What Are You Reading? 3
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Welp, I've just read a book that surpasses Rivers of London. Yes, I know that statement will piss more than a few people off here (although to be fair, there are plenty of books that I have read recently that surpass it), but take some consolation in that it surpassed it by a moderate rather than large margin.
That book is London Falling by Paul Cornell. Ironic, how a novel with a not dissimilar premise written by another Doctor Who author manages to do something just that little bit better.
Of course, it's probably a case of Your Mileage May Vary. Rivers of London was a good book, anyway. I just felt London Falling to be just a tad more accessible and...'real'? I mean, as real as you can get for a horror fantasy work. But it felt a little realer, so to speak. Or maybe I just prefer Paul Cornell's writing style to Ben Aaronovitch's. :think:
That book is London Falling by Paul Cornell. Ironic, how a novel with a not dissimilar premise written by another Doctor Who author manages to do something just that little bit better.
Of course, it's probably a case of Your Mileage May Vary. Rivers of London was a good book, anyway. I just felt London Falling to be just a tad more accessible and...'real'? I mean, as real as you can get for a horror fantasy work. But it felt a little realer, so to speak. Or maybe I just prefer Paul Cornell's writing style to Ben Aaronovitch's. :think:
So many ideas! Well I really did enjoy Tony Hawks and his fridge 
Unless it's Discworld my approach to reading matter is completely random these days based on trawling along shelves in charity shops and picking up books i might have heard of or just like the look of. Hence my 'To Read' stack. However the next book down was the collected poetry of Seamus Heaney which is great for dipping into but not a solid read so I cheated and I'm now involved with The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. I'm liking this a lot especially as I've done research about my great-grandmother over the years and she just happened to be born at exactly the time (summer 1860) these (true) events took place. She was also born into a family of tenant farmers but in Worcestershire not Wiltshire. She was probably in service in a house much like Road Hill House once she reached her early teens.
Any road up....I'm into this book every spare minute..........
Unless it's Discworld my approach to reading matter is completely random these days based on trawling along shelves in charity shops and picking up books i might have heard of or just like the look of. Hence my 'To Read' stack. However the next book down was the collected poetry of Seamus Heaney which is great for dipping into but not a solid read so I cheated and I'm now involved with The Suspicions of Mr Whicher. I'm liking this a lot especially as I've done research about my great-grandmother over the years and she just happened to be born at exactly the time (summer 1860) these (true) events took place. She was also born into a family of tenant farmers but in Worcestershire not Wiltshire. She was probably in service in a house much like Road Hill House once she reached her early teens.
Any road up....I'm into this book every spare minute..........
Just finished The Last Girlfriend on Earth and Other Love Stories by Simon Rich. A collection of short stories that were fabulous and funny! Didn't find out until I got to the back of the book that he also wrote for Saturday Night Live and currently writes for Pixar.
Almost finished with Let the Dead Sleep by Heather Graham. Horrible writing, but I'm so close to the end.
Almost finished with Let the Dead Sleep by Heather Graham. Horrible writing, but I'm so close to the end.
Slogging through Garth Nix's The Keys to the Kingdom. Not helped by having read Wednesday first, then lost it, then got almost all the others except Friday. At least each book is pretty much standalone as far as the action goes. I prefer Frances Hardinge's Fly By Night and there's a sequel to get; she has a few other books out too.
Just finished The Dog Stars by Peter Heller. It was such a good book!! Again, not something I would have normally chosen, but decided to give it a try when I found it in the new books section of the library. It's post-apocalyptic, a pandemic hits. Not at all like any other story or movie of the same type. Very powerful story, incredible writing. Hard to read sometimes, some parts were very upsetting.
Who's Wee Dug said:
I got sidetracked and meant to post before I seen Bouncy's post. 
Raw Sprit: In search of the perfect dram by Iain Banks.
Informative and a good fun read a travelogue around Scotland sampling a few wee haufs.
Raw Sprit: In search of the perfect dram by Iain Banks.
Informative and a good fun read a travelogue around Scotland sampling a few wee haufs.
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