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What book are you reading atm??

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    #7922
    Dial Hard
    Registered Users Posts: 13,383 ✭✭✭✭Dial Hard


    Dial Hard wrote: »
    Started Heartbreaker by Claudia Dey on Saturday. It's about a woman who escapes from a survivalist commune and is narrated in three parts, by her daughter, her dog (yes, really) and a teenage boy from the commune.

    I'm only a few chapters in and haven't a rashers what's actually happening, but enjoying it so far. Dey's narrative style is quite different - think Joyce Carol Oates on acid.

    This was a bit meh in the end. The third part, which was narrated by the boy, kind of ran out of steam and by the time I finished it I'd realised that the plot was pretty thin on the ground but that had been masked by the narrative devices.

    Anyway, since then, I've also read:

    Alice by Christina Henry. A dystopian, extremely dark take on Alice in Wonderland in which Alice ends up in a lunatic asylum after her adventures with the White Rabbit, who has been trying to track her down since she escaped his clutches. I enjoyed it enough to order the follow-up.

    Stardust by Neil Gaiman. I'd seen the movie so no surprises here. A very easy read, perfect for a rainy afternoon at home.

    The Living Dead, edited by John Joseph Adams. An anthology of zombie stories collected by the same guy who did Wastelands (apocalyptic fiction). A mixed bag. Some stories were great, others not so much, but that's really to be expected in any large-ish collection by so many different writers.

    Currently reading yet more Gaiman, in the form of Smoke and Mirrors, which is a short story collection. Loving it so far. Gaiman is a prolific writer of introductions and his are always worth reading as they're so funny. This one includes a brief background of how each story came to be, which I love.


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    #7923
    GinnyR
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    I’m reading City of Bohane by Kevin Barry.


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    #7924
    gmisk
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    batgoat wrote: »
    A Man Called Ove, couldn't get into it the first time I started it but loving it on the second try.
    I enjoyed the film version, not sure how well it would work as a book tbh.


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    #7925
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,354 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    The book is fantastic.


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    #7926
    SexBobomb
    Registered Users Posts: 442 ✭✭SexBobomb


    GinnyR wrote: »
    I’m reading City of Bohane by Kevin Barry.

    How do you like it? I read it a few years ago and I couldn't get a real grip on it, I love the fantasy skewed version of Ireland but to be honest I was in the middle of racing through all the ASOIAF books and maybe didn't give this enough of a chance.


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    #7927
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users Posts: 5,748 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    Tiger Wood by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian, and I just got to the interesting bit. Lets just say Elin is readying the golf club.


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    #7928
    [Deleted User]
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    "Sex at Dawn" by Cacilda Jethá and Christopher Ryan

    The problem is that once I get a few drinks in me, I waffle on about how we allegedly were back in the day (the book argues we were highly sexual beings with multiple partners as hunter gatherers). It is a very creepy chat-up line.


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    #7929
    Feisar
    Registered Users Posts: 6,597 ✭✭✭Feisar


    Lord of Chaos, Book Six of the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.

    It's a reread, I just out the series every so often and wade through it.

    First they came for the socialists...



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    #7930
    Philosophy Zombie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭Philosophy Zombie


    Deebles McBeebles wrote: »
    Tiger Wood by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian, and I just got to the interesting bit. Lets just say Elin is readying the golf club.

    Particularly fitting that a golf club was her weapon of choice. A bit like Ronnie O 'Sullivan's wife (for example) deciding to use a snooker cue.


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    #7931
    Deebles McBeebles
    Registered Users Posts: 5,748 ✭✭✭Deebles McBeebles


    Philosophy Zombie wrote: »
    Particularly fitting that a golf club was her weapon of choice. A bit like Ronnie O 'Sullivan's wife (for example) deciding to use a snooker cue.

    Definitely. There's something to be said for using the man's own tool to hop seven shades out of him. I guess the clubs were just there and she was looking for anything to do damage with.


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    #7932
    5rtytry56
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭5rtytry56


    Very Straight Up. Mainly about the relationship with her biological father Steve Jobs. Talks about her baby brother Reed as well, - the incident when she was assigned to change his diaper is described as well in full detail. Not forgettable in a short space of time.


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    #7933
    Blacktie.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,903 ✭✭✭Blacktie.


    Feisar wrote: »
    Lord of Chaos, Book Six of the Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan.

    It's a reread, I just out the series every so often and wade through it.

    Favourite series by far. Would highly recommend Wot Spoilers podcast if you're not a subscriber already. Gets real in depth as a re read. They do a couple of chapters a week and just started book 4.


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    #7934
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users Posts: 16,073 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Reading And the Mountains Echoed by Khalid Hosseini

    I will finish it but its not a patch on A Thousand Splendid Suns or The Kite Runner .


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    #7935
    2ygb4cmqetsjhx
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    Reading "Silent Invasion" by Clive Hamilton. It details how the Chinese Communist party are attempting to subvert the Australia political system to influence policy in a way which will advance China's geopolitical agenda.


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    #7936
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    "Sex at Dawn" by Cacilda Jethá and Christopher Ryan

    The problem is that once I get a few drinks in me, I waffle on about how we allegedly were back in the day (the book argues we were highly sexual beings with multiple partners as hunter gatherers). It is a very creepy chat-up line.

    Fantastic book, though I do appreciate a lot of it is conjecture.

    Just finished Madame Bovary, simply extraordinary novel. I can see why people don't like it but I thought it was absolutely brilliant. Flaubert, imo, is incredibly accurate in his portrayals of human nature, for 95% of the book. On the face of it it's about adultery in Normandy in the 1850's but it's also for me about how can a person reconcile themselves to a life that has promised them it's going to be more than it is.
    the ending was a tad too far for me, a cotton mill, really?


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    #7937
    GLaDOS
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    Blacktie. wrote: »
    Favourite series by far. Would highly recommend Wot Spoilers podcast if you're not a subscriber already. Gets real in depth as a re read. They do a couple of chapters a week and just started book 4.

    I know I'm a week late, but The Wheel of Time series is one I've wondered about. I'm a massive fantasy fan, but the size of series has put me off starting it and I've heard the quality drops badly towards the end?

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #7938
    Danger781
    Registered Users Posts: 5,686 ✭✭✭Danger781


    Supernatural by Graham Hancock. I've gone back into reading after listening to a lot of the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. I was absolutely enthralled listening to the episodes with Graham Hancock.


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    #7939
    Blacktie.
    Registered Users Posts: 2,903 ✭✭✭Blacktie.


    GLaDOS wrote: »
    I know I'm a week late, but The Wheel of Time series is one I've wondered about. I'm a massive fantasy fan, but the size of series has put me off starting it and I've heard the quality drops badly towards the end?

    It is seriously long but very worth it I find. A lot of people complain about the later books before he died alright but I don't think it's as big a deal as people made it out to be. It was a big deal at the time because you where waiting years between books and the plot progression you where hoping for wasn't there but now that you can read them all straight through I think it's fine. With a series so long there's always gonna be ebbs and flows throughout. Brandon Sanderson really picks up the pace on the last 3 books and though he gets a few things a bit off overall he does a great job in ending it


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    #7940
    kimokanto
    Registered Users Posts: 851 ✭✭✭kimokanto


    Carry wrote:
    Finally out now: The Turn of Midnight, the follow-up of the book above. Looking forward to bedtime and reading what happens to the characters in the first book!


    I got The Last Hours & I am about halfway through & I am very impressed. This is one of the best book I have read this year. Skillfully crafted, researched & written. Thanks for letting us know carry, I look forward to the The Turn of Midnight.


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    #7941
    Carry
    Registered Users Posts: 1,024 ✭✭✭Carry


    Happy to oblige :)

    Just finished The Turn of Midnight last night. Couldn't stop reading even if it's a book with apparently not so much action. But it has a wonderful medieval pace and you are sucked in if you want or not.


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    #7942
    The_Kew_Tour
    Registered Users Posts: 34,044 ✭✭✭✭The_Kew_Tour


    Just finished The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail by Henry Lincoln and Michael Baigent

    Decent read if your into your bit of Religion doubts and believe that all is not telling the truth.

    Read American Sniper too. Was great easy read.

    Never seen film! Must now.


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    #7943
    Thargor
    Registered Users Posts: 17,866 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


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


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    #7944
    t1h9mgqsxopj0r
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    py2006 wrote: »
    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!

    I ordered Pet Semetery from Book Depository so I’m dying to get stuck into that


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    #7945
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    Just finished The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail by Henry Lincoln and Michael Baigent

    Decent read if your into your bit of Religion doubts and believe that all is not telling the truth.

    Read American Sniper too. Was great easy read.

    Never seen film! Must now.

    Including those authors.


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    #7946
    Pero_Bueno
    Closed Accounts Posts: 502 ✭✭✭Pero_Bueno


    Death's End by Liu Cixin

    It's the 3rd of the three body problem trilogy.

    Incredible, what an imagination he has, best Sci Fi author since Asimov or Clarke...


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    #7947
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    The_Kew_Tour wrote: »
    Just finished The Holy Blood and The Holy Grail by Henry Lincoln and Michael Baigent

    Decent read if your into your bit of Religion doubts and believe that all is not telling the truth.

    .

    Read that years ago. Got me thinking what a crock of sh1té organised religon is. In fairness, twas probably a load of bo11ox. Dan Brown made a few bob out of it


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    #7948
    PlaneSpeeking
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,106 ✭✭✭PlaneSpeeking


    Just started Grisham's latest "The Reckoning" and after that I've "High Strung" about the rivalry between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe, then Eric Idle's autobiography (or "sortabiography" as he's calling it!!!).


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    #7949
    Plopsu
    Registered Users Posts: 671 ✭✭✭Plopsu


    Crazy Horse And Custer. I'd just finished some of the Alvin Maker books and was in the mood for some American history.


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    #7950
    Hector Savage
    Registered Users Posts: 8,810 ✭✭✭Hector Savage


    Kaia Drab Alphabet wrote: »
    I ordered Pet Semetery from Book Depository so I’m dying to get stuck into that

    It's a great book, enjoy, nice timing with the new film coming next year too ...


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    #7951
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,354 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I'm re-reading Money in the bank by P. G. Wodehouse. He's hilarious, but every time I read one of his books I'm reminded of how much so he really is.


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