Good thread this - I'm in the middle of reading M Train by Patti Smith, her prose is, as you would expect, very artistic; despite that, an excellent read thus far. Anyone fancying a really good and gritty detective read should try Stuart MacBride; I read three of his books i.e. Cold Granite, Dying Light and Broken Skin in next to no time - they're all set in Aberdeen and are excellent reads.
There's both a new Michael Connelly and an Iain Banks either just into paperback or about to be - so watching the charity shops...
TBH..I hardly read nowadays.I just write my own stuff!! Much more fun.. Though I do like the Harry Bosch stories as Connolly tends to have two or even three stories running parallel to the main plot..very clever.
The wRong side of goodbye? Connellys. Good read, think he lost it with a few just lately but this was pretty good.
Busy with the up and coming match day threads i suppose. Preparation is preparing to fail or summat like that. Keep up the good work.
That's the Bosch, Chazz. There's another Bosch 'Two Kinds of Truth'31st October (Amazon), and 'The Late Show' ...introducing a female character, just out. Apparently.
Recent Reads: The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole by Stephanie Doyon - ordinary lives & attitudes to success in downbeat small town America - well written Songs in Ordinary Time by Mary McGarry Morris - almost like an extended version of Doyon's book (or Doyon's is a shortened version of this) - again, if you like slow burn small town America, this one is good. Midnight in the Garden of Good & Evil by John Berendt - a non-fiction account of quirky real-life characters in Savannah, Georgia. ( I had just completed listening to the the S-Town Podcast about John Mclemore in Woodstock Alabama - the Waltons it sure ain't - check it out on YouTube - it is a real story with real people, guarantee you will not be disappointed - ). Where was I? After listening to S-town, someone recommended the Berendt book - I was hooked by both but they really are miles apart culturally. Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius - an autobiography of a boy who succumbed to locked-in syndrome for several years, and how he has coped since. Fordlandia: The Rise & Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Grandin. To compete against British, French & Dutch monopoly of natural rubber, Ford attempted to produce his own by developing a plantation in the Amazon (the indigenous habitat of the rubber plant). It was an unmitigated disaster. The book is historically interesting and is as much about Ford's psyche as it is about his Brazilian venture - he was a complicated man who employed his own thugs such as the notorious Harry Bennett to enforce his will
Got addicted to James Patterson in the late 80's but stopped reading mid 90's due to change in jobs. Started again about four months ago and am reading a book a week. Luckily he has written nigh on 200 books so ok for another few years yet. Just in case you're interested http://www.jamespatterson.co.uk/books/
If you like historic novels The North Water by Ian McGuire is excellent, begins and ends in Hull in the whaling industry of 1859.
I am presently on my vacation and I brought The President, the Pope, and the Prime Minister along to read. It's been a good book so far, but that's all I'll say as a dreaded political discussion might break out.
You now need to go on the holiday thread and tell us where you are and what you're up to Tex. Then go to the drinks thread and tell us what you're drinking too.
The Bible Unearthed by Israel Finkelstein and Neil Asher Silberman Reveals how archaeology and ancient textual evidence has already proved The Old Testament was no more than a politically motivated book of myths.
Art Sex Music by Cosey Fanni Tutti. Amongst other things she describes what it was like to grow up on Bilton Grange in the 60s and 70s. She also describes her one and only Hull City match.
