Mad_Cyril Just abandoned Fairy Tale by Stephen King, massive load of aul shite. Gave it a good go, over ¼ of it, but couldn’t bear to waste any more of my life on it. Swerve.
gcw Mad_Cyril I’ve read prob 95% of his output but I looked at the synopsis of this and decided against a purchase. I am not a fan of the fantasy type stuff he does. I do think the wife will prob get it for me as an Xmas gift , so no doubt I will read it, but not expecting much
Mad_Cyril gcw Loads of folks comparing to Dark Tower series. Not sure what fucking planet they’re on.
C_J Currently slogging through The Grid by Nick Cook (which is just OK) so that I can get started on The Fear Index by Robert Harris
Homegrove Back to Banks’ Culture-series with Inversions. I think this will be a great reread one day, where you spot the hints that it even is a Culture-novel better when you know how it ends.
Homegrove Rachel Harrison’s Such Sharp Teeth was fucking great. A werewolf-novel that’s like a romantic comedy in book form with exteme body horror.
hugopal Homegrove fucking great. A werewolf-novel that’s like a romantic comedy in book form Yo Hannu, I think your account has been hacked by a 40 year-old cat lady.
Mad_Cyril Finally dived into 1Q84. Should have done so a long time ago. Murakami is a tremendous writer and it’s been too long since I read one of his novels. Don’t hold tight for feedback
Henry Mad_Cyril IQ84 is deffo one of his better recent ones. Thought it was pretty good. Recall getting the horn a few times too. He’s got a new one coming out in April, but the translation will take a while.
gcw Truman Capote - In Cold Blood One of the very best I’ve read. A fantastic retelling of a true crime story. Michael Connelly - Desert Star. One of the better Bosch/Ballard books albeit a bit melancholy at the end. @Homegrove have you read this?
gcw Homegrove yep the newest. Think it’s the 5th one with Ballard and its not bad. In hindsight there’s a couple of average Ballard ones in the list
Mad_Cyril Smallman1 Cute. Have you also got a bag of Lyme and a shovel labelled ‘girlfriend’ written in the hallway?
Homegrove Michael Mann & Meg Gardiner - Heat 2. Aside from very cringy sex depictions and some weird timeline stuff (for example I’m pretty sure there were no black markets in South America selling pirated DVDs in 1996. Seems way too soon) aside I liked it a lot. The writing was reminiscent of James Elroy, and you learned a lot more about all the main characters. Will have to watch the movie once again this weekend having read this.
