What book are you reading atm??

apieceofcake

Just reading 'The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout. Have only read the first couple of chapters, but it is shaping up to be very good

Have the new Lynda LaPlante lined up then. Always have to have another book in the wings

smurgen

What the dog saw -Malcom Gladwell -some very interesting stuff in it.

Hootanany

Wishfully Drinking
Carrie Fischer Autobiography very good 2 thirds in Married Paul Simon?

Paddy Samurai

SimonQuinlank wrote: »

Just finished 'The Corner' by David Simon,and have just started 'Nowhere Men' by Michael Calvin.

Is it as good as Homicide?.

Collie D

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Is it as good as Homicide?.

Read both of them recently back to back after seeing Homicide recommended here. A more personal insight into the subjects and did feel a lot of sympathy for some of them. Only my personal opinion but it's superior to Homicide which I also enjoyed.

DainBramage

Robinson Crusoe by daniel defoe

GLaDOS

Finished Carrie in two days Couldn't put it down.

Currently reading Blood of Dragons by Robin Hobb.

dirtyden

Mars Bar wrote: »

I've downloaded A Short History of Everything to the Kindle. Something different for me anyway!

How do you find it?

Its good, but I found it hard work also. Concentration required to get the most of it.

Miss Mayhem

Still Missing by Chevy Stevens. Chilling, terrifying novel. Loosely based on the kidnap and murder of Lindsay Buziak in Canada in 2008.

cloudatlas

The devil's star - Jo Nesbo

saltyjack silverblade

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

MarriedButBi

Strumpet City

ScumLord

Adobe Flash catalyst CS 5, classroom in a book. Tis only a tiny little book in comparison to the ones I usually read.

Rubberlegs

The Spinning Heart by Donal Ryan. Excellent read:)

silvervixen84

Bossypants by Tina Fey. On the last few pages now. Such an intelligent and witty lady. Flew through the book.

baron von something

ploughed through the First Law Trilogy by Joe Abercrombie.brilliant books

on a side note.only another month for the new Scott Lynch

BunShopVoyeur.

House of Leaves.

It's messing with my head.

Mars Bar

dirtyden wrote: »

How do you find it?

Its good, but I found it hard work also. Concentration required to get the most of it.

Haven't started it yet. I'm currently making my way through QI's "The Book Of General Ignorance".

dd972

After Hours Forum? Books? Reading?


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allthedoyles

I am reading boards.ie and twitter at the moment

Fukuyama

saltyjack silverblade wrote: »

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.

Am reading (and ejoying) The Fountainhead by Rand at the minute.

What's Atlas Shrugged about??

French Toast

Just finished Angelas Ashes for college, such a good read.

saltyjack silverblade

Dean0088 wrote: »

Am reading (and ejoying) The Fountainhead by Rand at the minute.

What's Atlas Shrugged about??

It's set around the development of a railroad. But typical of Rand it is more her philosophy than anything. Really good book. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Moving on to The Testament of Mary tonight.

fruvai

1/3 of the way through Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon. Tough going but not quite as difficult as Ulysses

FouxDaFaFa

I'm on a bit of a conspiracy kick at the moment so reading Beyond Belief by Jenna Miscavige (niece of the leader of Scientology) about her life being raised in Scientology. I'm only a few chapters in but it is harrowing. They essentially separated the parents and children and Jenna was raised in a child-labour camp. All down to the insanity of one pulp-fiction writer.

Next up will be Blowing Up Russia, by murdered Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko. I remember hearing about his death on the news in 2006 because his death was so unusual but it was only recently I looked into who he was and became interested in the conspiracy about the Russian government being responsible for this. I'll take it with a grain of salt because he basically lied for a living, but who knows.

take everything

Just started Stumbling On Happiness by Daniel Gilbert (a Harvard Psychology Professor no less ).
He writes quite well and i'm enjoying it so far.

Umekichi

In the middle of Zealot by Reza Aslan.
Quite an interesting book about the historical Jesus and how little he was like compared to what he was in the bible.
Would highly recommend.
I am also reading the Eyrbryggja Saga translated by Hermann Paulsson.
Also an interesting book about the politics of 10th Century Iceland.
The only problem I have is keeping track of the names, alot of which are quite similar but luckily there is an index of names with a sort explanation of who they are.

1st dalkey dalkey

Reading 'The Default Line' by Faisal Islam.
About the financial crash and it's effects on different countries.
A very interesting read despite the subject. Gives a good insight into the main actors in the ongoing drama and also some ordinary Joe's caught up in the mess.

canadianwoman

I'm currently reading Diabetes Solution by Dr Richard Bernstein
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
and
Bridget Jones Diary by Helen Fielding ( the third book in the series is coming out in October and I need to get through the first two books before I can read it)

Ice Storm

I finished Nevil Shute's 'On the Beach' today. I really enjoyed it; it's definitely one of the most thought provoking books I've read in a while.

It is about the aftermath of a nuclear war that broke out in the northern hemisphere and wiped out all human life there. It is set around a group of people in Australia, which has been largely unaffected by the war. However, the nuclear fallout is slowly making its way south and it is only a matter of time before it reaches them.