What book(s) are you reading at the moment?

[Omar Little]

^ *steals sojourn's new book*
ahhh, you see what I did there? layers upon layers, dreams within dreams...

[LordSnow]

I haven't read so much as a page in weeks but I'm currently a few chapters into A Malazan Book of the Fallen: Book 8, Toll The Hounds.

Good fantasy series, doesn't fall into the trap of overextending the plot like most fantasy writers tend to end up doing, since it ends at book 10. Still a bit of a difficult read, you'd need to be properly into it to put up with Steven Eriksons style.

[Mortigantoj]

The IKEA catalogue

[Johnni]

^ I like reading catalogues like that, dont know why cos i dont have a say as to how i decorate the house.

[Butterfly2020]

I'm currently working my way through The Hunger Games trilogy

[ßazza]

Enemy combatant.

I already knew the synopsis but came across it in a charity shop when I was volunteering there about 6 months ago - so I bought it. Just got around to reading it recently. About two thirds through.

Its quite informative for issues I already mostly aware of (For example Mi5/6 are idiots>Actual intelligence. As is evident in this retelling and contrary to what we see on t.v) but the emotional/first hand retelling is quite surreal.

I regret not reading it sooner and only getting my hands on it by pure chance rather than buying it properly. (Rather than at a discount at a charity shop lol.)

[Vanessa]

Struggling to read it a bit though as I have to get into the 'habit' of reading. If I stop for a few days it throws everything off

[Last Chance Undies]

I tend to lose concentration when anxiety kicks in....I have a few books on the go at any one time. So at the moment, I am reading Choices And Illusions (interesting book about how the mind works) The Highly Sensitive Child by Elaine Aron and Have A Little Faith by Mitch Albom.

Oh...and Gin O Clock by the Queen of Twitter for reading on the bog.

[Cleo]

The Weird Sisters, recommended by assistant in Waterstones, Oxford. A book, I find, that needs to be read in peace and quiet in big chunks. I think I'm enjoying it. Not having your education, I find the references to Shakespearn plays are lost on me, except the obvious ones. For instance, I didn't realize, until reading it, that the title referred to the witches in Macbeth.

[Munkeh]

Just finished reading this, was a nice breezy summer read.

[ghost.of.an.englishman]

Starting this, anyone read it?

[Reasonable Doubt]

Unravelling Capitalism by Joseph Choonara. It's basically a primer on Marxist theory, so not exactly a barrel of laughs, but much more accessible than most books on the subject. Just finished 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism by Ha-Joon Chang last week, which does a pretty good job of debunking some of the common free-market myths from a fairly moderate, centre-left perspective.

I've also been meaning to make a start on Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber, but its sheer size makes it look rather intimidating up there on the shelf. Some other time, maybe.

[Vanessa]

The Bourne Identity is on hiatus because 1984 (orwell) arrived in the post.

[Munkeh]

Started this...



After finishing 'Lords and Ladies - Terry Pratchett'

[Captain Nemo]

My first Somerset Maugham, supposedly based on the life of Paul Gauguin. A good read so far.


My 100th post!

[custom_fusion-lqx]

im reading a playboy


ahhh my jokes are horrific

[Wumbo]

Don Quixote.

[Mr. Spaceman]

I just finished Wiseblood by Flannery O'Connor. It was dead good

[LordSnow]

I am reading Dead to the World, of the Southern Vampire Mysteries series.

[Ubyse]

[ghost.of.an.englishman]

Originally Posted by Narwhal

I want to start reading Infinite Jest some time soon, but it looks rather intimidating - I've been putting it off!

You should give it a go, though it's v v long Infinte Jest is so witty and clever that's it's actually often really fun to read.

So far The Pale King is wry, arch, brainy, but hasn't grabbed me like Infinte Jest did, hopefully this will change as I wade through it.

[Reasonable Doubt]

[Munkeh]

Originally Posted by Narwhal

Started that a while back and got half way through. I kept getting thrown off by the story change, couldn't get into it. Been deliberating over whether to go back to it or not...

I think it's worth persevering with, though I did find it drags a bit about half way.

Just started this now...

[wintertulip]

Lauren - classic novels are usually free (those old enough to be out of copyright). Personally, I tend to find pre-20th century novels hard work, with the exception of Thomas Hardy. If you can find any of his offered for free, I'd recommend them.

[Xithium]

I'm about halfway through Raymond Feist's Magician at the moment. Once I've finished, it's on to this...

Originally Posted by Munkeh

Just started this now...

I don't want to catch up to the latest book, though, and then have the massive wait for the next to come out

[Spectrelight]

I'm reading this at the moment, heard some of the stories before but it's still a good read.



and slowly getting through this as well. I think I'll start spending more time with it once I finish Slash's book.

[Reasonable Doubt]

Just started this:



It traces the gradual development of British representative governance from the Levellers in the mid-1600s right through to the eventual capitulation of New Labour at the turn of the millennium. Foot was a journalist rather than a historian, which actually helps here as his writing is more nimble and engaging than you find in some history books. The book is nearly 500 pages long, though, so it's probably not for the faint-hearted.

[waine]

Just finished Jon Richardson comedian from 8 out of 10 cats it's not me it's you book based on his preference for perfection OCD tendencies
first quote of the book is solitude is the enemy if well being

[wintertulip]

I'm reading Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks. It's a novel, but it's teaching me a lot about the development of psychology. Good read.

[SUPERem]

I've just finished the 50 shades trilogy.. :D