What book are you reading atm??

losthorizon · 05-08-2013 1:10pm

The Pilgrim's Progress in Old and Modern English. Its just about keeping my attention. Don't know why I am reading the book. I am not religious at all but every now and again I get a book that is very old just to broaden the type and range of books I have read.

EdenHazard · 05-08-2013 1:11pm

Manuscripts found in Accra by Coehlo, life lessons which I think are inspiring. Atheist types might not like it due to spiritual undertones but I wouldn't call it a religious book.

Zombee · 05-08-2013 8:45pm

I'm about a third of my way through "Citadel" by Kate Mosse, when I'm finished I will start Book 5 in the Wheel of Time series "Fires of Heaven".

McChubbin · 05-08-2013 9:34pm

I just purchased Gone Girl. I'm saving it for my holiday reading. I'm told it's suposed to be quite gripping.

Yellow121 · 05-08-2013 9:36pm

I haven't been able to put down my current book for weeks. It has so many little tales within the big tale. I don't see any of the twists and turns coming.

Yellow121 · 05-08-2013 9:36pm

Oh, it's called Ann and Barry.

muckisluck · 05-08-2013 10:49pm

Yellow121 wrote: »

Oh, it's called Ann and Barry.

Don't say any more. I'm only on page 3 nd don't want the end ruined on me.

rustedtrumpet · 06-08-2013 1:03am

Been reading 'The Incal', illustrated by Moebius. A sort of graphic novel but some whopper illustrations in it.

Vincent Vega · 06-08-2013 11:01am

rustedtrumpet wrote: »

Been reading 'The Incal', illustrated by Moebius. A sort of graphic novel but some whopper illustrations in it.

Have you seen any Jodorowsky films? If so, is his writing in Incal anything similar?

beano345 · 06-08-2013 11:07am

the adventures of huckleberry finn

BeerWolf · 06-08-2013 11:08am

One of them yellow 'For Dummies' books - as to what category it is, I ain't saying :P

QuiteInterestin · 06-08-2013 5:49pm

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman, good so far!

Chareth Cutestory · 06-08-2013 5:51pm

McChubbin wrote: »

I just purchased Gone Girl. I'm saving it for my holiday reading. I'm told it's suposed to be quite gripping.

I found it to be a page turner for the most part but didn't really enjoy it as a whole. The plot just spirals into complete absurdity and you want to slap all the characters. Probably good for a holiday ready though, I imagine you'll be hooked throughout the first half, I was anyway.

Duvetdays · 06-08-2013 6:02pm

Just finished reading The Iceman by Philip Carlo. It's a true story about Richard Kuklinski mafia contract killer and all round psychopath. Couldn't recommend it enough.

Now about to start Hard Time by Shaun Attwood another true story, this one is about an English guy jailed in Arizona for dealing Ectasy. Watched him on banged up abroad last week and bought the book based on that.

rustedtrumpet · 06-08-2013 7:02pm

Vincent Vega wrote: »

Have you seen any Jodorowsky films? If so, is his writing in Incal anything similar?

I havn't seen any no, although cheers this reminds me to. The copy of The Incal is translated, apparently doesn't read as fluidly as the original...

emeraldstar · 06-08-2013 7:30pm

silvervixen84 wrote: »

The Hunger Games. Enjoying it so far.

Finished this the other day and really enjoyed it so went straight into the second one. They're addictive!

Gonzovision · 06-08-2013 8:52pm

Still in my Rome faze, some fiction this time, with Imperium by Robert Harris. The first of the Cicero books.

shockwave · 06-08-2013 8:56pm

Reading Dan Browns new one Inferno, about halfway through and im bored.

apieceofcake · 06-08-2013 9:00pm

Just finishing up 'Sisterland' by Curtis Sittenfeld. Really enjoyed it, think she is a very perceptive writer.

Have Ian Rankin's newest book lined up to read next. ('Standing in another man's grave')

Have never read anything by him before, but have heard he is very good.

Stevie888 · 06-08-2013 9:30pm

Just finished High Fidelity, it's hilarious, mainly due to how close to the bone it is! Haven't laughed do much whilst reading a book in a long time, but sad aswel.

Next up will be Niall Fergusons "Empire", which should be interesting.

Barna77 · 06-08-2013 9:36pm

Stevie888 wrote: »

Just finished High Fidelity, it's hilarious, mainly due to how close to the bone it is! Haven't laughed do much whilst reading a book in a long time, but sad aswel.

Yeah, I enjoyed reading it, but the movie was disappointing.

Local-womanizer · 06-08-2013 9:41pm

Started reading "The Aquariums of Pyongyang"

It's the true story of a North Korean defector to South Korea. Good read so far

Whatsernamex33 · 06-08-2013 9:42pm

Harry Potter et les Reliques de la Mort - The 7th book in French. Working my way through it.

Talib Fiasco · 06-08-2013 9:51pm

I just got "The 48 Laws of Power" by Robert Greene. Looks really really good but I'll need some proper free quite time to get stuck into it.

Stevie888 · 06-08-2013 10:05pm

Barna77 wrote: »

Yeah, I enjoyed reading it, but the movie was disappointing.

Agreed, think it would have worked better if they had have kept it true to the book and set it in England rather then America.

stephenken · 06-08-2013 10:12pm

I am reading Cuckoo's Calling by JK Rowling ......have read bout 40 pgs. and I like her style !!!

--Kaiser-- · 07-08-2013 9:20am

East of Eden by John Steinback.
Slightly slow start but it became very compelling very quickly

deadeye187 · 07-08-2013 9:24am

Just finished 'the secret footballer'

now reading 'the meadow kashmir 1995 where the terror began' really good reading

ibarelycare · 07-08-2013 10:17am

QuiteInterestin wrote: »

Northern Lights by Philip Pullman, good so far!

Amazing books...pity about the movie

I must actually read them again, it's been a good few years.

caustic 1 · 07-08-2013 10:19am

John Connolly, The burning Soul......Meh bored with it.

Ormus · 07-08-2013 11:02am

McChubbin wrote: »

I just purchased Gone Girl. I'm saving it for my holiday reading. I'm told it's suposed to be quite gripping.

Probably the worst book I've ever read.

Anne & Barry would put it to shame.

saggycaggy · 07-08-2013 12:46pm

Ormus wrote: »

Probably the worst book I've ever read.

Anne & Barry would put it to shame.

I've just finished it and the ending was such a let down, very disappointed in it.

Starting And the Mountains Echoed today.

vitani · 07-08-2013 1:04pm

Ormus wrote: »

Probably the worst book I've ever read.

Anne & Barry would put it to shame.

I loved the first half, but the second half didn't do much for me.

Reading 'The Sense of an Ending' by Julian Barnes at the moment. Much more my style.

FloatingVoter · 07-08-2013 1:08pm

Just coming to the end of Dominion by CJ Samson. Very like Fatherland in an alternative history way. Going to start on JK Rowling and the Cuckoo Calling thing next. Given that I enjoyed Casual Vacancy I have high hopes.

rock chic · 07-08-2013 9:24pm

reading Ring by Stephen Baxter its soooo tecnicahal i wont be buying any more of his books il finish it anyway but not my type of sci fi

JohnMearsheimer · 07-08-2013 9:27pm

I'm reading Vietnam: The Definitive Oral History, Told From All Sides by Christian G. Appy. It's a fantastic account of the Vietnam war told from military, social and political perspectives.

RayCon · 07-08-2013 9:32pm

Just finished This Love Is Not For Cowards: Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juárez by Robert Andrew Powell.

A sports book but much more than that ... an insiders look at a full season with Juarez's Indios, the city's beloved underdog soccer team ... a city that just happens to be murder capital of the world.

QuiteInterestin · 07-08-2013 10:53pm

ibarelycare wrote: »

Amazing books...pity about the movie I must actually read them again, it's been a good few years.

+ 1, just finished Northern Lights, addictive reading. I've just ordered The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass from amazon, probably won't be here til next Wednesday though

dancin ted danson · 07-08-2013 10:54pm

I bought Jane Eyre yesterday.

Rented Mule · 09-08-2013 4:25pm

shockwave wrote: »

Reading Dan Browns new one Inferno, about halfway through and im bored.

I just finished 'The Lost Symbol'. While I really enjoyed the book, the wind down took far too long. It was sixty pages after all of the 'action' finished up.

Davyhal · 09-08-2013 4:34pm

Finished The Book Thief and Sherlock Holmes. Went into the book shop and bought Nineteen Eighty Four. Was on my way home and it struck me that lately I have been reading mainly classics and heavy content books lately, so I decided to take a break for a few weeks, so I just popped into the book shop again and bought the Percy Jackson series. The woman behind the counter (who knows my reading habits too well at this stage) just said "You just bought nineteen eighty four! You have been reading such good literature lately. Don't revert back to the fantasy and sci-fi! The fact that these books are in the childrens section, not even the young adults section, says a lot"... I just told her I needed something light and unoccupying for a few weeks. As my friend said to me, it says Age 9+, it doesnt give an upper age limit!

Ice Storm · 09-08-2013 4:36pm

^ Judgemental much? I wouldn't be impressed with that attitude!

vitani · 09-08-2013 5:22pm

That's awful. I like the classics as much as anyone but sometimes I just need to switch off for a while and read something like 'The Hunger Games' or some chick lit.

old hippy · 09-08-2013 5:25pm

On the second Game of Thrones book. Best chapters, as with the first, are Tyrion ones.

09-08-2013 6:14pm

Davyhal wrote: »

I needed something light and unoccupying for a few weeks.

I read some weighty stuff related to work and while I do like a lot of heavier literary fiction, I often escape into fluffy, easy reads and authors I know will entertain but not challenge me.

I hate snobbery around reading. It doesn't always have to be about expanding your mind (though that is good!), it can also just be fun and relaxing, and that's every bit as worthwhile as getting to the end of Ulysses and understanding every nuance.

ETA: I'm reading 'The Lost Labyrinth' by Will Adams, it's an adventure but I've only started and I'm not sure it's my thing at all.

looking_around · 09-08-2013 11:13pm

Davyhal wrote: »

You have been reading such good literature lately. Don't revert back to the fantasy and sci-fi! The fact that these books are in the childrens section, not even the young adults section, says a lot"... I just told her I needed something light and unoccupying for a few weeks. As my friend said to me, it says Age 9+, it doesnt give an upper age limit!

What's wrong with fantasy? ..~tuts~

I dislike that some genres are seen as "good" reading while others "bad".
And this his whole "that's a childrens book, don't read that". :rolleyes:
As if age level and subject is what makes a book worth reading

It was the same reactions that put me off a local book club I used to be part of. __

Currently reading: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9642220-a-shadow-on-the-glass
24% in, and it's alright, but already too much of "there is NO escape...oh wait, look over there" ..and apparently that continues throughout ><

eamon234 · 11-08-2013 5:17pm

Just finished Hugh Howey's Dust (final part of the Wool series.) Was lucky enough to get the only digital copy from Hugh himself! Also managed (no idea how!) to be allowed the first published review. Such a nice guy.
If anyone's interested the review is here
Also have a very rare signed first edition of Wool to give away!

GLaDOS · 13-08-2013 11:02pm

Finished Prince of the Blood last week. A decent read, step down form the Riftwar saga level though.

Flew through Neil Gaiman's latest, The Ocean at the End of the Lane. An intriguing read. I enjoyed it, but can't fully make my mind up about it, may come back and reread at a later date.

Now on Good Omens by Sir Terry and Neil Gaiman (unintentional NG spree). Needed something light hearted and this is fitting the bill nicely.

ChewChew · 13-08-2013 11:04pm

The curious incident of the dog in the nighttime. Enjoyable read

pharmaton · 13-08-2013 11:04pm

just inhaled the alchemist, with a cup of tea. Quick enjoyable read don't know why I didn't read before.

What book are you reading atm??

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