Books - What are you reading?

^ But better, nonetheless.

May give it a try. Now on to the second of the southern reach trilogy. Rather enjoying the series. The film has only a passing resemblance to the book really.

I’ve started The Scar, which I’m enjoying so far. I feel like I’ll have earned a bit of a break from his rather baroque descriptive style though

Obsessively reading Joseph Wabaugh books. True and fictional crime. Such attention to detail, cop-speak and in the current one I'm reading fire-man speak.

Moved on from Lawrence Blocks samey Scudder series to a much more elaborated crime writer. Would strongly recommend.

Last three books wot I have read

A Dog In A Hat - Joe Parkin
Undisputed Truth My Autobiography - Mike Tyson
London - A Spiritual History - Edoardo Albert

All totally fascinating reads.

Is there a particular one you would recommend?

The Onion Field for a non fiction start, The Choirboys for fiction.

Both have amazing cop talk and tales

Thanks. On holiday and his week and forecast is dire. Need something to fill the time.

I'm about halfway through South. Sort of enjoying it, agree with the description of "The Road lite". It reads a bit like it was written for teenagers but I'm a sucker for anything post apocolyptic. The same reason I read all 3 of the Wool trilogy, crap writing but spooky af.

Oh and I finished Concrete Jungle by JG Ballard the other day. Quite enjoyed it but v blokey (as you might expect from JG Ballard).

Wildwood by Roger Deakin. On a bit of a nature/outdoorsy tract at the moment. Got Deakin, Lewis-Stempel and MacFarlane on the go.

I’m the same (although I kind of petered out halfway through the 3rd wool book).

Have you read ‘greybeard’ by Brian Aldiss? I thought it was an interesting approach to the post-apoc thing.

Just finished the cyclist who went out in the cold by Tim Moore and Endurance by Alfred lansing. now reading but Jupiter's travels by Ted Simon

Have you read Deakin's Waterlog? Would definitely recommend it.

Halfway through Edward Pickering's Ronde book; so far it's excellent.

Nah, not yet. Got onto him through Lewis-Stempel, so my mother in law got me Wildwood as a bday present, Waterlog is next though. Cheers for the recommendation though.

I haven't! Sounds interesting though, just ordered a copy.

Mike Duncan's Revolutions Podcast is fantastic and will take you through the entire Haitian revolution as well as placing it within the global context. Highly recommend it.

I need to give that podcast another go. I tried to listen to the series about the French revolution whilst I was working but there's just so much detail! Found it a bit of a slog and ended up not paying much attention.

Ja, it is pretty comprehensive for sure. I listen to it when I go for a walk or on the train etc, rather than when I am doing something so maybe that is the difference? Not sure I could multi-task and pay attention. I think its worth giving it another go. Just finished the revolutions of 1848 and think it is the best one yet.

I've just finished reading this and loved it.

For fans of robots and post apocalyptic stories.

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/robots-wander-apocalyptic-west-sea-rust/

Another thumbs up for the revolutionary podcast.

Sometimes I let the detail wash over me, it is very relaxing. I have actually used it to nap to.

It hasn't ruined my enjoyment of it.

At Swim Two Birds - about a third of the way through, finding it very hard work, is it worth persevering?

I finally got round to reading the first Iain M Banks Culture book and wasn't a huge fan. Do they get better later in the series or if I didn't like that shall I give up on them?

If you didn’t like that, there’s no hope for you :-)

In other news: finally hitting the big screen, isn’t it?