What Books Are You Reading? (4 Viewers)

[Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon]

Reading this now. To what extent was our society like theirs? Also their belief that they were a nation defeated through famine in WW1 rather than War.

Good book isn't it? The scars from WW1 definitely loomed large at that time, i found it quite startling how many foreign visitors didnt seem to recognise a very big threat in the Nazi Party too though.

 

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[Flying Fokker]

Good book isn't it? The scars from WW1 definitely loomed large at that time, i found it quite startling how many foreign visitors didnt seem to recognise a very big threat in the Nazi Party too though.

It's also striking how much of it was 'Front' and being a socialite and the speed at which Nazism spread. It is a lesson to all of us that democracy can be fragile unless we defend it.

 

[Marty]

Got a whole pile of books to get through as well. I'm able to churn out about 1 week at the moment with the way work is, Just about to start 'When the sky falls'. Also got about half way through the Harry Potter series, so have that to finish off too.

 

[ajsccfc]

One book a week (hereby The Finchy) is going to be my new years resolution. that might go some way to clear the backlog provided I don't buy anything new along the way

 

[SBbucks]

Finished Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall just before Christmas, which was really interesting. Has a few books for Christmas and have started reading one of them, True Crime Story by Jonathan Knox, i'm a 1/4 away through and its very good so far.

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I don’t think Tim Marshall has written a bad book, they are all excellent. Try “Divided” and “Worth dying for”. I’m currently halfway through “Shadowplay” (about the Kosovo war). Superb writing.
Alastair Campbell’s Diaries are also well worth a read, I’ve just finished volume 4 and volume 5 is on the way. Very long, but interesting and totally addictive.

 

[rob9872]

I read a book once - green it was.

 

[Adge]

Just read Dave Grohl’s book the story teller. Decent insight into the rise and fall of Nirvana and the trials and tribulations of being in the Foo Fighters. Still gets nervous when meeting famous people surprisingly.

 

[SBT]

I used to love the ones as a kid where it was turn to page 27 if you killed the elf but 64 if you let him live.

Ian Livingstone got a knighthood in the New Years honours list!

Although if he picks the wrong door at the palace, he’ll be eaten by an orc instead etc etc

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Crete by Antony Beevor, have already read much of his other stuff. A WW2 historian who writes non fiction with a human side to it. For those into the Nazi rise to power, the biography of Goebbels by Peter Longerich is excellent and gives an insight into how he got hooked and ultimately went so far he couldn’t go back.

 

[richnrg]

I used to love the ones as a kid where it was turn to page 27 if you killed the elf but 64 if you let him live.

SPOILER ALERT!

 

[ajsccfc]

I used to love those books, to the point that I got these last year. According to the blurb I'm 30 years past the recommended reading age for them and I regret NOTHING

 

[stupot07]

Finished Prisoners of Geography by Tim Marshall just before Christmas, which was really interesting. Has a few books for Christmas and have started reading one of them, True Crime Story by Jonathan Knox, i'm a 1/4 away through and its very good so far.

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Finished True Crime Story. Brilliant read, i'd highly recommend it.

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[Kneeza]

I’m reading ‘The Last Days of Detroit’. Unsurprisingly It’s about the decline of Detroit, and what it’s like now and what the future might hold.
Due to the car industry connection, I’ve always thought of Cov as being a bit like Detroit. I’m not sure it is…unless those packs of wild dogs are still roaming around Chapelfields etc?

I spent a lot of time in Detroit in the nineties (well, mostly Dearborn, on the western edge to be accurate. Not too bad) and there's absolutely no correlation between it and Cov.
When you are advised by colleagues not to stop at red traffic lights in certain areas of Detroit for your own safety, it tends to make you think.

 

[Kneeza]

Worth a read?

 

[stay_up_skyblues]

Currently have Exorcising Hitler and the Wolf of Wall Street on the go. The former is about Germany immediately after the war, decent. Jordan Belfort’s book is obviously much more detailed than the film and great fun.

 

[Covkid1968#]

Yes, it was that documentary series that got me to read the book. Watching the series first really helps understand the book.

The French don't come out of it all very well at all. Thank God the UK didn't get dragged into it!!

Read a Vietnam book last year. A real life account of a helicopter pilot during the conflict. Really good read and so good it convinced me that I too could fly one if given the chance….I’ve not tested this theory out yet

 

[Terry_dactyl]

I spent a lot of time in Detroit in the nineties (well, mostly Dearborn, on the western edge to be accurate. Not too bad) and there's absolutely no correlation between it and Cov.
When you are advised by colleagues not to stop at red traffic lights in certain areas of Detroit for your own safety, it tends to make you think.

Yeah, fairly early on I realised there were very few similarities.
I think Dearborn has been mentioned. Sounds like there’s always been a bit of an east/west divide. It’s an interesting read.

 

[EalingSB]

I've just read 'The Ratline - Love, lies and justice on the trail of a Nazi fugitive' by Philippe Sands.

It's a true story about an Austrian Nazi who oversaw the creation of Jewish ghettos and deportations, and his life on the run after the end of the war, but reads like a thriller. I highly recommend this book, particularly if you're interested in WWII books.

I started Normal People by Sally Rooney this week and am watching the TV series at about the same pace that I'm reading the novel.

I'll give Travellers in the Third Reich a read next - thanks for the tip; also like the sound of Empireland.

 

[Nick]

Finished True Crime Story. Brilliant read, i'd highly recommend it.

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After seeing you recommend it I started reading it last night.

I don't get it though, is it actually true or made up or a mix of both? It reads like a Crime Documentary where it's interviewing people but I can't figure out if he's making it up or if they really said it?

 

[stupot07]

After seeing you recommend it I started reading it last night.

I don't get it though, is it actually true or made up or a mix of both? It reads like a Crime Documentary where it's interviewing people but I can't figure out if he's making it up or if they really said it?

It threw me for a bit, but its fiction written as if its a true crime. I had to Google the victim to check. Keep going!

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[Marty]

Just finished 'When the sky falls'. Its excellent and quite an easy read.

 

[Razzle Dazzle Dean Gordon]

It's also striking how much of it was 'Front' and being a socialite and the speed at which Nazism spread. It is a lesson to all of us that democracy can be fragile unless we defend it.

Yeah you definitely get a sense of people being 'swept along' to an extent and it is scary how easily it all seemed to happen.

 

[Nick]

It threw me for a bit, but its fiction written as if its a true crime. I had to Google the victim to check. Keep going!

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Ah so it's complete fiction. Will carry on later

 

[JAM See]

I don't normally re-read books, but fuck it. It is the second best book of all time.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Wikipedia

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[Marty]

Just finished 'Do androids dream of electric sheep?'. Found it quite hard in places, doesn't seem to naturally flow.

Overall was a fairly good read.

Quite fancy Farenheit 451 or Animal Farm next.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Started reading American Psycho after rewatching the film recently. Hard to work out what’s going on

 

[clint van damme]

Started reading American Psycho after rewatching the film recently. Hard to work out what’s going on

One of the rare exceptions where I thought the film was better than the book.

 

[LastGarrison]

Just got Cider with Roadies by Stuart Maconie.

 

[LastGarrison]

Just finished 'Do androids dream of electric sheep?'. Found it quite hard in places, doesn't seem to naturally flow.

Overall was a fairly good read.

Quite fancy Farenheit 451 or Animal Farm next.

Have never read Animal Farm but going to see the play at Birmingham Rep in a couple of weeks.

 

[clint van damme]

Just finished The Secret DJ. Great book detailing the some of the life and tales of an ‘unknown’ DJ. Funny and quite sad in equal measures. Just about to start the second one

Like the sound of thisso ordered it and currently a couple of chapters in, any idea who it is?

 

[Adge]

About a third of the way through Mark Clattenburg “whistle blower”
Won’t be for everyone but a decent insight into the cronies running and behind the PGMOL who are the body if you like for the referees in the Prem.
Also a section on players and a few surprises of who he suggested are good to work with on the pitch-John Terry-Luis Suarez amongst them!

 

[Marty]

Just finished Animal Farm. Excellent, well worth reading.

 

[Bugsy]

started to read Snowing in Bali,

 

[Marty]

Just finished 'I, Robot' by Isaac Asimov. Very good, very well written and flowed nicely. Easy read. Definitely going to read more from him.

Fahrenheit 451 next.

 

[Nick]

Just finished 'I, Robot' by Isaac Asimov. Very good, very well written and flowed nicely. Easy read. Definitely going to read more from him.

Fahrenheit 451 next.

Is that linked to the I, robot film?