What book are you reading atm??

mariaalice · 06-01-2016 2:04pm

I got Sean Moncrieff book the Irish Paradox as one of my Christmas books, its a good book but I would have a few quibbles with it.

recylingbin · 06-01-2016 3:01pm

Dictator.
Not as good as lustrum or imperium imo, but still was a fascinating read.

mariaalice · 06-01-2016 3:56pm

recylingbin wrote: »

Dictator.
Not as good as lustrum or imperium imo, but still was a fascinating read.

Got Dictator for my husband as one of his Christmas presents, he is really enjoying the book so far.

Collie D · 06-01-2016 10:34pm

Is Evasion Kid around? Wondering what he thought of the Shantaram sequel? Apologies if I missed you posting about it already.

For me, four months and counting on Tommyknockers. Picked it up the other day for first time in weeks and realised I'd lost my bookmark.

Spanish Eyes · 06-01-2016 10:39pm

Half of a yellow sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

About Nigeria and the Biafran War. Set in the 60s.

Sounds grim, but it is a cracking read.

take everything · 06-01-2016 11:38pm

A short introduction to Jung. Very interesting guy. I'm usually fairly sceptical so i thought his theories might be a bit mystical but his whole theory of archetypes and the collective unconscious is fascinating and really resonates.

Neurotribes by Steve Silberman. Interesting (if overlong) history of ASD/autism/Asperger's Syndrome and society's attitude to them (neurodiversity etc).

Also just started 48 laws of power by Robert Greene. Basically how to succeed in games of power (Machiavelli on steroids). Seems very cynical and vaguely evil so to be taken with a large pinch of salt. But enjoyable and a lot of truth in it tbh.

gutenberg · 07-01-2016 1:04pm

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Half of a yellow sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

About Nigeria and the Biafran War. Set in the 60s.

Sounds grim, but it is a cracking read.

I love that book. Her other ones are very very good too.

I am reading Jojo Moyes' Me Before You. It's not my usual kind of book but friends (whose book opinions I value greatly) were all pushing it on me, as there's a sequel just come out. So far it's very good, and very engaging.

Mesrine65 · 07-01-2016 1:13pm

Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones

A great read about one of my all time favourite bands, sad though how the group stayed together for over twenty years, functioning as a band despite intense personal differences/conflicts.

the evasion_kid · 07-01-2016 1:24pm

Mesrine65 wrote: »

Hey Ho Let's Go: The Story of the Ramones

A great read about one of my all time favourite bands, sad though how the group stayed together for over twenty years, functioning as a band despite intense personal differences/conflicts.

check out johhny rottens "no irish,no blacks,no dogs".....hes a gas man

appledrop · 07-01-2016 7:49pm

Spanish Eyes wrote: »

Half of a yellow sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

About Nigeria and the Biafran War. Set in the 60s.

Sounds grim, but it is a cracking read.

This is one of my favourite books, a brilliant read. Americanah is also good but it will never beat this one.

I have just finished 'The Spinning Heart' by Donal Ryan set in rural Ireland. An outstanding book, emotional, dark and witty it's brilliant.

I enjoyed Jo Jo Moyes 'Me Before You' but thought the follow up book 'After You' was woeful.

wrmwit · 07-01-2016 7:56pm

I'm reading "Black Mass - Whitey Bulger, The FBI and a Devil's Deal". Only a few chapters in buts it's good so far.

The next book I'll be reading is the latest Jack Reacher book, "Make Me". I have a soft spot for those books and thankfully I don't think of Tom Cruise when I'm reading them!

thomasm · 07-01-2016 7:57pm

Reading The Bone Tree by Greg Isles. It's a fantastic read. It's a follow up to Natchez Burning which was also amazing. Set in Mississipi in present time but dealing with the Klan from back in 60s to present day encompassing civil rights, organised crime, the Kennedy assination. I'm 450 pages into it and it feels like not a word is wasted and another 400 to look forward to. Highly recommended

Ken. · 07-01-2016 9:53pm

wrmwit wrote: »

I'm reading "Black Mass - Whitey Bulger, The FBI and a Devil's Deal". Only a few chapters in buts it's good so far.

The next book I'll be reading is the latest Jack Reacher book, "Make Me". I have a soft spot for those books and thankfully I don't think of Tom Cruise when I'm reading them!

I've the last 3 Reacher books to read.

recylingbin · 07-01-2016 10:58pm

Flashman and the redskins.
Have read it before but this series of books crack me up.
The usual mix of misogyny, racism, imperialism, infidelity entwined around historical events.
Top notch.

gutenberg · 08-01-2016 1:16pm

appledrop wrote: »

This is one of my favourite books, a brilliant read. Americanah is also good but it will never beat this one.

I have just finished 'The Spinning Heart' by Donal Ryan set in rural Ireland. An outstanding book, emotional, dark and witty it's brilliant.

I enjoyed Jo Jo Moyes 'Me Before You' but thought the follow up book 'After You' was woeful.

Oh no, I have After You waiting to be read... I am enjoying Me Before You a lot though.

Wichita Lineman · 08-01-2016 3:59pm

I'm dipping in and out of a football book called 'Day of the Match' which has a different factual football story of some description for every date in different years so it might go from 1/1/1945 to 2/1/1976, 3/1/1984 and so on. Some very interesting snippets of useless information.

conorhal · 08-01-2016 4:24pm

I picked up Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz from a hotel 'library' as a beach read and was really pleasantly surprised, while the premise seems old hat (psychic can see the dead and solves crimes) it was a really engaging read, very quirky and pacy. Most of all it had something I've not seen in a while in fiction, a main character who's genuinely likable and good natured who, despite the woes of the world on his shoulders, manages to maintain a positive, hopeful outlook on life.

Rowley Birkin QC · 08-01-2016 4:48pm

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine by Michael Lewis

Utterly terrifying book about the build up to the credit crunch 2008. Definitely recommend it.

Ken. · 08-01-2016 4:50pm

I found a book today in the cheap section of the local book shop. It's called face off. It's a load of thriller writers teaming up and putting one each of their main characters in to a story. For example Dennis Lehanne vs Michael Connelly, Ian Rankin vs Peter James and about ten more stories. The stories themselves are only about 30-40 pages long. I'm looking forward to getting stuck into it.

Here's a link to the concept behind it for anyone interested.

http://thrillerfest.com/faceoff/

MRnotlob606 · 08-01-2016 8:22pm

Mein Kampf by Rudyard Kipling.

Bulbous Salutation · 08-01-2016 8:50pm

recylingbin wrote: »

Flashman and the redskins.
Have read it before but this series of books crack me up.
The usual mix of misogyny, racism, imperialism, infidelity entwined around historical events.
Top notch.

Flashman is great. He's such an arsehole. Genuinely laugh out loud books.

etoughguy · 08-01-2016 9:03pm

MRnotlob606 wrote: »

Mein Kampf by Rudyard Kipling.

The what by who?

eviltimeban · 08-01-2016 9:08pm

Journey To The Centre Of The Earth by Jules Verne.

About halfway through. Enjoying it, but took a little while to adjust to the style of prose. I loved Around The World In 80 Days, and have read most HG Wells as well, so I've been looking forward to this. Not what I was expecting, but I'm actually really into it now and eager to see how it ends!

After that it'll be back to reading books about the Beatles - a re-read of "Tune In" by Mark Lewisohn is overdue. It's a huge tome, part one of a trilogy, and only covers the time leading up to the release of their first single.

Spanish Eyes · 11-01-2016 8:38pm

Memoir by John McGahern.

God almighty you would want to absolutely murder his father. But those were the days.

Very moving and sad, but uplifting at the same time. Can't explain it.

gutenberg · 11-01-2016 9:07pm

Have started A Thousand Splendid Suns.

JohnMearsheimer · 12-01-2016 1:27am

I've moved on to The Stand by Stephen King. I saw the miniseries back in the 90s when I was a teenager and I've always had it in mind to give the book a go.

12-01-2016 2:33am

JohnMearsheimer wrote: »

I've moved on to The Stand by Stephen King. I saw the miniseries back in the 90s when I was a teenager and I've always had it in mind to give the book a go.

This is one of my favourite books

I hope you enjoy it. Have you just started?

LittleMuppet · 12-01-2016 4:04am

JohnMearsheimer wrote: »

I've moved on to The Stand by Stephen King. I saw the miniseries back in the 90s when I was a teenager and I've always had it in mind to give the book a go.

I love this book. I've read it at least 6 times lol

Atm I'm reading Going Clear by Lawrence Wright. Scientologists are a bit mad.

MrYlad · 12-01-2016 4:26am

I'm reading 'Lines of Vision: Irish Writers on Art'; it's not a novel but it's a fantastic read for anyone with a passion for both art and literature of all kinds. For the National Gallery's 150th anniversary in 2014, acclaimed Irish writers (including Colm Tóibín, John Boyne, Roddy Doyle, John Montague, and Seamus Heaney) were commissioned to produce a short piece of literature (from short stories and poetry to essays and biographical narratives) inspired by any painting in the Gallery's collection. These were all compiled with the artworks in an anthology-styled book. It's such a fabulously unique and diverse read; particularly John Banville's piece of the 'Taking of Christ' and Gerard Donovan's essay on 'The Sonnet'.

topmanamillion · 12-01-2016 4:45am

Just finished rogue lawyer by John Grisham, to my shame it was my first Grisham novel. I loved it.
A brief summary would be it's about a lawyer who defends some undesirables. Some are innocent. Some guilty.

JohnMearsheimer · 12-01-2016 10:02am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

This is one of my favourite books I hope you enjoy it. Have you just started?

Yep, just started last night

GLaDOS · 12-01-2016 10:19am

Started Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" this morning.

Turtyturd · 12-01-2016 10:34am

Have a goal to get through 20+ books this year, first up is Galveston by Nic Pizolatto.

Turtyturd · 12-01-2016 10:40am

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Started Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" this morning.

Seems to be a very divisive book. I put off reading it for years because I had some notion that it was the basis for 'The New World' movie starring Colin Farrell but I loved it and would have it on the reading list of sociology courses.

King of the Hotcups · 12-01-2016 12:59pm

My kindle broke about 3 months ago, so I decided to pick up an actual book for a change. Talk about a strange feeling, actually physically turning the pages. I joined the library in Ashbourne; and it brought me back to my childhood, when my mam would bring my sister and I to the library in Templeogue on a Saturday morning. Trying to get my kids to come to the library with me now [at least for the purpose of getting them to put down their damned tablets etc.].

I'm currently reading 2 books. I'm reading Simon Carswell's Anglo Republic on my lunch break in work [I had previously read Simon Kelly's Breakfast with Anglo which was ok]. I'm also reading David McWilliams' Follow the Money. Really enjoying both books.

Just before Christmas, I finished Killing Jesus and Killing Kennedy by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. If ound them to the be very easy and entertaining reads.

Next up after those is David Lagercrantz's The Girl in the Spider's Web. I really enjoyed the millennium trilogy, so I'm hoping that Lagercrantz hasn't made a mess of Stieg Larsson's creation.

carefulnowted · 12-01-2016 5:32pm

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Started Aldous Huxley's "Brave New World" this morning.

Just came on here to say that I've just finished Brave New World! I enjoyed it personally, preferred 1984 though.

Jijsaw · 12-01-2016 5:54pm

Halfway through Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath'- depressing as hell but wonderfully written.

gutenberg · 12-01-2016 5:55pm

Jijsaw wrote: »

Halfway through Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath'- depressing as hell but wonderfully written.

I love Steinbeck, and The Grapes of Wrath is on my to re-read list.

Jijsaw · 12-01-2016 6:01pm

gutenberg wrote: »

I love Steinbeck, and The Grapes of Wrath is on my to re-read list.

He is definitely in my top-5 favourite authors. Everything I've read of his has been excellent so far.

fussyonion · 12-01-2016 6:03pm

"The Holiday" by Erica James.
My parents got me a few books for Christmas so I'm really loving reading again (haven't read in months).
I just finished "The Long Weekend" by Veronica Henry; it was good but this new one seems to have drawn me in more and I'm only a few pages in.

fro9etb8j5qsl2 · 13-01-2016 1:15am

Every time I read this thread I add a load of new samples to my kindle

Just started The Dark by John McGahern. I expect it to be both heartbreaking and excellent.

Mars Bar · 13-01-2016 11:21pm

I finished The Fool's Fate by Robin Hobb. What a book! There is so much happening from so early in the book. I was thinking to myself at one point "I'm only 40% in to the book and this has happened already. Where can this possibly go and get better?!!"
And it did. It did get better.

It boggles my mind how someone can create a world like that and link it all together.

I'm just starting The Broker by John Grisham. I'm expecting an anti-climax.

Crumpets · 13-01-2016 11:30pm

I've just started Room by Emma Donoghue

madmaggie · 14-01-2016 1:06am

gutenberg wrote: »

I love Steinbeck, and The Grapes of Wrath is on my to re-read list.

I remember The Pearl being on the Leaving Cert back in my day, way back in the last century.:D

Of Mice and Men is so bitter sweet, and the pathos of Cannery Row, the ending of The Grapes of Wrath...... what a writer.

Bulbous Salutation · 14-01-2016 1:28am

There are Little Kingdoms by Kevin Barry.

A series of very lovely short stories by some lad from Sligo.

NoviGlitzko · 14-01-2016 2:08am

'An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth' by Chris Hadfield. Just started.

Austria! · 14-01-2016 2:13am

Bulbous Salutation wrote: »

There are Little Kingdoms by Kevin Barry.

A series of very lovely short stories by some lad from Sligo.

Was somewhat disappointed by that tbh. I liked him when he wrote in the back of the examiner, expected the book to be like that, but a lot more so, but it was only a little more so.

sadie06 · 14-01-2016 3:18pm

I'm reading The Children Act by Ian McEwan.

gutenberg · 14-01-2016 3:23pm

sadie06 wrote: »

I'm reading The Children Act by Ian McEwan.

I'm curious as to how you find it. It was one I was considering as part of a special offer at our local bookshop - I needed one more book to avail of an offer. I held off buying, but if it's recommended I may reconsider!

Turtyturd · 16-01-2016 10:09pm

Turtyturd wrote: »

Have a goal to get through 20+ books this year, first up is Galveston by Nic Pizolatto.

One down.

One thing that annoys me about the kindle is that it's hard to grasp the size of the book you're reading (yes I know you can google it), but I finished this in a couple of days so I am guessing it's not too big.

Decent enough and an easy read, although the pacing is really off. Season 1 of True Detective will always be a once off but you can see some glimpses of it in here.

Next up is Aurora by Kim Stanley Robinson.

What book are you reading atm??

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