The Revenant by Michael Punke, film was based on this, it's a great read, reminds me of John Williams Butchers Crossing which is sublime.

Is that non-Amazon affiliated new and second-hand online Irish bookstore that ships worldwide and which I possibly imagined still going (if it ever was)? Want to grab the Redwall series to re-read with the wee lad (as excuse).

Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Quote from: Black Shepherd Carnage on January 29, 2025, 05:46:52 PMIs that non-Amazon affiliated new and second-hand online Irish bookstore that ships worldwide and which I possibly imagined still going (if it ever was)? Want to grab the Redwall series to re-read with the wee lad (as excuse).

Dunno what site you're looking for but I came across this one recently, they seem to have good offers for series/collections. I haven't used them yet so don't know how they are on delivery:

https://www.books2door.com/

Cheers, nice one. Yeah, they had the first six for a decent price. Ended up grabbing the first four second-hand (with better cover art!) from betterworldbooks.com though. Also TIL that there are 22 Redwall novels. That is too many  :laugh:

You're screwed if he gets into Discworld so!

Haha, yeah. Think I slipped off the edge of the disc around number 17. Hopefully the wee fella will be reading for himself by the time he's ready for Pratchett anyway :laugh:

Probably, yeah but you never know - my bedtime reading when I was a kid was the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs. I'm sure a lot of it went over my head then but my old man read me the Tarzan, Pellucidar, John Carter Of Mars, Carson Of Venus etc. series religiously and I loved it all. Kids 'get' a hell of a lot more than we twig.

Ah yeah, for sure they do. It's even interesting in itself what things they ask questions about and what they just kind of allow "passively" sink in even though there's a pretty high chance they haven't understood several key words. Either way: no, feck off, I'm not reading my kid 40 discworld novels  :laugh:

475 pages into The Wolves of Eternity by Karl Ove Knausgaard. I wasn't sir if it was good or bad but I was interested enough to keep going with it and I'm coming to the realisation that it is indeed very good.

Just getting into Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential now. Early days but it's OK so far.

Quote from: Carnage on February 01, 2025, 11:51:04 AMJust getting into Anthony Bourdain's Kitchen Confidential now. Early days but it's OK so far.

I read that twenty odd years ago and loved it but watching his TV shows these days, being older and more experienced in the world, I find his persona a bit contrived. He's entertaining to a degree, but a bit of a knobhead  :laugh:

I'm getting that from the book and, having only watched bits and pieces of his shows, it's not coming as much of a surprise.  Still, the documentary on him from a year or two ago was interesting and the book is holding my interest so far.

I have to say, though never a high end one, I've worked in plenty of kitchens and most of the 'revelation' I've come across so far are completely fictional.

I have to say I found the book pretty boring. Much prefer his TV persona later on. I mean he's a TV presenter so of course it's a bit contrived, but he's still well-spoken and entertaining. He Certainly has more depth than your average bland/big presenter. He's into good music too and not shy about shouting it out, which is always a plus.

Bosnian novel, apparently part 2 of a trilogy

The Days of the Consuls by Ivo Andrić. Interesting so far