What Book Did You Read Last Night??? (13 Viewers)

[george mcfly]

The Croning. Lovecraft inspired cosmic horror about an ageing academic type who begins to suspect his wife of many years is a priestess in a giant leech worshipping apocalyptic cult. Good creepy shit.

This sounds right up my street!

 

[David Kronenbourg]

This sounds right up my street!

Just finished it this morning. It was really good. Ordered a book of his short stories next. Strong look he had too.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray, author of Skipy Dies. Funniest book I've read all year. This is gonna get raves. My friend described it as "the funniest book I've read since Confederacy of Dunces". High praise indeed.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

"the funniest book I've read since Confederacy of Dunces"

In fairness, Anthony Beevor's books about WW2 are funnier than A Confederacy of Dunces.

 

[hugh]

No way! COD is hilarious!

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

No way! COD is hilarious!

So people say. I can't say I found it to be anything other than a tedious trudge.

 

[Jim Daniels]

The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray, author of Skipy Dies. Funniest book I've read all year. This is gonna get raves. My friend described it as "the funniest book I've read since Confederacy of Dunces". High praise indeed.
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Can't wait for this. Is it deliberately written as a comic novel, or is humour just a major part of it? I often find "comic" novels a bit forced. You know those blurbs - "uproariously funny" etc. Confederacy of Dunces had me tutting a lot for this reason.

 

[rettucs]

bah, you lot are too cynical. Confederacy of Dunces was great so just shut up, all of you

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

@pete: "there there, pet" button?

 

[Lili Marlene]

The Mark and the Void by Paul Murray, author of Skipy Dies. Funniest book I've read all year. This is gonna get raves. My friend described it as "the funniest book I've read since Confederacy of Dunces". High praise indeed.
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is it better than Skippy Dies? That sent me to sleep after 50 pages, i'll have to try it again though.

 

[Jim Daniels]

is it better than Skippy Dies? That sent me to sleep after 50 pages, i'll have to try it again though.

Skippy Dies rocked! Really picked up after those first 50 pages..

 

[rettucs]

Skippy Dies rocked! Really picked up after those first 50 pages..

yeah, page 51 was my favourite page in the whole book

 

[Lili Marlene]

It felt a bit sneery to me.

 

[pete]

slogging through the last of the game of throneses.

my shelf of unread books is giving me dirty looks.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Gaza : A History by Jean-Pierre Filiu
Very dense with names, dates and numbers, I found it a little hard to keep up with who was who and what happened where and when. Very interesting overall though, filled in a lot of context that I was missing. Extremely grim.

 

[eoinzy2000]

slogging through the last of the game of throneses.

my shelf of unread books is giving me dirty looks.

The last two books really are a slog, especially the last one. I read them one after the other. the first three flew in and I very nearly gave up on the last few. In fact, If he ever writes the last one, I wont be running to buy it.

 

[eoinzy2000]

Started listening to audio books. 2 and a half hour work commute. Listening to audiobooks is pure weird. Not sure if I like it. It's a break from new music for a while. It was getting tiring sifting through the 99% shite hoping for the 1% gold. An audio book break might be a relief for the senses. Listening to Confederacy of Dunces. So far, its just listening to a complete fucking asshole named Ignacious being a total prick. Nothing much else.
Reading some Willie Nelson 'Its a long Story' bio in evenings then. Same as any other musician bio. light reading!!

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Reading A Belfast Anthology compiled by Patricia Craig. It's a hefty book but perfect for commute as it consists of poetry and short excerpts from fiction and factual stuff about Belfast. Perfect for dipping into. It's beautifully presented and there are some laugh-out-loud as well as bawl-your-eyes-out sections throughout. I have a book by Pakenham on Dublin but it has more of a historical focus and just isn't as interesting. I am curious if there is a Dublin anthology that is a match for this collection.

 

[rettucs]

. I am curious if there is a Dublin anthology that is a match for this collection.

wasnt there something like that featured for that one-city,one-book thing last year?

will look it up.

Edit: This thing

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Wow, that is right up my boreen.