lol at the last few posts.
I had to read Heart of Darkness in Yr12 English Lit (6th form).
I started reading and remember very clearly getting to about the 4th page before asking myself…‘fuck…did this cunt not believe in paragraphs??’
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as an aside…i find i don’t actually naturally swear in my internal thoughts, i do, however, have a bit of a potty mouth when i talk.
weird.
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That is weird.
I reserve my swearing for Liverpool FC
Not so weird of late.
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Last nonsense from me for the night…
I would HIGHLY recommend this novel.
In my opinion, probably the best thing you could read to have a sense of what it feels like to grow up in Australia.
That’s ridiculously subjective, I know, but fiddlesticks to you if you don’t like it.
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I am reading several of Tom Phillips books, in which I enjoy the humour and got a good laugh.
A Brief History of the End of the F * cking World (Completed)
Humans: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up (Completed)
Truth: A Brief History of Total Bullsh *t (Current)
In between, I tried to read the autobiography of Virginia Roberts Giuffre - Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice. I have to stop reading it after a few chapters, as it was sickening, and that’s well before she even met Epstein. Then again, I have read other depressing books such as Japan holocaust and other genocides. Not sure why I could not quite handle the story as described in Nobody’s Girl.
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I love Tim Winton.
Dirt Music, Breath and Eyrie are good too, but yeah, Cloud Street is a classic.
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Has anyone heard of Oliver Harris? Apparently he has a series about the MI6 that was touted to me as the closest thing we’ve had to Le Carrie since he stopped. I ordered the 3 of those and will be giving them a bash over Christmas
I listen to audio books at work, most of the time it’s fantasy escapism type books that aren’t really worth mentioning and have little literary value.
Currently listening to The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones and it’s fantastic. A Blackfeet Native American turns vampire in late 1800s Montana. It’s a good dose of historical fiction/horror with great storytelling and incredibly well done (so far - haven’t finished it yet). The Audio book version for those that like to listen is also well done.
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He wrote The Only Good Indians that got a good amount of attention/praise a few years ago. I enjoyed it in the end but with the native voice he writes in I found the style a little difficult to get used to.
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Just finished Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver. It’s a modern reinterpretation of David Copperfield, set in the Appalachians.
As Dickens shone a light on the realities of life for the poor in Victorian London, Kingsolver does the same for Virginia in the 1990s.
Definitely recommended.
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I have read The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings several times but haven’t found the details/background of the Ringwraiths (or may have missed it).
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Nar, they are described generally as mortal men who acquired wealth and power after being given the rings, but none of them have any sort of biography about who they were. I think the most that is said is three were lords of numenor
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I thought you were talking about the Tech Bros Billionaires. 
Been a while since I read Tolkien so tried The Silmarillion for the first time. Hmm, not for me I guess. Picked up something much more my speed, The Children of Hurin. Got me hyped up to read the other edits released by Christopher Tolkien but I hear this is the only one close to a complete narrative unfortunately.
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i still have a nervous tick everytime i hear the name …
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I haven’t managed to finish it after numerous attempts in last 35 years. 
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Have you tried Finnegan’s Wake?