What book are you reading atm?? CHAPTER TWO

riddles · 21-06-2026 07:47AM

Demon Copperhead is a decent read based on the impact of the opioid crisis in Apalachia. A story of survival really.

appledrop · 21-06-2026 04:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124567522#Comment_124567522

Thanks forgot this is on my to read list so I'm going to start it.

appledrop · 21-06-2026 05:04PM

Finished Belle Burden 'Strangers'

Good read but I've very mixed views on it.

Of course horrific the way husband just up and left her and can't believe he basicially just cut off his children and never had them stay over night etc with him again.

However she is writing from a place of great privilege. Yeah she was a stay at home mum, but also had nannies, kids in boarding school, help with house etc so she wasn't exactly trying to survive working full time and managing parenting her kids alone.

None of that really changed after divorcee unlike hardship other people go through. He said he would take all her money but it didn't happen in the end.

She also said no signs husband not happy yet she mentions a while before they spilt up he was working late etc, eh hello signs of affair and he was 50 classic case of male midlife crisis.

She should spend a day in family courts in Dublin, might be an eye opener of what some people go through.

Jack Daw · 25-06-2026 02:10PM

Just finished reading Master And Commander (first in the Aubrey-Maturin series) by Patrick O'Brian

Good book, good old fashioned histrocial action adventure drama, however it is extremely detailed in it's descriptions and uses a lot of jargon at times aswell. Well worth reading , good to have another series started.

Quite similar to the Horatio Hornblower books by CS Forester (I've only read the first of these aswell), I get the sense that the Aubrey-Maturin books are a bit more intellectually intended than the Horatio Hornblower books , I have to be honest I found the Horatio Hornblower easier to read as it had more action I thought and the chapters were shorter and the type faced used bigger aswell so it rattled along more quickly.

Cyclingtourist · 25-06-2026 04:47PM

Yesterday in a local charity shop I picked up Tough Crowd, how I made and lost a career in comedy by Graham Linehan and have read about a third of it.

Good read so far, just at the Father Ted bit.

Say Your Number · 29-06-2026 10:33PM

The Power and the Glory by Jonathan Wilson, a history of every World Cup tournament.

20-30 pages on each tournament, it covers political and social issues around each tournament, dictators using it for soft power and the like, very interesting book.

Total eclipse of the shart · 30-06-2026 12:09AM

That they may face the rising sun by John McGahern.

Scenes and pictures painted beautifully with words by John as usual in this novel.

I'm about three quarter way through now and would highly recommend.

Hermy · 30-06-2026 09:20AM

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Beautiful book!

pavb2 · 30-06-2026 06:08PM

Finished 11 22 63 by Stephen King on the Kindle quite deceptive as I didn’t realise there were as many as 845 pages.

It was a decent read the time travel is only part of the story much of it is a thriller/romance with King reverting to type by throwing in a few supernatural elements.

The story educated me on many aspects and much detail of JFK’s assassination I didn’t realise that Oswald killed a policeman who stopped him later. I looked into it further and The ‘what ifs’ of history are fascinating such as the first bullet deflecting off a traffic light, JFK would most likely have survived the second shot whilst there was no way back from the third.

silliussoddius · 30-06-2026 06:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124592697#Comment_124592697

I enjoyed it, but the hellscape horrific timeline ruined it for me a bit.

I used to love the conspiracy aspect of the assassination, there is a good video on youtube by Sean Munger who goes into the evidence for Oswald acting alone.

What book are you reading atm?? CHAPTER TWO

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