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What book are you reading atm??

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    #8852
    eviltwin
    Registered Users Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    An american marriage

    It's very highly regarded but tbh I find it a bit ****e


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    #8853
    hairyprincess
    Registered Users Posts: 2,293 ✭✭✭hairyprincess


    A few years ago I read a book by an Irish author living in America, which had won some coveted literary award. Well it was an absolute pile of ****e. Never again will I read a book based on winning awards.

    Just started Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner.


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    #8854
    Gannicus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭Gannicus


    Just finishing off 'Jurassic Park' now. As much as I love the film the book is way better.


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    #8855
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,242 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    Gannicus wrote: »
    Just finishing off 'Jurassic Park' now. As much as I love the film the book is way better.
    Michael Crichton is so underrated


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    #8856
    Gannicus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭Gannicus


    gmisk wrote: »
    Michael Crichton is so underrated

    I'm wondering whether or not I should dive straight into 'The Lost World'?


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    #8857
    Textra_vision
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭Textra_vision


    Happiness Hypothesis by Johnathan Haidt.


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    #8858
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Gannicus wrote: »
    gmisk wrote: »
    Michael Crichton is so underrated

    I'm wondering whether or not I should dive straight into 'The Lost World'?
    It's nowhere near as good as Jurassic Park.


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    #8859
    _Godot_
    Registered Users Posts: 877 ✭✭✭_Godot_


    Gannicus wrote: »
    I'm wondering whether or not I should dive straight into 'The Lost World'?


    The second book, which I'm rereading now, is miles better than the second film. But then again, I also liked the third movie.


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    #8860
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    I'm currently rereading Soul Music by Terry Pratchett. I was going to reread Filth by Irvine Welsh after finishing Porno but couldn't find my copy anywhere. Can't go too far wrong with a discworld book though.


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    #8861
    Gannicus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭Gannicus


    Deleted User wrote: »
    It's nowhere near as good as Jurassic Park.

    The book?
    _Godot_ wrote: »
    The second book, which I'm rereading now, is miles better than the second film. But then again, I also liked the third movie.

    Would you recommend reading 'The Lost World' the book, at all?

    Or any other of Crichton's book worth you would highly recommend?


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    #8862
    griffin100
    Registered Users Posts: 4,786 ✭✭✭griffin100


    Gannicus wrote: »
    I'm wondering whether or not I should dive straight into 'The Lost World'?

    Try Sphere, imho one of his best books.


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    #8863
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Gannicus wrote: »
    Deleted User wrote: »
    It's nowhere near as good as Jurassic Park.

    The book?
    _Godot_ wrote: »
    The second book, which I'm rereading now, is miles better than the second film. But then again, I also liked the third movie.

    Would you recommend reading 'The Lost World' the book, at all?

    Or any other of Crichton's book worth you would highly recommend?

    Yeah, the book. Years since I've read it but remember disliking it. It felt like an unnecessary sequel.


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    #8864
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 32,242 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    griffin100 wrote: »
    Try Sphere, imho one of his best books.
    Sphere is an excellent read.. poor film version though


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    #8865
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    I've just started "The Easy Way Out" by Steven Amsterdam, I'm enjoying it so far, it's the first book that's grabbed my attention in a while. It's about a guy working as a nurse for euthanasia patients.


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    #8866
    The Late Late Show
    Closed Accounts Posts: 840 ✭✭✭The Late Late Show


    The Testaments by Margaret Atwood. Enjoying it very much so far.


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    #8867
    Achebe
    Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭Achebe


    Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nahesi Coates.


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    #8868
    appledrop
    Registered Users Posts: 5,825 ✭✭✭appledrop


    hairyprincess wrote: »
    A few years ago I read a book by an Irish author living in America, which had won some coveted literary award. Well it was an absolute pile of ****e. Never again will I read a book based on winning awards.

    Just started Fleishman Is In Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner.

    That's how I felt about 'Milkman' . It won the Booker prize. Pile of s***e


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    #8869
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users Posts: 10,582 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Considering the universal hatred for “The Milkman” I’m suddenly very tempted to read it.

    I mean, these “prize winners” are, almost always, praised to high heaven and when you finally get around to read them they are, almost always, turgid borefests.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



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    #8870
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    Considering the universal hatred for “The Milkman” I’m suddenly very tempted to read it.

    I mean, these “prize winners” are, almost always, praised to high heaven and when you finally get around to read them they are, almost always, turgid borefests.

    Read it myself, Emmet. Pretty dreadful stuff. One might assume the reason it won is because it’s difficult by design, and was written by a human with a fanny.


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    #8871
    Not in Kansas
    Registered Users Posts: 274 ✭✭Not in Kansas


    appledrop wrote: »
    I hate to tell you but it gets no better + nothing really happens in whole book.

    Its crap.

    You have just given me permission to give up! Thank you.


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    #8872
    Rubberlegs
    Registered Users Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭Rubberlegs


    The Institute by Stephen King, 25 pages in and enjoying it immensely.


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    #8873
    appledrop
    Registered Users Posts: 5,825 ✭✭✭appledrop


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    Considering the universal hatred for “The Milkman” I’m suddenly very tempted to read it.

    I mean, these “prize winners” are, almost always, praised to high heaven and when you finally get around to read them they are, almost always, turgid borefests.

    Try + get it from someone else or buy second hand. Mine is gone to charity shop. Trust me it's not worth buying.


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    #8874
    Widdershins
    Registered Users Posts: 10,633 ✭✭✭✭Widdershins


    The Lost Words by Robert McFarlane. He wrote the acrostic poems about the words from nature that the Oxford dictionary replaced with technology related terms. Illustrated by Jackie Morris whose paintings I always admired. I might have to content myself with framing the illustrations from the book :D.

    I've bought a few copies as presents as it's "visually stunning!" as they say.


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    #8875
    CrankyHaus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭CrankyHaus


    Trotsky by Robert Service.

    Excellent. An entertaining and informative read. The best kind of revisionism. I was curious about the reception it got, apparently generally positive but later received "academic" criticism. On closer look all of this seems to have come from Trotskyists and fellow travellers, Tariq Ali and the like.


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    #8876
    Irishder
    Registered Users Posts: 927 ✭✭✭Irishder


    Cari Mora by Thomas Harris.

    Really struggling to get into it.


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    #8877
    Gannicus
    Registered Users Posts: 1,736 ✭✭✭Gannicus


    Reading 'The Lost World' by Michael Crichton. Only about 30 odd pages in seems alright so far.


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    #8878
    Veloce
    Registered Users Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭Veloce


    Fastnet Force 10 by John Rousmanerie


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    #8879
    CrankyHaus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,281 ✭✭✭CrankyHaus


    Veloce wrote: »
    Fastnet Force 10 by John Rousmanerie

    That looks great. How are you finding it?


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    #8880
    Veloce
    Registered Users Posts: 1,289 ✭✭✭Veloce


    CrankyHaus wrote: »
    That looks great. How are you finding it?

    It's superb - I'm nearly finished it. a very detailed account of the 1979 race. I'd recommend it. Will read Left for Dead by Nick Ward after - as a follow on!


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    #8881
    Marty1983
    Registered Users Posts: 153 ✭✭Marty1983


    New ross o carroll kelly one, never get old!


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