Ayatollah Hermione 13856 Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Been on a Bourdain binge thanks to Parts Unknown so ordered Kitchen Confidential and Cooks Tour. Any of his other books worth getting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17239 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 The Buried Giant by Kazuro Ishiguro Proper grown up novel by a proper grown up novelist which I don’t usual do.... it’s weird, quirky and mystical, and it’s simultaneously obvious & predictable yet in the same paragraph you’re left thinking “what the actual fuck is going on?” ... enjoyed it overall but I can’t help thinking I missed what it actually meant, the ending isn’t final, it just sort of drifts and you’re left wondering why really.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21912 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Shuggie Bain is a brilliantly bleak tale of poverty and alcoholism in mid-80s Glasgow. Semi-autobiographical, apparently. Highly recommended though comes with a Debbie downer warning - a jolly read it ain’t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44804 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Hidden Valley Road. A nonfiction book about a family in America with 12 kids, fully 6 of whom end up with schizophrenia. It's quite liderully a MENTAL story. Do you get it? Good book dickheads, read it and thank me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 On 14/03/2021 at 09:27, Ayatollah Hermione said: Been on a Bourdain binge thanks to Parts Unknown so ordered Kitchen Confidential and Cooks Tour. Any of his other books worth getting? I've only read Kitchen Confidential haven't had time to read cooks tour yet but I've got it. Is it as good? The Layover and No Reservations are both watchers as well like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 10 minutes ago, Gemmill said: Hidden Valley Road. A nonfiction book about a family in America with 12 kids, fully 6 of whom end up with schizophrenia. It's quite liderully a MENTAL story. Do you get it? Good book dickheads, read it and thank me. I think I get it. Valley Road isn't hidden, it's part of their schizophrenic imaginations. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastronaut 1333 Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 Lowering the tone, I've just about finished Horse Destroys the Universe. Totally daft and childish as fuck. Hitchhiker's Guide if Douglas Adams was a horse, basically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13856 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 10 hours ago, TheGingerQuiff said: I've only read Kitchen Confidential haven't had time to read cooks tour yet but I've got it. Is it as good? The Layover and No Reservations are both watchers as well like. It’s canny, aye. Impossible not to read it in the cadence and voice of his PU voiceovers though. He absolutely loved a drink, like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Aye and crack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17239 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 4377 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 4 for me. I don't read as much as I used to but fuck there's some pretentious shit in that list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15518 Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 8½ (I was reading The Road when the pandemic struck and haven't had the urge to go back to it yet, funnily enough ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4247 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 7 but one was Harry Potter and one was Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42378 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 8 hours ago, NJS said: 4 for me. I don't read as much as I used to but fuck there's some pretentious shit in that list. 5 for me. Wolf Hall being one, Pratchett another. I should find the time to read more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 3993 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Have 17 of them in the house, have read 7 Can't bear to show the list to my wife or daughter because I will be hit with a wave of superiority and smugness the literary fuckers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Charles Bukowski - Factotum Mad how when you read it when you’re a bit older you realise he’s just an alcoholic version of this guy : 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isegrim 9761 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 20 hours ago, PaddockLad said: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century 2 Me too. I used to read a lot more but even then I’d guess to struggle to get more than 10. What a strange selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20111 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 2. Majority of them sound wank. Ive read 45 books this year too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35059 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Wolf Hall was good, I’ll give them that. It’s nee Factotum like 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7025 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 (edited) I own 5. Not read any of them. I used to read all the time before the bairn but just find myself scrolling Twitter in the bath these days instead. Need to get back into the habit. Ive just bought Dave Grohl's autobiography to take on holiday. I'll probably buy Bob Mortimer's too. Easier to read when you don't have Netflix/Amazon Prime on tap Edited October 13, 2021 by Kid Dynamite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4247 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Bob mortimers is class like. I’ve read it and now bought it as an audiobook so I can hear his impressions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42378 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 2 hours ago, wykikitoon said: Ive read 45 books this year too The entire Mr. Men collection doesn’t count. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20111 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 But i bought them at a bookshop! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 44804 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 I've read 8 but some of them weren't even that good. I'm just finishing up Pat Nevin's book. I never read footballer's books, but this one has actually been pretty decent. I've got Mortimer to come. @Kid DynamiteI've read some excerpts from Grohl's and they've been a bit weird. Super flowery language like a sixth former's English homework. Hopefully just a bad selection cos I'd been thinking about giving it a go - let me know what you think. I sound like I just read celeb autobiographies ffs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 20111 Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Have you read Sean Kelly's book @Gemmillthats a lovely read. Also read Keegans book. A brilliant read too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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