Thread: What are you reading now... II!
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13th May 2011, 10:43 PM #126
The epilogue was very, very odd. I just ignored it!
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14th May 2011, 2:28 PM #127
I sometimes like it when authors appear in their own work (Grant Morrison turns up in Animal Man 26 to have a chat with the main character to great effect) but here it felt a little...unneeded? And I'm still not quite sure why he thought it was a good idea...but I am enjoying pondering why he made such a decision...
But yes, I think I'll enjoy the novel more in hindsight by just ignoring that last part..."RIP Henchman No.24."
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17th May 2011, 3:34 PM #128
I'm reading 'Smut' by Alan Bennett. Although technically it's Alan's Yorkshire accent I'm hearing in my head, so in a way he's reading it to me. It's like a talking book of the mind.
Anyway, it's a fun, quick and easy read - plus being extremely perverse.
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17th May 2011, 5:35 PM #129
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By coincidence I've started his An Uncommon Reader!
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23rd May 2011, 1:26 PM #130
I'm starting Smut by Alan Bennett. Unfortunately I left it at home today, so i started the next reading group book- Tiger, Tiger. It's going to be horrible.
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23rd May 2011, 2:25 PM #131
I finished Robin Ince's 'Bad Book Club' at lunch, about the rubbish books he's found at charity shops.
Sadly, it was pretty poor in itself. It started off exciting enough, but by the end my eyeballs were sliding down the page...
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23rd May 2011, 4:14 PM #132
That always going to be the problem with do a book on bad books isn't it?
Jody finished the Paul Magrs book last night and is eagerly wanting another one.
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23rd May 2011, 4:54 PM #133
Give her Verdigris!
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23rd May 2011, 6:07 PM #134
I saw Ince doing stand up once where he read from Sid Little's autobiography. It was very funny stuff, but I can't imagine ever wanting to read the book itself.
I'm reading Black Swan Green by David Mitchell and really enjoying it, I've had it on my bookshelf for ages and have no idea why it's taken me this long to pick up...
Jody finished the Paul Magrs book last night and is eagerly wanting another one.Last edited by Alex; 23rd May 2011 at 6:14 PM.
"RIP Henchman No.24."
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23rd May 2011, 9:21 PM #135Give her Verdigris!
Which book was that, Paul?
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23rd May 2011, 9:36 PM #136
I belive it was The Bride That Time Forgot
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24th May 2011, 11:58 AM #137
Yes thats the one. I've reserved the first two of the series for her at the library.
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24th May 2011, 3:23 PM #138
Ah, is this part of your secret plan to finally turn Jodes in to a sci-fi fan?
"RIP Henchman No.24."
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24th May 2011, 3:28 PM #139
She picked it off our shelf without any prompting. Yes, really!
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24th May 2011, 6:00 PM #140
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26th May 2011, 4:22 PM #141She picked it off our shelf without any prompting. Yes, really!
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1st Jun 2011, 12:23 PM #142
Reelin' in the Years by Mark Radcliffe.
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1st Jun 2011, 12:40 PM #143
Oh yes - after finishing The Coming of The Terraphiles, I chose Alex's Adventures In Numberland. Much better! It's a pop science book about interesting ideas in maths and it's very readable.
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1st Jun 2011, 3:16 PM #144
I have no recollection of those adventures at all!
I absolutely adored Black Swan Green, it's one of those rare books that you never want to end. I really must read more David Mitchell as I loved Number9Dream too..."RIP Henchman No.24."
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3rd Jun 2011, 10:56 AM #145
I started to read Doctor Who Pocket Essentials last night.
IMO Mark Campball comes across as an opinionated twit & stats his opinions as fact. I know this book came out in 2000 but he makes himself look like an idiot in the second paragraph, "And all this for a show that is quite clearly - .... - dead."(para)
He goes on to talk about how Doctor Who is an ex-programme & is quite clearly not coming back. He also mentions a good TV programme using Doctor Who to comfort one of the main characters, (Queer as Folk).
"Like it or not, things have moved on (for the worse), and Doctor Who just doesn't seem to fit in with today's current multichannel, multi-rubbish world."
I'm sure he didn't intend me to read his introduction laughing but what the hell.
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3rd Jun 2011, 5:36 PM #146
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Tim, would it surprise you to learn that he's brought out a new, updated edition since the series came back...?
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6th Jun 2011, 9:14 AM #147
Finished with Alex's Adventures In Numberland, though no mention of Mr Finch that I could see! There was this hotel with an infinite number of rooms that had big problems when a larger infinite number of people turned up.
Next up is this month's Interzone.
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6th Jun 2011, 8:00 PM #148Next up is this month's Interzone
I've finally finished Black Butterfly, after a rather large break from it reading the second half of A Writers Tale, and it was good fun although nothing amazing. Definitely the worst of the Lucifer Box books. Am just about to start The City and the City by China Mievelle
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7th Jun 2011, 1:21 PM #149IMO Mark Campball comes across as an opinionated twit & stats his opinions as fact. I know this book came out in 2000 but he makes himself look like an idiot in the second paragraph, "And all this for a show that is quite clearly - .... - dead."
Si.
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7th Jun 2011, 1:34 PM #150
Cheers, Si. Angela got me the 2007 hardback 4th edition, only cost about £2.99 from The Works or some such shop.
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