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[David]

https://tasithoughts.com/2010/04/17/rock-throwing-the-young-and-the-restless-and-a-sweet-kiss/

[David]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I believe you've 'been away'.

David has been indoctrinated.

Let's throw rocks at him."

Resistance is useless.

You will be assimilated into the David Collective.

[Elizabeth]

I believe it's an immutable law that unless Dave stops playing Pink Floyd, Patti will never be assimilated. ; )

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

Jim wrote: "Sam wrote: "Just finished The Girl on the Train. Hmm. Nothing wrong with the writing - it's very good - but it's difficult to enjoy a book when the main protagonist is irritating be..."
that's why I junked The Catcher in the Rye after getting about a quarter of the way through it!


I did finish it, but wondered why I'd used up that much of my allotted time on this earth, when it could have been spent much more pleasantly!!

[David]

Elizabeth wrote: "I believe it's an immutable law that unless Dave stops playing Pink Floyd, Patti will never be assimilated. ; )"

David Gilmour is in Pink Floyd.

This is not a coincidence. Patti will be assimilated.

[Kath]

My husband, when we first met, raved about Catcher in the Rye. I tried it and couldn't get on with it at all. It wasn't *quite* a deal-breaker and we still disagree, 46 years later!

[Patti (baconater)]

Speaking of raving, some of the kids I taught today are studying Lord of the Flies in their English class.

One of the boys is loathing it! I waxed poetic about it for about ten minutes at him, poor kid.

It's hard when someone doesn't love a book as much as you want them to. :(

[Jim]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "Speaking of raving, some of the kids I taught today are studying Lord of the Flies in their English class.

One of the boys is loathing it! I waxed poetic about it for about ten minutes..."

I read it because I had to for school but cannot see me ever returning to it

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

My brother read it for school. I nicked his copy when he had finished with it and read it several times. Then I had to do it in school, and breezed through it.

[Jud]

I studied Lord of the Flies at school and I really enjoyed it. Haven't read it since though

[Lexie]

I read so many bits of Lord of the Flies in school exam comprehension exercises that I never felt any desire to read the book. I had the impression it was the only book the examiners had ever read.

[Patti (baconater)]

To be fair, the kid's third language is English. It would make accessing the language in the book much more of a challenge.

[Kath]

Loved it. Still love it. I particularly admire the way we see the group through their own eyes until the plane lands. It's a huge shock to see a gang of scruffy little kids.

[Richard]

I read Lord of the Flies at boarding school. It came far too close to the situation I found myself in every day to be in any way enjoyable.

[Patti (baconater)]

Richard wrote: "I read Lord of the Flies at boarding school. It came far too close to the situation I found myself in every day to be in any way enjoyable."

Ha!

[David]

LoF was one of the few books we 'did' at school that I liked.

And one of the even fewer books I liked reading again when I was older.

[Pam]

Read The Inquisition: The Reign of Fear by Toby Green.

[T4bsF (Call me Flo)]

We did it at school too - hated it. No desire to re-read it through grown-up eyes.

[Michael]

I've posted my review for Horus Rising by Dan Abnett, and if you're a fan of the 40K universe then it;s a good read. If you're not familiar then it's probably not the best book to start with:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Jim]

the Black Library does produce some good stories. I've enjoyed the books by Henry Zou, Gavin Thorpe, and of course Sandy Mitchell

[David]

Just took a break from some serious fiction to read Will Once's Love, Death and Tea. It's a very enjoyable and humorous adventure. Enjoyed it.

[Harry]

Recently begun The Wind in the Willows - I thought it was about time, and I'm finding my dreams more pleasant since I started the story.

[Ruth]

Just finishedThe Humans and have embarked straight away on another by Matt Haig Echo Boy

[Lexie]

Harry wrote: "Recently begun The Wind in the Willows - I thought it was about time, and I'm finding my dreams more pleasant since I started the story."

That sounds perfect. I once hit a very low patch and couldn't work out why, until I realised that reading Sunset Song was giving me miserable dreams. Fortunately I was about to finish it. Never want to read it again.

[Harry]

Lexie wrote: "Harry wrote: "Recently begun The Wind in the Willows - I thought it was about time, and I'm finding my dreams more pleasant since I started the story."

That sounds perfect. I once hit ..."

Yes, Lexie. I'm convinced bedtime reading influences dreams - as does TV. Violent stories of all forms are best avoided. I sometimes read nature poetry or ancient haiku just before sleep - as well as dreams it influences the state of mind that emerges on waking.

[Elizabeth]

If I don't want my brain too busy while I'm sleeping, I avoid the laptop just before, and, alas, the Kindle.

[Jim]

certainly a bright white light has been shown to make it difficult to go to sleep

[Kath]

I read till the light goes out then try to award myself some thinking time. Never works. I'm unconscious within minutes, whatever I've been reading.

[Michael]

I've just finished re-reading Cabal by Clive Barker, and while it's far from his best it's still a decent horror read:

http://thecultofme.blogspot.co.uk/201...

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

Jim wrote: "certainly a bright white light has been shown to make it difficult to go to sleep"

funnily enough, if I wake up at silly o clock, I find watching TV easier to get to sleep than reading, which is contrary to what the experts say - the other night I woke up with the computer on, I normally at least get tired and switch it off, but it must have sent me back to sleep too quickly.

Finished Darkness & Shadows yesterday, just in time as it was for a September challenge!! Behind on my other September challenge book though.

[L.A.]

If I wake up at silly o'clock I treat it as extra time gained and stay up and enjoy it! Early planting in the garden, early fish filleting or fish stock making, slug patrol by torchlight, early walk to the beach, even reading has been known..........loads to do

[Natasha]

Jim wrote: "certainly a bright white light has been shown to make it difficult to go to sleep"

I've installed a programme called f-lux on my laptop. You tell it your location. As night starts to draw in, it turns your laptop screen an orange hue so that your brain doesn't mistake the white light for sunlight and keep you awake. Genius.

[Kath]

I read on my Nexus and always have the background set to sepia. I showed my husband how to do it on his bigger tablet as his book burns my eyes out at bedtime!

[L.A.]

Sepia on my Kindle, down to about 50% strength is perfect for me at night.

[Patti (baconater)]

My kindle screen dims automatically, which is brilliant.

(Sorry, couldn't resist)

[Kath]

My brain dims automatically, Does that count?

[Desley (Cat fosterer)]

L.A. wrote: "If I wake up at silly o'clock I treat it as extra time gained and stay up and enjoy it! Early planting in the garden, early fish filleting or fish stock making, slug patrol by torchlight, early wal..."

I treat it as a chance to watch an extra TV episode :)

[Joo]

Yay - a new Pitkirtly book has arrived on my kindle. It's a shame it will be finished before tomorrow ends.

A Creative Crime

[David]

Just finished A Hat Full of Sky - Which was a Discworld book and therefore a very good thing, even though it could have done with a smidgen more wee free men.

Just started No Name Lane.

[Patti (baconater)]

I just threw my kindle across the room.

After all the time and effort I put into reading The Little Friend it doesn't say who dun it.

I am one pissed off Patti.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

Arrrrghhh!

I hope you didn't damage the Kindle!

[Patti (baconater)]

Okay, I figuratively threw my kindle.

I literally swore really loudly, though.

[Gingerlily - The Full Wild]

I can believe that. But what makes that different from any other day?

[Jim]

Patti (baconater) wrote: "I just threw my kindle across the room.

After all the time and effort I put into reading The Little Friend it doesn't say who dun it.

I am one pissed off Patti."

I can understand that, it seems a bit counter intuitive to have a 'who dun it' where at the end the author shrugs and admits that they don't know either!

[Lexie]

Joo wrote: "Yay - a new Pitkirtly book has arrived on my kindle. It's a shame it will be finished before tomorrow ends.

A Creative Crime"

Ooh, excellent (though bad in the sense I'd said I wouldn't buy any more books for a while and would work my way through my TBR).

[Joo]

Lexie, it's to Pitkirtly's usual high standards, so you have to get it NOW :)

[Lexie]

Sadly I already have! Looking forward to it very much.

[Pam]

Read book 3 of the LiveShip Traders trilogy by Robin Hobb - Ship of Destiny .

[Natasha]

Just finished The Bat by Jo Nesbø, which I found went on irrelevantly for far too long. The series should be started from book 3, not book 1, I've subsequently learnt.

Just started The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde for my queer book club.

[David]

Just finished Censored which was pretty good, if short.

Just started The Substance Of Civilization.