summerisle
The rain, it raineth every day
Will be buying this when it's published.
The GOT Book Club
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Halfway through this. It promises to be one of my top five all-time books. I'm only reading it because I've read the Steve Cavanagh Eddie Flynn novels I bought over with me and it was just there.
I'm already in love with Kya but can see a sad ending. In some ways it reminds me of Buster and Billie, if anyone saw the film?
I was up at 5am (US Eastern Time) because I didn't want to sleep throught the Chelsea match, that kicks off at 7.30am here. What better way to fill the time until then than reading more of this..
I'm already in love with Kya but can see a sad ending. In some ways it reminds me of Buster and Billie, if anyone saw the film?
I was up at 5am (US Eastern Time) because I didn't want to sleep throught the Chelsea match, that kicks off at 7.30am here. What better way to fill the time until then than reading more of this..
Bishop Thumpety-Thump
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Just finished Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. Thought it was great, haven't enjoyed fiction this much for ages.
Really enjoyed the audio book recently. From a recommendation in this great thread
Currently listening to Hyperion by Dan Simmon. Not made up my mind on it yet tho
It`ll make a great film, when it`s eventually done.
I've previously read The Martian and Artemis. Both really good books, Weir's books are very engaging.
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Yeah I’ve read both of those. Artemis got mixed reviews but I loved it, I’m totally obsessed with the Apollo programme so was right up my alley.
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In post production now apparently with Ryan Gosling as the lead.
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Yes, nice novel. Enjoyed reading it when it was first released a few years back I think? Believe they are making the movie soon?
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* I should have read the next few posts!
Opening the Gates of Hell - Mark Hodgkinson.
The story of the life of Herbert Kenny, a dispatch rider with the British Army, who by sheer bad luck, was the first allied soldier to find Belsen after the Nazis had fled.
The author, Mark Hodgkinson was a local journalist in Rochdale, when he received an envelope containing a draft from Kenny recounting his war time existences, including finding Belsen and asking that he publish them so the world knew the true story of what had happened when it was discovered.
A truly fascinating book, well written and Belsen forms only a small, but very poignant part of the book.
Finished it in three days. The last ten pages or so were so happy/sad/tragic and heartbreaking that it took me the whole of the next day to get over the emotion of it. I have often cried over films but never over a book until now. And how.
Have you seen the film ?
It lacks the emotional punch of the book, but it`s still worth watching.
Another book with a similar impact at the end, is Cormac McCarthy`s - The Road.
I had to leave the house and go for a walk to get my head together the first time I read it, as I was that cut up by it.
If you haven`t read it, I really can`t recommend it highly enough.
I don't know if I want to put myself through that again but I obviously will now you've recommended it.
It’s a very un McCarthy like book, in that it’s nowhere near as wordy as most of his other books, but despite the bleakness of the story, it’s just so wonderfully written.
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