What are you reading tonight?

[Bruce Rioja]

50 pages in to Go Set a Watchman. Brilliantly written but no discernable tale as of yet. Oh, and Jem's dead.I expect we'll come to that bit.

Spoiler Alert.

ffs. I may as well not read it now. How very dare you ?

Sorry, mate, but up to now he's been dismissed in a single line. Like I say, I expect the circumstances to follow.

[Beefheart]

Been reading some of these 'Little Black Classics' that Penguin have released. There's 80 of 'em, to commemorate Penguins 80th anniversary and they're 80p each. They're all short which is ideal if, like me, you can't find the time/can't be arsed to read proper books. (Plus, they look dead good on the shelf)

[KeyserSoze]

Got one of the Kurt Wallander novels for a recent flight, The Fifth Woman. Nice little page-turner so far.

[Hoboh]

1000 years of annoying the French by Stephen Clark.

What a laugh

[Bruce Rioja]

1000 years of annoying the French by Stephen Clark.

What a laugh

A Year in The Merde's a half decent read.

[Worthy4England]

With a heavy heart, the last journey to Discworld. The Shepherd's Crown. RIP Mr Pratchett.

[KeyserSoze]

An interview in the Financial Times is one for the Clive James fans. Seems in good spirits.

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[Prufrock]

Pay for content? :lol;

[KeyserSoze]

god bless work subscriptions (or buy the paper)

[clapton is god]

Just finished Ian Rankin's "The Beat Goes On", a collection of Rebus short stories and one novella, most with a clever twist. Excellent stuff for all Rebus fans.

[Gary the Enfield]

With a heavy heart, the last journey to Discworld. The Shepherd's Crown. RIP Mr Pratchett.

Got this through the post whilst on holiday.

Just finished The Axeman's Jazz, a debut novel by Ray Celestin

It's a fictional story based on true events in 1919 New Orleans where a mad axeman went on a murderous spree and issued letters to the police and the press.

Oh and Lewis Armstrong, the jazz musician, is in it. And no, I didn't miss-spell his name.

[clapton is god]

Started Bill Brysons "A Walk in the Woods" yesterday in advance of the film being released in a couple of weeks. Robert Redford and Nick Nolte have a lot to live up to!

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Started Bill Brysons "A Walk in the Woods" yesterday in advance of the film being released in a couple of weeks. Robert Redford and Nick Nolte have a lot to live up to!

They've made a film out of that? A good book, but I can't imagine it would make a great film.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

I've just discovered Michel Faber. I've read three of his books in five days:
Book of Strange New Things
Under the Skin
The Fire Gospel.

Unfortunately my missus has read the Crimson Petal and the White, and has persuaded me that it's shit, so I won't be trying that one yet.

[TANGODANCER]

Just finished Ian Rankin's "The Beat Goes On", a collection of Rebus short stories and one novella, most with a clever twist. Excellent stuff for all Rebus fans.

Just started reading Ian Jardine's latest Bob Skinner tale, "Last resort"

[Bruce Rioja]

Started Bill Brysons "A Walk in the Woods" yesterday in advance of the film being released in a couple of weeks. Robert Redford and Nick Nolte have a lot to live up to!

They've made a film out of that? A good book, but I can't imagine it would make a great film.

As with the Dad's Army film - I'll watch it but I expect to be massively underwhelmed.

[General Mannerheim]

shamefully ive never seen any more of Dad's Army than the opening credits but looking at the names affiliated with the film, i reckon fans will be pleasantly surprised.

[Beefheart]

shamefully ive never seen any more of Dad's Army than the opening credits but looking at the names affiliated with the film, i reckon fans will be pleasantly surprised.

Aye, Toby Jones alone had me thinking 'Hmm, this might be good actually'. It's a pretty stellar cast.

[clapton is god]

Started Bill Brysons "A Walk in the Woods" yesterday in advance of the film being released in a couple of weeks. Robert Redford and Nick Nolte have a lot to live up to!

They've made a film out of that? A good book, but I can't imagine it would make a great film.

I imagine it got produced off the back of Reese Witherspoons 'Wild', which was very well thought of. That deals with a stroll on the Pacific Crest Trail whereas Brysons is concerned with the Appalachian Trail.

[Lost Leopard Spot]

Started Bill Brysons "A Walk in the Woods" yesterday in advance of the film being released in a couple of weeks. Robert Redford and Nick Nolte have a lot to live up to!

They've made a film out of that? A good book, but I can't imagine it would make a great film.

I imagine it got produced off the back of Reese Witherspoons 'Wild', which was very well thought of. That deals with a stroll on the Pacific Crest Trail whereas Brysons is concerned with the Appalachian Trail.

It was you, I think, who recommended a book about the PCT.