What are you reading now?

mozies

Hi ladies, do any of you read? I'm a closet chick lit fan. I won't let anyone see my kindle! I've just finished reading the new 50 shades book Grey and looking for something else to take me away from my own life lol. Just wondering what everyone else is reading to get some ideas! Mods please move if thread is already open, ta

IvyTheTerrible

I'm reading Katherine by Anya Seton, it's the story of the love-affair between Katherine Swynford and John of Gaunt in the 14th century.
So I suppose it's a cross between historical fiction and "chick-lit"! (I hate the label "chick-lit").

Read I am pilgrim if you want something gloriously trashy, plus for mystery and romance read an author called Marius Gabriel.

IvyTheTerrible

mariaalice wrote: »

Read I am pilgrim if you want something gloriously trashy, plus for mystery and romance read an author called Marius Gabriel.

Oh god I couldn't finish I am pilgrim, I thought it was awful!

eviltwin

I'm reading a lot of psychology thrillers at the moment. Recently finished Into ThebDarkest Corner by Elizabeth Haynes which was excellent, now reading The Wronged Sons by John Marrs which is also very good.

baby and crumble

I usually have 2 books on the go at any one time, a fiction and a non-fiction.

Fiction: Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (Bit weird, but one of those classics I never read. I'm really liking it, it's actually pretty short so won't take me much longer to finish!)

Non-fiction: Friday Night Lights by H. G. Bissinger (True story of a season of High School football in Texas in the 1980's. I've watched the movie and enjoyed it years ago, the book is really interesting too)

Is anyone on Goodreads? I find it great for making lists of books that look interesting to me, I always say to myself "Oh I must read that!" and then 20 minutes later I've forgotten. At least this way I add it to my Goodreads list and I go through that when it comes to picking my next book.

MrWalsh

I eagerly awaited the 4th installment of the Painted Man trilogy (The Skull Throne) because the first 3 were brilliant, and its been.....disappointing Its taking me ages to get through it because I keep going away and reading something else then coming back to it.

Simultaneously I am listening to the audiobooks of Game of Thrones, I was going to do a reread but thought Id check out the audiobooks instead and Im really enjoying them!

The last paper book I read was Vermeers Camera which was fascinating, it was about how it is theorised that Vermeer used a camera obscura when he was painting.

Oh I also just finished the recent Marian Keyes The Woman Who Stole my Life and found it very flat.

Surprisingly one of my favourite books of the past 6 months was Arnold Schwarzeneggers Total Recall - it was very interesting, particularly his early years.

I have gone off psychological thriller or any thing creepy, I use to love authors like Mary Higgins Clark, Elisabeth George, Minette Walters but lately I have been in the mood for a bit of fantasy and escapism.

baby and crumble

mariaalice wrote: »

I have gone off psychological thriller or any thing creepy, I use to love authors like Mary Higgins Clark, Elisabeth George, Minette Walters but lately I have been in the mood for a bit of fantasy and escapism.

Have you read the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix? It's amazing. Really underrated/ unknown for such an amazing series. Also great for escapism is The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly.

Come to think of tit though both are kinda creepy...

Princess Peach

I am re-reading the song of ice and fire books. Years since I read them and sped through them at the time, feel like I missed a lot of small details and hints.

Before this I was on a Stephen King binge, had never read any of his books before but really like them.

ancapailldorcha

Currently working my way through Steven Erikson and Ian Cameron Esslemont's Malazan Book of the Fallen series. Slow work.

Gunslinger92

I just finished the first Wheel of Time book on my kindle, before I move on to the second I'm going to read Agent 6 by Tom Rob Smith, because I loved Child 44! The movie was awful though.

Precious flower

Just finished Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. Very good sequel but I thought the ending was a little bit "meh" and I love Stephen King! Dolores Clairborne is definitely one I'd recommend any Stephen King fans to read, such a brilliant book. Planning to get stuck into Half of a Yellow Sun next.

IvyTheTerrible

Precious flower wrote: »

Just finished Doctor Sleep by Stephen King. Very good sequel but I thought the ending was a little bit "meh" and I love Stephen King! Dolores Clairborne is definitely one I'd recommend any Stephen King fans to read, such a brilliant book. Planning to get stuck into Half of a Yellow Sun next.

King is well known for his "meh" endings, though!

I'm reading Sometimes A Great Notion, by Ken Kesey. I won't give anything away, but read it. Seriously, read it.

I've just finished What A Wonderful World: Life, the Universe and Everything In a Nutshell by Marcus Chown, and highly recommend it. It's an informative and accessible read by the author of We Need To Talk About Kelvin: What Everyday Things Teach Us About The Universe, which I also really enjoyed and recommend.

Snoopy1

Yaaay a book post. I love reading, am a member of a book Club
I just finished I am pilgrim, absolutely loved it
Now reading kafka on the shore, strange but it's murakami,.so I should expect it.
I follow goodreads on twitter, keep meaning to go through it.
I hate chic lit and my favourite ever book is shantaram

Precious flower

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

King is well known for his "meh" endings, though!

His other books I've read had fine endings except The Stand I wasn't impressed much with that ending though then again that does have sequels to it.

Snoopy1

Snoopy1 wrote: »

Yaaay a book post. I love reading, am a member of a book Club
I just finished I am pilgrim, absolutely loved it
Now reading kafka on the shore, strange but it's murakami,.so I should expect it.
I follow goodreads on twitter, keep meaning to go through it.
I hate chic lit and my favourite ever book is shantaram

I loved the IQ books, and really loved Kafka, but my favorite Murakami book is Norwegian Wood, which is also the most 'mainstream' of the Murakami books I've read. I've loved them all though.

ShazGV

I've been reading more comics lately (Hawkeye, Hawkeye vs Deadpool, Kick Ass) than novels but I love an easy read sometimes. One of the last books I read was called A Little Something Different which was a love story about a couple told from the perspective of those around them. An interesting take on a classic plot.

baby and crumble wrote: »

Is anyone on Goodreads? I find it great for making lists of books that look interesting to me, I always say to myself "Oh I must read that!" and then 20 minutes later I've forgotten. At least this way I add it to my Goodreads list and I go through that when it comes to picking my next book.

I love Goodreads, it's so addictive to add books to my to-read list.

Snoopy1

Candie wrote: »

I loved the IQ books, and really loved Kafka, but my favorite Murakami book is Norwegian Wood, which is also the most 'mainstream' of the Murakami books I've read. I've loved them all though.

I loved the iq books and I've read after dark. Have Norwegian wood on the kindle to read as well

Snoopy1

How does good reads work. Do you have to join?

ShazGV

Snoopy1 wrote: »

How does good reads work. Do you have to join?

You can use it to look up book reviews without having an account, but you need an account to make lists of books you've read, books you want to read, books you're currently reading, etc.

If you have a facebook account, you can use it to create your Goodreads profile - just connect it from the homepage. The only thing about connecting to facebook is that it can post to your profile, but you can switch that off on facebook... somewhere. Can't remember where, but you definitely can!

Daisy78

Good reads is excellent.

Reading Tender by Belinda Mc Keon. Up next is My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante.

baby and crumble

In case anyone is interested, this is my Goodreads profile. We could probably set up a TLL sub-group or something?

If anyone is interested in something that straddles the popular and the literary I would recommend books by Justin Cartwright or Phillip Kerr.

Das Kitty

Just finished Anne Enright's The Green Road. It was all sorts of excellent.

I'm about halfway through a heap of books. Currently working on Alan Cumming's autobiography. And I decided to get an Audiobook of Ulysees as it was probably the only way I was going to get it read. :P

How so Joe

Currently reading The Storyteller, by Jodi Picoult. Not quite as melodramatic as most of what she writes - probably because it deals with the holocaust, so it has to be that bit more serious than her (often ridiculous) other offerings.

The last book I finished was Birdy, by Jess Vallance - a YA book about two girls and their unhealthy friendship. Really enjoyed it, actually!

miamee

Currently reading The Count of Monte Cristo as I'd never read it. I watched the film a few minths ago, I kinda wish I'd read the book first I'm finding it harder to get stuck into.
Aside from that I have the second of the Game of Thrones book ready to go next.

I'm anjoying hostorical fiction these days too and am part way through the Matthew Shardlake series written by C.J. Sansom. Shardlake is a hunchback lawyer in Tudor London, at times working for Cromwell, usually trying to avoid  him :P I've read the first 3, have the 6th but want to read 4 & 5 before I start the final one.

Goodreads is great for keeping lists of things you intend to read alright though I don't tend to put too much into my reviews.

Ice Storm

I read a lot and like to alternate between classics and modern books.

I'm currently reading The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. It was free on the Kindle as it's a classic. It's taking me a while to get through as I haven't had much time for readiing. Also, I saw the film a few years ago so motivation to read is a bit low as I know what happens.

I have a reread of To Kill a Mockingbird lined up next. It's so long since I've read it that I forget most of the story and want to refresh my memory before reading the new book. I found a really old copy of it at home - yellow pages and old book smell!

Precious flower

Reading Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Very good book as I expected. She's just such a good writer, she really makes you feel like you are in that world she's describing while you are reading.

Autosport

I read anything whether it be crime/thriller/ chick lit/ I'm currently reading Chris Carter: An evil mind, very good so far I also love goodreads

mollybird

im reading a great girly book by karen swan - Christmas at Tiffany's

mollybird

Das Kitty wrote: »

Just finished Anne Enright's The Green Road. It was all sorts of excellent.

I'm about halfway through a heap of books. Currently working on Alan Cumming's autobiography. And I decided to get an Audiobook of Ulysees as it was probably the only way I was going to get it read. :P

is Alan Cummings autobiography any good? Love reading a good autobiography.

ElleEm

mollybird wrote: »

Love reading a good autobiography.

Me too!

99% of the books I read are non- fiction. I am currently reading an Oliver Sacks book called Musicophilia. He is a neurologist and writes facinating books on rare neurological conditions. This one focuses on people who have musical hallucinations. There is an interesting story of a person with epilepsy who "hears" a certain type of music before having a seizure. So facinating!

Das Kitty

mollybird wrote: »

is Alan Cummings autobiography any good? Love reading a good autobiography.

It's decent. Nicely written. Very him, if you get my meaning. I'm certainly enjoying it.

I've started All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews. It's so incredibly sad.

mollybird

the autobiographies ive read so far were 2 of Katie Pipers. Gok Wan's, Donal og cusack's (Cork Goalie), George Best. Think that's it so far.

Daisy78

To remind myself more than anything else!

Where,d you go Bernadette by Maria Semple. A comedy novel about an architect and mother who goes missing on a family holiday to Antarctica and her 15 year old daughters efforts to find her.

One for the holliers I think.....

Snoopy1

Daisy78 wrote: »

To remind myself more than anything else!

Where,d you go Bernadette by Maria Semple. A comedy novel about an architect and mother who goes missing on a family holiday to Antarctica and her 15 year old daughters efforts to find her.

One for the holliers I think.....

Yea it's quite a good book, ideal for holidays.
I'm reading rose petal beach now

LenaClaire

ElleEm wrote: »

I am currently reading an Oliver Sacks book called Musicophilia. He is a neurologist and writes facinating books on rare neurological conditions. This one focuses on people who have musical hallucinations. There is an interesting story of a person with epilepsy who "hears" a certain type of music before having a seizure. So facinating!

I love Oliver Sacks, we read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat in a medical ethics class, and it was so intriguing.

I read The Day of the Triffids over the weekend and am working on a All Hell Broke Loose as well.

MrWalsh

LenaClaire wrote: »

I love Oliver Sacks, we read The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat in a medical ethics class, and it was so intriguing.

Yes, I read that and another of his.

I am reading Musicophilia now and its excellent. Intriguing stuff.

mollybird - Is the Katie Piper autobiography ghost written? Is it good?

Narsil

baby and crumble wrote: »

Have you read the Old Kingdom series by Garth Nix? It's amazing. Really underrated/ unknown for such an amazing series. Also great for escapism is The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly.

Come to think of tit though both are kinda creepy...

Garth Nix's Old Kingdom are seriously incredible books, on my list of top 10 favourites ever. Even went to Dublin last year to his signing for Clariel and totally geeked out

Liked reading James Rollins lately too, good old Indiana Jones type adventure. Also, The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly is another good read for those who liked Jurassic Park etc.

LenaClaire

MrWalsh wrote: »

I am reading Musicophilia now and its excellent. Intriguing stuff.

I will look that one up! These threads are awful for my finances I think I have bought 6-7 books based on the AH book thread this year.

How so Joe

Narsil wrote: »

Garth Nix's Old Kingdom are seriously incredible books, on my list of top 10 favourites ever. Even went to Dublin last year to his signing for Clariel and totally geeked out

Liked reading James Rollins lately too, good old Indiana Jones type adventure. Also, The Great Zoo of China by Matthew Reilly is another good read for those who liked Jurassic Park etc.

OMG, me too!!
I had to go back to Kildare in September, with my mum, and I basically made her go the week Nix was going to be in Easons, because it meant I got my hands on Clariel a week earlier than the actual publication date. Was soooooo excited.

Narsil

How so Joe wrote: »

OMG, me too!!
I had to go back to Kildare in September, with my mum, and I basically made her go the week Nix was going to be in Easons, because it meant I got my hands on Clariel a week earlier than the actual publication date. Was soooooo excited.

Aw, love the duckie pic It was a great night, he's a cool dude!



Eek, that's a bit big!

XxMCRxBabyxX

I'm desperately trying to get back into reading. I miss it but with study and general distractions I rarely seem to be able to get properly into a book these days. However, I have read a few Titanic books in the last while along with Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro. I've now gotten all nostalgic so have gone back to rereading the Harry Potter series and have a on this day in history book going as well. It makes me feel better to even just get a small essay read per day if I don't get near a book!

sunshine and showers

I've just finished three really good books. They all left me with that sense of...almost loss at the end. Like when you come back to reality from being immersed in another world and you can't shake it and it's characters for a little while.

Anyway, thought I'd stick them down here in case others want to have a look! The first two books took a few chapters to get going, but then I couldn't put them down.

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter. (Very dark, disturbing at times. Centres on a girl who went missing in the early 90s and a similar disappearance 20 years later.)

The Secret Place by Tana French. (Crime novel/murder mystery, but there's more to it and it's very well written. Detective looking into a murder at a posh Dublin boarding school using a clue that shows up a year later - an anonymous photo of the victim with the caption "I know who killed him".)

Every Day by David Levithan. (Picked this up in a book shop in New York and glad I did! Told from the point of view of someone who wakes up as somebody different every day -at least, in the body of someone different.)

Autosport

I love Karen and Tana and those books are now moving up my tbr pile

mollybird

MrWalsh wrote: »

Yes, I read that and another of his.

I am reading Musicophilia now and its excellent. Intriguing stuff.

mollybird - Is the Katie Piper autobiography ghost written? Is it good?

Katie Piper's books aren't ghost written Mr Walsh. 2 amazing books really felt like i was with her through the whole journey. She is one incredible woman.

confusticated

Reading Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel...not mad about it. It's well written and the characters are really well done, but it's just a bit of a slog.

MrWalsh

mollybird wrote: »

Katie Piper's books aren't ghost written Mr Walsh. 2 amazing books really felt like i was with her through the whole journey. She is one incredible woman.

Cool, Ill check them out, I was very impressed with her when I saw her television programs on Channel 4 about what happened to her. She really seems lovely.

messy tessy

I have just finished "The Rosie Project" by Graeme Simsion. Entertaining and enjoyable, I would recommend it to a friend!