Could you advise me of a good read?
prefereably not about vampires, or a childrens book, and absolutely no childrens books about vampires.
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:56, 5 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Have you read Let the Right One In?

(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:58, Reply)

No, but i've seen the film
those crazy Swedes

Edit - hurdy gurdy vampires are still sodding vampires
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 12:59, Reply)

oh but colonel
that is an awesome book much more about friendship and loneliness and rejection and paedophilia than it is about vampires.

i am laughing so hard at the hurdygurdy vampires, and as i am poorlysick that is making me cough even harder, that i might have to put you on ignore for this.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:15, Reply)

It's a wonderful book.
But the film was ok too.

I've read another of his about people coming back to life after death. That was quite good.
( girlinthehole, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:16, Reply)

I have, it's brilliant.
have you read his other book - Handling the Undead? It's just as good.
(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:17, Reply)

That's the one I'm on about in my post above.
Thanks for reminding me.
( girlinthehole, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:19, Reply)

no worries :)

(Poppet some assembly required., Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:22, Reply)

I'm enjoying The Atrocity Archive by Charles Stross
Or get a Christopher Brookmyre book, like A Snowball in Hell
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:03, Reply)

No, start with A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away
then The Sacred Art of Stealing, then Snowball in Hell.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:03, Reply)

Fair enough
DG recommended me Snowball in Hell, and I drunkenly bought it right then on my phone. I'm glad he did though.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:05, Reply)

I've got A Big Boy Did It
It's on my reading list.
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:08, Reply)

'Meditations on violence'
Cracking book by Rory Miller which looks at actual violent encounters and their aftermath vs what most Martial artists train for.

Well I found it interesting!
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:05, Reply)

Well you would.

( girlinthehole, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:06, Reply)

But...but...
I'm a sensitive new-man musician type! Even my teeth are sensitive.
(Captain Placid 24/7 ball gags, brownie mix and clown porn, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:10, Reply)

Yes but underneath is a homicidal maniac waiting to get out.
Are you and the musician formaly known as Pooflake coming up this weekend?
( girlinthehole, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:13, Reply)

Have you read 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo'?
I just finished it - I'd put off reading it because everyone raved about it and I thought it was likely to be crap. I was about a third of the way in and still thought it was crap and then suddenly....all the dark twisty stuff started and I was hooked.
Alternatively anything by Pat Barker is brilliant - WW1 stories.

What sort of things do you like?
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 13:16, Reply)

I've read the Regeneration trilogy and "Another World" by Pat Barker
I'll read anything (but I dont want to read about vampires)
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:56, Reply)

I'm currently reading "Wolf Totem".
It's very good.

Also, The Truth Commissioner and The Testament of Gideon Mack are excellent. As are 54 by Wu Ming, and Q by Luther Blissett - both of which are actually by four Italian anarchists.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:34, Reply)

I've got 'Wolf Hall' sitting waiting to be read next
But I hated 'To the Lighthouse' - even though I have to teach it.


/Lupine blog
( chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Tue 22 Jun 2010, 14:43, Reply)