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Post by Ross Warren on Jan 5, 2013 12:45:38 GMT 1
On my hols I finished:
Boy's Life by Robert R McCammon - Superb, heartfelt and magical The Godfather by Mario Puzo - Epic but dry in style. The Way of Leaves by David Tallerman - Emotional and touching but deserving of of more length. I wanted to see more, particularly of the main characters relationship. 13 Ghosts of Christmas - Solid anthology with several 5* stories.
Currently reading:
CD Issue 68 The Hobbit by JRRRRRRRR Tolkien
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Post by benedictjjones on Jan 20, 2013 1:41:24 GMT 1
just reading '13 ghosts of christmas' enjoying it so far.
on the tbr pile is: "party pieces' - mary danby and a book about the death of bruce lee
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Post by benedictjjones on Jun 5, 2013 11:45:22 GMT 1
juggling;
'the croning' laird barron and 'whore of the devil' (a history of the witch hunt)
on the TBR pile is a book about denazifying germany and one about intellectual life in occupied paris
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Post by karswell on Jun 8, 2013 10:09:58 GMT 1
Finished Ash by James Herbert which I read by way of being a completist. Kinda wish I hadn't as it's pretty awful and kind of tarnished his memory.
Just started Joseph D'Lacey's Black Feathers which is intriguing so far...
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Post by benedictjjones on Jun 17, 2013 23:44:43 GMT 1
"whores of the devil" was rather good, in the way that humans are worse than any monster we could create in fiction
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Post by Ross Warren on Jun 19, 2013 12:56:40 GMT 1
Last night I read The Ocean at the End of the Lane - Everything you expect from a Neil Gaiman novel. Wonderful.
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Post by benedictjjones on Jul 11, 2013 12:20:31 GMT 1
terror tales of london turned up yesterday, can't wait to read it
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Post by benedictjjones on Jul 26, 2013 10:40:32 GMT 1
just ordered 'a fistful of horrors' (western horror shorts) and 'the screaming book of horror' but may pop to waterstones at lunch and get something to keep me goign till they arrive lol
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Post by benedictjjones on Jul 26, 2013 13:12:15 GMT 1
hit forbidden planet in the end and grabbed the first collected volume of 'scalped' (modern noir series set on a sioux reservation) and a graphic novel called 'holliday' (a modern retelling of the events leading up tot he shootout at the OK corral)
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Post by benedictjjones on Jul 29, 2013 21:20:23 GMT 1
holliday is superbly bleak and should appeal to anyone who liked the sin city series. scalped is gearing up to be good really want the next volume now!!
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Post by Ross Warren on Aug 11, 2013 19:24:12 GMT 1
Just back from holiday and I read:-
Bloody Angels by John L. Probert - Second Parma Corcoran thriller; a quick satisfying read. Highmoor 2: Moonstruck by Grahame Reynoulds - Pacey werewolf fun that more than makes up in action what it lacks in characterisation North American Lake Monsters by Nathan Balingrud - A stunning collection that you should go buy now. I'll wait. Beatrix and Virgil by Yann Martel - Short, beautifully written novel with an element of meta-fiction that avoids coming across as poncey. The Blue Blazes by Chuck Wendig - Bloody good fun!
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The Stand by Stephen King - Massive King fan but I had never got further than half way before. Having the time to read in long bites helped and I have to say, from a writer's viewpoint, the sheer logistics of writing something so long and complex blows my mind. Characters, both human and canine, that you fall in love with!
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Post by benedictjjones on Aug 28, 2013 12:39:52 GMT 1
reading king's 'joyland' at the moment and yesterday picked up 'one' conrad williams and a george pelanacos for 50p each
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Post by Jason Whittle on Aug 30, 2013 12:09:40 GMT 1
Reading the first High Moor now, from the Great British Horror collection, and good gory fun so far.
Recently finished The Children of Men by PD James - wow! Very different to, and even better than the film, and now a serious rival to Day of the Triffids as my ultimate cosy catastrophe.
Also been reading a bit of Chekhov, as you do, but that's more of a University thing...
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Post by karswell on Aug 30, 2013 14:19:41 GMT 1
I've started the second High Moor and unfortunately the dialogue's as awful as the first one (at least this time it's adults speaking it). Bit of a guilty pleasure though.
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Post by Ross Warren on Aug 30, 2013 19:44:44 GMT 1
I enjoyed them, the guy can write action, but yeah the dialogue was weak. There is a standout scene in HM2 though.
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