What are you reading ... NOW!

[Lord Brett]

As a companion to the 'What Are You Listening To' thread, I thought it might be interesting to find out what other Britmovie users are reading. Any old thing, film related or otherwise.



To kick things off, I've just finished a Sexton Blake novel, Murder on the Monte, which was good, unpretentious fun. I'm slowly trying to get a set of the 1964-69 Blake paperbacks.







I've gone straight from that to reading Twilight, partly from academic interest. It's not exactly great literature, but I can certainly see the appeal to a teenage audience and it's fascinating how Stephanie Meyer takes the structure of gothic literature and adapts it to a modern school setting.

[Lord Brett]

As a companion to the 'What Are You Listening To' thread, I thought it might be interesting to find out what other Britmovie users are reading. Any old thing, film related or otherwise.



To kick things off, I've just finished a Sexton Blake novel, Murder on the Monte, which was good, unpretentious fun. I'm slowly trying to get a set of the 1964-69 Blake paperbacks.

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I've gone straight from that to reading Twilight, partly from academic interest. It's not exactly great literature, but I can certainly see the appeal to a teenage audience and it's fascinating how Stephanie Meyer takes the structure of gothic literature and adapts it to a modern school setting.

[hhhhancock]

A good idea for a new thread. I've nearly finished The Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell, up to his usual standard which is always excellent.

I'm off on holiday next week and I will be taking a Graham Hurley and a Michael Connelly book, as you may gather I'm very fond of crime fiction. Also a bio. of Terry Thomas - plenty of reading for a week.



I've also got, on my bookshelves, Finnegans Wake and Proust's Remembrance of Thing Past which I should get around to reading, but c'mon lifes too short!

[orpheum]

I have just finished reading the biog of Hancock by Cliff Goodwin.It is about 150 pages too long.Mainly a scissors and paste job.

[dremble wedge]

Finished (last night) John Le Carre's Call for the Dead which was filmed as The Deadly Affair. Short but excellent, the first Le Carre I've ever read and I shall read more.



Just started Hilary Mantel's hefty tome about Thomas Cromwell Wolf Hall - 60 pages in and it's very good thus far.

[charliekane]

I'm reading 'What are you reading - NOW'

[Moor Larkin]

Bought it at a fete the other day. Afghanistan and America - just couldn't resist.



Page 69 is as good a place as any to see the soul of The Faithful Spy. Not much is happening. No car crashes, explosions, bugs being planted, or diplomatic intrigue. Just John Wells, the lonely CIA agent who is The Faithful Spy, making his way back to Montana to see his family, after 10 long years living with the Taliban in the mountains of Afghanistan -- though when he finally does get home he'll discover that his mother is dead and his ex-wife no longer wants to see him. And the saddest part is that Wells won't be surprised.



It's great!! I love the bits where the characters refer to the *bad guys*...

[billy bentley]

Just finishing up a biography of Jesse james by T.J.Stiles "Jesse JamesL Last Rebel Of The Civil War". James is presented as a pro-slavery, pro-secessionist terrorist, who eventually turns criminal.

[Lord Brett]

name='charliekane']I'm reading 'What are you reading - NOW'

If you're really enjoying it, there are two versions of the thread! Could one of the mods get rid of the duplicate one please.

[batman]

name='Lord Brett']If you're really enjoying it, there are two versions of the thread! Could one of the mods get rid of the duplicate one please.

I have merged them. How did that happen?

[Chevyman]

Wycliffe and The Beales by WJ Burley

[Sgt Sunshine]

Recently finished "Against the fall of night" by Arthur C Clarke.....now working my way through the sequel "Beyond the fall of night" by Gregory Benford.....

Cheers

Sgt S

[Tony Pendrey]

I just finished "The Dark Side of Genuis" -The LIfe Of Alfred Hitchcock by Donald Spoto.



It is a massive work of carefully researched material. Sadly I now know more about what Hitchcock ate than any worthwhle info about his films.

[Lord Brett]

name='Tony Pendrey']I just finished "The Dark Side of Genuis" -The LIfe Of Alfred Hitchcock by Donald Spoto.



It is a massive work of carefully researched material. Sadly I now know more about what Hitchcock ate than any worthwhle info about his films.

Spoto very much presents the case for the prosecution, like those who make the ludicrous claim that Hitchcock was nothing without the contribution of Bernard Hermann. Hermann was brilliant, but Hitch made plenty of good films before they got together.

[Mr Sloane]

Re-reading Cold Comfort Farm I am enjoying it a lot more than the first time.

[Lord Brett]

name='Mr Sloane']Re-reading Cold Comfort Farm I am enjoying it a lot more than the first time.

So I presume it's entertaining, Mr Sloane.

[Mr Sloane]

name='Lord Brett']So I presume it's entertaining, Mr Sloane.

That made me Prick up My Ears.

[CaptainWaggett]

name='Mr Sloane']Re-reading Cold Comfort Farm I am enjoying it a lot more than the first time.

It amuses me how many people read Cold Comfort Farm and fail to spot all the science fiction parody (completely missed from the John Schlesinger film). Have you read the excellent sequel?

[Rowdon]

I'm reading the John Fisher biography of Tony Hancock ... I'm not sure how good I think it is.

[billy bentley]

I hope it's more cheery than "Hancock's Last Stand - i forget the author.