What book are you reading atm??

ArchXStanton · 23-03-2020 11:49pm

Anyone recommend reading the da vinci code? Been here staring at me for the last few years, might make use of this free time..

eh i dunno · 23-03-2020 11:53pm

ArchXStanton wrote: »

Anyone recommend reading the da vinci code? Been here staring at me for the last few years, might make use of this free time..

Wouldn't normally be my thing but I enjoyed it but it's pretty long.

jprboy · 23-03-2020 11:56pm

ArchXStanton wrote: »

Anyone recommend reading the da vinci code? Been here staring at me for the last few years, might make use of this free time..

I recommend you burn it and get your hands on Umberto Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum" instead, seriously!

I read the .."Code" a few years ago and think (I'm not the only one) that Dan Brown was more than inspired (I'm being polite here) by Eco but produced a far, far inferior book.

mikhail · 24-03-2020 12:28am

ArchXStanton wrote: »

Anyone recommend reading the da vinci code? Been here staring at me for the last few years, might make use of this free time..

Don't do it.

I suggest instead Dan Brown's 20 worst sentences.

quickbeam · 24-03-2020 10:04am

DaVinci is mindless rubbish. But there's sometimes a time and a place for mindless rubbish so I say go for it.

I also read Foucault's Pendulum. I'll be honest, I preferred DaVinci. I couldn't make head or tail of what was going on in FP. Maybe you can draw your own conclusions about me based on that, but, honestly, it was one of the worst books I ever read.

Cheshire Cat · 24-03-2020 3:44pm

quickbeam wrote: »

DaVinci is mindless rubbish. But there's sometimes a time and a place for mindless rubbish so I say go for it.

I also read Foucault's Pendulum. I'll be honest, I preferred DaVinci. I couldn't make head or tail of what was going on in FP. Maybe you can draw your own conclusions about me based on that, but, honestly, it was one of the worst books I ever read.

I loved Foucault's Pendulum, but I was the only one in my family and circle of friends who finished it. It's definitely not an easy read.

_Godot_ · 24-03-2020 4:09pm

I'm reading Skulduggery Pleasant: Midnight. After I finish that I think I might read The Amazing Maurice by Terry Pratchett.

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 24-03-2020 4:41pm

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Mishima Yukio.

sweetie · 24-03-2020 4:44pm

Reading Station Eleven (ok so far) and Boy's Life (superb)

Wizard! · 24-03-2020 4:49pm

The Book of Fate

I am just past middle, and it is already overwhelming!

https://bradmeltzer.com/Books/The-Book-of-Fate

Skylinehead · 24-03-2020 5:01pm

I stocked up for the long haul...

TV show (The Expanse) is amazing, books are so far just as good.

Danger781 · 24-03-2020 5:24pm

Skylinehead wrote: »

TV show (The Expanse) is amazing, books are so far just as good.

I've read the first three and my impression so far:
Leviathan Wakes 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Calibans War 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Abaddons Gate 🌟🌟🌟

Not a great trend.. I hope the remaining books return to the peak of book one.

Skylinehead · 24-03-2020 5:56pm

Danger781 wrote: »

I've read the first three and my impression so far:
Leviathan Wakes 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
Calibans War 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Abaddons Gate 🌟🌟🌟

Not a great trend.. I hope the remaining books return to the peak of book one.

I heard without spoilers that Cibola Burn is a bit slow, but gets better after that.

cave_dweller · 24-03-2020 6:06pm

The president is missing. Entertaining and quite an easy read. I've really enjoyed it so far!

Oh and I read 'I am Pilgrim' recently. A very good read, really enjoyed that one. It's 900ish pages so it will last a while which is good these days.

I'm not a huge fan of novels but these two are worth a read imo.

eh i dunno · 24-03-2020 6:12pm

cave_dweller wrote: »

The president is missing. Entertaining and quite an easy read. I've really enjoyed it so far!

Oh and I read 'I am Pilgrim' recently. A very good read, really enjoyed that one. It's 900ish pages so it will last a while which is good these days.

I'm not a huge fan of novels but these two are worth a read imo.

Two of my favourite books over the last few years.

nigeldaniel · 26-03-2020 6:31am

I have just started a rather appropriate book. 'Teach us to sit still' T Parks.

EmmetSpiceland · 26-03-2020 11:49am

Recently finished ‘The Sheep Look Up’ by John Brunner, an eco-disaster tale of what’s to come from the 70s.

Not a bad read, take a little time to get used to the style but once you do it’s fine. Got a few “predictions” right. Some eerily so, the US president for one.

Currently reading ‘The Irish Story: Telling Tales and Making It Up in Ireland’ by R. F. Foster. Gives a good “insight” into Irish literary history and puts the spotlight on such chancers as Frank McCourt.

Tauriel · 26-03-2020 12:46pm

I just finished reading A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs and I gotta say, I'm kind of disappointed.

It's a bit different to the other Temperance Brennan novels in that the gory details are notably missing due to the fact that Brennan has been exiled from the medical examiners office. I enjoy reading how the victim was tortured/mutilated/murdered but none of this was here.

sweetie · 26-03-2020 12:52pm

After thoroughly enjoying Robert McCammon's Boy's life I've moved onto the more on-point Swan Song which is pretty good so far albeit not as good as the aforementioned novel.

EmmetSpiceland · 26-03-2020 1:07pm

mustang shelly wrote: »

I enjoy reading how the victim was tortured/mutilated/murdered but none of this was here.

If you “get off” on all that graphic, psycho, creepy stuff you should check out ’Exquisite Corpse’ by Poppy Z. Brite.

It’s a story about two serial killers, loosely based on Dahmer and Nilsen, respectively. It’s “jam packed” full of gruesome, and gorey, murdering.

All very disturbing.

Tauriel · 26-03-2020 2:26pm

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

If you “get off” on all that graphic, psycho, creepy stuff you should check out ’Exquisite Corpse’ by Poppy Z. Brite.

It’s a story about two serial killers, loosely based on Dahmer and Nilsen, respectively. It’s “jam packed” full of gruesome, and gorey, murdering.

All very disturbing.

I see that it's classified as horror. I don't know if that's my thing.

I usually go for crime fiction with an emphasis on the main character either being the pathologist/anthropologist or the detective. I really enjoy a good book that can take you through the crime solving process.

Foweva Awone · 26-03-2020 3:24pm

I do 99% of my reading through the library, my order list is constantly full and always being updated, and obviously I'm really missing that at the moment.

So I'm using this opportunity to order books that I've always wanted to read but that weren't available in the Irish libraries ... right now I'm reading My Fair Junkie by Amy Dresner, and after that it'll be High Achiever by Tiffany Jenkins - both addiction/recovery memoirs (both from Amazon.) I do love me a good addiction memoir!!!

DenMan · 26-03-2020 3:30pm

I'm following Noughts and Crosses every week on BBC One. It's brilliant. I'm curious, has anybody read the books before?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noughts_%26_Crosses_(novel_series)

quickbeam · 26-03-2020 4:06pm

I'm not watching the show, but I read the first book.

EmmetSpiceland · 26-03-2020 4:29pm

mustang shelly wrote: »

I see that it's classified as horror. I don't know if that's my thing.

I usually go for crime fiction with an emphasis on the main character either being the pathologist/anthropologist or the detective. I really enjoy a good book that can take you through the crime solving process.

Ah, I wouldn’t consider it a “horror”. Not in the classical sense. It’s as much a horror as ‘American Psycho’, it’s certainly horrific but it’s probably closer to a thriller.

It focuses on the bad guys and what they get up to. Lots of graphic details of their “exploits”. And, while it’s fairly stomach churning, it’s also fairly childish too.

If you’re into gory, descriptive, murders then you’ll enjoy this. Especially, if you like it very “over the top”.

Autosport · 26-03-2020 4:53pm

mustang shelly wrote: »

I just finished reading A Conspiracy of Bones by Kathy Reichs and I gotta say, I'm kind of disappointed.

It's a bit different to the other Temperance Brennan novels in that the gory details are notably missing due to the fact that Brennan has been exiled from the medical examiners office. I enjoy reading how the victim was tortured/mutilated/murdered but none of this was here.

Have you read any of Chris Carters books??

Fann Linn · 26-03-2020 4:57pm

Trafalgar-An Eyewitness History.
Edited by Tom Pocock.
Penguin Classics.

Illustration of life onboard a 19th Century battleship.

Tauriel · 26-03-2020 5:16pm

Autosport wrote: »

Have you read any of Chris Carters books??

I haven't actually

Ipso · 26-03-2020 6:15pm

mustang shelly wrote: »

I see that it's classified as horror. I don't know if that's my thing.

I usually go for crime fiction with an emphasis on the main character either being the pathologist/anthropologist or the detective. I really enjoy a good book that can take you through the crime solving process.

What crime fiction authors do you recommend?
I really like James Ellroy, David Peace’s Red Riding quartet was great and just got into the Harry Bosch series. From an Irish point if view, I enjoyed Tana French’s books and Alan Glynn’s trilogy of Winterland, Graveland and Bloodland.

Tauriel · 26-03-2020 6:31pm

Ipso wrote: »

What crime fiction authors do you recommend?
I really like James Ellroy, David Peace’s Red Riding quartet was great and just got into the Harry Bosch series. From an Irish point if view, I enjoyed Tana French’s books and Alan Glynn’s trilogy of Winterland, Graveland and Bloodland.

I'll look into those that you mention, I'm always open to recommendations for the crime fiction genre

Kathy Reichs would be my favourite, I have read all of the Temperance Brennan books (19 in total) and also her young adult offerings (co-written with her son).

I also really like Tess Gerritsen and have just today moved on to the last book in the Rizzoli & Isles series (12 books in total). I've given JK Rowling's Strike series a go but find it to be a bit hit and miss, I find I get bored quite a bit.

I have books by Patricia Cornwall, John Grisham and Steve Cavanagh (Irish author) on my shelf to give a go once I wrap up the the Rizzoli & Isles series by Gerritsen.

I've also read quite a few books by Mary Higgins Clarke but I would not recommend her. I thought her books were very basic and followed the same set up, so no surprises or twists and turns.

What book are you reading atm??

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