A book club - with a difference.

I think it's a lovely idea! I'm not sure my contribution will help because I've just started diving deep into the subject of autism. But before that I was keen on autobiographies (I read al Pacino 's and Matthew Perry 's). Fiction wise, Paul Auster's 4,3,2,1 is on my bedside table.

I started Game of Thrones a few days ago. I’m really enjoying it so far. 

A bit of a late response but do you know about the Gutenberg Project? This project has thousands of 'read for free' books online. 

This is a great idea.

Me starting a book is dangerous as I have this thing that once I have started something I cannot stop until I finish it. When I was 8 I painted the shed and my parents forgot I was out there until 9 pm when my brother bought it to their attention.

Anyway the last book I read was lord of the flies. Great book feel so sorry for piggy

I'm considering getting these two books. However, couldn't find any info on the author. Could these be AI generated?

I've been reading a lot recently, but haven't posted on here for a long time. However the book I've just finished made me want to share it.

 "A hand on Mars" by Francis Malka is about an international mission to Mars, where the crew are given the task of looking for water to see if it can be made habitable. The crew are composed of 16 humans and 16 AI robots, with each human being paired with a robot. One of the first crews sent out to explore finds a dessicated hand, which looks human. Is it human? Are there humanoid aliens? Where did it come from?

There are fascinating observations of human behaviour, such as the issue of who is going to be first to set foot on the planet - they solve this by getting the robots to build a platform outside the ship entrance, which one human from each of the participating nations walks out onto, then they all step down onto the planet simultaneously while being filmed by one of the robots.

It's also an interesting look at how robots with AI might assist us in the future, and the story is narrated by a robot known as Glitch.

It's a really good mystery and I think it might be interesting even to people who don't normally enjoy science fiction .

I always have several distinctly different books on the go, using BorrowBox an app with local library to access books, audio books and newspapers or magazines.  All for free.  Obviously popular books can have 12 to 18 month waiting lists, but often classics and books published a few years ago are freely available.

Quick read Val Mcdermid "Report for Murder" first in Lindsay Gordon series, a Scottish journalist who investigates a murder to help her best friend who stands accused.  

Factual All that remains by Dame Sue Black about her career in forensic anthropology and science.  Not what you might expect but as compelling as any crime novel.

Susie Dent "Death Writ Large  just released last week, lovely thick hardback, satisfying to hold and fall into it's imaginative embrace....second in series about dictionary compilers who solve complex puzzle led crimes.  Delicious introduction to old fashioned words and the life of words and the fashions which shape language. 

I have just read this line which I love:

'He was preparing himself to pretend to be a would-be writer'.

It's from 'Children of Wolves' by Lawrence Osborne. 

I love my Kindle. I do a lot of reading but haven’t done that much lately as I’ve been reading manga (One Piece). I think your idea is a brilliant idea and I would happily be involved. 

Just finished "It could of been her" by Lisa Jewell, ive read all of her books now expect for the marvel book she did "Breaking the dark" not sure my thoughts about reading that yet. "It could of been her" was ok but not her best, I think the main character trying to be a private detective was a bit silly in parts.

I just read 'The Mad Wife' by Meagan Church. It's about 1960s suburban life in America from the point of view of a housewife. It was interesting to learn about women's mental health was treated in those days when it was considered to be 'housewife syndrome' or hysteria. Also made me wonder about how much further we've got with the treatment of mental health.

One of my favourites. The contrast between his endless, banal lists and observations and the violence make it even more shocking. I like the film too, its one of the rare occasions where the film doesn't live up to the book, but is still great in its own right. Glamorama is also great book of his.

I just read All the Colours of the Dark by Chris Whittaker. I've not been this invested in a book for a long time. It is about 2 childhood friends who's lives a ripped apart when one of them goes missing.

Much of the story isn't very believable so I don't know whether this book would be for everybody but there was something about the way it was written and the individual characters which absolutely hooked me.

It is a book that really makes you question what makes a person good or bad and what justice actually is.

You can take a photo of whatever you want and get it printed on cloth. See below - I photographed my bookshelves and bought a printed cloth of it to cover my large TV screen, fixing it to the top of the screen with strong velcro.

Marianne72 said:

Love that bookcase and your display!

Thank you. 

It was part of a project to make my lounge Arts and Crafts ish.

The effect is ruined by a TV that I would rather were a window seat (in a bay window).

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Yes, I only go out for shopping so I live life in this room practically, also my garden.

Love that bookcase and your display!

The last book I read was American Psycho.

It's a chilling depiction of a psychopath, living in high society. The film adaptation, starring Christian Bale has nothing on the novel. The authour (Bret Easton Ellis) definitely needs his harddrive looked at. A shocking read o_0!

Cinnabar_wing said:

I'm glad you both and the furniture made it back unscathed! I hope the car was unharmed too!

Thank you. 

Yes it was.

What a story to go with it! It must have been quite frightening at the time, though I hope it's at least a tale to tell now. 

I'm glad you both and the furniture made it back unscathed! I hope the car was unharmed too!