What book are you reading atm??

Aglomerado

Hugh Howey's Wool/ Dust/ Shift series.

Absolutely brilliant.

happyday

gormdubhgorm wrote: »

I am reading

Story of a Death Foretold: The Coup Against Salvador Allende, September 11, 1973 - by Oscar Guardiola-Rivera (Author)

I thought it would be a good read there is about 300 pages in the book. About the overthrow of Allende in a CIA backed coup and the installment of Pinochet.

It is a bit of a slog already, I am only on page 70 and I had to wade through three chapters of ideological/philosophical waffle about Chile's history.

Not only that it is very hard to read with no nice flow.
It is not surprising when you find that the author is in the bubble of academia.
The sleeve styles the author as person who has lectured on all continents.
His areas of expertise are international law, philosophy and history.

Unfortunately, it reads like high-highfalutin incontinent waffle, and is more then a bit dull.

I love your review! Are you on Goodreads by any chance?

gormdubhgorm

happyday wrote: »

I love your review! Are you on Goodreads by any chance?

Nope I am not, I am a kind of occasional reader when the humour takes me.
I just looked it up there. Might go on it at some stage.

As for the book I am still reading I am determined to finish it (a bit of a sunk cost fallacy).
In fairness I think it might be a translation to English or something.

Glenster

happyday wrote: »

I love your review! Are you on Goodreads by any chance?

FutureGuy

Homo Deus and Prisoners of Geography

mariaalice

I have decided to reared The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera just picked it off the shelf.

I have about 3 book ready to read but can't seem to get in to them.

mariaalice

Aglomerado wrote: »

Hugh Howey's Wool/ Dust/ Shift series.

Absolutely brilliant.

The details of the worlds he creates are beyond brilliant.

gutenberg

happyday wrote: »

Are you enjoying it?

So far I am, yes. I am about halfway through it now. Barry is amazing at bringing you right into the action - there are some battle scenes in this and the imagery is so evocative and emotional in places. Looking forward to seeing how the second half unfolds.

Procession of the Dead By Darren Shan

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Into Africa by Martin Dugard. The Stanley-Livingstone story in an enjoyable easy and informative style.

con___manx1

The cartel.
It's about Christy kinnahans gang and there dealings.

Mr.Plough

Howard Marks autobiography 'Mr Nice'.

Half read it years ago, enjoying it now.

New Home

The Tightrope Walkers - David Almond

jprboy

mariaalice wrote: »

I have decided to reared The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera just picked it off the shelf.

I have about 3 book ready to read but can't seem to get in to them.

"Take off your clothes!!!"

happyday

Glenster wrote: »

Compliment! There are so many gushing reviews on Goodreads lately from people that get free copies of books that a little entertaining realism would be very welcome.

happyday

gutenberg wrote: »

So far I am, yes. I am about halfway through it now. Barry is amazing at bringing you right into the action - there are some battle scenes in this and the imagery is so evocative and emotional in places. Looking forward to seeing how the second half unfolds.

I got a loan of this book tonight at my bookclub. I'm looking forward to reading it.

IvyTheTerrible

happyday wrote: »

Compliment! There are so many gushing reviews on Goodreads lately from people that get free copies of books that a little entertaining realism would be very welcome.

Those reviews of free books are ruining Goodreads.

gutenberg

The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Pretty grim stuff...

bonzodog2

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus - Charles C Mann
https://www.amazon.com/1491-Revelations-Americas-Before-Columbus/dp/1400032059/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499096066&sr=8-1&keywords=1491+new+revelations+of+the+americas+before+columbus

Very interesting. I like a bit of interesting.

eviltwin

Sisterland by Curtis Sittenfeld. Not what I expected at all and really enjoyable.

Kurtosis

Conclave by Robert Harris. The first book I've read in a while with that "just one more chapter before sleep" effect.

Mrs cockett

Mr Mercedes-Stephen King

Enjoying it and have ordered the sequel

Oops69

One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ,fantastic writing but what was he smoking back in the sixties ?

Vojera

Oops69 wrote: »

One hundred years of solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez ,fantastic writing but what was he smoking back in the sixties ?

That's a book I just didn't get, tbh. I understand that lots of people consider it their favourite book, and that it's an important milestone in South American literature, but it really wasn't for me. I think I may have read it at the wrong stage in my life.

diomed

Bahram & The Aga Khan III by Peter Corbett

GLaDOS

Head to Toe by Joe Orton.

It's, eh, odd.

Ipso

2001: A Space Odyssey. Excellent book, as is Rendezvous with Rama.

Birneybau

Ipso wrote: »

2001: A Space Odyssey. Excellent book, as is Rendezvous with Rama.

That whole series was pretty great.

Thargor

I think Rama was the book that started me reading sci-fi and maybe books in general, total masterpiece.

Ipso

Thargor wrote: »

I think Rama was the book that started me reading sci-fi and maybe books in general, total masterpiece.

Just about to start it again. Apparently Morgan Freeman has been trying to make a film adaptation for ages.
I don't think it would be a good blockbuster type film, but I'd love to see it on screen.