Liam Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 https://thatdifficultfirstnovel.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/because-writing-about-writing-is-easier/ Not content with writing a wrestling blog, I've thrown together a blog to talk about writing, reading and the generally rubbish attempts at me doing both. Posted here (and will update) in case anyone might be interested in having a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 On a book blog, why not write about books I haven't read?https://thatdifficultfirstnovel.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/books-i-havent-read-infinite-jest-by-david-foster-wallace/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 21, 2015 Author Share Posted June 21, 2015 Double post by mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 22, 2015 Author Share Posted June 22, 2015 https://thatdifficultfirstnovel.wordpress.com/2015/06/22/my-reading-challenge-book-46-the-midnight-bell-by-patrick-hamilton/ My Reading Challenge from Goodreads led to me reading 'The Midnight Bell' by Patrick Hamilton - here is my review. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 I am doing a similar thing at my blog. Girlfriend got tired of my unread bookpile taking over the bedroom. So challenged me to read 101 books this year. Finished book 77 Sunday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiztor Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 damn man, 101 is ambitious. being done with 77 is impressive. i don't think i could average one a month, even if i wanted to. then again, if i read in my free time, it's comic books, so they're not really comparable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 I am doing a similar thing at my blog. Girlfriend got tired of my unread bookpile taking over the bedroom. So challenged me to read 101 books this year. Finished book 77 Sunday. Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 www.doubletsblogofreviews.blogspot.com I usually read around 50 to 60 books a year. But I have piles of free time and read extremely fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted June 23, 2015 Share Posted June 23, 2015 damn man, 101 is ambitious. being done with 77 is impressive. i don't think i could average one a month, even if i wanted to. then again, if i read in my free time, it's comic books, so they're not really comparable. I am also reading piles of comics. Hell most evenings you can find me and my lady sitting in the living room. Sometime on the tv while we are both reading a stack of comics. She is the one that got me back into comics after a few years of not reading them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 23, 2015 Author Share Posted June 23, 2015 http://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/writing-fings/false-starts-and-sparks-of-ideas/ False starts and sparks of ideas - a short piece about previous writing I've completed. Thanks for the link, I'll have a look and give it a tweet or something - trying my best to build up my own base of readers, would be cool to do something to assist others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobholly138 Posted June 24, 2015 Share Posted June 24, 2015 Thanks man. I started the blog to improve my writing skills. And most years outside of October I might add 2 or 3 things a month. October I watch and review a horror film each day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 24, 2015 Author Share Posted June 24, 2015 Looking at the world of medical non-fiction - Henry Marsh and Atul Gawande http://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/my-world-in-books/my-world-in-books-medical-non-fiction/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 25, 2015 Author Share Posted June 25, 2015 http://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/books-i-havent-read/books-i-havent-read-isolt-by-marcel-proust-rottk-by-luo-ghanzong/ Books I Haven't Read - Proust and Ghanzong are pushed out by War and Peace for the title of 'Epics I will struggle to read this year' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 http://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/reading-challenge/my-reading-challenge-book-49-atomised-by-michel-houellebecq/ Book review for 'Atomised' - a book about love, death, suicide and sex. Good times. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Control Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 I like The Elementary Particles a lot, actually--it's the first Houellebecq I've read, and now I've read all of his stuff. That doesn't mean he's my favourite author, by any means, but he's an effective provocateur, and there's so much cynicism and irony in his work that I think it's hard to dismiss him as a misogynist (as some have). I disagree with the (standard) claim that he's a nihilist. The Elementary Particles, and most of his books up until The Map and the Territory, is about how capitalism has colonized sex and the body to such an extent that love is increasingly impossible. Houellebecq is a moralist disguised as a misanthrope. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 1, 2015 Author Share Posted July 1, 2015 http://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/writing-fings/i-have-a-notebook-therefore-i-am-a-writer-i-think-therefore-i-am/ A little more on writing - or on buying a notebook. Something like that. Please have a look and enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 Book 50 - Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee - a brilliant book http://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/reading-challenge/my-reading-challenge-book-50-disgrace-by-j-m-coetzee/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Books I haven't read: '1Q84' by Haruki Murakamihttp://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/books-i-havent-read/books-i-havent-read-1q84-by-haruki-marukami/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 8, 2015 Author Share Posted July 8, 2015 http://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/books-i-havent-read/books-i-havent-read-noadom-and-hollywood-by-charles-bukowski/ Books I Haven't Read: 'Notes of a Dirty Old Man' and 'Hollywood' by Charles Bukowski I've also started to muse over an idea for a book - I've got a book swap at my work, and was thinking about doing reviews/research/musings based on picks from that. Still in its infancy, and similar to some other ideas out there, but it is the most interested I've been in an idea for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Here is my review of the biggest release in recent history 'Go Set a Watchman' by Harper Leehttp://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/reading-challenge/reading-challenge-book-52-go-set-a-watchman-by-harper-lee/ I also reviewed 'Platform' by Houellebecq yesterday, but the board was down when I went to post it. http://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/reading-challenge/reading-challenge-book-51-platform-by-michel-houellebecq/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 http://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/reading-challenge/reading-challenge-book-53-the-uncommon-reader-by-alan-bennett/Latest review covers 'The Uncommon Reader', a book centred around the concept of the Queen developing an all-encompassing love of reading. Very funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted July 28, 2015 Author Share Posted July 28, 2015 http://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/reading-challenge/reading-challenge-book-54-marvel-comics-the-untold-story-by-sean-howe-and-book-57-secret-wars/ 'Marvel Comics: The Untold Story' by Sean Howe and the 1984 'Secret Wars' storyline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted August 3, 2015 Author Share Posted August 3, 2015 A review of 'A Visit from the Goon Squad' by Jennifer Eganhttp://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/reading-challenge/reading-challenge-book-55-a-visit-from-the-goon-squad-by-jennifer-egan/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 http://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/writing/writing-puzzle-pieces/ A short story called 'Puzzle Pieces' about the fallout of a particularly difficult school trip. First bit of creative writing I've added to the blog - good in places, a little ropey in others, but thought I'd throw it out there to see what people think. The story is being used in a competition on another forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share Posted August 28, 2015 As off on holiday from teaching, a little bit more free time!Here is a review for 'The Final Empire' by Brandon Sanderson.http://thatdifficultfirstnovel.co.uk/reading-challenge/reading-challenge-book-60-mistborn-the-final-empire-by-brandon-sanderson/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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