What book are you reading atm??

Slattsy · 10-05-2012 9:27am

Crime and Punishment.

Heavy **** !!!

GLaDOS · 10-05-2012 9:31am

Almost finished 'A Short History of Nearly Everything' by Bill Bryson. Incredibly interesting and presented in a very accessible manner. Needless to say, hilarious as well. Highly recommend for anyone with an interest in Science.

audidiesel · 10-05-2012 9:50am

just starting Hitlers Hangman - The life of Reinhard Heydrich by Robert Gerwarth

deise go deo · 10-05-2012 10:03am

Reading Warsaw 44, the Battle for Warsaw. Its about the Warsaw Rising during WWII. The thing is Fúcin huge though, nearly as thick as it is tall:eek:

Still, I like it, really makes the case for how brutal the Nazies were in Poland, one line sticks out, the Gauliter of central Poland said that in Checkoslovacia under Hydrich you might see a sign saying 7 Checks were shot today, if they had to put up a sign for every 7 Poles killed there would not be enough trees in Poland.

GrizzlyMan · 10-05-2012 10:05am

just finshed reading the Simon Wiesenthal story, and just started Hitlers Henchmen.

Fart · 10-05-2012 10:24am

Chariots of the Gods? by Erich Von Daniken

It's about the Ancient Astronaut theory, it's quite good.

Siuin · 10-05-2012 10:31am

audidiesel wrote: »

just starting Hitlers Hangman

deise go deo wrote: »

Reading Warsaw 44 [...] Still, I like it, really makes the case for how brutal the Nazies were in Poland, [...]

GrizzlyMan wrote: »

just started Hitlers Henchmen.

Jaysus, we're mad for the Nazis eh? :P

Pushtrak · 10-05-2012 10:34am

This* though I've been slacking the last few nights and haven't found time for it.

Upcoming books will be Bad Science by Ben Goldacre, and Cosmos by Sagan. They've been on my to read list for a long time. Have them at the ready.

Edit: I actually have two copies of it too. I'd mentioned to someone I was looking to get it, and in the time between then and my getting it, it was gotten for me as a gift too. For Christmas, I think. Anyway, yeah, so I have a copy I intend to give someone at some point.

a fat guy · 10-05-2012 10:37am

I'm on Fulgrim from the Horus Heresy series (Warhammer books).

They're very, very good for anyone who likes sci-fi.

Other than that, I've picked up a copy of The Lucifer Effect.

Seems good so far, but I like psychology books a lot, so I'm biased.

Penn · 10-05-2012 10:38am

I, Partridge.

Read the first few pages of it and decided to get the audiobook. Going to listen to the audiobook first, then read the book (book has things like footnotes, some of which are brilliant)

Oink · 10-05-2012 10:41am

Pushtrak wrote: »

This* though I've been slacking the last few nights and haven't found time for it.
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That's a great book. I was really sorry when I finished it, I could have kept going for another couple hundred pages.
Now I just ready any Bill Bryson book I can lay my hands on

. I loved most of them bar 1 or 2.

yeppydeppy · 10-05-2012 11:20am

I've just started the Tigers wife, my mother asked me to read it to get my opinion - sweet mother of jebus what have I done to deserve this shíte! 35 pages in and it's dreadful.
On the other I'm just finishing the audio book of Ulysses for the second time, I think a couple of more listens are required plus I'm looking for an audio version of Joseph Campbell's wings of art.

Plumpynutt · 10-05-2012 11:21am

Game of Thrones book 1. It's ruddy brilliant

Canis Lupus · 10-05-2012 11:29am

Rereading Dune.

cocoshovel · 10-05-2012 11:59am

Just bought Blood River by Tim Butcher. Decided to get it after someone posted a link here to another forum site where this couple went around The Congo, its was amazing.

trollymctroll · 10-05-2012 12:01pm

The phone book

Lot of name throwing going on

keithb93 · 10-05-2012 12:10pm

World war Z. Ive never liked reading books but im trying to make it a habit and its fairly good.

The Agogo · 10-05-2012 12:18pm

keithb93 wrote: »

World war Z. Ive never liked reading books but im trying to make it a habit and its fairly good.

I must have read that 3 times. I know zombies can never be "realistic" but if it ever did happen I'm sure it would look something like that.

ATM reading "A Painted House" by John Grisham.

emeraldstar · 10-05-2012 1:53pm

Just finished Walter Lord's A Night to Remember.

Now reading Up and Down Stairs: The History of the County House Servant by Jeremy Musson.

I don't often read non-fiction so two in a row is unusual, but I'm enjoying it.

10-05-2012 1:55pm

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Rereading Dune.

Me too. Savage stuff altogether

eviltwin · 10-05-2012 1:57pm

Plumpynutt wrote: »

Game of Thrones book 1. It's ruddy brilliant

Reading this too and loving it.

Also reading a bio of Marie Antoinette and "Whitethorn Woods" by Maeve Binchy

Ormus · 10-05-2012 2:37pm

About halfway through The Three Musketeers.

Not a patch on The Count of Monte Cristo, but fun, swashbuckling stuff all the same.

8mv · 10-05-2012 2:42pm

Great Expectations

Gyalist · 10-05-2012 2:44pm

The Sly Company of People Who Care by Rahul Bhattacharya.

Slattsy · 10-05-2012 2:46pm

8mv wrote: »

Great Expectations

Is it disappointing ??

10-05-2012 2:57pm

Reading "Seeing" by Jose Saramago. Kinda thought provoking especially if you have any left/anarchist leanings as the author did and does show how the existence of bad government is almost 100% dependent on the complacency of the mis-ruled.

Often gets described as a sequel to one of his other novels called "Blindness" which I really enjoyed, but mostly because of a couple of shared characters rather than a direct continuation of the story.