demagogue on 16/2/2017 at 15:24
Murakami I think is popular almost entirely for his style and sinking the reader into a kind of atmospheric swirl of loosly connected events and thoughts in his settings, which are close to the real world but always a little off. His books are like magic realism without the magic. They've been hit or miss with me, although in theory I should like it. I love indie movies with that kind of approach. I'm thinking I haven't found the right book to get him like I'm supposed to and wanted to get to 1Q84 eventually.
Kolya on 16/2/2017 at 15:25
Quote Posted by PigLick
I read around 4-5 books a week
Must be nice being unemployed.
I read to my wife for falling asleep, currently Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson. If you never heard of that, it's no big surprise because compared to Treasure Island it's a preachy slog.
Pyrian on 16/2/2017 at 15:32
I read 2-6 books every night. ...To my 4-year-old daughter. I can almost read Fox in Socks without pausing. (I still stumble a bit amidst the freezy breezy cheese trees fleas.)
McTaffer on 16/2/2017 at 16:13
If you haven't already read The Kingkiller Chronicle books by Patrick Rothfuss, I highly recommend them. They're some of the best fantasy I've read in years, and I read a lot of books. I only read the two that are out so far this past summer, and they quickly catapulted themselves on to my list of favourites.
hopper on 16/2/2017 at 17:42
Try the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. It's about a police unit specialising in magical crime in a contemporary setting. Sometimes pretty brutal, full of dark humour, and you learn lots of interesting details about London.
Being an Australian, I suppose you know Trudi Canavan. She's pretty good, too.
Vivian on 16/2/2017 at 22:52
I have a three book cycle thing of worthy (currently the count of monte cristo, which is fucking BANGING if anyone ever wondered), factual/hard (which is lined up with Godel, Escher, Bach at the moment, which looks terrifying) and then indulgent, which has been re-reading all of the culture novels again in order so far, but as a general rule is high-end laser fights. Count of Monte Cristo is free if you've got a kindle. Turns out it's great. Vintage dickery.
Renzatic on 16/2/2017 at 23:49
I've been spending most of my time recently reading ghost stories on the internet.
Naartjie on 17/2/2017 at 09:14
Quote Posted by PigLick
Hah, my son got that as a christmas gift, so I decided to read it again after so many years, it really stands up. In fact I think reading as an adult was better. The earthsea islands setting is very evocative and really stirred my imagination.
I read around 4-5 books a week, either re-reads of classic stuff I own or random picks from my local library.
Keep in mind any genre is good for recs, hell I love Dick Francis novels.
Was really surprised to see that they're classed in some circles as kids' books. Some of the stuff in there about how magic and language works is really complex. I think her parents might have been anthrolologists, seems to have given her the ability to describe complex societies pretty accessibly (same with her sf books as well, though I've only read
The Dispossessed.
Starker on 17/2/2017 at 10:51
Anyone read Alan Moore's new magnum opus yet? I keep hearing good things about it, but the sheer length of it makes me hesitant to pick it up just yet.
PigLick on 17/2/2017 at 11:38
Quote Posted by Kolya
Must be nice being unemployed.
lol I'm not unemployed, I just dont spend my time on social media or gazing into smart screens much, leaving me with plenty of spare time. Plus I read real quick like, call it a skill.
