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    What book are you reading atm??

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    • #6482
      PowerToWait
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      boobar wrote: »
      If I'm thinking of the same book...Saturday is a great read.

      I'd have to call it one of the most overrated books I've read. I could not stand the characters, their incredibly wonderful lives, each family member wondrously endowed with esoteric talents.

      Slow, monotonous, self satisfied and bloated.

      Maybe that was the point. It totally turned me off though.


    • #6483
      Barry Badrinath
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      William Shatners Tech Wars.

      It's great.


    • #6484
      yellowcandle
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      The Lives of Women by Christine Dwyer Hickey. Quite dark, but am very much enjoying it.


    • #6485
      Rioghain
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      Just finished Dominion by C S Sansom. It's set in a world where Nazi-Germany was victorious, and centres on the resistance movement in England. I had high hopes, having previously read Fatherland by Robert Harris. However it was a bit disappointing and nothing in comparison to Fatherland, which was wonderful.


    • #6486
      Ilyana 2.0
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      Rioghain wrote: »
      Just finished Dominion by C S Sansom. It's set in a world where Nazi-Germany was victorious, and centres on the resistance movement in England. I had high hopes, having previously read Fatherland by Robert Harris. However it was a bit disappointing and nothing in comparison to Fatherland, which was wonderful.

      I actually got pretty bored during Dominion, and I gave up. For something that should have been fascinating, it just wasn't.

      I got a present of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child that I can't wait to get started on. Apparently I'm still a big kid at heart!


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    • #6487
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      Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood By Fatema Mernissi. It's a memoir of the authors childhood, having been born in the fifties in a Moroccan Harem.

      It's an brilliant book, and captures the mood and resignation of the harem women perfectly, and makes me think of some old saying about never being able to enslave the human mind, even if their bodies are imprisoned.


    • #6488
      hairyprincess
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      yellowcandle wrote: »
      Lying in wait by Liz Nugent. She wrote Unravelling Oliver. Great second book. Her books leave the reader shook!

      Read it in less than 24 hours! Really loved it, she's an excellent writer.


    • #6489
      spud82
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      hairyprincess wrote: »
      Read it in less than 24 hours! Really loved it, she's an excellent writer.

      Same here she is amazing. Just started Liane Moriartys new book, it's a bit if a slow start but looking forward to getting into it.


    • #6490
      northgirl
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      In a dark dark wood by Ruth Ware. About half way through, quite slow so far.


    • #6491
      spud82
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      northgirl wrote: »
      In a dark dark wood by Ruth Ware. About half way through, quite slow so far.

      I was going to get her book with yesterday but choose Liane Moriartys instead looks like i made the right choice


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    • #6492
      McChubbin
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      Finished reading "Harry Potter & The Cursed Child". I enjoyed it immensely!
      About to start reading Sam Blake's "Little Bones".


    • #6493
      Collie D
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      McChubbin wrote: »
      Finished reading "Harry Potter & The Cursed Child".

      What's this? How did I not hear about a new Harry Potter book?


    • #6494
      FunLover18
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      Collie D wrote:
      What's this? How did I not hear about a new Harry Potter book?

      They published the rehearsal script for the new play.


    • #6495
      Autosport
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      McChubbin wrote: »
      Finished reading "Harry Potter & The Cursed Child". I enjoyed it immensely!
      About to start reading Sam Blake's "Little Bones".

      I've read Sam Blakes "Little Bones" very enjoyable, great twists :)


    • #6496
      LordSutch
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      Charley Boorman.
      By Any Means.


    • #6497
      cloudatlas
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      Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli

      Physics explained to you as if you were a 5 yr old and let's face it for most of us we are permanently 5 yrs old when it comes to theories of physics.


    • #6498
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      Candie wrote: »
      Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood By Fatema Mernissi.

      Finished that, absolutely enthralling book.

      Now just starting Hotspot: The Chilling True Story Of An Ebola Outbreak
       by Richard Preston.

      It examines the Ebolavirus outbreak of 2014 and traces it's path and impact. Looks like a promising read.


    • #6499
      BobbyT28
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      Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent. 30 pages in a pretty good so far.

      Also just finished Behind closed doors by B.A Paris. Good read


    • #6500
      yellowcandle
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      Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff. Really enjoying it so far. Engrossing.


    • #6501
      yellowcandle
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      BobbyT28 wrote: »
      Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent. 30 pages in a pretty good so far.

      Also just finished Behind closed doors by B.A Paris. Good read


      Read both in a day, great reads!


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    • #6502
      sorifinh
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      Ian McEwan Sweet Tooth

      I love the way he writes women... Atonement was wonderful..


    • #6503
      curiousoranje
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      Content Provider by Stewart Lee. I love the notes that give an insight into how he writes. Highly recommend it to any fans of his.


    • #6504
      northgirl
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      spud82 wrote: »
      I was going to get her book with yesterday but choose Liane Moriartys instead looks like i made the right choice

      Read the second half yesterday and I actually really enjoyed it. Starting Dead Wake next.


    • #6505
      gutenberg
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      Re-reading Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres. Loved it when I first read it, and loving it again now that I'm re-reading: I'd forgotten how funny it is too! :)


    • #6506
      chases0102
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      Just finished Liz Nugent's 'Lying in Wait'.

      Thoroughly enjoyed it. Will read her first book next.


    • #6507
      New Home
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      Just finished 'The Bone Clocks'. I should have read 'The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet' first (I started reading both at the same time and there's a recurring character) but it just confirmed to me once again that David Mitchell is amazing. The last part was eerily plausible and too close for comfort, but... wow.


    • #6508
      8mv
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      New Home wrote: »
      Just finished 'The Bone Clocks'. I should have read 'The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet' first (I started reading both at the same time and there's a recurring character) but it just confirmed to me once again that David Mitchell is amazing. The last part was eerily plausible and too close for comfort, but... wow.
      I've never read any David Mitchell, but I'm aware of him. You've convinced me to check him out.


    • #6509
      Canis Lupus
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      Salems Lot. Felt like some vampire action and surprisingly whilst I've seen the movie (as a child which terrified me for weeks afterwards) I've never read the book and I've read a lot of King.


    • #6510
      Autosport
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      Chris Carter : The Death Sculptor, if you like crime/thrillers I recommend Chris to you :)


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    • #6511
      New Home
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      8mv wrote: »
      I've never read any David Mitchell, but I'm aware of him. You've convinced me to check him out.

      Oh good!! :) Start with 'Ghostwritten' and 'Cloud Atlas'. :)


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