The GOT Book Club

[Gwlacticos]

Just finished ‘Songbirds’, by Christy Lefteri. Good, but quite sad, followed by, ‘With The Old Breed’, E.B.Sledge. US Marines v Japanese, WW2, Peleliu and Okinawa. Very good book, describing some horrendous battles in detail.

Just started David Niven ‘The Moon’s A Balloon’. Hilarious so far, and much needed light relief after the last two reads.

 

[LostLegend]

‘With The Old Breed’, E.B.Sledge. US Marines v Japanese, WW2, Peleliu and Okinawa. Very good book, describing some horrendous battles in detail.

Sounds like something I'd enjoy - added that to my reading list!

 

[Bilko]

Just finished this

Yeah, just superb. The characters were amazing. Cole & Rawlins friendship, Alfonsa, the old hacienda matriarch, all of them.

The part where they are heading to the jail on the flatbed truck completely blindsided me

Need to pick the other 2 in the series up now!

I just finished this ,superb writing, a other GoT book club recommendation

 

[atrottel]

All those of you who like Don Winslow and Dennis Lehane, and enjoyed De Niro and Pacino in Heat:

Just getting into Heat 2, the book co-written by Michael Mann which is both a prequel and sequel.

Just finished this - superb. Easily up there with Winslow and Lehane and a must if you want to meet up with the characters from Heat again.

 

[Bilko]

Just finished , clever writing, I've a feeling this was also a GOT book club recommendation.
story of a group of boys coming out of the slums to become suicide bombers.
highly recommended

 

[gonetomorrow]

Been reading Gore Vidal's 'Burr'. How do writers imagine things in that much detail? Great book if you like history

He had a famously acid wit.
Replying to a critic who accused him of being meretricious, he said: Well......a very Mere-tricious to you too!

 

[LostLegend]

So I set myself a target of reading 20 books this year in an effort to get myself off the phone doom-scrolling on my work breaks.

I ended up reading 52…

Here’s the full list:

Laurus, Eugene Vodolazkin (Audiobook)
Foucault’s Pendulum, Umberto Eco
Piranesi, Susanna Clarke
The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins-Gillman
Cockroaches, Scholastique Mukasonga
Maxwell’s Demon, Steven Hall
Between Two Fires, Christopher Buehlman
Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton (Audiobook)
The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
The Hellbound Heart, Clive Barker
Sphere, Michael Crichton (Audiobook)
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
Congo, Michael Crichton (Audiobook)
Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Stuart Turton
Negative Space, B.R. Yeager
No Country For Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
The Haar, David Sodergren
Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Audiobook)
Rotten Tommy, David Sodergren
White Nights, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Running Man, Richard Bachman/Stephen King
Children of Ruin, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Audiobook)
Into The Wild, Jon Krakauer
Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer
Cabal, Clive Barker
Roadside Picnic, Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Mysterious Skin, Scott Heim
Children of Memory, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Audiobook)
Metro 2033, Dmitry Glukhovsky
Circe, Madeline Miller
Stoner, John Williams
Carrie, Stephen King
All the Fiends of Hell, Adam L.G. Nevill
The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman, Bruce Robinson
Starter Villain, John Scalzi (Audiobook)
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
A Short Stay in Hell, Steven L Peck
1984, George Orwell
Children of Chaos, Greg F. Gifune (Audiobook)
Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez
Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward
Maggie’s Grave, David Sodergren
Coup de Grace, Sofia Ajram
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones (Audiobook)
11.22.63, Stephen King
Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman (Audiobook)
All The Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy
Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell
Carl’s Doomsday Scenario, Matt Dinniman (Audiobook)
Summer of the Monsters, David Sodergren

 

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So I set myself a target of reading 20 books this year in an effort to get myself off the phone doom-scrolling on my work breaks.

I ended up reading 52…

Here’s the full list:

Laurus, Eugene Vodolazkin (Audiobook)
Foucault’s Pendulum, Umberto Eco
Piranesi, Susanna Clarke
The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins-Gillman
Cockroaches, Scholastique Mukasonga
Maxwell’s Demon, Steven Hall
Between Two Fires, Christopher Buehlman
Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton (Audiobook)
The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
The Hellbound Heart, Clive Barker
Sphere, Michael Crichton (Audiobook)
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
Congo, Michael Crichton (Audiobook)
Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Stuart Turton
Negative Space, B.R. Yeager
No Country For Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
The Haar, David Sodergren
Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Audiobook)
Rotten Tommy, David Sodergren
White Nights, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Running Man, Richard Bachman/Stephen King
Children of Ruin, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Audiobook)
Into The Wild, Jon Krakauer
Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer
Cabal, Clive Barker
Roadside Picnic, Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Mysterious Skin, Scott Heim
Children of Memory, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Audiobook)
Metro 2033, Dmitry Glukhovsky
Circe, Madeline Miller
Stoner, John Williams
Carrie, Stephen King
All the Fiends of Hell, Adam L.G. Nevill
The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman, Bruce Robinson
Starter Villain, John Scalzi (Audiobook)
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
A Short Stay in Hell, Steven L Peck
1984, George Orwell
Children of Chaos, Greg F. Gifune (Audiobook)
Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez
Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward
Maggie’s Grave, David Sodergren
Coup de Grace, Sofia Ajram
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones (Audiobook)
11.22.63, Stephen King
Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman (Audiobook)
All The Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy
Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell
Carl’s Doomsday Scenario, Matt Dinniman (Audiobook)
Summer of the Monsters, David Sodergren

Very nice LL!

What were your top 5?

 

[LostLegend]

Very nice LL!

What were your top 5?

Ooh tough one.
No particular order:

Cockroaches, Scholastique Mukasonga
A short but devastating memoir about the authors time growing up as a Tutsi in Rwanda in the 70' & 80's and her return to Rwanda after the genocide to locate the remains of her parents.

The Haar, David Sodergren
Probably the most fun horror I've ever read. I've been working my way through the rest of his catalogue since!

All The Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy
This has taken over Blood Meridian as my fav McCarthy novel since reading. Everything about it is great, but especially the characters.
I already have the other 2 books in the series and cant wait to get into them at some point next year.

Roadside Picnic, Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
A somewhat legendary piece of science fiction that has inspired countless others, from Tarkovski's movie 'Stalker' to Glukhovsky's 'Metro' series.

East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Every bit the masterpiece it's reputation suggests. Wish I'd read it sooner.

 

[The Binman]

Ive been reading the Black Elk: The Life of an American Visionary....

Epic doesnt even cover it... if you're interested, even if you're not... its really quite unbelievable..

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30038655-black-elk

 

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Ooh tough one.
No particular order:

Cockroaches, Scholastique Mukasonga
A short but devastating memoir about the authors time growing up as a Tutsi in Rwanda in the 70' & 80's and her return to Rwanda after the genocide to locate the remains of her parents.

The Haar, David Sodergren
Probably the most fun horror I've ever read. I've been working my way through the rest of his catalogue since!

All The Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy
This has taken over Blood Meridian as my fav McCarthy novel since reading. Everything about it is great, but especially the characters.
I already have the other 2 books in the series and cant wait to get into them at some point next year.

Roadside Picnic, Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
A somewhat legendary piece of science fiction that has inspired countless others, from Tarkovski's movie 'Stalker' to Glukhovsky's 'Metro' series.

East of Eden, John Steinbeck
Every bit the masterpiece it's reputation suggests. Wish I'd read it sooner.

Ah very cool. Thank you!
I should definitely read East of Eden again. Read it as part of the canon in high school and am fairly sure lots of the allusions and allegories flew over my head.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Reading new Michael Connelly - Resurrection Walk. This is a joint Haller/Bosch book.

Connelly has introduced new protagonists along the way and now they all communicate quite regularly. It's become a bit cosy to be honest.

Having said that the narrative is so fluid and well constructed the story sucks you in and pretty soon the forces of law and order are getting a showing up.

 

[Bilko]

I really cannot recommend this book more, historical fiction on the war in Sri Lanka, deservedly won awards, beautifully written,emotional and sad.

 

[Bilko]

So I set myself a target of reading 20 books this year in an effort to get myself off the phone doom-scrolling on my work breaks.

I ended up reading 52…

Here’s the full list:

Laurus, Eugene Vodolazkin (Audiobook)
Foucault’s Pendulum, Umberto Eco
Piranesi, Susanna Clarke
The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins-Gillman
Cockroaches, Scholastique Mukasonga
Maxwell’s Demon, Steven Hall
Between Two Fires, Christopher Buehlman
Jurassic Park, Michael Crichton (Audiobook)
The Devil in the White City, Erik Larson
The Hellbound Heart, Clive Barker
Sphere, Michael Crichton (Audiobook)
The Road, Cormac McCarthy
Congo, Michael Crichton (Audiobook)
Into Thin Air, Jon Krakauer
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, Stuart Turton
Negative Space, B.R. Yeager
No Country For Old Men, Cormac McCarthy
The Haar, David Sodergren
Children of Time, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Audiobook)
Rotten Tommy, David Sodergren
White Nights, Fyodor Dostoyevsky
The Running Man, Richard Bachman/Stephen King
Children of Ruin, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Audiobook)
Into The Wild, Jon Krakauer
Under the Banner of Heaven, Jon Krakauer
Cabal, Clive Barker
Roadside Picnic, Arkady & Boris Strugatsky
Mysterious Skin, Scott Heim
Children of Memory, Adrian Tchaikovsky (Audiobook)
Metro 2033, Dmitry Glukhovsky
Circe, Madeline Miller
Stoner, John Williams
Carrie, Stephen King
All the Fiends of Hell, Adam L.G. Nevill
The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman, Bruce Robinson
Starter Villain, John Scalzi (Audiobook)
East of Eden, John Steinbeck
A Short Stay in Hell, Steven L Peck
1984, George Orwell
Children of Chaos, Greg F. Gifune (Audiobook)
Our Share of Night, Mariana Enriquez
Last House on Needless Street, Catriona Ward
Maggie’s Grave, David Sodergren
Coup de Grace, Sofia Ajram
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
The Only Good Indians, Stephen Graham Jones (Audiobook)
11.22.63, Stephen King
Dungeon Crawler Carl, Matt Dinniman (Audiobook)
All The Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy
Homage to Catalonia, George Orwell
Carl’s Doomsday Scenario, Matt Dinniman (Audiobook)
Summer of the Monsters, David Sodergren

Very impressive, I too started reading again to get off the phone, they are addictive aren't they.

 

[Bilko]

Just finished " the Road ", Cormac McCarthy book. It's OK I thought, apparently it was studied for the Leaving Cert in Ireland .
Back in my day I had "Cider with Rosie ", and the road is far better than that !.