[Misc] What Book are you Currently Reading?

[Goldstone Rapper]

"The Gruffalo's Child."

...about a hundred f***ing times a night.

Not a patch on the original, is it?

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Defiance - about the WWII Jewish 'forest partisans'

 

[Basil Fawlty]

I'm currently reading Game of Thrones. Absolutely superb. Can't put it down!

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Shadow of the Titanic. Fascinating book about the survivors - exposing the darker side of those (largely first class) passengers who survived - bribes being paid not to turn back the half empty lifeboats to pick up people in the water, men who took the places of women in the lifeboats etc. and how their reputations were ruined because of it.

 

[Man of Harveys]

Girls Like Us by Sheila Weller - about the careers of Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Carly Simon. And and I'm steadily ploughing my way through Simon Schama's Embarrassment Of Riches and the History Of The World In 100 Objects by the British Museum chappy. One day I'd like to be reading only one book at a time.

 

[Meade's Ball]

I'm reading The Last Word by Mark Illis. Only 40 pages or so in, but it's ok. Not fantabulous, but ok thus far.
http://www.markillis.co.uk/

 

[Basil Fawlty]

I highly recommend 4 books by James Holland called. The Odin Mission, Darkest Hour, Blood of Honor and Hellfire. They're all involving a fiction soldier called Jack Tanner. It is like Sharpe, but basically a WW2 version of Sharpe.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Anyone ever read Infinite Jest by David Foster-Wallace - something like 1000 pages long - is it worth it would be my question as it's one that's forever been on my 'to read' list.

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

Just finished Heartstone by CJ Sansom. Last book so far in the Shardlake series set around the reign of Henry viii. Great author - highly recommend all his books.
While I am here, can anyone recommend any other good historical fiction apart from Cornwell.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

(2011)Marcus Tullius Cicero, In defence of the Republic Translation by Siobhan McEleduff, Pengiun Classics

I have to report sources exactly now for my OU degree stuff, so I am getting into practice...LOL

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Ben Hope number 3, I think. Looking for something new soon, for the kindle, fancy a classic that I've not read begore

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Just finished Heartstone by CJ Sansom. Last book so far in the Shardlake series set around the reign of Henry viii. Great author - highly recommend all his books.
While I am here, can anyone recommend any other good historical fiction apart from Cornwell.

If you want ancient history, try the Manfreddi books. His trilogy on Alexander is excellent as is his books about Sparta.

 

[Bold Seagull]

We Need to Talk About Alan, Alan Partridge, and it is laugh out loud funny.

 

[lost in london]

Back From The Brink - Alasdair Darling. Bought it because it was cheap in the Kindle sale, it's turned out to be incredibly engrossing. Way more interesting than I thought it would be and makes you realise just how close things got to being completely f'd.

 

[Don Quixote]

Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee.

 

[Jonno]

Language, Saussure and Wittgenstein by Roy Harris

 

[DumLum]

We Need to Talk About Alan, Alan Partridge, and it is laugh out loud funny.

It certainly is!

There are many, many laugh out load moments.

Two that come to mind:

1) ' 41 Denise '
2) His view about University Education being outdated and not needed anymore as we now have Wikipedia.

 

[Surf's Up]

One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Bradshaw's guide 1,2,3 4 as seen on TV it's a reprint but original type set.

 

[Le Premier Cru]

Caracole, by Edmund White. Richly woven fiction, and really quite erotic in places.