Books - What are you reading?
Discussion
Skyedriver said:
Sounds a bit like a Tim Weaver/David Raker book I read, will seek it out.
I enjoy those, I've got one on the "to read" pile but it's not the next one, it's the one after, and I'm told that there's something in my missing one (The Blackbird) that is referenced in the next one, so I feel the need to wait until I can do them in sequence. I've read a few Simon McCleave and they're pretty good.
Looking for the real Weasel: Train Robber, Racer, Rogue - who was Roy James? by Rich Duisberg of MotorPunk fame (amongst other things).
Very amusing.
He claims his least favourite daughter told him he writes books that people read on the toilet. I dispute this. I read it on the sofa in the orangery.
Very amusing.
He claims his least favourite daughter told him he writes books that people read on the toilet. I dispute this. I read it on the sofa in the orangery.
coppice said:
Aren't they what some folk used to call conservatories, in traditional PVC ? Until the term was devalued by poor people buying them?
It suggests a large space for growing citrus fruits at Chatsworth house, but may well be a slightly more solidly-built conservatory on a 3 bed semi.MC Bodge said:
coppice said:
Aren't they what some folk used to call conservatories, in traditional PVC ? Until the term was devalued by poor people buying them?
It suggests a large space for growing citrus fruits at Chatsworth house, but may well be a slightly more solidly-built conservatory on a 3 bed semi.droopsnoot said:
Skyedriver said:
Sounds a bit like a Tim Weaver/David Raker book I read, will seek it out.
I enjoy those, I've got one on the "to read" pile but it's not the next one, it's the one after, and I'm told that there's something in my missing one (The Blackbird) that is referenced in the next one, so I feel the need to wait until I can do them in sequence. I've read a few Simon McCleave and they're pretty good.
Skyedriver said:
Think the David Raker book was "Chasing the dead" one of his earlier books
Oh, I can't find that one but I've looked it up and it is one that I've read. It's also fairly similar to one of the Jeffery Deaver Colter Shaw books, but only in as much as there's a self-contained community with a secret.droopsnoot said:
It's down to the proportion of roof that's transparent vs. the rest, isn't it? A conservatory has a fully glass roof, but more than a certain amount blocked up makes it an orangery. Something like that - I wondered when a local pub was refurbished and suddenly had an orangery.
But does it have a flat roof and is it surrounded by 1960s social housing?Skyedriver said:
Nearly finished Spitfire by John Nichol.
Basically, he's interviewed pilots and ground crew who were involved with this fantastic aeroplane. There's a bit of tech detail, could have done with a little more but I've learnt a lot.
Like tech detail?Basically, he's interviewed pilots and ground crew who were involved with this fantastic aeroplane. There's a bit of tech detail, could have done with a little more but I've learnt a lot.
Usual recommendation for the Secret Horsepower Race by Calum Douglas. Like a howdunnit but with graphs
I recently completed Mutiny on the Bounty by John Boyne - a retelling of the famous story from the perspective of Captain Bligh's valet a young lad called John Turnstile. There's a whiff of young adult fiction about the book but that doesn't stop it being a hugely enjoyable story, did drag a little in the last quarter but still well worth a read. 5/5
I've just finished "Standing in the Shadows" by Peter Robinson. A student is murdered in the early eighties, and a body is found in the present day, and DCI Alan Banks tries to solve the mystery. A good read, published after his death, so I expect this will be the last and I can say I've enjoyed all of them.
Gassing Station | Books and Literature | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff