What book are you reading atm??

Mrs cockett

neris wrote: »

The russia house by John Le Carre. Started reading it between christmas and new year and barely over halfway through it. its not a bad book but i just cant get my head into reading alot in one go since i started it. Also have a 500 page book on Trotsky that Ive been peeking at for few years. about 200 pages left to go but its heavy reading.

Try something lighter in this nice weather

dadad231

Explorers of The Nile by Tim Jeal - a good history book on the search for the Niles source.

Corruptedmorals

Wheel of Time book 5 The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan. Second read, my favourite series by an absolute mile.

Cheshire Cat

ATM I'm reading "A God in Ruins" by Kate Atkinson. I loved "Life after Life" but find this sequel hard going.

wrmwit

I've started reading Bogmail by Patrick McGinley. It's set in Donegal. First published in the late 70's. It was excoriated by the Donegal Democrat but it was high praise from the New York Times and Time Magazine. Looking forward to getting stuck into this book.

Ben Gadot

Bloody Red Baron now by Kim Newman. His writing grates at times but he wrote one of the most epic chapters I've had the joy of reading towards the end of Anno Dracula.

heathledgerlove

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, like a teen-age version of Jane Austen. Very sweet

The Alchemist. Is it any good?

quickbeam

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The Alchemist. Is it any good?

No. But at least it's short.

Rubberlegs

heathledgerlove wrote: »

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith, like a teen-age version of Jane Austen. Very sweet

I loved that book

I am rereading Once by James Herbert, first read it years ago .

gutenberg

Reading 'The Lieutenant' by Kate Grenville, set in the first years of the Australian penal colony.

"God is not great" by Christopher Hitchens.
Highly recommended to Atheists, Agnostics and doubters.

storker

The Limits of Glory: A Novel of Waterloo
by James R. McDonough

A multi-viewpoint novel of the four-day Waterloo campaign in 1815, a bit like Tom Clancy might write it, but staying with the points of view of the upper ranks of all three armies. It's not bad, but Clancy would have done a better job, I think.

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FunLover18

Reading 'Skippy Dies' and don't really know what to make of it. Set in a boarding school in Dublin but really it could be anywhere, I don't get a particular sense of Irishness from it and the fact that the author uses American terms like 'mall' or has the kids hang out in a donut shop doesn't really help. I enjoyed the first few chapters but struggling at the moment.

diomed

Wild Ride by Ann Hagedorn Auerbach
The rise and tragic fall of Calumet Farm Inc, America's premier racing dynasty

heathledgerlove

FunLover18 wrote: »

Reading 'Skippy Dies' and don't really know what to make of it. Set in a boarding school in Dublin but really it could be anywhere, I don't get a particular sense of Irishness from it and the fact that the author uses American terms like 'mall' or has the kids hang out in a donut shop doesn't really help. I enjoyed the first few chapters but struggling at the moment.

Oh Skippy is amazing, stick with it! So many narrative threads and characters to unravel.. Murray really goes places I've not seen other authors go near. He's brilliant. I remember especially the dialogue between the gang of school friends, hilarious. And yet the tone can change on a sixpence. Brilliant book, his debut An Evening of Long Goodbyes is excellent too, but he really stretched his ambition with Skippy.

Hugo Stiglitz

Surviving Ireland by Colm Tobin.

Birneybau

FunLover18 wrote: »

Reading 'Skippy Dies' and don't really know what to make of it. Set in a boarding school in Dublin but really it could be anywhere, I don't get a particular sense of Irishness from it and the fact that the author uses American terms like 'mall' or has the kids hang out in a donut shop doesn't really help. I enjoyed the first few chapters but struggling at the moment.

Not worth finishing, seriously. And how he thought he could get away with naming a character Ruprecht. There's only one Ruprecht. "Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma"

New Home

Birneybau wrote: »

Not worth finishing, seriously. And how he thought he could get away with naming a character Ruprecht. There's only one Ruprecht. "Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma"

longshanks

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He's one to watch that Milton lad, he'll go far.

altairscreed

Magician's Gambit by David Eddings

Barna77

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That was a tough one to read

Canis Lupus

Corruptedmorals wrote: »

Wheel of Time book 5 The Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan. Second read, my favourite series by an absolute mile.

A good series ruined by his bizarre obsession with describing clothes and stout shoes every two seconds.

MMB11

I am pilgrim - terry hayes

Corruptedmorals

Canis Lupus wrote: »

A good series ruined by his bizarre obsession with describing clothes and stout shoes every two seconds.

I've gotten to a point where I can sort of block out the dress smoothing and braid pulling so that it won't detract from the plot. Works okay

gramar

I just finished No Safe House, a crime thriller by Linwood Barclay. An enjoyable read. Clipped along at a nice pace and kept the interest levels up all along. The kind of book you'd look forward to picking up.

dohouch

Anna Karenina, started in January. Am at 72% on Kindle (Its free). Great writing IMHO, but not a lot happening.

Widdershins

The Millers something or other..it's a Poldark novel I bought when I was stuck for something to read. I've never really watched the tv series. It's not the first book in the series which might be why I'm finding it a bit of a slow book to get into.

Conall Cernach

altairscreed wrote: »

Magician's Gambit by David Eddings

I have really fond memories of these books; I read them over 30 years ago now and I'd re-read them every couple of years. Have you got to the scene in the Vale of Aldur with the rock? I still laugh at that.

Avoid the sequel series The Malloreon, it lacks any of the charm of The Belgariad and effectively ruins some of the best characters.