What book are you reading right now?

**SiLeakHunt** · 17-03-2009, 04:43 PM

I've just ordered, "If this is a man" by Primo Levi and I've also got the dubious pleasure of leafing my way through "An introduction to sedimentary petrology" by Maurice E Tucker.

Cheers

**November Rain** · 07-04-2009, 07:03 AM

'The Soul of a Chef' by Michael Ruhlman. Picked this one up by pure chance at a book swap (it was still on the table & I thought I'd take it rather than leave it there). Excellent book if you're a foodie. True life accounts of the CIA (no, not the spy one) and it's Master Chef test, and of the chefs behind a couple of the US's great restaurants of the late 90's. Even some recipes at the back, along with a lot of techniques. It's written in an interesting way, though, not just dry facts. Surprisingly good.

**beano** · 07-04-2009, 07:43 AM

I'm glad it's not the Central Intelligence Agency you're talking about.
The mind boggles at the thought of what one of their recipe books might contain.
Castro Surprise?
Sauteed Allende Sweetbreads?

**November Rain** · 04-07-2009, 06:40 PM

Can't believe I've bumped this from pg 5! Bunch of illiterates!

OK, the one I've just finished is 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak. Gorgeous prose and an interesting take on Nazi Germany. The narrator is Death. One of my all time top ten books. Highly recommended.

**Lily** · 04-07-2009, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by EmperorTud

Istanbul - Orhan Pamuk

Was that written by a man who grew up in Istanbul as part of a large extended family that lived in a family apartment block, when young and is full of reminiscing about Istanbul as it was then?

**Deck Ape** · 04-07-2009, 09:31 PM

Just finished 'Tough Guys Don't Dance' by Norman Mailer. Good read. It's a mystery set in Provincetown, Mass. Sex, drugs and murder feature prominently so it'd probably appeal to the TD crowd.

Currently reading 'Curses, Broiled Again'. A collection of newspaper columns dealing with American urban legends.

**seamusogin** · 04-07-2009, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by beano

#641 (permalink) beano Akha Last Online: 16-05-2009 01:20 PM Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 799 Yes, Burdett writes a good yarn, I've enjoyed all three of his Bangkok books. I discovered John Connelly last year and have worked my way through his thrillers. Harry Bosch is a great character. Last month my Mum gave me three of Lee Child's books and I just started the second. Easy reading. Just finished one of James Lee Burke's books, I like him better than Child.

God man your reading the same book's as me !!! burdett's first bangkok book was I thought very good, the other two just ok imo.
I think you mean michael connelly for the harry bosch charactor, Love this series and have read most of them.

Lee child AKA Jack Reacher, Great easy reading " Men want to be him ,women want to be with him " corny shit but I love it

**TexasRanger** · 04-07-2009, 09:49 PM

Just finishing Harlen Cobban (The woods) and can't wait to get stuck into my new Lee Child book on the plane tonight, I plan to finish it before L.A.

**somtamslap** · 04-07-2009, 10:01 PM

I'm struggling through this at the moment..

"Joch noi mai yaak dtoh"

My daughter loves the pictures..

**Happyman** · 04-07-2009, 10:06 PM

The Rise and Fall of the British Empire
Lawrence James

Reading it through a steady flow of tears which started around page 599 !!!!

**SiLeakHunt** · 05-07-2009, 01:00 AM

PERRY BOYS ABROAD by Ian Hough

**Storekeeper** · 05-07-2009, 01:16 PM

New Perspectives on Philosophy and Education, Gutek G.L.

**Rural Surin** · 05-07-2009, 06:55 PM

Lords of Things: The Fashioning of the Siamese Monarch's Modern Image, by Maurizio Peleggi. The Rise and Decline of Thai Absolutism, by Kullada Kesbuonoho Mead.

**jizzybloke** · 05-07-2009, 07:26 PM

got a new one yesterday but not started it yet.
Blowback by Micheal Forwell and Lee Bullman

**Tao** · 05-07-2009, 10:09 PM

Eric Clapton's autobiography. Haven't read it yet.

**Rural Surin** · 06-07-2009, 06:26 PM

Originally Posted by constantinum

micheal chrichton's" state of fear"

How old is that book?

**SiLeakHunt** · 07-07-2009, 12:29 AM

Any Old Iron by Anthony Burgess

**bustak** · 07-07-2009, 11:34 AM

Originally Posted by somtamslap

I'm struggling through this at the moment..

"Joch noi mai yaak dtoh"

My daughter loves the pictures..

don't give away the ending, but I hope Little Josh doesn't grow up!

I'm reading A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle. It's labeled new age, but if you've read any books on the Heart Sutra, or any basic Buddhist texts, you'd realize it's a modern explanation of the Buddha's beautiful teachings. I think Tolle does a wonderful job at presenting this information.

**good2bhappy** · 07-07-2009, 11:40 AM

I read Little Josh with my daughter yesterday
I am rereading Vikram Seth's "A suitable boy"

**somtamslap** · 07-07-2009, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by bustak

don't give away the ending, but I hope Little Josh doesn't grow up!

there's an amazing twist at the end allowing Little Josh to have the best of both worlds.. Why am I polluting my daughter's mind with such fiction??

Originally Posted by good2bhappy

I read Little Josh with my daughter yesterday

Is there a series of the Little Josh books or did you read the same one? I think there great. Excellent for my Thai reading skills too.

**November Rain** · 07-07-2009, 04:25 PM

Originally Posted by somtamslap

Is there a series of the Little Josh books

There's a series. Littl'un used to have one which featured Josh going to school & mum cooking different meals for everyone at the end. Can't remember what it was called, but it wasn't the one you have.

**Rural Surin** · 07-07-2009, 06:26 PM

Latest issue of the Granta journal....

pompeybloke · 07-07-2009, 07:32 PM

Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'. Fourth time now; don't usually re-read but class has no depths, and each time there's something new, or something missed from the previous read. A particular page has to be re-read a number of times to grasp, or maybe I'm just thick.

Conrad is class, as is Dickens and Orwell. English isn't even Conrad's native tongue, so how good was he? Bloody good IMO

**Rural Surin** · 07-07-2009, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by pompeybloke

Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness'. Fourth time now; don't usually re-read but class has no depths, and each time there's something new, or something missed from the previous read. A particular page has to be re-read a number of times to grasp, or maybe I'm just thick.

Conrad is class, as is Dickens and Orwell. English isn't even Conrad's native tongue, so how good was he? Bloody good IMO

Interesting to note. Outside of his speculative ficticious work, Conrad's adventures throughout 19th century SE Asia is well documented. Fascinating, if you are a interested behind the stimulation of the man..."Lord Jim", etc.

**Jet Gorgon** · 12-07-2009, 06:32 AM

^ Love Conrad.
I was sorting out my little library and came across a bound edition of The Strand Magazine, Jul-Dec 1891. "Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times in Their Lives", Sherlock Holmes, stories of street corner men, cats, kids' street games, tons of illustrations. Fun.

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