Books

[alscotoz]

14 hours ago, For Fecks Sake said:

A Heart Full of Headstones - well worth reading.

There is apparently a new series of Rebus coming on the telly focusing on his younger days. Hopefully it's more Ken Stott than John Hannah.

Definitely preferred Ken Stott...more of a 'battered', weather-beaten look. It's how i picture Rebus. 

[For Fecks Sake]

2 hours ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Same. In the books he’s a fucked up boozer. Hannah was far too clean cut and unconvincing.

Even before Ken Stott took the role, I always had him as Rebus in my mind when reading the books. 

He did a brilliant series on ITV called The Vice prior to doing Rebus.

[redstrummer]

On 12/4/2022 at 1:44 PM, For Fecks Sake said:

A Heart Full of Headstones - well worth reading.

There is apparently a new series of Rebus coming on the telly focusing on his younger days. Hopefully it's more Ken Stott than John Hannah.

Amazon saying it's not released until April and can only pre-order in paperback. Where did you get a copy ?

It's available in hard cover I see 

[For Fecks Sake]

17 hours ago, redstrummer said:

Amazon saying it's not released until April and can only pre-order in paperback. Where did you get a copy ?

It's available in hard cover I see 

Aye got it in Hard Cover. 2/3rds of the way through and trying to drag it out!

[alscotoz]

Finally got round to reading Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie. Decent read.

[For Fecks Sake]

6 minutes ago, alscotoz said:

Finally got round to reading Tenement Kid by Bobby Gillespie. Decent read.

Not read that one but will put it on my list.

Currently reading "There is nothing for you here" by Fiona Hill. British lass who grew up in a decaying mining town and ended up working in the White House. Bleak in parts but enjoying it.

[Dal Riata Don]

Just finished The Scottish Clearances, A history of the dispossessed by TM Devine. 

Some chapters are excellent but mostly I got the feeling that he had no real empathy for people and that's important for me when I read about normal folk's history.

2/5 Stars.   

[Dal Riata Don]

Doesn't any fucker on here read anymore?

 

Just finished 'A feast of snakes' by Harry Crews. https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24847.A_Feast_of_Snakes?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=IWbS7ensmj&rank=2

4.5/5 Stars. Absolute belter.

[Bluto10]

36 minutes ago, Dal Riata Don said:

Doesn't any fucker on here read anymore?

 

read a book a week

[For Fecks Sake]

Reading the second book of the local author Deborah Mason, and her fictional Detective Inspector Eve Hunter set in Aberdeen.

Decent read so far and enjoyed the first one.

[Bluto10]

im reading detective series based in Norwich called "Swallow". Swallow is a detective who tackles vandalism. Bit of a maverick, not afraid to break the law if he thinks it's necessary. He's not a criminal, you know, but he will, perhaps, travel 80mph on the motorway if, for example, he wants to get somewhere quickly...

decent read so far 

[For Fecks Sake]

27 minutes ago, Bluto10 said:

im reading detective series based in Norwich called "Swallow". Swallow is a detective who tackles vandalism. Bit of a maverick, not afraid to break the law if he thinks it's necessary. He's not a criminal, you know, but he will, perhaps, travel 80mph on the motorway if, for example, he wants to get somewhere quickly...

decent read so far 

Aha.

[alscotoz]

Trying, with more success in the past, to get through One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. 

[For Fecks Sake]

4 hours ago, alscotoz said:

Trying, with more success in the past, to get through One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. 

Never read it but will give it a go.

What's the issue with it?

I have tried, and failed on numerous occasions, to read "Catch 22" but just can't get into it.

[Guest Grays Babylon 1875]

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[alscotoz]

16 hours ago, For Fecks Sake said:

Never read it but will give it a go.

What's the issue with it?

I have tried, and failed on numerous occasions, to read "Catch 22" but just can't get into it.

Yeah, same. Dunno, some books arero just hard to get into. I usually give up after 20 or so pages, but there's some I just have to return to.

Maybe it's because the story is told through the eyes of the chief...which wasn't how the movie was told

[Bluto10]

10 of them (lol)

wot a loser

2013 mercedes benz c300 0 60

 

[Ramandu]

On 3/19/2023 at 8:20 AM, For Fecks Sake said:

Never read it but will give it a go.

What's the issue with it?

I have tried, and failed on numerous occasions, to read "Catch 22" but just can't get into it.

Funniest book I've ever read, or it was when I read it 20 odd years ago.

[Bluto10]

57 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

The White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov. 

born 1891 … died 19, 40 ……..

[For Fecks Sake]

Blood and treachery by J D Kirk, 4th book about a detective based in the Highlands, decent read and also funny in parts.

[Ke1t]

Been on  a Cold War kick of late. 

MiG Pilot: The Final Escape of Lt. Belenko.  Brilliant book about the defection of a Soviet pilot who nabs a 'state of the art' MiG25 and books it out of Russia a'la Clint Eastwood in Firefox.  This one's a true story, though. 

Inside the Soviet Army: Just what it says on the cover. 

Inside the Soviet Army - The Liberators:  A more personal take on the previous book. 

August 1985: Fictionalised account (obviously) of the Third World War

Armor at Fulda Gap: Fictionalised (American) account of the Third World War. Has a lot more pictures than the previous book. 

Judge Dredd: The Apocalypse War. Judge Dredd and a band of hardy Street Judges defeat the Sov Bloc as they attack the peace-loving citizens of Mega City One. Classic. 

 

[For Fecks Sake]

19 minutes ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Better than Rebus would you say ? 

[Parklife]

Anyone read Shuggie Bain? Would you recommend?
 

Considering as my next kindle purchase. 

[For Fecks Sake]

1 hour ago, Parklife said:

Anyone read Shuggie Bain? Would you recommend?
 

Considering as my next kindle purchase. 

Aye, it's a good read albeit a very tragic one.

[Dal Riata Don]

4 hours ago, Parklife said:

Anyone read Shuggie Bain? Would you recommend?
 

Considering as my next kindle purchase. 

Overly long and the ending is shite.

Consider it to be poverty porn.

I strongly believe that 'the English establishment' encourage literature or any other art that paints Scotland in a depressing light - hence the 2020 Booker award.

Given the writing style it won't take that long to read so provided it will fit in your suitcase(?), I'd check out a copy from your local library instead.

'Ham on Rye' by Charles Bukowski covers similar ground (coming of age with a different temperament) in a much better and more fulfilling way.

[maryhilldon]

44 minutes ago, Dal Riata Don said:

Overly long and the ending is shite.

 

Like your posts?

[Dal Riata Don]

7 minutes ago, maryhilldon said:

Like your posts?

Half true.

[maryhilldon]

2 minutes ago, Dal Riata Don said:

Half true.

😉

[Dal Riata Don]

Just now, maryhilldon said:

😉

Ham on Rye is an excellent book IMO.

[For Fecks Sake]

1 hour ago, Sooper-hanz said:

Agnes. WYOWYN? 

UTA without a shadow of a doubt.