What Are You Reading?

Fergus_

How Many Miles to Babylon and Empire of the Sun for school

Mr. Rager

Don't read much but atm I'm reading Shadow Wave by Michael Muchamore

Skintwin

Revolutionary Europe,
The Age of Revolution,
Europe in the Eighteenth Century,
The French Revolution and Enlightenment in England,
New Foundations: Ireland 1660 - 1800,
Ireland Before the Famine, and
Church and State in Tudor Ireland.

Oh college history, how I've missed you! :rolleyes:

EuropeanSon

Ash_M

A Game of Thrones. Finally, been on the to-read list for ages..

highlydebased

EuropeanSon wrote: »

that's on my list!

EuropeanSon

highlydebased wrote: »

that's on my list!

Really good so far. His characterisations are excellent.

marko93

Gave up on Game Of Thrones for the moment, just dont get enough time to indulge in the that world.
Start World War Z, which so far im loving. It's a book of peoples accounts, so i can pick up whenever which suits me atm.

DoBhrionn

Reading several at the moment
Moab is my washpot - Stephen Fry
The Fry Chronicles - Stephen Fry
Both of which are quite interesting.
The same can't be said for school books, I hate 6th year!

DoBhrionn

marko93 wrote: »

Gave up on Game Of Thrones for the moment, just dont get enough time to indulge in the that world.
Start World War Z, which so far im loving. It's a book of peoples accounts, so i can pick up whenever which suits me atm.

I've read it, it's amazing. Written beautifully.
They're making a movie roughly based on the book!

Jamie Starr

The Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad.

jefreywithonef

^ I accidentally bought two of those within a week. Must start it soon.

Jamie Starr

jefreywithonef wrote: »

^ I accidentally bought two of those within a week. Must start it soon.

Writing style is excellent, manages to have the kind of scope you'd expect from a novel in whatever it is, 160-something pages.

Also bought Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf and I'm hoping to pick up The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus, since I'm in Holland on Erasmus and folly seems to be a key factor of life at the moment.

marko93

DoBhrionn wrote: »

I've read it, it's amazing. Written beautifully.
They're making a movie roughly based on the book!

Rainbows will be shat.

Robby91

marko93 wrote: »

Rainbows will be shat.

Rainbows will be shat, you say? :pac:
(I don't understand why I have these links that are relevant to the most obscure things...)

Also, so I amn't entirely off-topic, I'm currently reading Dark Adeptus (still part of the Grey Knights omnibus), just so I can finish it and get started on the Horus Heresy novels which, apparently, are fantastic.

Insect Overlord

Agnostic Mantis wrote: »

Writing style is excellent, manages to have the kind of scope you'd expect from a novel in whatever it is, 160-something pages.

I have a copy of "Heart of Darkness" that's only 90-odd pages long, but the font is tiny. I thought I'd read it in a night or two but it ended up taking me ages! Well worth it though.

Seren_

Insect Overlord wrote: »

I have a copy of "Heart of Darkness" that's only 90-odd pages long, but the font is tiny. I thought I'd read it in a night or two but it ended up taking me ages! Well worth it though.

Little green one that cost like €3? I had the exact same problem :pac:

The fact that Heart of Darkness is also sh1te didn't help either.

TheFlamingo

Right now I'm reading The Help. Only a couple of chapters in but seems interesting so far! Always like reading the book before I see the film...

Before that I read the Hunger Games trilogy which was fantastically bleak.

Insect Overlord

I'm nine and a half chapters into "Peig: A Scéal Féin". Party on. :cool:

Lawliet

Just finished 'Skulduggery Pleasant: Death Bringer'
Children really do get the best books.

jefreywithonef

I'm going back over the wonderful Trent thread, so many great one liners.

EuropeanSon

jefreywithonef wrote: »

I'm going back over the wonderful Trent thread, so many great one liners.

Thank you so much for linking to that. Amazing.

My favourite:

Also there was lots of fog an orphan tried to beg off trent but his cries for food were no match for trents tiger style hurricane kick

Jackobyte

jefreywithonef wrote: »

I'm going back over the wonderful Trent thread, so many great one liners.

I had completely forgotten that. That used be great.

Linky

highlydebased

Just finished this



A short but enjoyable read. Defo gonna look for more of his stuff

Niamh94

Just finished the Hunger Games trilogy - again. I've lost count of how many times I've read the books at this stage, they're just amazing, read the last one within 6 hours of getting it in the post after pre-ordering on amazon :O

Robby91

Currently reading False Gods by Graham McNeill. I don't think any other book I've read recently has made me despise a character for his sneaky, despicable ways - so far, it's been a really good read (both as a novel, and an insight into the lore of the WH40k universe)

EuropeanSon

Finally finished The Idiot by Dostoevsky today. Fabulous book. Next up is American Gods by Neil Gaiman.

J_E

Read 1984. Again. What can I say, it's just one of those special books that I hold a very special place for in my heart.

OakeyDokey

^^^

Brilliant book I'll have to purchase myself a copy when I'm next in town.

Fergus_

Empire of the Sun

Have to read it for school, zzzzzzzzzzzz