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The GOT Book Club

Started reading Doctor Socretes, the biography of the brazilian football legend. Got about 1/4 of yhe way in and had to stop. So poorly written.

Now reading anothrt belter from Don Winslow - Satori
 
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Just finished this excellent book - The Hunger by Alma Katsu.

Described as historical fiction, based on the true story of a group of pioneers traveling across the American mid West to start a new life.

Well written and the author weaves a horror narrative into the story, which compliments it very well.

Recommended ( I'll be reading some more by this author on the strength of this book ),
 

Just finished this - Rivers by Michael Farris Smith.

His writing style is best described as a cross between Cormac Mc Carthy and J D Salinger.

The Deep South of America has all been wiped off the face of the earth due to years of hurricanes and rain, with most people choosing to leave.

The tale of a small group who chose to stay.

Beautifully written and engrossing.

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Tubey said:
I'm nearly at the end of it now and it's not as bad as initially thought, but I still don't get it. 'Formulaic' is the word I'd use.

Just expected better given the fuss, but I'll revise my initial opinion from 'dreadful' to 'meh'.
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I read them a year or so back and enjoyed them as I'm a fan of the show and it felt like an expanded universe and is completely different in parts so I really enjjoyed them. I can definitely see how it might seem a bit of a heavy handed slog for others though.
 
Finished reading the outsider, camus the other day. still i'm not myself, stunned, what a book, i am kind of ashamed that i read so late....I am his biggest fan now, wanna read everything he wrote.
 
Faith of our Families is a great read for the end of the night - a few pages for each mini section. Trouble is it's so interesting before you know it an hour's gone.
 

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Finished reading the outsider, camus the other day. still i'm not myself, stunned, what a book, i am kind of ashamed that i read so late....I am his biggest fan now, wanna read everything he wrote.
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It is a unique feeling when you read an author that is obviously at the peak of their powers and just laying down magic on the page - it sort of reverberates around your head in the way other artforms don't, staggers you.
 
Finally had some time to get back to reading fiction (Damn kid!). Read this below, "Sacred Hunger". Easily among the best books I've read in the last year or two. About a wealthy Liverpudlian in the 1700s who invests in building a slave ship. Part of the book takes place in Liverpool, then part of it on the west coast of Africa, and then part of it in Florida. Completely engrossing.

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Also read this book below. Very funny and quite brutal. About a gang of brothers who terrorize the midwest in the early 1900s with their bank robbing. The author seems to have payed attention to both Cormac McCarthy in terms of brutality, but also the sillyness of Vonnegut or any other humor-eyed author. Very entertaining. (and to be clear: the author doesn't write like McCarthy...no one does, except for McCarthy).

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Now just beginning "The Lonely City" as well as "Elmet."
 
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Just finished this excellent book - The Hunger by Alma Katsu.

Described as historical fiction, based on the true story of a group of pioneers traveling across the American mid West to start a new life.

Well written and the author weaves a horror narrative into the story, which compliments it very well.

Recommended ( I'll be reading some more by this author on the strength of this book ),
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I always wanted to pitch a reality TV show called "The Donner Par-tay!!" where they would load a bunch of idiot fratboys/sorority girls onto covered wagons (with their iPhones, tequila, loud pay-attention-to-me voices, and thong underwear, etc.) and then send them across the Rocky mountains during winter. Hilarity would ensue as they began to die and eat each other...and America, each week you would get to tune in and watch!
 
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I always wanted to pitch a reality TV show called "The Donner Par-tay!!" where they would load a bunch of idiot fratboys/sorority girls onto covered wagons (with their iPhones, tequila, loud pay-attention-to-me voices, and thong underwear, etc.) and then send them across the Rocky mountains during winter. Hilarity would ensue as they began to die and eat each other...and America, each week you would get to tune in and watch!
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That would be the modern version of what actually happened !

It`s gonna make a fantastic film if done properly, as the horror element that she`s weaved in, really gels with the true version if events.
 

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