[Tom4784]

I've read two books lately, Ring by Koji Suzuki and Penpal by Dathan Auerbach.

It was interesting to read the original Ring, which felt a lot more science fiction-esque than the ghost stories of the films, but I did have a massive issue with it that really prevented me from enjoying it.

Spoiler:

in the original book, instead of a reporter and her ex-husband investigating the tape, it's a reporter and a friend from school and his friend, it turns out, is a serial rapist that gloats about his crimes to the main character and the main character does nothing about it, in fact at one point, he invites the bastard into the home he shares with his wife and daughter and it's just repugnant. THEN, when the rapist dies, we get forcefed a redemption arc where we get told he lied about raping women because he was a virgin and he ends up saving the day and I'm just nonplussed by the whole thing. It's annoying because it completely ruined the book for me when the core story and it's differences to the story we all know are quite fascinating. Like, there's no ghosts coming out of the TV this time, Sadako/Samara doesn't actually appear at all, and everything that happens has nothing to do with ghosts but her psychic powers going out of control in death.

Penpal was better and had some straight up eerie moments that have stuck with me, but the writing is so formal, stiff and long winded that the author somehow made a 200 page book feel too long, which is a real shame because the story itself is excellent, but the writing is just.... frigid.

[Alf]

The guy from the band Mumford and Sons (Marshall I think is name is) read a book recently, he praised the author on Twitter. You should see the vile abuse he got for liking a book.

[Alf]

This tweet is all it took for him to be declared a Nazi, Facist by the mob.

[Scarlett.]

This isn't a thread about politics

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Scarlett.

This isn't a thread about politics

I'm talking about books.

[Merry Mockmas]

If we can count Manga I am currently reading Doron Dororon.

I know that it's not doing very well commercially, but I think that it's really fun.

And in particular Dora and Kusanagi have a good dynamic imo.

I'm also waiting for the translation of the 41st Volume of Berserk.

[Parmy]

Shaun Ryder's new book.

[Merry Mockmas]

I've started reading Salem's Lot yesterday.

I've only read two chapters so far, but they've been interesting in an odd way so far.

[ChristmasNeeve]

Just finished :

The Girl You Lost. It was a very good read although I predicted a lot of the ending (not all)



Just Started :

The Game You Played, not sure what the fascination with missing kids books is atm maybe it's an algorithm thing because I'm listening to these on Audible This one is pretty interesting so far

[ChristmasNeeve]

Just finished :



I enjoyed this one, it's about time travel, didn't realise it was a series, I've just downloaded the 2nd book :

[Holly Christmas]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Just finished :



I enjoyed this one, it's about time travel, didn't realise it was a series, I've just downloaded the 2nd book :

It's Kerrys birthday today. God bless.

[ChristmasNeeve]

The Running Grave. This is my favourite series, this might be my favourite one of them yet as well, I'm about 3/4's of the way through it

[White Christmas]

Ben Cohen - Carry me home

[Sticks]

This thread

[Ammi]

[Ray.]

Recently re-read The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, and am currently reading Hercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha Christie - one of the very few Poirot books I hadn't yet read.

[Parmy]

My life in the firm.

By Vee Agra

Millwall's top girl.

[Zizu]

Originally Posted by parmnion

My life in the firm.

By Vee Agra

Millwall's top girl.

Phew !


I thought women were moving into football hooliganism as well as everything else !!


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[Ray.]

Though I bought it a few weeks back, I'm just now starting up on The Shards by Bret Easton Ellis, about a group of nihilistic teens who get caught up in the sinister machinations of a brutal serial killer who's menacing the streets of '80s LA. That's a very broad and basic summary that probably doesn't do justice to the full scope of the story, but it's a serviceable one all the same. Thus far it's your basic Ellis fare, i.e., a group of physically perfect, bisexually promiscuous teenagers who lead the sort of carefree and materially rich but emotionally soulless lives that many of us probably half-wish we could have lived when we were teenagers lol. But that's not a slight against it. I'm enjoying it immensely with its almost obscene litany of '80s pop culture references.

[The Human Santapede]

The Thursday Murder Club

[ChristmasNeeve]

Just started this, I like it so far, Graham is a very good story teller

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Just started this, I like it so far, Graham is a very good story teller

…oh, reading the synopsis on this it sounds like a story I would like and Graham has such an engaging way about him…if that carries into his writing then I’m sure I’ll like his style so I’ll give it a go…sounds like a nice summer read also…

[ChristmasNeeve]

Originally Posted by Ammi

…oh, reading the synopsis on this it sounds like a story I would like and Graham has such an engaging way about him…if that carries into his writing then I’m sure I’ll like his style so I’ll give it a go…sounds like a nice summer read also…

Yeah i think you would like it, I'm actually listening to the audio version and he narrates that as well

[White Christmas]

Brian O'Driscoll - The Test

[ChristmasNeeve]

Imagine losing the most important ten years of your life …

Alice is twenty-nine. She adores sleep, chocolate, and her ramshackle new house. She’s newly married to the wonderful Nick and is pregnant with her first baby.

There’s just one problem.
All that was ten years ago …

Alice has slipped in a step aerobics class, hit her head and lost a decade. Now she’s a grown-up, bossy mother of three in the middle of a nasty divorce and her beloved sister Elisabeth isn’t speaking to her. This is her life but not as she knows it.

Clearly Alice has made some terrible mistakes.
Just how much can happen in a decade?

Can she ever get back to the woman she used to be?