What are you reading at the moment?

[Andrew_C]

Midnight's Children; a bit strange, but I'll persevere.

 

And The Velocity Gospel. If you think anything you have read up to now is weird... This is book two. Though it is unlikely to be any weirder if you read it out of order.

[AMLinington]

For lovers of slightly naughty romance novels: The Hating Game by Sally Thorne is AMAZING

[Gibbo]

I'm a big fan of "round Britain" type books (Bryson, Theroux et al)

 

This is quite a good one:

 

One Man and His Bike, Carter, Mike Book The Cheap Fast Free Post 9780091940560 | eBay

[korifugi]

I'm a big fan of "round Britain" type books (Bryson, Theroux et al)

 

This is quite a good one:

 

One Man and His Bike, Carter, Mike Book The Cheap Fast Free Post 9780091940560 | eBay

 

The link almost reads as if he's toured the country through a combination of cycling and posting himself.

[Vegas]

Just picked up 'Those Were the Days' short stories by Terry Wogan, excellent so far.

[Vegas]

Just reading Railhead by Phillip Reeve - very good - loved his Mortal Engines series

 

Thanks, just bought this last week and I'm half way through and thoroughly enjoying it.

[Theldron]

Reading Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane. Enjoyed the film and loving the book - Knowing the ending does not spoil the experience.

[LeMarchand]

Had a break from the books and caught up on a few comics:

 

Curse Words #1 - A demon sent on a mission to Earth decides he quite likes it here. Quite interesting, but not enough to make me want to read #2.

 

The Land That Time Forgot #1 to #3 - Has an interesting plot device that gives us modern protagonists interacting with Bowen Tyler and others from the original novels. Might try more, but I suspect it's mainly my love of the original novels that informs that decision.

 

Doom Patrol (2016) #1 to #3 - Harks back to the Grant Morrison/Rachel Pollack days, but seemed somehow lacking.

 

Everafter #1 to #6 - Sequel to the generally brilliant Fables set in a world where magic seems to have spread beyond the Fable enclaves. Much like the "Land" sequel above, my enjoyment was probably skewed by my respect for the original series. Unfortunately this takes a distasteful thread that was only occasionally followed in Fables - that the protagonists are working for the greater good so anything they do, no matter how much it causes others pain, is OK.

[HarryMonkey]

Blessed by George Best. Interesting read and illustrates perfectly the perils of alcohol abuse and the impact it has on others. Also reading it as a real book rather than on my Kindle which makes a nice change (Except where I nod off, drop it and lose my page).

[LeMarchand]

Just finished "The Passage" by Justin Cronin.

 

Had avoided this because before launch "street teams" were spamming some forums I was active on. Wish I hadn't listened to the glowing reviews. Story covers the beginning of the vampire apocalypse, then takes a jump to a few years after the event. One of those books that stops following a character just as things are finally warming up and, while I knew this was the first of a trilogy, it just comes to an end. Maybe the TV show will be better, though I'm imagining it will be like "Jeremiah". Not recommended.

[foofighterjim]

Only just starting reading books again having not really read anything since leaving School, I have never really enjoyed reading but thought I'd give it another try this year.

 

Since Easter I have read Dark Days by Randy Blythe; telling of his arrest, brief incarceration and trial in the Czech Republic for allegedly killing a fan during a show. It is a good read with some unexpectedly funny moments and highlighting how the simplest thing can become extraordinarily difficult to describe with language barriers and cultural differences. It also details certain aspects of his personal life which was again unexpected given his introverted nature when off the stage.

 

I have just started reading 1984, loving it so far.

Edited June 16, 2017 by foofighterjim

[HarryMonkey]

A Knight of the Word ... book two of the Word and the Void series by Terry Brooks. A great prequel to the Shannara series.

[sjatkn]

I don't get much time to sit and read and I was missing it so I bought myself an annual 24 book subscription to Audible. Thoroughly enjoying being able to 'read' whilst sitting in a traffic jam or doing the washing up. I've been through

 

Night's Dawn trilogy by Peter F. Hamlilton. That is a long slog at around 130 hours.

The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu.

Leviathan Wakes & Caliban's War from the Expanse Series by James S. A. Corey.

In the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco. I'll need to listen that one again as it is quite complex.

Company of Liars by Karen Maitland. Historic novel set in at the time of the Black Death!

 

I've just started on the Harry Potter series. I've not read the books or seen the movies (well saw most of number 1 on DVD last week)!

[Theory]

Put in the oven at 170 for 16 minutes.

 

Man, pizza instructions in all their glory.

[HarryMonkey]

In the Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco.

 

It's a great film.

[Arreks]

Norwegian Wood, Murakami - finally getting 'round to it!

[LeMarchand]

Skin by Mo Hayder

 

Although her "Birdman" remains the best book in her "Jack Caffrey" series (so far) "Skin" was the first book I've read for months that I didn't find a chore. That said, it's much more "part of a serial" than its predecessors and the main plots (possible serial killer) was resolved a bit too easily while the "B" plot seemed to be purely to set up a potential "s" storm later in the series. Entertaining if you've read the others, but not a patch on "Birdman".

[Danp]

 

I'm a huge Jim Morrison and The Doors fan

[Bagpuss66]

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Christopher Hitchens Memoir 'Hitch 22', always found him fascinating for his political and religious views. And also reading Richard Dawkins 'The God Delusion'.

I have to point out that although I'm an Atheist this is not why I'm reading these two books !

It's just that they were the next two books in the pile of books I've bought over the past year.

[jedmondson]

Just finished rereading the Harry Potter books for the umpteenth time ombre £26 refurbished kindle I got to replace my Sony tab that's got a dodgy wifi chipset.

[Andrew_C]

American Gods - Neil Gaiman.

 

Strange and compelling.

[hardtailstar]

im trying to get into reading...

 

Started of with Bear Grylls autobiography.

 

Read it, havent read a book since 2013! Hopefully with two weeks holiday starting next week I will get back into reading.

[Norphy]

I'm going through the entire Discworld series at the moment. I'm presently at The Fifth Elephant.

 

Although I've read them all many (many!) times, I've never actually gone through them in order before. So I'm doing that now.

 

It's funny how you notice things that you've not noticed before. For example, in Hogfather the Oh God says "Oh, me" a lot. It only clicked this time around what the joke is there and that book is twenty-one years old now!

[korifugi]

One of the best things about reading Discworld in order is that you see the evolution of the Disc, (dwarven) women's rights, the rise of technology, newspapers etc.

[sted]

I'm going through the entire Discworld series at the moment. I'm presently at The Fifth Elephant.

 

Although I've read them all many (many!) times, I've never actually gone through them in order before. So I'm doing that now.

 

It's funny how you notice things that you've not noticed before. For example, in Hogfather the Oh God says "Oh, me" a lot. It only clicked this time around what the joke is there and that book is twenty-one years old now!

 

it amazing what you notice on books you first read years ago i remember trying to decode the band names in soul music at one point (and to some degree on every readthrough theres a guy works down the chipshop swear hes elvish lol) but i just havnt been able to reread them since his passing havent even been able to get through more than a few as books on tape