' (not the swag melvin burgess one), its quite surreal

blizzardmusic · Post by **blizzardmusic** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:41 pm

The Girls by Lori Lansens. Very interesting book.

Other books I read were:

AND

jim · Post by **jim** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 5:50 pm

Read some book about Carlos the Jackal that I found in my loft. It was written in the late 70s so I had a wee look on wikipedia to see what happened to old Carlos and apparently he's in jail in France. He apparently got there by being kidnapped by Sudanese security forces after having an operation on a varicose vain on his testicles. He was sedated and put in a sack and put on a flight to France. Really interesting.

ytee · Post by **ytee** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:23 pm

dubluke · Post by **dubluke** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:25 pm

ytee wrote:

wicked book that

ytee · Post by **ytee** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:30 pm

That guy had quite the life.

cure · Post by **cure** » Sun Jan 06, 2008 7:55 pm

ytee wrote:That guy had quite the life.

fucked up life fore sure....guy has to inject him self with ozone every day cus he has hep c. Only the rich can afford treatment like that...he should count himself lucky thats for sure.

andreamia · Post by **andreamia** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:08 pm

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:13 pm

andreamia wrote:

aah cool, not read that one - is it a short story collection or a full novel?

I was a bit disappointed with Kafka on the Shore, not as good as the Wind-Up Bird, Hard Boiled Wonderland etc.

Underground is a fantastic non-fiction book also.

andreamia · Post by **andreamia** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:32 pm

datura wrote:
aah cool, not read that one - is it a short story collection or a full novel?

I was a bit disappointed with Kafka on the Shore, not as good as the Wind-Up Bird, Hard Boiled Wonderland etc.

Underground is a fantastic non-fiction book also.

it's a collection of 24 short stories !!! i started reading it 2 weeks ago and found myself ensnared .. i had to put it down because i was on holiday in new york, but i'm back at it. almost done.

i've been a murakami fan for years, and i'm admittedly biased towards his work .. but this selection is truly evidential of his mastery of the genre. he definitely flexes some muscle in this one.

*grand* · Post by ***grand*** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 5:41 pm

a lovely lady bought me a book today will start to read it later tonight. it is called Chronicler of the Winds...

anyone???

datura · Post by **datura** » Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:15 pm

*Grand* wrote:a lovely lady bought me a book today will start to read it later tonight. it is called Chronicler of the Winds...

anyone???

Not read any mankell, he has a v good rep as a crime writer though, so should be a good read.

which reminds me, i read this the other week:

it was a great read, need to check for more of his work. For those who watch the Wire he has contributed to some of the later seasons (along with Richard Price and Dennis Lehane who are both also highly regarded crime writes)

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