Books - what are you reading just now?

Just picked up The Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn Peake for £3. It’s now on the shelf - will have to finish Anna Karenina before decided what next. TGT it may be, though I think I’ll go for something shorter and light such as the next in the 44 Scotland Street series.
 
Stanley Tucci - Taste. Autobiographical with a lot of emphasis on food and a few recipes thrown in. An odd sort of book, but an enjoyable read, particularly if you've been watching his BBC2 series.
 
Just re-read 1984, and am now on Treasure Island... classic boy's own adventure
 
Have just read a really good book that I'm sure will be made into a great film . It's by James Rollings called deep fathom , non stop action and a decent plot to keep you guessing.
Highly recommended.
 
This Is Going To Hurt. Adam Kay

The funniest, and quite sad, book I've read in ages. Beware getting admitted into a hospital at a weekend. I've got a signed copy too!!!
 
SwingsitlikeHogan said:
After Treasure Island you could also read The Coral Island by R.M.Ballantine. Similar sort of boys own adventure stuff…I love it. And also of that nature A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard Hughes is also a good read
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Currently reading A Tale of Two Cities. But only an hour or so to go.
Will look into those you’ve mentioned, thanks
Merry Christmas
 
Lord Tyrion said:
That's interesting, I didn't realise that.

Had to laugh about the tash. Some fans get so protective about adaptations, Lord of the Rings, Dune, The Witcher, Bosch etc. They are allowed some licence, it really doesn't make that much of a difference.

I really enjoyed the Bosch series, I'm enjoying the books just as much now.
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The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit adaptions although cinematically brilliant aren't brilliant if you love the books as much as I do!
 
Paperboy said:
The Lord of the Rings and Hobbit adaptions although cinematically brilliant aren't brilliant if you love the books as much as I do!
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That's absolutely fine. The films may well have inspired many to read the books though, that's no bad thing.

Preferring the books is very standard, I'm the same. I just try to enjoy TV and film adaptations as well. It can stretch the pleasure.
 
Watched Lady Chatterley’s Lover (2022) last night - book is supposed to be better than any of the adaptations - so might give it a read…?

The film adaptations of The LotR were fine, those of The Hobbit were way too stretched out and full of padding.
 
Caught up with the Spider Shepard novels now. With not call muting by train a fell behind in a lot of the novel series’s I am reading.
Should get one more (John Milton) done by the time we fly home.
 
No sure if it's been mentioned before but i'm not browsing back through 32 pages to find out. If you like golf, contemporary fiction and a real laugh then The Amateurs by John Niven is a winner. Some will find it offensive, some will find it ridiculous but for pure escapism and laugh out loudness then it's worth a read.
 
Still deep in Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina - approaching 500 pages in. Taking my time as really enjoying it, and keeping track of the ‘who’s who’ of it is a real challenge.

Picked up Kipling’s Kim from Oxfam Bookshop in town during the week…it might just sneak into the ‘read next’ list once I’m done with Tolstoy and a couple of Alexander McCall Smith Scotland Street books.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Bob Mortimer, The Satsuma Complex. It's similar to Richard Osman books and you can almost hear Bob Mortimer speaking the lines. It is very him. It isn't going to win prizes but it is a very easy way to pass the time.
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Finished this last night. His turn of phrase made me chuckle on a fair few occasions. You almost read it in his voice. Really enjoyed it.
 
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