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  • #9392
    gmisk
    Registered Users Posts: 31,815 ✭✭✭✭gmisk


    I am reading station eleven at the minute...pretty good so far.
    The novel takes place in the Great Lakes region after a fictional swine flu pandemic, known as the "Georgia Flu", has devastated the world, killing most of the population.
    So pretty timely you could say!


  • #9393
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    I’ve decided to read the entire Flashman series again. Because they are brilliant (apart from the slightly disappointing 2nd book). Genuinely laugh out loud books.


  • #9394
    Lexi Shaggy Trombone
    Posts: 0 ✭ Lexi Shaggy Trombone


    JohnnyFlash wrote: »
    I’ve decided to read the entire Flashman series again. Because they are brilliant (apart from the slightly disappointing 2nd book). Genuinely laugh out loud books.

    I have the original 'Flashman' collecting dust atop the shelf, might be time to brush it down in honour of our resident lothario.


  • #9395
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


    The Antipope by Robert Rankin.

    I'm usually reading multiple books every day, thats the beauty of Kindle. Who reads only one book?


  • #9396
    Tauriel
    Registered Users Posts: 30,333 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    The One Doctor wrote: »
    Who reads only one book?

    Me :o


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  • #9397
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,339 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


    mustang shelly wrote: »
    Me :o

    Sorry, didn't mean to be arrogant, I'm just a voracious reader.


  • #9398
    Tauriel
    Registered Users Posts: 30,333 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    The One Doctor wrote: »
    Sorry, didn't mean to be arrogant, I'm just a voracious reader.

    No worries :), I only read physical books and wouldn't touch a kindle or the likes. My eyes wouldn't be able to handle that much screen time after working on a laptop all day.


  • #9399
    bobbyss
    Registered Users Posts: 5,189 ✭✭✭bobbyss


    voldejoie wrote: »
    Currently re-reading Wolf Hall, and planning to re-read Bring Up The Bodies, to prepare :D Getting rave reviews so far, hope you enjoy!

    I tried Wolf Hall and gave up. Her third book is getting good reviews so am wondering should i give it another go? And go for the treble?


  • #9400
    mikhail
    Registered Users Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭mikhail


    mustang shelly wrote: »
    No worries :), I only read physical books and wouldn't touch a kindle or the likes. My eyes wouldn't be able to handle that much screen time after working on a laptop all day.
    Kindle is e-ink, not a backlit screen like a laptop. It's no harder on your eyes than paper. Or at least mine is; I couldn't swear there isn't a backlit model.

    I prefer real books too, but I travel for extended periods for work (or at least I did, until recently :() and my Kindle has been immensely useful for being a book-sized library.


  • #9401
    Avianna Chilly Bagpipes
    Posts: 17,381 ✭ Avianna Chilly Bagpipes


    mustang shelly wrote: »
    No worries :), I only read physical books and wouldn't touch a kindle or the likes. My eyes wouldn't be able to handle that much screen time after working on a laptop all day.

    I enjoy it when people say they don't like kindles while making it blatantly obvious they've never even used one.


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  • #9402
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    bobbyss wrote: »
    I tried Wolf Hall and gave up. Her third book is getting good reviews so am wondering should i give it another go? And go for the treble?

    I also stopped reading Wolf Hall, just couldn’t get into it.


  • #9403
    Barna77
    Registered Users Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭Barna77


    bobbyss wrote: »
    I tried Wolf Hall and gave up. Her third book is getting good reviews so am wondering should i give it another go? And go for the treble?
    Ipso wrote: »
    I also stopped reading Wolf Hall, just couldn’t get into it.
    Stick to it.
    True that it can be dense, and the reader may need some knowledge of the historical era, she leaves some things like hanging or just mentioned.


    I should have bought the third book, now that I have plenty of time to read :(


  • #9404
    Nigel Fairservice
    Registered Users, Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 2,172 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nigel Fairservice


    mustang shelly wrote: »
    No worries :), I only read physical books and wouldn't touch a kindle or the likes. My eyes wouldn't be able to handle that much screen time after working on a laptop all day.

    They're not that bad, they're very easy on the eye. I use mine mostly when I travel or if I'm on the go. Ill still read my physical book if I'm just at home. Amazon do a Kindle deals of the day where they have 4 or 5 books on offer for £1. I have a whole pile of physical books to read and if I see one of my books from the pile that's on offer with the Kindle I'll buy it. I'll read it on a plane or a bus or something.


  • #9405
    Joe_ Public
    Registered Users Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Barna77 wrote: »
    Stick to it.
    True that it can be dense, and the reader may need some knowledge of the historical era, she leaves some things like hanging or just mentioned.


    I should have bought the third book, now that I have plenty of time to read :(

    One of the issues with Wolf Hall, apart from the dizzying range of characters to get to grips with, was the confusion people felt over the use of "he" as a pronoun, sometimes it was hard to work out who it was referring to. Mantel acknowledged it and rectified it for both subsequent books where you begin to see "he, thomas cromwell,..." etc.

    I think its worth studying the family trees and cast of characters very closely, once you have a good handle on that, the whole story opens up so much more easily i think.


  • #9406
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    anyone get their hands on Eyes of Darkness - the book that predict covid 19

    if so any good?


  • #9407
    TheRepentent
    Registered Users Posts: 1,082 ✭✭✭TheRepentent


    Nigel Fairservice wrote: »
    They're not that bad, they're very easy on the eye. I use mine mostly when I travel or if I'm on the go. Ill still read my physical book if I'm just at home. Amazon do a Kindle deals of the day where they have 4 or 5 books on offer for £1. I have a whole pile of physical books to read and if I see one of my books from the pile that's on offer with the Kindle I'll buy it. I'll read it on a plane or a bus or something.


    I predominantly use the kindle...don;t have room for many books and always hated selling them. Great bit of tech to be honest.

    Ionly buy books off a select few author who I love.

    Having said that if I ever win the lotto I'll have my own Libary with floor to ceilins shelves and a ladder on wheels :)


  • #9408
    Barna77
    Registered Users Posts: 3,271 ✭✭✭Barna77


    Joe_ Public wrote: »
    One of the issues with Wolf Hall, apart from the dizzying range of characters to get to grips with, was the confusion people felt over the use of "he" as a pronoun, sometimes it was hard to work out who it was referring to. Mantel acknowledged it and rectified it for both subsequent books where you begin to see "he, thomas cromwell,..." etc.

    I think its worth studying the family trees and cast of characters very closely, once you have a good handle on that, the whole story opens up so much more easily i think.
    I had forgotten about the use of "he". Yeah it was truly confusing.
    And you're right about the family trees and list of characters.


  • #9409
    Joe_ Public
    Registered Users Posts: 13,023 ✭✭✭✭Joe_ Public


    Barna77 wrote: »
    I had forgotten about the use of "he". Yeah it was truly confusing.
    And you're right about the family trees and list of characters.

    Think it was only towards end of Bodies that i could go more than a few pages without checking the cast of characters page. Reading the third book i dont need it at all and makes a big difference. The series does require a bit of extra effort i think, but rewards make it hugely worthwhile.


  • #9410
    Mars Bar
    Registered Users Posts: 31,815 ✭✭✭✭Mars Bar


    I'm doing something I never do but I have 3 books on the go at the moment

    Oathbringer - Brandon Sanderson (so I can get away from the real world)
    Rewire Your Mindset - Brian Keane (so I can stay focused and learn some new coping strategies for these strange virus days)
    The Body: A Guide For Occupants - Billy Bryson (so I can feel like I'm learning but laugh at the same time)


  • #9411
    appledrop
    Registered Users Posts: 5,777 ✭✭✭appledrop


    Barna77 wrote: »
    I had forgotten about the use of "he". Yeah it was truly confusing.
    And you're right about the family trees and list of characters.

    I probably find this easier than some because I admit I have watched every programme going about Henry IIIV so I can remember who is who quite easily. Wolf Hall on BBC was a brilliant series based on the Hiliary Mantel books.

    If there was ever a time to read a book you couldnt get into now is the time!


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  • #9412
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users Posts: 5,761 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    fryup wrote: »
    anyone get their hands on Eyes of Darkness - the book that predict covid 19

    if so any good?

    I'm reading it now. About halfway in. No mention of a virus so far but there is a dead boy who might not be dead ....
    I'm also reading Bill Bryson's new one the Body. It's brilliant as is everything that man writes.


  • #9413
    the purple tin
    Registered Users Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Joe_ Public wrote: »
    One of the issues with Wolf Hall, apart from the dizzying range of characters to get to grips with, was the confusion people felt over the use of "he" as a pronoun, sometimes it was hard to work out who it was referring to. Mantel acknowledged it and rectified it for both subsequent books where you begin to see "he, thomas cromwell,..." etc.

    I think its worth studying the family trees and cast of characters very closely, once you have a good handle on that, the whole story opens up so much more easily i think.
    It got a bit easier when I realised that Henry VIII was always referred to as 'He' with a capital H.


  • #9414
    Danger781
    Registered Users Posts: 5,686 ✭✭✭Danger781


    gmisk wrote: »
    I am reading station eleven at the minute...pretty good so far.
    The novel takes place in the Great Lakes region after a fictional swine flu pandemic, known as the "Georgia Flu", has devastated the world, killing most of the population.
    So pretty timely you could say!

    I've owned this for quite a while and now does seem like the perfect time to start reading it, given the current circumstances..

    I'm just finishing Abaddons Gate (Expanse Series #3) - Should be done tonight before I go to sleep :)


  • #9415
    Foweva Awone
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭Foweva Awone


    Current reading situation attached... I have of course read all of the Anne books before, never such a pretty version of them though! :)


  • #9416
    optogirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭optogirl


    Foweva Awone wrote: »
    Current reading situation attached... I have of course read all of the Anne books before, never such a pretty version of them though! :)

    ah look. Think I'm going to reread these too.


  • #9417
    quickbeam
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 16,287 Mod ✭✭✭✭quickbeam


    The One Doctor wrote: »
    Who reads only one book?

    I only read one book at a time.

    I have somehow accumulated many, many books (drat those charity shops that I just can't pass by!!) over the years so am well provided for duriing these extraordinary times. I have over 50 at last count, and there are some whoppers there too.

    Just finished The 19th Wife.


  • #9418
    mikhail
    Registered Users Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭mikhail


    I just finished Malcolm Gladwell's latest, Talking to Strangers. He builds the whole thing around this video of a woman being arrested over pretty much nothing: the officer tailgated her, then stopped her for changing lanes without signalling. She hanged herself in her cell three days later. The question he's interested in is why we're so bad at reading people. Chapters deal with stories like the CIA trying to spot double agents, judges making decisions around setting bail, administrators trying to assess the credibility of accusations of sexual assault against a high profile sports coach, a famous rape case and the related issues of consent and decisions made while blackout drunk, waterboarding, the universality or otherwise of facial expression, and more.

    It's a bit uneven, but as usual he has lots of interesting stories in there to chew over, all told very accessably.


  • #9419
    Adyx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,997 ✭✭✭Adyx


    Re-reading Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir in anticipation of the sequel in June. Fantastic book if you like necromancy with a dash of sci-fi.


  • #9420
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    Just finished Butchers Crossing by John Williams. Slow moving, describes mundane things about hunting in American West well. Some of it was great, someokay.

    Now onto Sometimes a great notion by Ken Kesey. Started it several times and gave up, now seems an ideal time though


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  • #9421
    rushfan
    Registered Users Posts: 970 ✭✭✭rushfan


    Currently re-reading "Rocket Men" about the American space program, and on the Kindle: "Rise and Kill First" about the Israeli Mossad thingy. only 8% into that one but looks very promising.


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