Just finished the Skylark series by EE Doc Smith. Again. For the umpteenth time. Stephen Baxter "The Flood" next I think.
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epicsteve - Member
Was looking for a cycling non-friction so looks like Mark Beaumont - The cyclist who rode round the world
Is that any good? I watched a bit of one of the TV programs and decided that, if those were anything to go by, the book most be very tedious.I enjoy Josie Dew's books - she does set out to experience the areas she visits, not just get through them as quickly as possible.
epicsteve
Yes, I liked it alot, and read the whole book in a week (which is unusual for me), more interesting than the tv series.Posted 2 years ago # -
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell. Heard so many references to it of late that I thought I should give it a go. Only 50 or so pages in and not exactly gripped yet.
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections - Carl Jung. Cos the mind is a fascinating thing to explore.
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"The Google Story" by David Vice.
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Currently The Outliers - very good so far.
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Have now moved on from Stalingrad and D-Day to Anthony Beevor's 'Berlin'. Truly saddening the way that people are treated by soldiers in war. The Red Army seemed to rape and murder its way west once the Reich began to crumble. Depressing stuff.
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I'm reading bloody STW aren't I? Obviously!
I was reading Cities in Flight by James Blix (?) but I got bored.
I read 'A Pirate of Exquisite Mind' which was good, about William Dampier
I also read 'Under the Dome' by Stephen King, which was alright. Kind of laboured but still somehow a pageturner.
Still in the middle of Schama's excellent History of Britain, now where'd I put that?
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Just finished 'Kill Your Friends' by John Niven - a bit American Psycho but British, it make you squirm as you read.
Next read is 'Sweet Honey, Bitter Lemons - Travels in Sicily on a vespa' By Matthew Fort - a book sure to make me hungry as I read.
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Reading "One Day" by David Nicholls - typical airport book (or so I thought) that I didn't get round to reading on holiday.
Definitely the best character led novel I've read in years - absolutely unputdownable... Witty, clever and strikes so many chords. Brilliant.
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The fiercely impressive Chris Hitchens.
http://www.slate.com/id/2248557/
Personally, I think when Ratzinger steps off the plane at Heathrow in September, we should have him arrested and tried before a court of law, and suitably sentenced.
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except maybe Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
I bought this for my sister's birthday one year, as a real 'I haven't a **** clue what to do' present, expecting to get slated. She loved it, so much so that she's since gone out and found a couple of other books by the guy.I'm reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Hard going! My next book is a collection of Lovecraft, which will also be quite heavy going, I reckon...
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