What book are you reading atm??

the west wing · 28-08-2011 7:31pm

Truley wrote: »

'We Need to Talk About Kevin' by Lionel Shriver. I'm enjoying it, the movie looks like it will be good too.

I thought it was a great book. Can't wait to see the movie!

Cork boy 55 · 28-08-2011 7:31pm

The Green Book

by

Colonel Muammar Muhammad al-Gaddafi
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya

http://www.mathaba.net/gci/theory/gb3.htm

Fasinating new way of doing politics,i.e. the Third International Theory

foxinsox · 28-08-2011 7:42pm

The Abduction - Mark Gimenez

I've recently read all his other books, he is being hailed as the new Grisham.

Remember the first few Grisham books were really good?

Mark Gimenez's books are very much in that style - best thrillers I've read in a while.

The Perk
The Common Lawyer
Accused

All worth a read.

Just finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett

Based in Mississippi in the early 1960's a inside view of the life of maids.
Excellent excellent book.

stripysocks85 · 28-08-2011 7:51pm

Stieg Larsson - The Girl Who Played With Fire.

Wertz · 28-08-2011 7:59pm

Filth - Irvine Welsh

Hard going with the guttural phonetic conversational scots but funny as hell ultimately rewarding like his other works.

Have Gulliver's Travels going on a kindle app on my phone after promising myself I'd read the full version someday (read abridged one as a child)

Been stuck trying to finish Song of Susannah in the DT series for nearly a year now, have lost a lot of momentum on DT series which is a shame, mostly due to reading the disappointment of others at finishing it...

py2006 wrote: »

The Dark Tower are the only books I can't seem to touch by King. I started the first one but couldn't get into it!

I read Pet Semetary when I was about in my early teens and never turned back!

To go against what I said above, you should try and finish Gunslinger and then start the second book...it's a definite step up and the rest of the series are page turners...

willmunny1990 wrote: »

tommy knockers

One of my favourite ST works.
So many good books and stories...probably my favourite of all is The Long Walk under his pseudonym. That said, most of his more recent stuff simply hasn't done it for me...thought Cell was especially bad.

For Forks Sake · 28-08-2011 8:03pm

Last Man In Tower - Aravind Adiga

Duffy the Vampire Slayer · 28-08-2011 8:06pm

I'm reading War & Peace at the moment. Its very good, but very daunting I've read 200 pages and I'm less than a quarter of the way through.

JMSE · 28-08-2011 8:10pm

The Flight of the Earls by John McCavitt

Andy-Pandy · 28-08-2011 8:12pm

The skinner by Neal Asher

JMSE · 28-08-2011 8:15pm

Wertz wrote: »

Have Gulliver's Travels going on a kindle app on my phone after promising myself I'd read the full version someday (read abridged one as a child)

Read the hardcopy a few months ago, found it tough going, lots of rambling tedious stuff thrown in, he keeps saying he wont bother the reader with lots of mundane details and then proceeds to bother the reader with other mundane details. That said, for a book written so long ago, it must have been a great way to spend an evening reading it.

Aldebaran · 28-08-2011 8:21pm

I'm making my second attempt at reading Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. Faring a bit better this time, but still tough going, it's hard to get into a good rhythm with it because of the multiple changes in style and those damn footnotes!

McChubbin · 28-08-2011 8:53pm

Just finished re-reading "Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows" tonight and now the next book in my to-read list is Simon Pegg's "Nerd Do Well".

Corkfeen · 28-08-2011 9:00pm

Halfway through The Outsider by Albert Camus, t'is strange yet brilliant.

py2006 · 28-08-2011 9:06pm

I have an awful habit of starting a book then after a few chapters putting it down for a few weeks and forgetting about it!

stateofflux · 28-08-2011 9:08pm

crime & punishment by dostoevsky....a pretty good read i must say

Wertz · 28-08-2011 9:10pm

py2006 wrote: »

I have an awful habit of starting a book then after a few chapters putting it down for a few weeks and forgetting about it!

That's me as well...do it with games too. Usually I go back and finish the books but the games tend to be superseded by what ever new one comes out...soo many unfinished games

TanG411 · 28-08-2011 9:11pm

Fear and loathing in Las Vegas.

It's taking me a long time to read though because I bought a new phone and have been playing with it a lot.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 28-08-2011 9:12pm

stateofflux wrote: »

crime & punishment by dostoevsky....a pretty good read i must say

Reading this too. Well, I started a couple of months ago then just got side tracked with a couple of other books. It starts really well, and it is a good story, but I spend a lot of time wishing he'd just get to the bloody point. I think a lot of russian books are like that, must pick it up again in any case

Teyla Emmagan · 28-08-2011 9:14pm

Knicked John Lonergan's 'The Governor' from the parent's house today, still haven't started it.

Big John Lonergan fan.

MagicMarker · 28-08-2011 9:23pm

Just finished reading the Autobiography of Malcolm X, and now I'm half way through 'Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong'.

emeraldstar · 28-08-2011 10:54pm

JMSE wrote: »

Read the hardcopy a few months ago, found it tough going, lots of rambling tedious stuff thrown in, he keeps saying he wont bother the reader with lots of mundane details and then proceeds to bother the reader with other mundane details. That said, for a book written so long ago, it must have been a great way to spend an evening reading it.

Really? I think Gulliver's Travels is a great book. Kept me gripped and I flew through it.

I'm reading Heidi. Having just finished Anne of Green Gables. Having a bit of a children's book phase

Novella · 28-08-2011 11:04pm

I'm reading 'Circles Around the Sun'. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in schizophrenia. It's kind of an insight into the illness, not exactly light reading but pretty good.

Sofaspud · 28-08-2011 11:57pm

"Use your head; a guided tour of the human mind"

I've been getting very into pop-psychology lately.

later12 · 29-08-2011 12:05am

For the third time, I am reading a book by my all time favourite man in human history, General Charles de Gaulle's Salvation: The series of his memoirs from 1944-46, which is also my favourite period in history.

Yes ladies, I am available!

leahyl · 29-08-2011 12:12am

Just finished reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett - a brilliant read

emeraldstar · 29-08-2011 12:19am

leahyl wrote: »

Just finished reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett - a brilliant read

One of the most enjoyable books I read last year! Looking forward to the film.

later12 · 29-08-2011 12:20am

Oh I saw a preview for that movie... chick flick, or no?

emeraldstar · 29-08-2011 12:23am

Mmm, not so much. More a drama, I'd say. With a mainly female cast, perhaps.

leahyl · 29-08-2011 12:24am

emeraldstar wrote: »

leahyl wrote: »

Just finished reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett - a brilliant read

One of the most enjoyable books I read last year! Looking forward to the film.

Me too I wonder when it's out here? It's our in the states already anyway - doing well although it's being described as a comedy-drama - there's not an awful lot of comedy in the book!

emeraldstar · 29-08-2011 12:26am

October 28th

Comedy, really? I hope they haven't strayed too far from the book in that case. I think it's had a generally good reception even from those who are fans of the book so hopefully it'll be alright.

WoollyRedHat · 29-08-2011 12:27am

The Monster Book of Monsters, I can't close it!

leahyl · 29-08-2011 12:29am

emeraldstar wrote: »

October 28th Comedy, really? I hope they haven't strayed too far from the book in that case. I think it's had a generally good reception even from those who are fans of the book so hopefully it'll be alright.

Oh it's a long way off yet so! Ya it's done really well so far - grossed something like 96million at the box office already

WoollyRedHat · 29-08-2011 12:31am

leahyl wrote: »

Oh it's a long way off yet so! Ya it's done really well so far - grossed something like 96million at the box office already

Emma Stone has come quite far since her days of SuperBad.. looks good

PuddleMooders · 23-09-2011 3:05pm

Just saw the trailer for "The Help" and it seems very cheerful. If they have stayed close to the book then they really are leading people astray with the trailer.

I mean, that part in the novel with Miss Celia Foote and Minny in the bathroom??? Not a cheerful scene at all!

Seachmall · 23-09-2011 3:14pm

Finished reading "Sway", getting back to "Influence" (half way through).

Check 'em out if you're into that sort of thing, interesting stuff and well written.

super_furry · 23-09-2011 3:16pm

The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, it's pretty meh.

Temptamperu · 23-09-2011 3:17pm

super_furry wrote: »

The Strain by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan, it's pretty meh.

Damn i was looking forward to that.

Lord of Chaos by Robert Jorden (reread but i fúcking love WOT)

Scanlas The 2nd · 23-09-2011 3:19pm

Rafael Nadal's autobiography "Rafa". Interesting read.

DEFTLEFTHAND · 23-09-2011 3:59pm

The Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connolly.

checkyabadself · 23-09-2011 5:41pm

The great war for civilisation, the conquest of the middle east by Robert Fisk. Fascinating so far. His impartiality is refreshing.

InTheTrees · 23-09-2011 6:23pm

Reamde by Neal Stephenson.

MagicMarker · 23-09-2011 6:27pm

Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder.

Sofaspud · 23-09-2011 7:04pm

Paranormality: Why we see what isn't there by Professor Richard Wiseman.

Logical Fallacy · 23-09-2011 7:12pm

Use of Weapons by Iain M Banks.

Kind of killing time until the English translation of 1Q84 lands.

Eve_Dublin · 23-09-2011 7:15pm

The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch.

Offalygal1 · 23-09-2011 7:17pm

Nama Mia by Ross o Carroll Kelly. I need some light entertainment:D

oldyouth · 23-09-2011 7:28pm

The Burning Soul by John Connolly. Ordered it weeks ago from the Book Depository and it arrived yesterday. I think it is faulty though, tried to start it last night but the words kept moving up and down. Don't know what was causing it

Mickeroo · 23-09-2011 7:48pm

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortensen and David Oliver Relin. Interesting stuff!!

take everything · 23-09-2011 8:00pm

Mozipedia: The encyclopedia of Morrissey and The Smiths. Morrissey is even more contrary and prickly than i imagined.
Also just started Bedside Stories: Confessions of a Junior Doctor. Should be a few laughs.

Mars Bar · 23-09-2011 8:06pm

Beneath the Bleeding - Val McDermid

What book are you reading atm??

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