What book are you reading atm??

batgoat · 26-12-2018 01:57PM

Educated by Tara Westover, one of those memoirs that reads like an amazing novel. The fact it's true is the horrifying part.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 26-12-2018 02:46PM

hairyprincess wrote: »

I started this about two weeks ago but I haven’t had the time to get at it much. It’s great so far though.

Blowing the bloody doors off'?.

rushfan · 26-12-2018 04:54PM

batgoat wrote:

Educated by Tara Westover, one of those memoirs that reads like an amazing novel. The fact it's true is the horrifying part.

I read somewhere during the summer that this was one of Obama's favourite books , so I downloaded it. Terrific read.

gutenberg · 26-12-2018 06:32PM

batgoat wrote: »

Educated by Tara Westover, one of those memoirs that reads like an amazing novel. The fact it's true is the horrifying part.

rushfan wrote: »

I read somewhere during the summer that this was one of Obama's favourite books , so I downloaded it. Terrific read.

Read it a few months back, it's brilliant!

I have Norman Davies' Beneath Another Sky, part travelogue, part history book.

Purple Mountain · 26-12-2018 06:55PM

A Room Swept White by Sophie White.
I'm making my way through her books at the minute. I love her.

Mr.Wemmick · 26-12-2018 08:26PM

I am snuggling up and enjoying a few easy readers for the Christmas.

A couple of books from Angela Marsons - Kim Stone's series, an Elly Griffiths and C.J. Sansom's Tombland.

Lovely jubbly!

Nigel Fairservice · 26-12-2018 09:40PM

I finished Janesville by Amy Goldstein this evening. Thought it wasn't great. The book looks at the decline of a rust belt manufacturing town in Wisconsin. Interesting concept I thought. The book covers some aspects ok like documenting the hardship faced by local families but the author glosses over the ineffectual social/government response to the town's declining fortunes. Didn't think the book was as good as some of the praise it received.

I'm on to Crisis and Comeback: Cork in the Eighties now.

BilboBagOfCans · 27-12-2018 01:34AM

Just finished Elinor Oliphant, really enjoyed it

appledrop · 30-12-2018 11:11PM

BilboBagOfCans wrote: »

Just finished Elinor Oliphant, really enjoyed it

I just finished it aswell. I have to say one of the best books I have read in recent times. Don't want to give too much away but it's insight into loneliness + mental health was astonishing. We sometimes think we have an idea what it must be like for people suffering in this way but only when you read a book like this that it really clicks.

Arcsurvivor · 01-01-2019 02:32AM

Red Sister and Sleeping Giants.

anotherfinemess · 09-01-2019 04:43PM

In the Dark by Mai Jia, a chinese author. It's about codebreakers. Good.

ArchXStanton · 09-01-2019 05:28PM

Re-reading Dune by Frank Herbert.... What kind of a mind comes up with a story like that

batgoat · 09-01-2019 05:30PM

Golden Son by Pierce Brown, know it suffers from an unstoppable protagonist but still rather enjoying the series so far.

eviltwin · 09-01-2019 05:32PM

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah.

Edgware · 09-01-2019 05:33PM

Tony 10 about the post office official who gambled 14 million with Paddy Power partly funded with post office money

Noveight · 09-01-2019 05:33PM

Starting 1984 by George Orwell later.

Looking forward to it.

Ipso · 09-01-2019 05:39PM

Noveight wrote: »

Starting 1984 by George Orwell later.

Looking forward to it.

Great read. It’s best known as a commentary on totalitarianism but I think it’s a great look at hyper partisan politics.

batgoat · 09-01-2019 06:04PM

eviltwin wrote: »

The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah.

Loved that, would recommend following it with 'Educated'. Holds a weird amount in common and factual.

eviltwin · 09-01-2019 08:36PM

batgoat wrote: »

Loved that, would recommend following it with 'Educated'. Holds a weird amount in common and factual.

Have Educated in my tbr pile, will read that next. Thanks for the recommendation.

mikhail · 10-01-2019 03:34AM

ArchXStanton wrote: »

Re-reading Dune by Frank Herbert.... What kind of a mind comes up with a story like that

Nothing matches it for scale, but I found a number of his other stories far stranger. Hellstrom's Hive, or Under Pressure, for example.

If you find Herbert interesting, there's a decent and free book about him here: https://www.oreilly.com/tim/herbert/index.html

BeerWolf · 10-01-2019 08:14AM

Lone Wolf Saga atm on me phone, just being nostalgic.

gmisk · 10-01-2019 02:13PM

I am reading
"i am watching you" by Teresa Driscoll, its pretty gripping so far, good bet if you like a thriller.

GoneHome · 10-01-2019 05:35PM

Nigel Fairservice wrote: »

I'm on to Crisis and Comeback: Cork in the Eighties now.

Got this as a Christmas present, haven't started it yet, looks interesting, what did you make of it?

Ipso · 10-01-2019 07:10PM

Ulysses. I think my voyage is tougher than the one the Greek lads had.

Thargor · 10-01-2019 07:36PM

ArchXStanton wrote: »

Re-reading Dune by Frank Herbert.... What kind of a mind comes up with a story like that

The internal monologues and the Bene Geserit stuff made me wonder if there are other philosophy texts I should be reading, he was an absolute genius.

If Battlefield Earth had been written as well as Dune Id be a Scientologist now.

Noveight · 10-01-2019 07:43PM

Ipso wrote: »

Great read. It’s best known as a commentary on totalitarianism but I think it’s a great look at hyper partisan politics.

Really enjoying it thus far. Loving the abstractness of it all.

Terribly hard to put it down!

Barna77 · 14-01-2019 02:08PM

Charles Bukowski - Post Office

Ardennes1944 · 14-01-2019 02:10PM

Just finished "Ascent into Hell" which was fantastic, basically an everyday mans (he's Irish) experience start to finish on summiting Everest. I love those type books but anyway but found this particularly good.

Just moved onto "And on that Bombshell" by a crew member (script editor I believe) of Top Gear from 2002-2015, its very good so far.

Paddy Samurai · 14-01-2019 04:27PM

Thargor wrote: »

Blood Meridian is so intense and so grim, you can definitely tell its the same author as The Road.

Read both and enjoyed them both big Time.Although I did find Blood Meridian a tough read , I was glad in the end to have stuck with it.

If you liked Blood Meridian , i would recommend giving In the Rogue Blood by James Carlos Blake a try.

ArchXStanton · 14-01-2019 06:21PM

Thargor wrote: »

The internal monologues and the Bene Geserit stuff made me wonder if there are other philosophy texts I should be reading, he was an absolute genius.

If Battlefield Earth had been written as well as Dune Id be a Scientologist now.

I find myself watching people's facial expressions and nuances to see what they really feel lol

What book are you reading atm??

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