What book are you reading atm??

Vojera

I finished A Study in Scarlet and it was only okay. Without spoiling anything, halfway through the book it starts telling the story of Mormons in Utah without any explanation. It does dovetail back, but I really felt that that section was far more compelling and engaging than any with Holmes and Watson, which can't be a good thing.

I'm now starting The Sign of Four.

Ormus

Just started The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, pretty gripped already.

tishandy

Read the new Stephan king " Joyland" today, as a massive King fan I was disapointed. A predictable build up to nothing, would have been better as a short story.

GLaDOS

on the river wrote: »

if your cormac mc carty fan i would start with 'child of God' be fore the road.

you will know is writing style and then you wont be confused readind the road

Never read any of his stuff before. Not finding the writing style a problem, flying through it really (after Catch-22 this is nothing :pac:). Though the lack of quotation marks is a bit confusing at times.

Really enjoying it so far anyway (about halfway through), will be sure to check out his other stuff if I feel the same at the conclusion.

8mv

Finding my 'to read' shelf empty, I raided my daughters bookshelves and found Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction by Sue Townsend. I had read the original Mole book when I was a teenager, but had forgotten all about him. This was a very pleasant surprise, witty and light on the surface but with a none too subtle edge underneath. I might go back and check out the ones I skipped.
Next up - a second reading of Wolf Hall.

apieceofcake

Just finished 'Long Way Home' by Eva Dolan...a debut crime novel, focusing on Estonian migrant workers in the UK.

Thought it was absolutely brilliant.

I love when I find a new author and when their book is really as good as it says it is on the cover!!

baron von something

finished Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan.quality read.

now on to Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) - Dan Simmons

baron von something

finished Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan.quality read.

now on to Hyperion (Hyperion Cantos, #1) - Dan Simmons

astonaidan

Just started to read "To Kill A Mockingbird", a pleasure to read compared to Moby Dick which took me months to finish

RahenyD5

Started reading a couple of books at the moment, The Cuckoo's Calling by JK Rowling and the English version of Peig

Custardpi

RahenyD5 wrote: »

Started reading a couple of books at the moment, The Cuckoo's Calling by JK Rowling and the English version of Peig

Good God, why?!?!? :eek: Did you lose a bet??

RahenyD5

Custardpi wrote: »

Good God, why?!?!? :eek: Did you lose a bet??

Out of curiosity to see what the fuss is about also for the sake of Irishness

Hamadeusentman

Vojera wrote: »

I finished A Study in Scarlet and it was only okay. Without spoiling anything, halfway through the book it starts telling the story of Mormons in Utah without any explanation. It does dovetail back, but I really felt that that section was far more compelling and engaging than any with Holmes and Watson, which can't be a good thing.

I'm now starting The Sign of Four.

Massive fan of Conan Doyle. He was a genius.

Censorsh!t

Reading The Secret History by Donna Tartt. So far so good.

The Domonator

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. Bought it years ago but never got around to reading it back then.

c68zapdsm5i1ru

Tried to read Sense and Sensibility by Joanna Trollope at the weekend. I couldn't get past the first couple of chapters. Instead of being a clever update of the Jane Austen novel, it just sounds as if she took a bunch of characters from the eighteenth century and plonked them into the modern age.

FouxDaFaFa

iwantmydinner wrote: »

Jane Eyre.

I've had it on the shelf for aaaages, saw the movie (the new one) recently and loved it so I abandoned the three other books I've been struggling with and am really enjoying it. The writing is gorgeous. Flying through it.

If you're interested, there's a pretty entertaining youtube series from Jane's perspective in modern times. Link.

psychoniamh

Currently reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. About half way through and still trying to decide whether I like it or not (which probably means I don't..) but going to read it to the end regardless. It's quite a jumpy read, as expected from the title, which can be hard to keep up with at times. Looking forward to checking out the film version with Rachel McAdams.

iwantmydinner

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

If you're interested, there's a pretty entertaining youtube series from Jane's perspective in modern times. Link.

Legend, thanks for linking that!

iwantmydinner

psychoniamh wrote: »

Currently reading The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. About half way through and still trying to decide whether I like it or not (which probably means I don't..) but going to read it to the end regardless. It's quite a jumpy read, as expected from the title, which can be hard to keep up with at times. Looking forward to checking out the film version with Rachel McAdams.

I enjoyed the book, but the film... Not so much!

Mister Trebus

Hitler, by Ian Kershaw

miss no stars

The Russia House by John leCarre. Nothing like a good cold war novel.

UpCork

"Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt.

Good but tough going - 700 pages long!

donegal_man

Trying to wade my way through Ayn Rand's "Anthem" at the moment.

Vojera

Hamadeusentman wrote: »

Massive fan of Conan Doyle. He was a genius.

I'm enjoying The Sign of Four much more than A Study in Scarlet. It feels a lot more cohesive and the mystery seems a bit better thought out.

Menas

I was given a book in Sweden a couple of weeks ago. "The Hundred year old Man" by Jonas Jonasson.
Translated from Swedish to English.
It is one of those nice relaxing reads, the story ambles along with a few detours.
Lots of subtle humour in there too. Just the kind of book I am in the mood for.
I am trying to read it slowly to make it last!

GLaDOS

Finished The Road, as grim and miserable as expected, I loved it Will definitely be checking out his other work.

Moving onto Terry Pratchett (Jingo) to cheer me up

Aglomerado

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Finished The Road, as grim and miserable as expected, I loved it Will definitely be checking out his other work.

I started the Road last night, unputdownable (until I dozed off that is)! If I read at the pace I read last night I will finish it tonight. Bleak but beautiful writing.

jimgoose

Generation Kill, by Evan Wright. Gritty, entertaining stuff. :cool:

Aethan Dor

Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson

Right in the middle of his Malazan Book of the Fallen series

Enjoying the series though it's quite multi charactered and complicated at times !

Always fancied the idea of trying to come up with my own Fantasy World setting for my own stories but works like this by Erikson overwhelm me with the sheer size and amount of self created details used !