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What book are you reading atm??

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  • #4592
    Barna77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,272 ✭✭✭Barna77


    I'm enjoying Fever Pitch, even though I don't have the foggiest about football.


  • #4593
    fran17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,262 ✭✭✭fran17


    The Crusades by Thomas Asbridge.


  • #4594
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 32,383 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    Finished 1,411 facts to knock your socks off.

    Currently reading two books. The Adventures of sherlock holmes and Graham Norton's The life and loves of a he devil. Graham's book is brilliant!


  • #4595
    the evasion_kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭the evasion_kid


    Rolling nowhere(riding the rails with Americas hobos) - by ted conover


  • #4596
    scream
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 430 ✭✭scream


    Am reading a horror collection called 'For Those Who Dream Monsters' by Anna Taborska. Very good indeed. Can recommend it.


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  • #4597
    McGrath5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,510 ✭✭✭McGrath5


    Started "The Stand" by Stephen King.


  • #4598
    gutenberg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 984 ✭✭✭gutenberg


    McGrath5 wrote: »
    Started "The Stand" by Stephen King.

    I finished that over Christmas, and enjoyed it a lot; it didn't feel like 1000 pages or whatever it is (I read the 'extended' edition).

    I'm currently reading The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton, set in seventeenth-century Amsterdam. A really interesting read so far :)


  • #4599
    brinty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,333 ✭✭✭brinty


    hey all,

    have the following backlog to clear

    John Grisham - Gray Mountain
    Lee Child - Never Go back and Personal
    George R Martin - First 2 GOT books
    Brad Meltzer - Book of Fate
    Paul Christopher - The Sword of the Templars
    David Baldacci - 2 I cannot remember the names
    Roy Keane - The Second Half


    And my New Years Resolution - after 10 years owning i will complete "Clinton" this year...

    My Wife is going to start and complete The Count of Monte Cristo... once she's done with that i'll give it a read too...


  • #4600
    Collie D
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,505 ✭✭✭✭Collie D


    Seems The Stand is quite popular on here. About two thirds through it myself. Really enjoying it.


  • #4601
    Ben D Bus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,208 ✭✭✭Ben D Bus


    The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and its Dangerous Legacy, by David E. Hoffman.

    Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and a very welcome Christmas gift.


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  • #4602
    the_monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    Summer of night by Dan Simmons
    I can't put it down ...


  • #4603
    Falcon L
    Closed Accounts Posts: 848 ✭✭✭Falcon L


    I've read The Stand a few times now, but not for a few years. Time for a re-visit?

    I'm reading another King book at the moment: Doctor Sleep. It's about the son of The Shining caretaker. Good so far.


  • #4604
    Korvanica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,992 ✭✭✭Korvanica


    Just started "The Eye of the World". First book in the Wheel of Time series.

    Its great !


  • #4605
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,210 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript by Angus Croll. Amusing, nicely-crafted Nerd Humour. :D


  • #4606
    eviltwin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes


  • #4607
    david75
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,611 ✭✭✭david75


    Lamentation by CJ Sansom...wasn't aware this was part of an ongoing series, but it doesnt seem to have a bearing. Really enjoyable crime/mystery set in Henry VIII's court.


  • #4608
    Highflyer13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭Highflyer13


    Moorman Book of Poker


  • #4609
    Dirty Steve
    Closed Accounts Posts: 234 ✭✭Dirty Steve


    Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy.


  • #4610
    Chloris
    Closed Accounts Posts: 535 ✭✭✭Chloris


    Rereading Julian Barnes' Pulse. Gorgeous piece of work.


  • #4611
    darkpagandeath
    Closed Accounts Posts: 24,461 ✭✭✭✭darkpagandeath


    Politics for Dummies, Found it outside the dail bar.


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  • #4612
    brinty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,333 ✭✭✭brinty


    david75 wrote: »
    Lamentation by CJ Sansom...wasn't aware this was part of an ongoing series, but it doesnt seem to have a bearing. Really enjoyable crime/mystery set in Henry VIII's court.


    Great to see someone saying this is good, I've the sample of this on my Kindle and those nice people at Amazon gave me a voucher for a free book today, so might get this one ;)


  • #4613
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    Currently, I'm finishing "The Midwich Cuckoos". A friend of mine lent it to me, along with "The Day of the Triffids". Both are nice reads, though in the Midwich Cuckoos he's spending a lot of time making sure his characters explain to the reader what's going on - a little tedious.

    Next up, it's "Of Mice and Men".


  • #4614
    Manach
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators, Paid Member Posts: 9,844 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manach


    "Capital in the 21st" - long, lots of chart, and written from a French view of how capital should be used: hence a mixture of statist polices and literary references.


  • #4615
    david75
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,611 ✭✭✭david75


    brinty wrote: »
    Great to see someone saying this is good, I've the sample of this on my Kindle and those nice people at Amazon gave me a voucher for a free book today, so might get this one ;)

    it's well worth a read. He has a few essays at the end detailing some characters/ history/ motivations which are a great read too.


  • #4616
    the evasion_kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,740 ✭✭✭the evasion_kid


    Off the map - by crimethinc


  • #4617
    Birneybau
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,445 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Finished 'The Book of Strange New Things' by Michel Faber earlier, great book by great writer.

    Onto '2010' by Arthur C. Clarke, something short thank god. Enjoyable.


  • #4618
    FreeFallin94
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 298 ✭✭FreeFallin94


    Just started 'The Town in Bloom' by Dodie Smith. 'I Capture the Castle' is one of my favourite books so I am really excited to read another novel by the same author :)


  • #4619
    ankles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,286 ✭✭✭ankles


    2666.Slow start. Every sentence hand crafted. This will take some time.


  • #4620
    david75
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,611 ✭✭✭david75


    Birneybau wrote: »
    Finished 'The Book of Strange New Things' by Michel Faber earlier, great book by great writer.


    I enjoyed it too, but the ending..could have finished it, it seemed unfinished..


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  • #4621
    apieceofcake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 157 ✭✭apieceofcake


    Anjelia Huston's autobiography 'Watch Me'. Seems very interesting, well written and full of Hollywood anecdotes!


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