Cade Posted March 5 Posted March 5 Re-visiting some classics in the horror/sci-fi genres. HG Wells, Jules Verne, Bram Stoker, Mary Shelley, HP Lovecraft, Robert Louis Stevenson and many others. Quote
il Duce McTarkin Posted March 15 Posted March 15 11 hours ago, Dawnrazor said: *Shooting nature on the South Downs. Quote
Dawnrazor Posted March 15 Posted March 15 44 minutes ago, il Duce McTarkin said: *Shooting nature on the South Downs. The work it takes to shoot nature on the South Downs and the wider beneficial effects for the hundreds of others species that live in that area. Quote
Dawnrazor Posted March 15 Posted March 15 1 hour ago, il Duce McTarkin said: *Shooting nature on the South Downs. https://markavery.info/2023/10/22/sunday-book-review-the-return-of-the-grey-partridge-by-roger-morgan-grenville-and-edward-norfolk/ Quote
JudyJudyJudy Posted March 18 Posted March 18 Re reading this classic. Its part of my book group . Needless to say its a great whodunnit. Quote
Haken Posted March 25 Posted March 25 Having first read this as a teenager, I came across it recently and decided to take a trip down memory lane. Turns out I've outgrown it. Quote
...a bit disco Posted March 25 Posted March 25 Only taken me 35 years to get round to reading this. Quote
Konrad von Carstein Posted March 25 Posted March 25 5 hours ago, Haken said: Having first read this as a teenager, I came across it recently and decided to take a trip down memory lane. Turns out I've outgrown it. Probably true of many of James Herbert's books TBF... Quote
Haken Posted March 26 Posted March 26 17 hours ago, Konrad von Carstein said: Probably true of many of James Herbert's books TBF... Yes. As a teen I loved The Rats, The Fog, The Dark, etc. Fast forward, er, two or three years, and my taste and my demands as a reader have changed hugely. Not dissing JH - he shifted a lot of books back in the 80s. Quote
Konrad von Carstein Posted March 26 Posted March 26 21 minutes ago, Haken said: Yes. As a teen I loved The Rats, The Fog, The Dark, etc. Fast forward, er, two or three years, and my taste and my demands as a reader have changed hugely. Not dissing JH - he shifted a lot of books back in the 80s. I could have written that word for words Quote
Shanks said no Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Thought it was poor compared to the first and irritating in places Quote
Shanks said no Posted March 26 Posted March 26 thought this was the last one of six, but there are two more now! Quote
Konrad von Carstein Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Currently baw deep into Anthony Riches Empire series... Very much in the vein of Simon Scarrow's Wales series.. Quote
Tazio Posted April 5 Posted April 5 I finished this yesterday as I had a day off. I’d read a few chapters already but it sucked me in totally yesterday. I sat down with a coffee at around two after putting a big pot of chilli on and some good music to listen to as I read. Twelve hours later, several albums, and a bottle of nice Malbec later I finished it. Excellent writing from a Scottish writer. Quote
Ulysses Posted April 13 Posted April 13 A mystery in which the clues to a number of interlinked deaths are in the form of drawings. English translation of a Japanese original. I'm three-quarters of the way through it and it is one of the most unusual mysteries I've ever read. Well worth checking out, IMO. Quote
Haken Posted April 16 Posted April 16 Struggling on with this. I read the first eight books in the series 20-odd years ago and then lost interest. But am determined to finish it this time. I'm assured that things start to pick up after this instalment... Quote
Tazio Posted April 22 Posted April 22 12 minutes ago, John Findlay said: Bob Mortimer's autobiography. It’s a good one. Quote
John Findlay Posted April 22 Posted April 22 32 minutes ago, Tazio said: It’s a good one. Yes. Enjoying it so far. Quote
JudyJudyJudy Posted April 22 Posted April 22 On 25/03/2025 at 15:50, JudyJudyJudy said: Really was a beautiful read . Quote
BlueRiver Posted April 23 Posted April 23 20 hours ago, JudyJudyJudy said: Really was a beautiful read . Its a great book isnt it? Not sure how much Ishiguro you'll have read but I enjoyed An Artist of the Floating World too and Klara and the Sun. Never Let Me Go is on my list soon too along with The Buried Giant. There's something to his writing style I just find very enjoyable. Quote
JudyJudyJudy Posted April 23 Posted April 23 1 hour ago, BlueRiver said: Its a great book isnt it? Not sure how much Ishiguro you'll have read but I enjoyed An Artist of the Floating World too and Klara and the Sun. Never Let Me Go is on my list soon too along with The Buried Giant. There's something to his writing style I just find very enjoyable. Yes . I tend to read psychological thrillers whodunnits .but I’m in a book club and this was on the list . What a complex character Mr Stephens was . I’ll check out those other books . Cheers Quote
John Findlay Posted May 10 Posted May 10 Finally got round to reading this. Must have read Notes from a small island 20+ years ago. Yes I'm enjoying it. Quote
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