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Dave Urwin Author

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  1. I did something very similar to this and bought around six of the books from it ready to get going about a year ago but they are ALL still languishing in my 'yet to read' pile. I will update when I have actually started one, although some on the list I have read already. Khaled Hosseini is a superb writer and I've enjoyed everything of his I've read
  2. Although it wasn't a disturbing book on the whole, there was one incident in Apples by Richard Milward that I found absolutely chilling, in that no reference was made to it afterwards whatsoever, even though it was an unimaginably horrible thing to consider happening in real life. My only thought is that the author is quite young and so probably was trying to write to shock for the sake of it, or just thought it was funny. Has anyone read it and do they know which bit I'm talking about? (Don't want to give spoilers)
  3. I brought Crime and Punishment in a charity shop about a year ago and am yet to read it but definitely intend to at some stage (I have a HUGE 'still to read' pile.) I am interested in the subject, having written a little about UK prisons in my own work, and so am looking forward to it
  4. I did once read this book right to the end and I can't say I'm glad I made the effort. I can't even really remember what it's about if I'm completely honest, but it reminded me of a supposedly legendary jazz saxophonist named Roscoe Mitchell I once saw perform at a festival - it just seemed like a random blur of notes to me, and this is the literary form of a random blur of notes. It's arguably quite well written but in terms of accessibility there's not even a hint... or maybe I'm just thick and don't get it
  5. Have you read 'Ready Player One'? I've not seen the film but I hear it's very different to the book, and I think you would like this one if you're into dystopian kinda books
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