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I've not read Second Place but I've read the weird trilogy of books by Rachel Cusk that I can't quite remember the name of now, and I really enjoyed how weird they were, even though they felt a bit like a creative writing assignment or an experiment at times.
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but I've read the weird trilogy of books by Rachel Cusk that I can't quite remember the name of now
Outline, Kudos, Transit.
Enjoyed Outline, and Mrs GB enjoyed the others, but I haven't got around to reading them yet.
Just finished The Apollo Murders by astronaut Chris Hadfield. Not bad but then I'm not a fan of mysteries, and not enough Science (TM) like The Martian to get me gripped in that respect.
Currently about 50 books in the "to read" stack(s). Need to make some headway into them.
Greenbank
My recent efforts:
'The Contrarian' by Max Chafkin. About Peter Thiel. Enjoyed it a lot. Written by a journalist so flows very well. If you consider Thiel a cunt, you will think him an even bigger cunt after reading this. Thiel is just a very, very nasty person.
'Billion Dollar Loser' by Reeves Wiedeman. Would recommend, especially if you like to indulge your misanthropy. About the guy who built and then crashed WeWork. Full of great anecdotes.
'All the Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr.
Gave up about a third into the book. Just too sickeningly sweet for my liking. It’s as if there is a recipe out there somewhere that publishers can use to commission books that are #inspiring and #profound. Make a child the protagonist, tie it to an important historical period or event, tickle the reader's fancy with a some interesting facts and tidbits etc. It's like a book equivalent of a person boosting their LinkedIn with a story about somebody close to them beating cancer.
'Night Theatre' by Vikram Paralkar
Superbly well written. But I could't really figure out what the story was about. Keen to hear what you guys think about it.
'Second Place' by Rachel Cusk
Had a go since it got good mentions in the annual lists from various reviewers. Couldn't get into it. have any of you guys read it?