What are you Currently Reading?

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I'm about to start re-reading Thunderball - always one of my favourites...

Thunderpussy

Yes. One of my favourites too. -{

welshboy78

In the final third of Trigger Mortis. Enjoying it so far, starts off very Fleming in style (though I think this Bond does not drink and eat as much as Flemings Bond)

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welshboy78 wrote:

In the final third of Trigger Mortis. Enjoying it so far, starts off very Fleming in style (though I think this Bond does not drink and eat as much as Flemings Bond)

I must say that I'm a bit keen to read this one. I've heard many good things about it and even Simon Schama appears to rate it highly...

welshboy78

Im no big reader or Fleming expert but so far its very good and I hope it doesnt trail off in the final third

Thunderpussy

Only my opinion, but for me the last third read more like
a John Gardner novel. Although still tremendously exciting.

chrisisall

Thunderpussy wrote:

Only my opinion, but for me the last third read more like
a John Gardner novel. Although still tremendously exciting.

I just got my copy of TM in the post! A nice present to find in the box after a hard day of work! And I have tomorrow OFF!! I can't wait to read it! -{

Thunderpussy

I hope you enjoy it. -{

chrisisall

Thunderpussy wrote:

I hope you enjoy it. -{

I just read a few lines, I like it already!

Thunderpussy

I've just started reading it again. ( in case I missed something ).

chrisisall

Thunderpussy wrote:

I've just started reading it again. ( in case I missed something ).

A re-read already?
This bodes well for my own positive reading experience I think. B-)

Loeffelholz

"The Lady in the Lake," by Raymond Chandler, circa 1943. A way of recalibrating/centering the bubble.

Barbel

Good one, Loeffs, I would say that's maybe my favourite Chandler novel.... except they're ALL my favourites! (except maybe Playback and that's still pretty good).

Thunderpussy

Out of interest guys, how do they read today ? Very dated in style or
was he ahead of the game ?

Barbel

I'd say the time period they're set in is part of the charm- if you enjoy film noir you'll enjoy Chandler- and his style is unbeatable (though many have tried: some very successfully http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Ashes-Debut-Oscar-Thriller-ebook/dp/B003XIJ6IS).

Thunderpussy

Yes, I must add it to my collection of AJB authors. I've
Got " TheSecretAgent's" book, and will be adding " Stag's"
So that should keep me going for a while.

Loeffelholz

Barbel wrote:

I'd say the time period they're set in is part of the charm- if you enjoy film noir you'll enjoy Chandler- and his style is unbeatable (though many have tried: some very successfully http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Ashes-Debut-Oscar-Thriller-ebook/dp/B003XIJ6IS).

Bless you, sir ;% To say I'm flattered by that is a gross understatement. Chandler is definitely one of Jade's several fathers, which include Spillane, Hammett...and Fleming, naturally B-)

TP: Chandler is such an artist with his prose that it literally transcends time, at least for me. I had the great good fortune to find a Chander omnibus that includes his first four Philip Marlowe novels: 'The Big Sleep,' 'Farewell, My Lovely,' 'The High Window' and 'The Lady in the Lake.' I read them in order, but it isn't necessary as they are all completely standalone. You won't regret the time you give to Chandler.

Thunderpussy

I'll definitely check him out, after Blood & Ashes.

Loeffelholz

Thank you, sir! I hope you enjoy it {[]

Penfold Heart

I am having a break from Bond and reading American Psycho, I make a point to read it every year.

I just think it is a masterpiece of social commentary and satire in the mid/ late 80's.

I have also pre-ordered Thomas Ligotti's "Songs of a dead dreamer & Grimscribe" in the new "Penguin classics" edition, that will be my next read when it turns up this week.

Thunderpussy

-{ it's a book, I keep meaning to read as well.

Penfold Heart

Thunderpussy wrote:

-{ it's a book, I keep meaning to read as well.

Sorry, I probably should have said I do actually read it every year, and have for the last 6 years or so.

It is an extremely clever book, very well put together. Although if you are squeamish it may get under your skin a bit.

always shaken

Ive got Thunderball , im taking it to Cape Verde with me in November on me hols ,looking forward to sitting in the sun and giving a good read.

DutchJamesBondFan

I just finished Casino Royale and LALD, but I take a quick pass from the Fleming novels to read Trigger Mortis. I'm enjoying it TM, although I just started it's already better dan Solo imo.

superado

I have Trigger Mortis reserved for me at my library. I'm going to need a book for a long domestic flight I'll be taking soon, which will involve the requisite stop-overs. Was about to get a Kindle copy but would hate for the battery to drain without an outlet nearby.

James Suzuki

I have just finished James Joyce's epic Ulysses. Long and confusing but also inspiring and mind blowing. I was surprised that I could actually finish its 700 pages and stream of consciousness paragraphs. And I have been told that I am in the minority, having completed it. Was thinking about rereading a Fleming novel, to relax afterwards but I was tempted by Julian Barnes' sense of an ending. The cover tells me that it won the Man Booker Prize back in 2011. So far it has some fanastic anecdotal high school stories and the progression of the main character becoming a man.

Xfire2k15

Moonraker baby! -{

002

Still in Thunderball at the moment. One of the biggest and best.

Thunderpussy

-{ Infact Moonraker and Thunderball are two of my favourite Bond books.

Penfold Heart

Thunderpussy wrote:

-{ Infact Moonraker and Thunderball are two of my favourite Bond books.

I have to agree there, two of mine as well. Thunderball is particularly good -{