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Post by eschiff on Apr 11, 2015 10:54:46 GMT
Always looking for good book recommendations. Just tore through Jon Ronson's latest book - So You've Been Publicly Shamed which I loved. After enjoying it so much I went through his back catalogue, some of which I hadn't read yet and certainly recommend Them - Adventures with Extremists and just about to finish Lost at Sea (which is more a collection of Guardian articles). If anyone is into him, he'll be speaking at the Greenwich book fest - greenwichbookfest.com/what else are you reading? What's good? |
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Post by cnh on Apr 11, 2015 11:03:32 GMT
Great idea for a thread  I've just been reading "A history of the world in 100 objects" based on the Radio 4 programme from a few years ago. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2015 11:13:51 GMT
Jeffrey Archer, cant remember the title but i enjoy his books overall, page turners with a bit of factual learning thrown in.
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Post by amboguy on Apr 11, 2015 13:13:23 GMT
Great idea to start this thread.
I'm reading 'Nowhere to Hide' by Glenn Greenwald. It's about the Edward Snowden NSA affair and is gripping yet scary stuff.
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Post by adman on Apr 11, 2015 13:53:34 GMT
Great idea for a thread I've just been reading "A history of the world in 100 objects" based on the Radio 4 programme from a few years ago. Great book! Really enjoyed it. |
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Apr 11, 2015 14:42:20 GMT
Always looking for good book recommendations. Just tore through Jon Ronson's latest book - So You've Been Publicly Shamed which I loved. After enjoying it so much I went through his back catalogue, some of which I hadn't read yet and certainly recommend Them - Adventures with Extremists and just about to finish Lost at Sea (which is more a collection of Guardian articles). If anyone is into him, he'll be speaking at the Greenwich book fest - greenwichbookfest.com/what else are you reading? What's good? just finished reading this one as well. Highly recommended, though Lost at Sea is still my favorite. He's one of those writers that once you start reading, you don't want to stop. I tracked down a couple other volumes of his collected essays - a lot of the stories were included in Lost at Sea, but there's some new material. .,, You can also find the video footage he shot when writing Them on YouTube... Crazy shit |
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Apr 11, 2015 14:44:58 GMT
I'll also recommend Popular Crime by Bill James - it's a book about the sensationalism that has followed major crime stories throughout history. one of those books that I couldn't read fast enough
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Post by sɐǝpı ɟo uoıʇɐɹǝpǝɟ on Apr 11, 2015 14:46:10 GMT
Great idea to start this thread. I'm reading 'Nowhere to Hide' by Glenn Greenwald. It's about the Edward Snowden NSA affair and is gripping yet scary stuff. oohhh nice. I'm looking forward to reading this one after watching Citizen Four |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2015 15:57:17 GMT
Hello all! I am reading "The Chain." It's an expose of the pork industry in the US, a la Sinclair's "The Jungle."
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Post by eschiff on Apr 11, 2015 17:31:09 GMT
amboguy nice i'll have to check out that book, sounds interesting
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Post by IggyWiggy on Apr 11, 2015 17:35:14 GMT
Just started the Death Trilogy by Terry Pratchett. Felt moved to read something by him following his recent passing. Most enjoyable thus far, am very much warming to both his style and his sense of humour.
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Post by feralthings on Apr 11, 2015 17:50:31 GMT
I'm currently reading 'Kavalier and Clay' by Michael Chabon, which is a novel about a Jewish teenage boy who escapes from the Warsaw Ghetto and finds great success in New York but is preoccupied by thoughts of his family who were left behind. Only half way through but very good so far.
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Post by EKAP on Apr 11, 2015 18:00:14 GMT
This week I've been reading Banksy - the man behind the wall by Will Ellsworth-Jones. I suspect many on here know it well but if like me you don't know the history it is an enjoyable read - no idea how accurate any of it is though...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2015 18:02:01 GMT
Just read The Tiger Who Came To Tea for the 137th time, still cant believe he drank all the water in the taps!!!
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Post by eschiff on Apr 11, 2015 18:04:37 GMT
This week I've been reading Banksy - the man behind the wall by Will Ellsworth-Jones. I suspect many on here know it well but if like me you don't know the history it is an enjoyable read - no idea how accurate any of it is though... well to give you an idea there's a few pages in that book taken from my blog (artonanisland...with permission) about the CYW release. At least I can vouch for that part! |
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Post by dazarino on Apr 11, 2015 19:00:30 GMT
Just received the borondo book so very happy, apart from that, ready player one was my last read, basic i know but so geeky
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Post by dibbs45 on Apr 12, 2015 9:33:14 GMT
I've been reading “the late Hector Kipling" by David Thewlis (the actor Naked, and Harry Potter). It's about a conceptual artist whose friend gets a brain tumour and how this effects the artists art and life. There's pops at jake and dino and other contemporary artists. Thewlis is a keen art collector and goes to a number art events, so the fiction has knowledge behind it. His style is similar to Martin Amis and is full of off the wall metaphors etc. worth a read.
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Post by dazarino on Apr 13, 2015 10:27:16 GMT
Just started the Death Trilogy by Terry Pratchett. Felt moved to read something by him following his recent passing. Most enjoyable thus far, am very much warming to both his style and his sense of humour. I'm about to start these as well, shame something happens like his passing, to give me an urge to start reading his books |
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Post by jeezuzjonessnr on Apr 15, 2015 20:23:18 GMT
Alex Rutherford's mogul books are great reads and I can't wait for the next instalment.. empireofthemoghul.com |
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Post by hubblebubble on Apr 15, 2015 20:52:06 GMT
I just finished a really interesting novel titled 'The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August' by Claire North
Reincarnation, time travel, murder mystery. Worth a pick up. Kept me entertained and I'm a tough customer.
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Post by illu on Apr 15, 2015 22:22:42 GMT
Just started the Death Trilogy by Terry Pratchett. Felt moved to read something by him following his recent passing. Most enjoyable thus far, am very much warming to both his style and his sense of humour. DON'T WORRY HE'S DOING FINE... started reading all his books a while ago (received the whole collection as ebooks).....then HELLO TERRY happened......atm I'm reading small gods.....I enjoy all of his works, hard Rock know that there will be no new stuff of this legend when I'll be done...... also can recommend books by Will Self, Tom Robbins and of course Matt Ruff I'm more the 'I want to be entertained not think too much' kind of reader |
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Post by timl on Apr 16, 2015 2:18:46 GMT
illu - Not read much of Pratchett myself but I have considered picking a few of his books though. I recently read American Gods by Neil Gaiman and really enjoyed it. That lead me to read Good Omens by Pratchett and Gaiman. I had a tough time with that book for some reason. In the end I finished it and enjoyed it, but it was definitely not a book I couldn't put down. Have you by chance read Good Omens? If so how does that compare to the rest of his work?
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Post by bejwee77 on Apr 16, 2015 3:29:43 GMT
Dataclysm by Christian Rudder, one of the founders of OKCupid. Maybe more interesting on the US-side, but fascinating look at internet and social media data, how it shows we say and do drastically different things, insights on race/gender, etc.
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Post by illu on Apr 16, 2015 18:05:26 GMT
timl I have not read it so far, but just skipped through it and the most important difference to nearly all bis other works is, that it is not a discworld novel.....sooooo the discworld is a complete League of it's own......depending on your faible for fantasy books you either hate it of love it
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Post by illu on Apr 16, 2015 18:45:31 GMT
I really have to point out one book by Will Self - Book of Dave - I bought it. for my last trip to Thailand and it took me the whole six weeks to read (quite long of you think about the things to on a small island.....eat,sleep,read,swim,drink,repeat) but I read it it in english and as a non native I had to read out parts loud to get the meaning of the words.....most hillarious book I've ever read!!!!
short example what it was that hard for me.....
"An ee sat wiv me wyl Eye red beim öl fing - coz Eye can dú fonix nah - an ee mayd me tayk i awl on bord so az Eye can caul i ovah, rì?"
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