Books: What have you been reading?

[maninthemacintosh1606]

Journey to the End of the Night, by Louis-Ferdinand Céline. Had this one in the "to read" list from quite a while and today I decided to finally start reading it

Keep in mind he was a vocal anti-seminte and pro-fascist, so when you reach the end of the night you can tell Celine to stay there and not come back.

[Chubistian]

Keep in mind he was a vocal anti-seminte and pro-fascist, so when you reach the end of the night you can tell Celine to stay there and not come back.

I’m aware of his anti-semite thoughts, so I’m reading the novel with that in mind, and it illuminates some of the ideas presented in it. I tend to do a quick research before trying a book of someone I haven’t read before

[Deathstroke]

I finished reading the J.A. Konrath mystery/thriller BLOODY MARY today at lunchtime.

[maninthemacintosh1606]

I’m aware of his anti-semite thoughts, so I’m reading the novel with that in mind, and it illuminates some of the ideas presented in it. I tend to do a quick research before trying a book of someone I haven’t read before

Oh I wasn't trying to like be a dick or anything, how do you find it so far?

[Chubistian]

Oh I wasn't trying to like be a dick or anything, how do you find it so far?

Don't worry, I didn't take it as you being rough and my response didn't hold resentment, maybe it reads dry because it's hard to show sympathy in text haha

I'ven't been able to read as much as I would want to, but I do like the writing style and that irreverence that reminds me of previous writers I've read such as Bukowski and Henry Miller. I can understand people being turn off by the bad practices of the protagonists, especially knowing they're representations of the novelists and descriptions of events that really transpired (Céline and Henry put this clearer than Bukowski by naming their main characters after them, but Bukowski was pretty straightforward by naming his main character Chinaski anyway). Thus far, I'm having a great time, though I'm still not hooked

[The Darknight Detective]

New books: Undaunted Courage (1996) by Stephen A. Ambrose.



On my Kindle, it's The Flying U Ranch (1914), the third book in the Flying U series by B.M. Bower.

[Malvolio]

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Q-In-Law by Peter David

[DebkoX]

The Collector - John Fowles.

[maninthemacintosh1606]

The Collector - John Fowles.

'Caliban is half a person at the best of times.'

[Enigma]

Haven't really been reading much because my eyesight has deteriorated during lockdown (I was getting my test just before...), so I can't enjoy it so much. However, I have recently started East of Eden, which has been on my TBR for far too long!

[Gray Lensman]

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Q-In-Law by Peter David

That one's hysterical.

"Sell tickets."

[The Darknight Detective]

Now reading on my Kindle The Outlet (1905) by Andy Adams.

[Jim Kelly]

I finally read the last Sherlock Holmes story by Conan Doyle. I tried to read them in the order that the collections were published, but if I go back and read them all again I would like to read them in the order that they happen in the lives of Holmes and Watson. I think that would be a lot of fun.

[maninthemacintosh1606]

I finally read the last Sherlock Holmes story by Conan Doyle. I tried to read them in the order that the collections were published, but if I go back and read them all again I would like to read them in the order that they happen in the lives of Holmes and Watson. I think that would be a lot of fun.

What is your favourite Holmes story?

[Jim Kelly]

What is your favourite Holmes story?

"The Blue Carbuncle" is probably my favourite and it was well adapted by the Jeremy Brett series. Another is "The Red-Headed League" which was the first Holmes story I ever read--it was in our class reader, when I was about ten--and the Brett series does a hilarious adaptation. Less so for the actual story and more for the Brett adaptation, I love "The Copper Beeches" because it starred a young Natasha Richardson. And finally "The Man with the Twisted Lip," which is a cracking good yarn.