Thread: What book are you reading right now?

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

^Yep. That and convincing your wife that she needs to be able to handle all the admin crap in case something happens to you. Plus, keep the kids tied up dawn to dark with school and tutors.

Sounds like a full time job.

Hmm, I shall try this 'Not working' thing you speak of . . .

Great thread.

I mostly read when I'm working.

^Don't you mean not working.

Ok, I mostly read when I'm getting paid

^ that's the beauty of the galaxy note phone - doubles nicely as an ereader

I can't seem to get into ereaders and for this reason I generally sway towards books that can be squeezed into a back or combat pocket.

The Surgeon Of Crowthorne
Simon Winchester





Murder, Madmen and the Oxford Dictionary.

The dictionary is probably the most boring book on earth, no story, plot or characters.
This book tells of how it came to be written and the strange nature of one of it's major contributors.

Did you know it took 70 years to compile?

I'm just reading A guide to being born - stories , by Romona Ausubel .
Well I'm not actually reading it , as usual free text to speech queen Ivona Amy is reading it to me on my android tablet.

I was looking for a Book I read years ago - stories by surrealists- or something , via image search search, but could not find it , instead saw and loved the cover of this book and so decided to read it .





It's book , of short stories - I've read two , the first about about a bunch of already dead ? grandmothers who find themselves on a ship, and the second a couple with an disabled - autistic ? daughter.

Wonderfully written, if a little crazy so far - but my own brain could do with a few more turns of the screwdriver so ...

Perhaps a chics books , but I don't mind those .. as long as women write them .

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A Guide to Being Born: Stories: Ramona Ausubel: 9781594487958: Amazon.com: Books

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Originally Posted by Necron99

The Surgeon Of Crowthorne
Simon Winchester





Murder, Madmen and the Oxford Dictionary.

The dictionary is probably the most boring book on earth, no story, plot or characters.
This book tells of how it came to be written and the strange nature of one of it's major contributors.

Did you know it took 70 years to compile?

What's it like? I enjoyed his book about Krakatoa's 1883 (or was it 1889?) eruption, but tried another and didnt like it.

^ Interesting enough story. Can be a little repetitive at times, but mostly a good read.


Now reading

The Forge of Christendom
Tom Holland.

Basically the history of western europe from the dark ages (500 ad) on through the 1100's. Mostly based around the influence and changing nature of the Popes.

Quite good.

My Mother could give you a Guide to Being Born Again

Onto a bit of light reading.



Detective/Action type story.

Not bad, a little flowery prose sometimes that feels a bit put on. But a page turner, nonetheless.

Just started on;

Iron Kingdom; The Rise and Downfall of Prussia
Christopher Clark.

At the end of WW2 the Allies declared the state of Prussia extinct.
Deemed to be the cause of Germanic aggression the state and all it's functions were dissolved.

This book traces it's history from 1600 to 1947.

It's 6000 (i)pages....I'm gonna be a while.

Good!

Chic book? It's a testosterone filled, action packed thriller!

And Im on page 64% on the kindle!



*mutter mutter*

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Chic book? It's a testosterone filled, action packed thriller!

And Im on page 64% on the kindle!



*mutter mutter*

Dean Koontz is like Stephen King for adolescent girls.
Got his big break when his first novella was serialized in "Dolly".
I think he wrote Blue Lagoon.

I did say light reading after having finished Sarum.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

I did say light reading after having finished Sarum.

I thought you had been reading Watership Down..
Can you send me Sarum? (If it's any good)

Someone else.

Sarum, sure. I thought I had posted here about it but you were sorry busy posting 15 books a day it must be buried 27 pages back...

It is good (like most Edward Rutherfood's books). I just lost interest in it over the last couple of chapters, and so it dragged out.

it follows the usual format of telling a historical account of an area/city/country, in this case based around Salisbury Cathedral and Stone Henge. Different fictional families are intertwined throughout the story and in particular some interesting history of England through the middle ages.

Rereading this. It's ok, very good in parts. Worth a read.