RE: Book Reviews
January 31, 2012 at 1:03 pm
(This post was last modified: January 31, 2012 at 1:05 pm by 5thHorseman.)
Letters to a Young Contrarian: Christopher Hitchens. Great if short book on being human and about thinking and not going with the crowd when you know you're right etc.
Lucky Jim: Kingsley Amis. Didn't overly enjoy, couldn't get into it so quit it after about 1/5th of novel, maybe try again another week.
The Islamist: Ed Husain. Excellent book on Ed's life and his movement towards radical Islam and then leaving it and how it works etc, very good.
The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien. Wonderful novel, not need for review, i'm sure many of you have read it.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Jim Le Carre. Superb spy book (not normally my thing, but the film is out soon so I thought i'd read it first) I didn't get it for first half of the book as the advert for the film misled me, but once I caught up on myself I found it an excellent book, well written and follows a realistic and intruiging story line.
Currently reading: Thank you, Jeeves. P.G. Wodehouse, 1/3rd through, as always, wonderful.
Upcoming books:
Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism: Rudolph Rocker. (48 pages ish)
Lucky Jim: Kingsley Amis. Didn't overly enjoy, couldn't get into it so quit it after about 1/5th of novel, maybe try again another week.
The Islamist: Ed Husain. Excellent book on Ed's life and his movement towards radical Islam and then leaving it and how it works etc, very good.
The Hobbit: J.R.R. Tolkien. Wonderful novel, not need for review, i'm sure many of you have read it.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: Jim Le Carre. Superb spy book (not normally my thing, but the film is out soon so I thought i'd read it first) I didn't get it for first half of the book as the advert for the film misled me, but once I caught up on myself I found it an excellent book, well written and follows a realistic and intruiging story line.
Currently reading: Thank you, Jeeves. P.G. Wodehouse, 1/3rd through, as always, wonderful.
Upcoming books:
Anarchism and Anarcho-Syndicalism: Rudolph Rocker. (48 pages ish)
