Books - what are you reading just now?

Finished Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient.

Been meaning to watch the 9 Oscar winning film adaptation but the book has been sitting at my MiLs since ‘forever’. And so I chose to read the book first, And I am so glad I have. It’s wonderful. Beautiful prose for a complex story of love in wartime.

And though I obviously now know the plot just a quick glance at the film trailer tells me that the film beautifully crystallises what are, at the moment having read the book, my own imagining built from the Ondaatje words of the people and places.

Next up. Alan Paton’s Cry, The Beloved Country. As in just 5 weeks time we are off to SA for a 2+ week holiday.
 
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Just finished book 7 of The Primal Hunter by Zogarth - LitRPG about a Hunter, pure trash and low level popcorn books and I love them.
 
A Spy Alone by Charles Beaumont
Very good so far. He’s a retired SIS operative, so it seems to be plausible as well as entertaining.
 
John Cooper Clarke - I Wanna Be Yours.

His patter is so consistently good, he manages to make 20 years as a heroin addict interesting and amusing.

I listened to the audiobook, which he narrates. His deadpan style is perfect.
 
A question for those who like a bit of sci-fi…

I‘ve had Frank Herbert’s Dune sitting on my ‘to read’ shelf for years but never got to it. Now have the two film adaptations waiting to be watched. Should I read the book first.

Generally I do as I enjoy that we create our own imagined universes when reading - and watching a film first ruins that. Bottom line is that if the films don’t really do the book justice then I will not watch the films…yet,
 
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The Last Dance by Mark Billingham. Not a Tom Thorne book, a new detective. Lighter in tone, very witty but still with murder in it. Very enjoyable.
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Just took that back to the library today and was looking to see if anyone else had read it.

I'm a big Tom Thorne fan and enjoyed the new guy too.

I randomly read my first Tom Thorne novel, which was recommended to me by my wife after she had just read it - maybe the third or 4th in the series? - and then ordered all of the rest from the start in order over a year or so (I read other books too) via the library at 60p-75p a go for each book if they weren't available locally. ;)

Just finished The Match by Harlan Coben yesterday.
 
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ExRabbit said:
Just took that back to the library today and was looking to see if anyone else had read it.

I'm a big Tom Thorne fan and enjoyed the new guy too.

I randomly read my first Tom Thorne novel, which was recommended to me by my wife after she had just read it - maybe the third or 4th in the series? - and then ordered all of the rest from the start in order over a year or so (I read other books too) via the library at 60p-75p a go for each book if they weren't available locally. ;)

Just finished The Match by Harlan Coben yesterday.
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We are very lucky in that we can order any book on the Northumberland county library system and it will get delivered to the library of your own choice for free. It's a great system, i use it a lot. I wouldn't begrudge a 60-75p charge for moving books around, it would be worth it. The library system is brilliant, people should use it more.

I was really pleased with his new character, definitely looking forward to book 2
 
the stranger in the lifeboat by Mitch Albom.

A book ultimately about faith , if your a believer or not it doesn’t matter as it’s a very good read.
 
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