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and would ya recommend it?

I'm reading 'Full Dark, No Stars' by Stephen King!

Just started so can't really say I can recommend it just yet!

You can't beat a bit of Stephen King!

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Custardpi

Cody Pomeray wrote: »

I'm sick of reading books that nobody talks about in everyday life, so this year I'm starting to read more classics.

Right now I'm on War and Peace.

Greatest novel ever written? Jesus it's tedious.

That's one on my list, to be tackled in the next couple of years. Read another Tolstoy a few months ago - Anna Karenina & struggled with it a wee bit in places. Challenging books can often be very rewarding if persevered with. On the other hand if you're new to Russian literature there's probably far easier authors to start with.

Cody Pomeray

Custardpi wrote: »

On the other hand if you're new to Russian literature there's probably far easier authors to start with.

I'm a big fan of Pushkin, I loved Eugene Onegin, and probably because it's so different to typical Russian classics.

It's nowhere near as colossal as War and Peace in terms of time commitment, keeping track of characters, or trying to motivate an interest in military tactics.

It's funny how we in Europe celebrate Tolstoy as potentially the greatest writer of all time. My understanding is that in Russia, Tolstoy plays second fiddle to Pushkin in the public consideration.

Leogirl

The Lion of Ireland by Morgan Llywelyn and loving it!:)

jonnny68

Strumpet City, amazing book.

Clandestine

The Plague by Albert Camus

GLaDOS

Powered through The Great Gatsby what with the film being out. Entertaining enough read for something so short.

Currently reading "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" by Edgar Allen Poe. Only started it, but I've high hopes.

GLaDOS

tdv123

The Green Book

MurdyWurdy

Just finished a book called Stolen Time by a woman who was wrongly on death row for a year. I love non-fiction. It was only ok, there was a bit of a lack of actual details, around her trial and want went wrong for my liking. I guess that's the problem with autobiographies as opposed to biographies.

I'm just about to start the Call the Midwife series by Jennifer Worth (the books the TV programme are based on). Looking forward to it!

genie

Lionheart by Sharon Penman

beks101

Self-Made Man by journalist Norah Vincent, about eighteen months of her life that she spent disguised as a dude.

Fox_In_Socks

Vernon God Little

About a teenager of the above name in deepest small town Texas. Funny enough so far, though very over the top with metaphors.

castletownman

Four Kings by the late American sports writer George Kimball.

Charts the heady days of middleweight boxing in the 1980's when Leonard, Duran, Hearns and Hagler all fought each other at various stages, and were all at their peak. A thoroughly fascinating read. Wouldn't be a massive boxing fan, but such is the quality of the book that you don't need to be to enjoy it.

I thought I wouldn't read a better sports orientated book than HG Bissinger's Friday Night Lights, but I think I definitely found a contender.

maguic24

I am nearly finished a Dance of Dragons.....I hope he hurries up with the winds of winter!!! He left the book on such a cliff hanger!

GLaDOS

The Children of Hurin by Tolkien. Not really a fan of his writing style but I've nothing else to read

--Kaiser--

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

Vernon God Little

About a teenager of the above name in deepest small town Texas. Funny enough so far, though very over the top with metaphors.

Nearly wet myself reading that book. Poignant at times as well, though

Custardpi

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

Vernon God Little

About a teenager of the above name in deepest small town Texas. Funny enough so far, though very over the top with metaphors.

Yeah tis a good one alright. Handy tips for eating fried chicken (weird the things you remember from a book, eh?).

Aglomerado

Pompeii by Robert Harris

and

Leningrad by Anna Reid.

Custardpi

Reading the short novel "Heart Of A Dog" by Mikhail Bulgakov, whose most famous book "The Master & Margarita" is one of my favourites. While the main plot centres around the story of a scientist who creates a kind of hybrid man-dog in his laboratory there's also some wry commentary about Soviet politics & society which would have been quite controversial in that era. Very enjoyable.

Potatoeman

maguic24 wrote: »

I am nearly finished a Dance of Dragons.....I hope he hurries up with the winds of winter!!! He left the book on such a cliff hanger!

I'm reading the Steven Erikson series Malazan book of the fallen. I had just got through the last GOT book so its great to be reading something that has finshed. I prefer Steven Eriksons style too.

NothingMan

Potatoeman wrote: »

I'm reading the Steven Erikson series Malazan book of the fallen. I had just got through the last GOT book so its great to be reading something that has finshed. I prefer Steven Eriksons style too.

Enjoyed GoT but Malazan is just way better. Faster paced and more action but just as much intrigue and politics too. Just finished book 2. Reading the last Wheel of Time book now before continuing. Only took 10 years since I started it to finally get the last one.

Cokeistan

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

NothingMan

Cokeistan wrote: »

The Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson

Another epic writer. Loved Mistborn and Stormlight. Haven't got to Elantris yet but look forward to it. I'm so glad he finished Robert Jordans Wheel of Time, honestly better than Jordan could I think because he wasn't so immersed in that universe but was still loyal to it completely.

Jester252

Undisputed by Chris Jericho

Very good. Would recommend to others

Reg'stoy

Based on current events both in the States and London, I've just started Blood and Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism by Michael Burleigh.

Interesting insight into the possible mindset of those who carry out these acts, from the first 'terrorists' as in Irish Republicans and upto modern days 'Jihadist'.

maguic24

Potatoeman wrote: »

I'm reading the Steven Erikson series Malazan book of the fallen. I had just got through the last GOT book so its great to be reading something that has finshed. I prefer Steven Eriksons style too.

I must give them a lash!

gufnork

I'm reading Flash Gordon by Arthur Byron Cover, Night in the Lonesome October by Richard Laymon and Alexander Outland:Space Pirate by G. J. Koch. Although the Flash Gordon one is getting the most attention at the moment.

ViveLaVie

NothingMan wrote: »

Enjoyed GoT but Malazan is just way better. Faster paced and more action but just as much intrigue and politics too. Just finished book 2. Reading the last Wheel of Time book now before continuing. Only took 10 years since I started it to finally get the last one.

Must try out Malazan. Got completely bored with the fourth book in GOT and gave up. Reading A Memory of Light too myself. Only a quarter way in but seems promising so far!

Ham Wallet

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Celly Smunt

Reading a thousand splendid suns by Khaled Hosseini.Not much happening at the moment but it's still engrossing for some reason,the characters really come to life.