Books

[Giles]

Ordered, I might say with some trepidation.......

[steelworker]

@Giles

After that you may find his memoir of ww2 interesting .
Thats the writer on both jackets
Luck for us he wasn’t one of the slaughtered

[Giles]

Thank you

[Karol]

Digital copy only but maybe one day I will find a paper one in some library.

[Shaun]

Slightly unusual suggestion I suppose based on the calibre of the books usually posted here but, my partner and I have been reading the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series this year and (aside from the fact that it keeps us spending time together despite her living 600 miles away) I think it may well be one of the most enjoyable works of literary fiction in existence.

If you’re ever looking for a bit of escapism that won’t talk down to you and doesn’t take itself too seriously then I cannot recommend this more enthusiastically

[mclaincausey]

I wanted to get into that one but LitRPG is not for me. Much respect for the writer and all his success. My recent obsession is Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Children of Time series. On the latest, 4th, installment and love them and the narrator’s lovely English accent and character impersonations on Audible. Great sci fi for the nerds.

[sabergirl]

@Shaun Princess Donut is one of the best book characters of all time! I whipped through the whole series in a few months. Love it ️

[Shaun]

@sabergirl I couldn't agree more! Please no spoilers as we're only on book 7 at the moment

[Giles]

@steelworker said in Books:

Horrific.

Thank you so much for recommending this. A tough read, but I am so glad I did.

I will look for more like this.

[Giles]

Never read any John Irving before, but picked this up from the shelf of books to read at the resort we are at....

I am really loving it. Beautifully researched and written and his characters amazingly well built. I keep wanting to read out sections to any poor sod who is close to me

[endo]

I love John Irving. I read pretty much everything he had written untill the late 90s. My favorite book of his is probably ‚A Prayer for Owen Meany’. Maybe you’d like to check that one out sometime.

[Giles]

100% will

[iammortalcombat]

@Shaun
Yep. I’m about to start book 7. Finished 6 about two weeks ago while waiting for the emergency vet. Timing of events in the book kind of hit hard with life.

[endo]

@Inorganic said in Books:

A moving portrait of a quiet American life spent in the fallible pursuit of joy’

A lovely book; arguably the most undemanding protagonist I have ever read about.

[Inorganic]

@endo I couldn't agree more. I've read all of his books now (he only ever wrote 3!). Each is different and each is sublime.