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What book are you reading atm??

py2006

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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ScienceNerd wrote: »

Reading a full book on a smartphone sounds thoroughly unenjoyable

It works better than you might expect, as long as you have the right app: FBReader. Totally free with no ads, even if you get the Text-to-Speech add-on, which works very well when I'm on the move.

Anyway - just finished reading Foundation's Fear by Gregory Benford. The first of a trilogy of books written after the death of Isaac Asimov that fill in some of the gaps in Asimov's Foundation saga. I won't try an exhaustive explanation of Foundation, but the short version goes something like this: many thousands of years in the future, the galaxy is ruled as a single Empire. (See if you can guess where George Lucas got that idea.) At the time we join the story, however, the Empire is fraying at the edges and heading for a catastrophic collapse. A mathematician (Hari Seldon), and his colleagues (including historians), eventually produce a very detailed model (psychohistory) of how human history played out in broad strokes, and some predictions of what will happen next - and the predictions are not good. They are heading for 30,000 years of chaos unless someone does something. They can't prevent it, but perhaps they can make the coming "dark ages" shorter and less severe.

This particular book is set in the period during which psychohistory is getting close to a working model, while things start collapsing around Seldon. He hates politics, but he's about to take on the job of First Minister of the Empire, against his objections at first. If he's going to make a difference, he has to get his hands dirty ...

GLaDOS

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I only read on my smartphone now with the Kindle app.....

Reading a full book on a smartphone sounds thoroughly unenjoyable

osarusan

Merkin wrote: »

I this this is probably my most favourite book of all time

eisenberg1 wrote: »

I loved it, but for me The Grapes of Wrath was a better read.

I am torn between the two. I grew to like The Grapes of Wrath more for a while, but now I thinkI am back to East of Eden.

Spare a thought for Of Mice And Men also.

Canis Lupus

endacl wrote: »

I both heartily concur with, and entirely disagree with both elements of the above.

I only read on my smartphone now with the Kindle app.....

creolebelle

Perfidia by James Ellroy, the master of crime fiction

8mv

Gave up reading for a few months - no idea why.

Anyway, to ease me back in I got Mark Ellen's "Rock Stars Stole My Life". An easy one for me to like - I was (and am) similarly obsessed with rock music minutia and stories, and I already liked Mark from his journalism, presenting on BBC and, best of all, The Word podcast (still available on itunes - a great listen if you're of a certain age). So this book was just like meeting an old friend - charming and funny and a little poignant at times. Recommended if you like music from all past 5 decades and remember when Q magazine was essential.

endacl

thomur wrote: »

Gave up reading paper books. Kindle is the best ever

I both heartily concur with, and entirely disagree with both elements of the above.

chinacup

Bodies by Susie Orbach

Review:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/feb/07/susie-orbach-bodies-review

thomur

Gave up reading paper books. Kindle is the best ever

GLaDOS

Canis Lupus wrote: »

The Martian - Andy Weir. I think there is an upcoming movie based on it so I'm a bit torn to be reading it but interesting so far.

A really enjoyable read but

I found the ending very rushed

gutenberg

FreeFallin94 wrote: »

The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice- it is one of my favourite books and is very reminiscent of I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. It is just so lovely and charming.

I love both The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets and I Capture the Castle. Must re-read them soon!

eisenberg1

Merkin wrote: »

I this this is probably my most favourite book of all time

I loved it, but for me The Grapes of Wrath was a better read.

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Gerry Duffy, tick tock ten.

From couch potato to deca ironman contender. Seriously inspirational read.

NachoBusiness

Missing Microbes: How Killing Bacteria Creates Modern Plagues

LadyFenghuang

EoghanIRL wrote: »

I think is nice how they are divided.
Each one is nice and short as sometimes I feel that Tolkien can drag on a bit..

The hobbit did for me...they were in Mirkwood for ****ing ages!

EoghanIRL

LadyFenghuang wrote: »

That's the way Tolkien originally divided the books the publisher put them in three sections. That's the way I read them.

I think is nice how they are divided.
Each one is nice and short as sometimes I feel that Tolkien can drag on a bit..

LadyFenghuang

EoghanIRL wrote: »

The ring goes east , lotr book 4.

That's the way Tolkien originally divided the books the publisher put them in three sections. That's the way I read them.

EoghanIRL

The ring goes east , lotr book 4.

FreeFallin94

The Lost Art of Keeping Secrets by Eva Rice- it is one of my favourite books and is very reminiscent of I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. It is just so lovely and charming.

tigger123

A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Incredible True Story of North Korea and the Most Audacious Kidnapping in History.

It's fantastic.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kim-Jong-Il-Production-Incredible-Kidnapping/dp/0241004306/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1434575017&sr=8-1&keywords=kim+jong

Canis Lupus

The Martian - Andy Weir. I think there is an upcoming movie based on it so I'm a bit torn to be reading it but interesting so far.

Merkin

osarusan wrote: »

Steinbeck - East of Eden.

Again.

I this this is probably my most favourite book of all time

the evasion_kid

The talisman -stephen king and Peter straub,read this a few years ago and really enjoyed it,its actually better the second time around.

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Started reading Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, should be good as I liked Dark Places and Gone Girl

Vojera

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Started the Sci Fi classic Dune, by Frank Herbert, the other day.

Finding the language a little dense at this stage, lot of terms to get used to, but I get the feeling it's getting set up for something epic.

It's been on my to-read list for years, I'm interested to hear what you think.

steddyeddy

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Started the Sci Fi classic Dune, by Frank Herbert, the other day.

Finding the language a little dense at this stage, lot of terms to get used to, but I get the feeling it's getting set up for something epic.

Fantastic book.

Canis Lupus

py2006 wrote: »

Big King fan but could never get into that series. Tried the first one 4 times.

First one sucks monkey balls. He hits his stride in later ones.

py2006

Lone Stone wrote: »

Started the dark tower-Steven king nearly finished the first book good read so far.

Big King fan but could never get into that series. Tried the first one 4 times.

Lone Stone

Started the dark tower-Steven king nearly finished the first book good read so far.

Missyelliot2

'Weightless' by Sarah Bannan

I heard a review on the radio and bought it....I loved it- as both an insight into the mind of a teenager and the power of social media. It was riveting and very scary! Makes me glad I am old!