Made into a very fine film directed by Elia Kazan. James Dean was the troubled lead.
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Indeed. Netflix are currently making a TV series adapted by Zoe Kazan ( Elia’s granddaughter and Paul Dano’s partner). Don’t know much about it but it does have Florence Pugh in it, who I rate v highly
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Just started this:
And reading this for light relief:
12th in the series. No surprises, formula as usual, but always inspires me to cook something French - pâté de campagne this weekend, I reckon.
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Just finished the unabridged audiobook of Shirley Jackson’s
The Haunting of Hill House 1959. A psychological horror story set in a reputedly haunted house. I read the physical book about 5 years ago on holiday, but I’d forgotten some scenes.
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Just bought it. There are three novellas in it , and each will be made into a series
I may keep the book for my holiday
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The title is a bit misleading, but this guys story of how he built a replica Spitfire is a page turner. He also has chapters on the development of this iconic aeroplane.
Mostly read on a trip from Scotland to Bologna, by plane.
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Just completed the following book……..
Which, following a search, I note was originally suggested to the forum by @JSchmidt here.
Has anybody else read this work? If so, what are your thoughts.
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Ironic that the first blurb on the cover is from the Daily Mail, the voice of treachery in the 1930s, and right-wing hooey ever since.
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After years of being a Dylan Carlson/Earth music fan, finally got around to reading one of his literary influences:
Cormac McCarthy
Blood Meridian
You can really feel how it underpins the music that Earth made in their later albums like Hex.
Utterly superb use of a language.
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Yes, very different reads though. East of Eden is a bit of an epic.
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Kraftwerk: Future Music from Germany
Uwe Schütte Penguin 2020. A readable and informed book on the band which is especially good on the German context, but the author knows Britain well having worked here for many years.
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Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway. I’ve just finished this book for my book group and it is absolutely brilliant. It’s a proper hard-boiled noir thriller complete with a private detective but it’s set in the near future. Nick Harkaway is John le Carre’s son and it is really well done - highly recommended
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@Dynaudio1 Yes a great book, I’m half way through “Entitled” and the Mountbattens is next 
Looking forward to the paperback version of “Entitled” with it’s updates.
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Two young girls are murdered whilst preparing for a Halloween party and the police arrest and charge a suspect.
Kari Voss a behavioural psychologist attached to the police refuses to accept his guilt.
An interesting battle starts between the two parties. A novel approach to the crime story and most enjoyable.
Put on Kindle when it was a free download.
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I get a daily email from ‘bookbub’ that gives recommendations of Kindle books greatly reduced to 99p, usually, or free.
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Finished my re-read of “Tom Jones.” I enjoyed it as much in 2026 as I did in 1973.
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ereaderIQ.co.uk is my usual guide. Very useful if you read series as eg number 8 of 13 books is often discounted.
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