[Closed] What are you reading...?

The pale horseman from Bernard Cornwell. It's alright, part of a trilogy of four books. ALfred the Great Vs The Danes, sword fighting and such.

Spanish for idiots. Does what it says on the tin.

infinite jest by david foster wallace, about halfway through, only another 450 odd pages to go!

Sadly I'm not reading anything at the moment, since the demise of the local Borders I've benn too apathetic to get into the local town and browse the appalling selection that WH Smiths have.

Have just read Callsign Hades by Paddy Bury though. Good read.

The Tipping Point and The Innovator's Dilemma. I don't do fiction.

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Slowly getting through Don't Know Much About History and America, Empire of Liberty.
Just finished Sebastian Faulks' A Week in December. Very weak and cliched.
Just starting Spies of the Balkans by Alan Furst.

Have a interest in reading The Calculus Diaries by Jennifer Ouellette. If any of you guys have and fancy giving a review.

Brighton Rock, Graham Greene.

This will be followed by Walden, Thoreau. Then maybe Teaching a Stone to Talk, Annie Dillard.

Last: [i]Just Kids[/i] by Patti Smith - memoir of the early seventies New York art and music scenes (Max's, the Chelsea Hotel, etc) before she was famous.

Next: dunno, I'll grab something from the pile 🙂

[i]This will be followed by Walden, Thoreau[/i]

One of my favourite books ever. Shame he was born too early to own a mountain bike.

Last book was Heat by Bill Buford.

Very enjoyable and informative food book, written by a former New Yorker editor. I wasn't enthusiastic about another bloody food book, but the quality of his writing won me over.

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Legend of a Suicide by David Vann.

Kinda traumatic but I've started so I'll finish!

just finished a second chance at eden by peter f hamilton
currently indulging in
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and next up is the scar by china mieville or possibly generation kill depends how the mood takes me

All The President's Men, Bernstein & Woodward. Gripping from page 1

The Plague by Albert Camus.

I'm struggling with it to be honest. 🙂

[i]The Rider[/i] by Tim Krabbe- although I must admit I haven't picked it up for a while.

imperial life in the emerald city by rajiv chandrasekaran.

The view of the aftermath of the iraq war from inside the former palace of saddam

so far, very good.

I'm between books at the moment, until the new Robert Rankin plops through my letterbox tomorrow (hopefully).

The Flashman series is good, there is one in Glenbuck bothy that I've dipped into on my occasional visits.

I'm currently reading Lanark by Alaisdair Gray, and so far it is exceeding the (old) hype.

Currently reading The Chamber John Grisham (not at all heavy) nextbook will be Peugeot 206 Hdi owners manual Haynes. 😆

Just finished The Dharma Bums, just started The Qur'an, it's quite a read so far.

Just about to finish Rifleman Costello.......errr i'm a bit sad like that though 😐

Waderider, I left a copy of 'The Omen' in Suileag bothy if you're interested 😀

Currently reading the Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, having recently read The Testament of Gideon Mack, which borrows heavily from it.

In between I'm reading Mountains of the Mind by Robert McFarlane, but not wildly gripped, probably because I've been to so few of the mountains he talks about.

Also got a copy of 'Lochan of the Green Corrie' gathering dust under the bed, I loved the style of writing but haven't been in the mood to finish it, the story is a little meandering.

So, Bear, you've looked at hinduism, are looking at islam so I guess it will be the Guru Granth Sahib next?

I'm reading A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian which is surprisingly jolly.

I'm reading Harlan Coben - The Final Detail (reading lots of his stuff at the moment)

Although its slow going because I have to fit it between reading various chemistry textbooks!

Just about to finish this

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Finished [i]One Day[/i] by David Nicholls last week, partly picked because they shot some of the movie around the corner from me last month. Good book. I think it's the 6th thing I've read on my Kindle, still really enjoying it.

Currently reading [i][url= http://craphound.com/makers/ ]Makers[/url][/i] by Cory Doctorow. He has an interesting approach to ebooks - gives them away in every possible format because it's better than attempting the impossible task of stamping out piracy. Then if you like it, buy it or buy a copy for an institution that wants one. Nice model. The book is pretty good so far too in a geeky kind of way.

Well if anyone wants to read my dissertation on natural plant hallucinogens, you can download a free copy via my blog 🙂

Just finishing up the Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. I've read this before but I don't remember any of it. Still very good. Particularily interesting seeing real world characters popping in and out of the alt-history.

Still working my way through "Defence of the Realm: The Official History of MI5". Got it at Christmas, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it even if it is very detailed, but kids and life in general have prevented me from giving it the time it needs and deserves.

Need to hurry up, as the MI6 book will be on the Xmas list this year!

Sean Condon's 'Drive Thru America', it's a Lonely Planet travelogue detailing his coast-to-coast roadtrip. Very amusing.

I'm also working my way through the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels, having thoroughly enjoyed the recent movie adaptation.

Brighton Rock is fantastic!

Also, you cannot go wrong with Flashman, every book is a winner.

Breakfast of Champions - Kurt Vonnegut

Just finished the Rotters' Club, about to start The Slap

Nick

I'll be the only honest one and say STW.

Currently: Rubicon, a history of the fall of the Roman Republic and the rise of the Roman Empire.

Next: Home by Tim Relf (Don't bother looking for it, his book didn't do well despite good reviews but he's a mate so...)

[i]Cloud Atlas[/i]. And [i]Feet In The Clouds[/i]. And something else, the title of which I can't remember.

This will be followed by Walden, Thoreau.

Hard-going in places, but well worth it.

Just finished the latest Pratchett and looking for something else. Luckily, we have a well stocked library at work 🙂

Ayn Rand - The Virtue of Selfishness

Halfway through Ozzy Osbournes autobiography - hilarious 😆

Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis, it's very good.
Just getting to the end of The first Thomas Covenant novel, which is OK,
Just finished Odd Thomas by Kootz, that was good,
Just about to start Firewall by Andy McNab
About a quarter of the way through Cram for CISSP, which is a bit dry but important.

A book about an ultra marathon runner.

Just starting the third of the Stieg Larsson Millennium trilogy "The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest". These books have kept me reading until the early hours most nights, hence feeling perpetually knackered during the day.

Reading [i]Perfecting Sound Forever - The Story of Recorded Music[/i] by Greg Milner, and [i]Zero History[/i] by William Gibson.