Books

[Eoin McLove]

Amsterdam is a cracker. First McEwan I ever read.

[Caomhaoin]

Amsterdam is a cracker. First McEwan I ever read.

I bought it almost solely going by your reviews of his books here. Where should I go after this one?

I was rereading bits of my auld fellas copy of Rory Gallagher over the holidays too. Bit of a cautionary tale not to be overstretching yourself because when the decline came, it came fast and it came hard for auld Roar.

[Eoin McLove]

Most of his stuff is worth a look but Nutshell, Machines Like Me and Enduring Love are particularly deadly.

[Don Gately]

Avoid Saturday

[Eoin McLove]

I thought Saturday was a winner. What didn't you like?

[Don Gately]

Thought it's plot was just too unlikely, moved slowly, characters were not very engaging either.

[Thorn]

Was that the house invasion one? If so, I thought it a decent read myself. Have nine Mc Ewan on the shelves so far after  Mc Love put me onto him a good while back

[Don Gately]

Atonement is excellent

[Eoin McLove]

Thought it's plot was just too unlikely, moved slowly, characters were not very engaging either.

Fair enough. I really enjoyed it. I re-read Solar recently having not really enjoyed it much when it came out and ended up loving it second time around. Sometimes it's the wrong time and place.

[O Drighes]

I was recommended Mikhail Bulgakov's "The master and margarita" by one of my Russian students. According to him, the best Russian novel ever written, so I checked it online and it had great reviews...might be worth a try.

I've read a chunk of this but stopped only because the edition I had was terrible; footnotes with spoilers! What I read was class though, keep meaning to grab myself another version of it.

He died before finishing the book and his wife finished it based on the notes he had. Maybe that explain the footnotes. I got the book now, but haven't given it a go just yet.

[Pain Medicine]

Finished Count of Montecristo today. Good book. So many classics so little time.

[Don Gately]

Ah well done.

[Eoin McLove]

Finished Count of Montecristo today. Good book. So many classics so little time.

Cool book. I read it myself recently.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Speaking of that, there's a two-movie adaptation of The Three Musketeers coming out later this year. Hoping it'll be deadly. It's French rather than Hollywood made, so that's a positive start anyway.

[Eoin McLove]

Savage. I love the 90s film version with Oliver Platt, Kiefer Sutherland etc. I have to pick up the book at some point.