what book you reading at the moment? (incl poll)

[King Silkbeard]

Reading a Star Wars novel.

 

[doppellanger]

Homesickness by Colin Barrett. I was really looking forward to this as his first book was very good, but I'm disappointed.

The short stories are in the same psychic space as Kevin Barry's but they are overwritten.

From page 55: "Bimbo stormed into the jacks, thrummed a sulphurous piss into the gurgling trough".

He went to the jacks for a piss, all the thrumming and gurgling is unnecessary rococo in my opinion. And if you are going to use the fancy words, why not also lavatory and urinate? It's jarring and incongruous.

The stories themselves are sort of banal, not a criticism in itself, I don't mind reading a story where nothing much happens, but something has to compensate for it, whether humour or character or offstage action or an idea, but a bunch of ten-dollar words is not enough compensation

 

[King Silkbeard]

Reading Tom McCaughren's Run For Cover, they are an excellent Fox series. I now have them all.

 

[gaffer falls]

Main street ..Sinclair Lewis

 

[IanCork1106]

Shooting The Cook by David Pritchard, very funny account of discovering Keith Floyd and Rick Stein and in particular keeping up with Floyd's antics filming the cookery shows.

 

[Great-Bit-O-Stuff]

Poetry book by a friend

 

[Chara021]

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Not grabbing me as I hoped it would but a nice read.

 

[Matlock]

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. Not grabbing me as I hoped it would but a nice read.

I've considered buying it but something is putting me off. Would be interested to hear your review at the end.

Have done very little reading recently as I'm studying. Hoping to get back into it over the summer.

 

[SoundMan]

Michael Collins And The Making Of A New Ireland by Piaras Beaslai.

I've wanted it for years but could never afford it. Recently got the reprinted double volume as a pressie.

Very good read so far.

 

[markyboy]

Main street ..Sinclair Lewis

Might give this a go next. Mixed him up with Upton Sinclair.

Seriously tried The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin but gave up. Same with Ringworld by Larry Niven. Just started Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds and it’s good so far.