The Book Thread

maltingsaudio

The Apollo Murders is a great read if you like a bit of James Bond Cold War mixed with real life, written by real life astronaut Chris Hadfield.

CJ Sansom Shardlake Series is a really good Morse in Tudor England type read.

Currently re reading the Stella Rimmington Liz Carlyle books, great penny dreadfulls !

boogieman

maltingsaudio said:

The Apollo Murders is a great read if you like a bit of James Bond Cold War mixed with real life, written by real life astronaut Chris Hadfield.

CJ Sansom Shardlake Series is a really good Morse in Tudor England type read.

Currently re reading the Stella Rimmington Liz Carlyle books, great penny dreadfulls !

I really liked the early Shardlake books, but I thought the last one was pants! Far too long and wordy and the plot wasn’t that great. If you like historical fiction Ken Follet’s Kingsbridge books (Pillars of the Earth etc) are an easy read and pretty decent, if a little bit formulaic after the first couple. 

maltingsaudio

boogieman said:

maltingsaudio said:

The Apollo Murders is a great read if you like a bit of James Bond Cold War mixed with real life, written by real life astronaut Chris Hadfield.

CJ Sansom Shardlake Series is a really good Morse in Tudor England type read.

Currently re reading the Stella Rimmington Liz Carlyle books, great penny dreadfulls !

I really liked the early Shardlake books, but I thought the last one was pants! Far too long and wordy and the plot wasn’t that great. If you like historical fiction Ken Follet’s Kingsbridge books (Pillars of the Earth etc) are an easy read and pretty decent, if a little bit formulaic after the first couple. 

Agree with you on the Shardlake books, the last one could have been half as long. However Dark Fire and Revelation were standout.

Cranky

Wildcard pick: Forsythe’s The Day of the Jackal

I just started The Balkan Trilogy, which I am liking.

Hard to go wrong with Kafka, Camus, etc.

Kittyfrisk

maltingsaudio said:

boogieman said:

maltingsaudio said:

The Apollo Murders is a great read if you like a bit of James Bond Cold War mixed with real life, written by real life astronaut Chris Hadfield.

CJ Sansom Shardlake Series is a really good Morse in Tudor England type read.

Currently re reading the Stella Rimmington Liz Carlyle books, great penny dreadfulls !

I really liked the early Shardlake books, but I thought the last one was pants! Far too long and wordy and the plot wasn’t that great. If you like historical fiction Ken Follet’s Kingsbridge books (Pillars of the Earth etc) are an easy read and pretty decent, if a little bit formulaic after the first couple. 

Agree with you on the Shardlake books, the last one could have been half as long. However Dark Fire and Revelation were standout.

BBC did very fair dramatic adaptations of the Shardlake books  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09kw69t/episodes/guide

Philly_Q

ennspek said:

boogieman said:

Didn’t we already have a “what are you reading” thread? Probably long buried now. 

Probably. I searched books (because I'm basic) and only guitar books showed up. Apologies if this is a duplicate.

There have been quite a few, but this was the big thread:

https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/8917/

Philly_Q

I'm reading The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins.

In fact I've been reading Wilkie Collins for at least the last year, the only other book I've read was Bob Mortimer's autobiography.

boogieman

Kittyfrisk said:

maltingsaudio said:

boogieman said:

maltingsaudio said:

The Apollo Murders is a great read if you like a bit of James Bond Cold War mixed with real life, written by real life astronaut Chris Hadfield.

CJ Sansom Shardlake Series is a really good Morse in Tudor England type read.

Currently re reading the Stella Rimmington Liz Carlyle books, great penny dreadfulls !

I really liked the early Shardlake books, but I thought the last one was pants! Far too long and wordy and the plot wasn’t that great. If you like historical fiction Ken Follet’s Kingsbridge books (Pillars of the Earth etc) are an easy read and pretty decent, if a little bit formulaic after the first couple. 

Agree with you on the Shardlake books, the last one could have been half as long. However Dark Fire and Revelation were standout.

BBC did very fair dramatic adaptations of the Shardlake books  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p09kw69t/episodes/guide

Oh cool! I didn’t know about those. Ta 

kaypeejay

I’m reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. 

I don’t usually do westerns but this is a good read, long though at 900+ pages 

axisus

Very pleased to find another Nikki Sixx book recently. I'm not a fan of the music, but all the bands books are a great read.

maharg101

Reading Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars trilogy at present, having a bit of a binge on his work since reading The Ministry For The Future.

ennspek

Hardly off beat but I came to crime fiction late on in life and absolutely love the Rebus books by Rankin. They turned me into Morse, Dalziel etc.

Also currently enjoying the Slough House series.

Paul_C

Dead Country - Max Gladstone.

hollywoodrox

I’ve been reading Siddartha by Herman Hess  about Siddartha the Buddha 
  As I like Buddhism but It’s not particularly enlightening he went from being a privileged rich man to an ascetic holy man then had a brief fling with earning money and seeing a hottie , now he’s gone to live by the river with an old ferryman . I class myself as a Buddhist & do my best to follow the middle path . Krishna sounds interesting too a friend used to tell me bits of his stories 

CountryDave

Guy Pratt - My Bass and other animals.
It’s hilarious, interesting and so far, a who’s who of the 80’s music scene.
After this I’ve got Rob Burrow’s book lined up, then Dave Grohl.

ennspek

Just noticed Stephen King's son has published a novel. Apparently it's quite good.

Philly_Q

ennspek said:

Just noticed Stephen King's son has published a novel. Apparently it's quite good.

Which one?  He's got two sons who are both writers. Joe Hill has written many short stories, novels and comics.  Owen King isn't so widely published but I think he might be the one with a recent novel.

BRISTOL86

Philly_Q said:

ennspek said:

Just noticed Stephen King's son has published a novel. Apparently it's quite good.

Which one?  He's got two sons who are both writers. Joe Hill has written many short stories, novels and comics.  Owen King isn't so widely published but I think he might be the one with a recent novel.

Owen King’s new one is called The Curator, I believe. 

ennspek

BRISTOL86 said:

Philly_Q said:

ennspek said:

Just noticed Stephen King's son has published a novel. Apparently it's quite good.

Which one?  He's got two sons who are both writers. Joe Hill has written many short stories, novels and comics.  Owen King isn't so widely published but I think he might be the one with a recent novel.

Owen King’s new one is called The Curator, I believe. 

That's the one I was referring to. I didn't know about the other one.

ennspek

Dead Lions - Mick Herron. Second of the Slough House series. More MI5 shenanigans, thoroughly enjoyable.