The what are you reading at the moment fred

[Haken]

[dougal]

[westbow]

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/nov/17/john-vaillant-firestorms-fire-weather-baillie-gifford-canadian-blaze#img-4

 

Hadn't even heard of the fire at Fort McMurray before reading this.

[westbow]

[BlueRiver]

[dougal]

[dougal]

[BlueRiver]

6 hours ago, dougal said:

 

Is this the book they've based that new TV series on? 

[dougal]

49 minutes ago, BlueRiver said:

 

Is this the book they've based that new TV series on? 

 

Yeah, it is. I've had the book for a while and looked it out when i saw it was coming on the TV.  Enjoyed the book but it finishes on a cliffhanger so will need to get the next one.

[BlueRiver]

Just now, dougal said:

 

Yeah, it is. I've had the book for a while and looked it out when i saw it was coming on the TV.  Enjoyed the book but it finishes on a cliffhanger so will need to get the next one.

 

I didn't realise it was based on a book. Haven't watched it yet but the lead actress was good in Fallout so was on my list. 

 

If I enjoy the series might give it a shot. 

[JudyJudyJudy]

Re reading this great book . She really was the queen of psychological thrillers .

[Bigsmak]

Reading  Guards Guards by Terry Pratchett for maybe the 4th or 5th time.  Its still a great book and for those that haven't read the discworld novels, a great place to start. 

[dougal]

On 20/10/2024 at 20:42, BlueRiver said:

 

I didn't realise it was based on a book. Haven't watched it yet but the lead actress was good in Fallout so was on my list. 

 

If I enjoy the series might give it a shot. 

 

Just watched the first episode and I'm not impressed tbh. Changed lots of things from the book and not in a good way.

[Tazio]

Just finished Bob Mortimer’s latest book The Hotel Avocado. Nothing heavy just a good, easy reading thriller with lots of good eccentric characters. 

[dougal]

[highlandjambo3]

Just finished this today, decent read.  
 

Billy Summers justifies killing people because they are bad people, he sometimes thinks he’s bad.

 

 

[All roads lead to Gorgie]

Just read this. Meh is all I can say. 

[All roads lead to Gorgie]

Just started this Scandic Noir book. Much better than above. Hooked so far.

[superjack]

On 11/09/2024 at 08:26, Haken said:

My favourite series of books. I re-read all 9 of them again last year. I won't spoil them for you. When I first started with the assassins apprentice, I thought it was quite slow to get going. Glad I ignored my thoughts this time.

[Haken]

10 hours ago, superjack said:

My favourite series of books. I re-read all 9 of them again last year. I won't spoil them for you. When I first started with the assassins apprentice, I thought it was quite slow to get going. Glad I ignored my thoughts this time.

I read a lot of fantasy and have had the Farseer  and Liveship trilogies on the shelf for ages.  For some reason I've kept bypassing them.  The first book was a breath of fresh air.  Still quite reliant on the tropes, but the first person narrative gives it a different feel and the magic feels a lot more organic, even psychological.

 

To date, Malazan Book of the Fallen is my favourite series, but appreciate that it's not everyone's tipple.

[superjack]

3 hours ago, Haken said:

I read a lot of fantasy and have had the Farseer  and Liveship trilogies on the shelf for ages.  For some reason I've kept bypassing them.  The first book was a breath of fresh air.  Still quite reliant on the tropes, but the first person narrative gives it a different feel and the magic feels a lot more organic, even psychological.

 

To date, Malazan Book of the Fallen is my favourite series, but appreciate that it's not everyone's tipple.

After the far seer trilogy, read the tawny man trilogy and then the Fitz and the fool trilogy. They follow on from the far seer trilogy with the same characters. Last year, I blitzed all 9 I'm a row. Amd I'll probably do it again soon.

[dougal]

[dougal]

On 23/10/2024 at 19:58, All roads lead to Gorgie said:

Just started this Scandic Noir book. Much better than above. Hooked so far.

 

Will have to try and grab a copy. Was a big fan of the Bridge and thought Marcella was also decent. If memory serves he also did Bergman which was on BBC 4, I think and it was also a good watch.

[All roads lead to Gorgie]

4 hours ago, dougal said:

 

Will have to try and grab a copy. Was a big fan of the Bridge and thought Marcella was also decent. If memory serves he also did Bergman which was on BBC 4, I think and it was also a good watch.

I am a slow reader and only a quarter into the book so I won't be giving too much away but it involves Finnish biker gangs and a female Russian assassin as far as I can fathom. Oh and a couple of dead wolves at the start but I will leave the plot to play out.

The writing is very good and really takes you the part of Sweden involved.

[tedarmy]

[dougal]

[dougal]

[dougal]

[Haken]

[tedarmy]

[dougal]

[westbow]

[Dawnrazor]

Hibs.net😂😂😂

[dougal]

[Haken]

[BlueRiver]

[dougal]

[Tazio]

Not at heavy or intellectual but I picked up one of Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club books in a charity shop a few days ago. Thoroughly enjoyed it as a nice quirky mystery book. Then discovered it was the 4th in the series so I’ve gone back and got myself the 1st one. You can see why they’ve sold millions of copies, well written, amusing, and surprisingly sad as the main protagonists are mainly pensioners from a retirement village. 

[milky_26]

 

 

[dougal]

[manaliveits105]

On 31/10/2024 at 13:26, dougal said:

Enjoyable series set in Edinburgh with a transvestite clairvoyant from Leith helping out 🙃

[JudyJudyJudy]

On 20/10/2024 at 20:49, JudyJudyJudy said:

Re reading this great book . She really was the queen of psychological thrillers .

I started to read this again but strangely it’s not as good as I recall ! I’ve decided I can’t actually read it any more . That’s so weird . 

[dougal]

[tedarmy]

[Ulysses]

 

I'm about 60 pages into this at the moment.  A fantastic read so far.  The central premise of the book is that the purpose of information isn't to depict reality or truth, but to create new realities by allowing people to be connected by stories and information flows.

[tedarmy]

[Haken]

[dougal]

[Shanks said no]

 

Latest in the Kingsbridge series - couldn't put it down

[Shanks said no]

Thank goodness for Ken Follett as I had read this utter drivel beforehand