What book are you reading atm??

eviltwin · 12-08-2017 06:02PM

branie2 wrote: »

To Kill the President, a novel that is eerily similar to current events that are happening right now.

What did you think, I'm reading it next

branie2 · 12-08-2017 06:06PM

I have to say that it's very good so far.

Dial Hard · 12-08-2017 06:14PM

bobbyss wrote:

Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantell. It's well written. It's a little on the slow side. So many people called Thomas it gets confusing. I would give it a good 7/10.

She refers to everyone as "he" without differentiating, even in a scene with several male characters in it. Drove me mad and seemed very contrived. But it was an otherwise enjoyable book.

I'm currently reading Let The Right One In. Some of the syntax is a bit jarring but that's to be expected in a translation.

13-08-2017 08:56AM

The second book of Stormlight Archive, Words of Radiance. Excellent series so far.

PMBC · 13-08-2017 09:33AM

John Updike's 'Rabbit Redux'. Funny/sad at times but can't say I'm a big fan..

iamwhoiam · 13-08-2017 11:29AM

I Found my Tribe by Ruth Fitzmaurice . A powerful and incredible insight into life with her husband who has Motor Neurone disease . Its humbling to feel her strength and her struggles .

30-08-2017 11:18PM

Somebody gave me a present of Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin's A Hidden Ulster: People, songs and traditions of Oriel (Four Courts Press, 2005).

It explores the culture and traditions in Oriel (Louth, north Meath, south Down, south Armagh, east Monagan, east Cavan), where Irish was spoken natively well into the 20th century (the last fully native speaker of Monaghan Irish only died in the 1950s). What a mind opener. But then there the photographs, none of which are online yet so I photographed two of them.

The first is of Brian Ó Baoighill, in Omeath in 1913, aged 96. That means he was born in 1817! He lived through O'Connell & Catholic Emancipation, An Gorta Mór 1845-51, Michael Davitt & the Land League, Parnell & Home Rule, the Fenians, the 1867 rebellion, the 1879 Famine, the shift of his community from being a majority Irish speaking community to a majority English speaking, the founding of Conradh and the GAA, the end of slavery in America, the foundation of Italy and Germany as nation states and so very much else. The power of a photograph to bring the past so close to us, something which a portrait painting can't capture.

And then there's this very old Gaelic tradition, which most of us would associate with south-west Munster:

Never have I been fascinated by the pictures of a book as much as this.

30-08-2017 11:27PM

I'm rereading The Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson. Halfway through Quicksilver at the moment. I absolutely love these books.

Ipso · 30-08-2017 11:45PM

Continuing my Bernard Cornwell splurge with Sharpe's Triumph. He can tell a great story and writes battle scenes very well.

Your Face · 31-08-2017 09:51AM

Just about to start The Way of the Explorer by Edgar Mitchell.

I was looking forward to it arriving all week.

gutenberg · 31-08-2017 10:13AM

Re-reading The Handmaid's Tale. I haven't watched the TV series but hoping to do so soon now that I've reread the book. I first read it as a teenager and while the basic story stuck, there are so many incidental details that stick out now, that contribute to making it all the more horrifying and scary.

Patser · 31-08-2017 10:55AM

Ipso wrote: »

Continuing my Bernard Cornwell splurge with Sharpe's Triumph. He can tell a great story and writes battle scenes very well.

Yep love Cornwell's books. Simple, gritty, researched. Can get a bit samey, especially Sharpe - somehow in the middle of huge campaign Sharpe ends up in a small scale, private vendetta, meets a gorgeous woman, shows up at key moment of historical battle.

If you run out of Cornwell, Simon Scarrow us essentially the same thing, especially his Centurion series.

Fingers Mcginty · 31-08-2017 11:03AM

A little life. ...it's a bit of a snooze fest so far. 10 percent done. Can't understand all the good reviews. Hopefully it's only early days and gets better.
I think I've still got the holiday blues after "the stand" which was a great read.

MrMorooka · 31-08-2017 11:43AM

I'm starting to get into the Horus Heresy series. Just finished False Gods. Unfortunately like all Games Workshop things, the Kindle editions are stupidly expensive, so I can only afford one book a month.

Ipso · 31-08-2017 07:00PM

Patser wrote: »

Yep love Cornwell's books. Simple, gritty, researched. Can get a bit samey, especially Sharpe - somehow in the middle of huge campaign Sharpe ends up in a small scale, private vendetta, meets a gorgeous woman, shows up at key moment of historical battle.

If you run out of Cornwell, Simon Scarrow us essentially the same thing, especially his Centurion series.

Just two books into the Sharpe series, I started The Last Kingdom last year and when I saw there was ten books I was worried it would get very repetitive but in fairness he managed to keep them from getting too samey.
I suppose in that period there were just waves of Danes attacking.
His books set during The Hundred years war are also good; Agincourt and the Grail Quest series. Fascinating period of history.

Thargor · 31-08-2017 09:00PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Somebody gave me a present of Pádraigín Ní Uallacháin's A Hidden Ulster: People, songs and traditions of Oriel (Four Courts Press, 2005).

It explores the culture and traditions in Oriel (Louth, north Meath, south Down, south Armagh, east Monagan, east Cavan), where Irish was spoken natively well into the 20th century (the last fully native speaker of Monaghan Irish only died in the 1950s). What a mind opener. But then there the photographs, none of which are online yet so I photographed two of them.

The first is of Brian Ó Baoighill, in Omeath in 1913, aged 96. That means he was born in 1817! He lived through O'Connell & Catholic Emancipation, An Gorta Mór 1845-51, Michael Davitt & the Land League, Parnell & Home Rule, the Fenians, the 1867 rebellion, the 1879 Famine, the shift of his community from being a majority Irish speaking community to a majority English speaking, the founding of Conradh and the GAA, the end of slavery in America, the foundation of Italy and Germany as nation states and so very much else. The power of a photograph to bring the past so close to us, something which a portrait painting can't capture.

[IMG]http://oi64.tinypic.com/2q01ug5.jpg[/IM] And then there's this very old Gaelic tradition, which most of us would associate with south-west Munster:[/img][img]http://oi65.tinypic.com/xkzq12.jpg[/mg] Never have I been fascinated by the pictures of a book as much as this.[/img]

That book needs its own thread...

Doctor Nick · 01-09-2017 09:25AM

Recently finished Possessed: The true story of an exorcism by Thomas B Allen. The Exorcist was based on it. Was an interesting account of a young child supposedly possessed by the Devil. True? Who knows. I'm certainly not the religious type but a friend of mine is and he believes it was a true story.

Just started "No Safe house" by Linwood Barclay. I read one by this author before which was only average. This one seems slow to start but hopefully it will get better. The book itself has excellent reviews.

_Roz_ · 01-09-2017 01:30PM

Fingers Mcginty wrote: »

A little life. ...it's a bit of a snooze fest so far. 10 percent done. Can't understand all the good reviews. Hopefully it's only early days and gets better.
I think I've still got the holiday blues after "the stand" which was a great read.

I loved it. Took it a little while to get going, but I became very attached to and invested in Jude and his story.

I'm reading Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, and cannot for the life of me understand why people are raving about it. I don't really like books which make odd or socially inept characters a source of amusement for the reader. I'm odd and socially inept, and wouldn't like people laughing at me for it. I do love Raymond though - he's good people, the type who doesn't laugh, just accepts her for who she is without question.

Irish_rat · 01-09-2017 01:36PM

Animal Farm atm.

Malari · 01-09-2017 01:55PM

I'm flying through Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. Can't believe I've never read it before!

At least I have a whole series to look forward to. But next up is All Hell Let Loose by Max Hastings. Borrowed that from my dad after watching Dunkirk.

Michael D Not Higgins · 01-09-2017 02:05PM

Reading A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms to get my Game of Thrones fix until the Winds of Winter finally gets released.

Ms Doubtfire1 · 01-09-2017 03:38PM

Malari wrote: »

I'm flying through Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. Can't believe I've never read it before!

At least I have a whole series to look forward to. But next up is All Hell Let Loose by Max Hastings. Borrowed that from my dad after watching Dunkirk.

I LOVE those books. you've got 9 to go lol...:-)

Malari · 01-09-2017 03:40PM

Ms Doubtfire1 wrote: »

I LOVE those books. you've got 9 to go lol...:-)

I'll have to ration them out :pac:

Ms Doubtfire1 · 01-09-2017 03:52PM

Malari wrote: »

Ms Doubtfire1 wrote: »

I LOVE those books. you've got 9 to go lol...:-)

I'll have to ration them out :pac:

Jealous - you have so much to look forward to. Myself I just stared reading Ready Player One. already hooked.

8mv · 03-09-2017 12:00AM

Fingers Mcginty wrote: »

A little life. ...it's a bit of a snooze fest so far. 10 percent done. Can't understand all the good reviews. Hopefully it's only early days and gets better.

Just finished it - a hard slog, but I wasn't going to let it defeat me. There's no doubt it is a very worthy book and extremely well written, but I found myself actively disliking most of the characters, even the ones that I felt I was supposed to like. The final short chapter is very good, and there are chapters dealing with

Jude's childhood and early teens that are brilliantly depicted if horrific. As for the chapters dealing with his later years, I spent a lot of time thinking "Pull yourself together, man!"

By way of contrast, I've started Conclave by Robert Harris. Always a quick read and usually good.

Neames · 03-09-2017 12:21AM

The Gum Thief by Douglas Coupland

Started off well...a bit meandering now....I'll give it a few more chapters before I give up.

Purple Mountain · 03-09-2017 01:02AM

Very confusing so far.. too many characters.
Quite dark- very Gillian Flynnesque.

Autosport · 03-09-2017 02:49AM

^ good book, stick with it

Mars Bar · 03-09-2017 12:45PM

Malari wrote: »

I'm flying through Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. Can't believe I've never read it before!

At least I have a whole series to look forward to. But next up is All Hell Let Loose by Max Hastings. Borrowed that from my dad after watching Dunkirk.

Oh I'm so jealous. You are in for such a treat!!!

I'm moving country so my head is a bit all over the shop. For that reason I'm keeping it simple and I'm reading "Made In America" by Bill Bryson. I love his language history books.

bobwilliams · 07-09-2017 09:18PM

Siobhan davis

What book are you reading atm??

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