Raven Posted March 16, 2018 Author Share Posted March 16, 2018 I finished re-reading Terry Pratchett's Wyrd Sisters last night. I'm definitely of the opinion that early Pratchett is more enjoyable than his later works (good though they are). There's just something about their lack of polish that makes them more enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 16, 2018 Author Share Posted April 16, 2018 (edited) Read 7 books so far this year (a point I didn't reach until October last year!). For anyone who is interested, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is probably one of the best Haruki Murakami I've read! I might get around to doing a review at some point but, you know, life etc. Edited April 17, 2018 by Raven Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 18, 2018 Author Share Posted April 18, 2018 Found my old Asterix books this weekend. Feels a bit of a cheat to list them, but they are books that I have read, so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 I personally feel like all books count, even if it's short. Comics, graphic novels, manga, picture books, a short story that's not part of a collection, I feel they all count. I know not everyone feels that way though. I personally don't count magazines, newspapers, cereal packets and the like . Since it's your reading life, I feel it's up to you what counts . My dad used to read a lot of Asterix when he was younger. I've never read much of it myself but I have seen cartoons and movies (and played a video game of it too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted April 20, 2018 Author Share Posted April 20, 2018 I haven't read these since I was a teenager. I don't really have a problem with counting them, but I still think I should have read more novels than the four I have so far this year. I have started another that I am reading in parallel with these, however! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 On 4/16/2018 at 1:14 PM, Raven said: For anyone who is interested, Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World is probably one of the best Haruki Murakami I've read! I might get around to doing a review at some point but, you know, life etc. I've got this on my wishlist....just waiting for it to come down in price a bit. Glad you enjoyed it. Is it better than The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (my favourite)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 On 19/05/2018 at 8:15 AM, bobblybear said: I've got this on my wishlist....just waiting for it to come down in price a bit. Glad you enjoyed it. Is it better than The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (my favourite)? That's still on my to-read list! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 On 09/03/2018 at 10:01 AM, Raven said: Pff... You leave your thread alone for a week or so and look what riff-raff walks in... (Hullo!). Oy! But thanks for the review. I guess I'll give it a miss, especially if it can't match (or at least come close to) Wells's style of writing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted May 28, 2018 Share Posted May 28, 2018 On 20/04/2018 at 1:43 PM, Athena said: I personally feel like all books count, even if it's short. Comics, graphic novels, manga, picture books, a short story that's not part of a collection, I feel they all count. I know not everyone feels that way though. I personally don't count magazines, newspapers, cereal packets and the like . Since it's your reading life, I feel it's up to you what counts . My dad used to read a lot of Asterix when he was younger. I've never read much of it myself but I have seen cartoons and movies (and played a video game of it too). Love Asterix, and have an extensive collection in various European languages bought whilst on holidays. I don't count any of them in my book count though, along with most of that list. Having said that I read hardly any, along with virtually no YA or children's books nowadays (a few classics excepted). I think the shortest book I've ever let count was Iain Sinclair's Swimming to Heaven, all 63 pages of it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 10 hours ago, willoyd said: Love Asterix, and have an extensive collection in various European languages bought whilst on holidays. I don't count any of them in my book count though, along with most of that list. Having said that I read hardly any, along with virtually no YA or children's books nowadays (a few classics excepted). I think the shortest book I've ever let count was Iain Sinclair's Swimming to Heaven, all 63 pages of it! Asterix books are brilliant. I used to arm myself with my Dad's Latin translation dictionary which made them even funnier. The English translation from the original French is very clever. Must be a real challenge with plays on words etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted May 29, 2018 Share Posted May 29, 2018 7 hours ago, poppy said: Asterix books are brilliant. I used to arm myself with my Dad's Latin translation dictionary which made them even funnier. The English translation from the original French is very clever. Must be a real challenge with plays on words etc Another vote for Asterix, by toutatis... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 On 28/05/2018 at 4:40 PM, Kylie said: Oy! But thanks for the review. I guess I'll give it a miss, especially if it can't match (or at least come close to) Wells's style of writing. You won't be missing much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 15 hours ago, Little Pixie said: Another vote for Asterix, by toutatis... We're as crazy as the Romans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little Pixie Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 7 hours ago, poppy said: We're as crazy as the Romans Eheu ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 On 31/05/2018 at 3:20 AM, Little Pixie said: Eheu ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
More reading time required Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 I borrowed an Asterix book from the library for my son a few weeks ago, but so far he's not been keen to start it, preferring instead for me to read him a Pokemon diamond & pearl comic book instead. Which I find very dull & confusing - not least because I have to read it back to front & right to left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted June 24, 2018 Share Posted June 24, 2018 2 hours ago, More reading time required said: I borrowed an Asterix book from the library for my son a few weeks ago, but so far he's not been keen to start it, preferring instead for me to read him a Pokemon diamond & pearl comic book instead. Which I find very dull & confusing - not least because I have to read it back to front & right to left. Oh I despair of the youth of today!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 22, 2018 Author Share Posted September 22, 2018 Perils of The Modern Reader #57 After a rather hectic couple of weeks I'm having a quiet weekend, so after finishing Redshirts, by John Scalzi, this morning I started reading Three, by Sarah Lotz this evening. Because the battery was flat on my Kindle, I had to resort to reading it on my phone when having a bath. What I have read of it so far is building nicely, but it is a little tense. What you don't want to happen when you are reading a tense book, on your phone, in a quiet house, when in the bath, is to get a Twitter like that causes your phone to vibrate in your hand. All I can say is I'm glad I was holding the case firmly, or a lot of swearing would have ensued... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 I didn't think I was going to get to post this, but I joined the forum 10 years ago today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Congratulations! A decade eh? Holy macaroni. It would be 10 for me in December. That's a whole chunk of life for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kylie Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Aw, happy anniversary Raven. Happy reading and all the best for the future. xo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 Cheers! (to both of you!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 On 29/09/2018 at 2:46 PM, Raven said: I didn't think I was going to get to post this, but I joined the forum 10 years ago today! Well done! I'm almost exactly one year behind you (Sep 24th), so sadly won't be able to celebrate my tenth here. It feels an even bigger loss now than when Michelle first announced - haven't found anything remotely as good to replace. Hope your reading continues to flourish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted October 2, 2018 Author Share Posted October 2, 2018 23 hours ago, willoyd said: Well done! I'm almost exactly one year behind you (Sep 24th), so sadly won't be able to celebrate my tenth here. It feels an even bigger loss now than when Michelle first announced - haven't found anything remotely as good to replace. Hope your reading continues to flourish! Thanks, and you too! I don't think I will be heading on to anywhere else, the other forums I've seen either seem to be winding down themselves, or just don't appeal. Annoying, because I've actually been reading more than usual this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raven Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 After picking up numerous books over the last few years for 99p on my Kindle, I have decided that it is time to actually read some! To that end, over the last few weeks, I have read the freaky The Three, by Sarah Lotz; the excellent The Big Sleep, by Raymond Chandler and the nostalgic The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾, by Sue Townsend. When reading it as a teenager, I never realised how much of a dick Adrian Mole actually is! It is a very good story, however, and the volume I am reading is a two-parter with Growing Pains, which so far is a much better book. I'm starting to think I should read the later volumes - at some point - as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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