What book are you reading atm??

Captain Havoc

For the plague period around 1666, the diary of Samuel Pepys is very good and a first-hand account of the period, although Pepys himself is a bit of a prick.

For Tudor period and history in general, I recommend Ian Mortimer particularly a time traveller's guide to medieval England. The outcasts of time is an excellent fictional book he wrote.

Edgware

New Home wrote: »

It seems there's another volume due out any time now.

.Going to wait and watch it all when Spielberg does a trilogy

Foweva Awone

See What I Have Done by Sarah Schmidt. It's a reimagining of Lizzie Borden's murders of her mother and stepfather in the 1890s. Very creepy and very good.

I'm in a psychiatric hospital, the library has a take-a-book-leave-a-book system going on, you get the strangest and most interesting reading material here!

kateee47298

This Is Going To Hurt by Adam Kay.
Based on the NHS but having worked in both, I think that it also applies to the HSE.

Edgware

Conorbarry1984 wrote: »

Just finished The Tattooist of Auschwitz and starting Dune next.
First book was a great read btw

Read The Tatooist, expected a bit more. There are several better accounts of the Holocaust

TheRepentent

Conorbarry1984 wrote: »

starting Dune next.

Dune is brilliant , enjoy.

eviltwin

Kill [Redacted] by Anthony Good. Interesting premise and so far it's living up to the hype.

branie2

Pet Semetery by Stephen King

Your Face

Just about to start The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand.

_Godot_

Started Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy.

Vela

The Obstacle is the Way - Ryan Holiday. Well worth a read.

Noodles81

Reading Dracul by J.D. Barker and Dacre Stoker. Really enjoying it so far, Dracula is in my top three favourite novels.

Foweva Awone

Michelle Obama's memoir, Becoming. Have to say I'm enjoying it more than I expected to.

rushfan

Foweva Awone wrote:

Michelle Obama's memoir, Becoming. Have to say I'm enjoying it more than I expected to.

It's next up on my Kindle. Looking forward to it.

arybvtcw0eolkf

Finished Stolen Village.

Its started out great, got a little disjointed but I plugged on through. It was educational to a point, but I was 'meh at the end.

Started Beat by Rowan Somerville today.

Its the true story of a suicide bomber who murdered 21 young Israeli's outside the Dophinarium nightclub in Tel Aviv on June 21st 2001.. And a heart transplant.

I was in Tel Aviv a lot in 2001 and so feel a little connected with this story. I was never in this particular club but I know the area well, however a bar I drank in regularly (Mikes Place) was the target of a suicide bomber shortly after I returned to Ireland.

I took advantaged of a sun kissed back garden to have some lunch and a read earlier today, roll on summer eh!.

Started Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig today. After nearly twenty years of biking I thought it was about time I actually read it. About 80 pages in so far and really enjoying it.

New Home

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Started Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig today. After nearly twenty years of biking I thought it was about time I actually read it. About 80 pages in so far and really enjoying it.

I really liked it, too - it's a slow read, but it's mostly because you stop and think so much about what it says. Must read it again.

arybvtcw0eolkf

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Started Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig today. After nearly twenty years of biking I thought it was about time I actually read it. About 80 pages in so far and really enjoying it.

I have it on the shelf for years, open it every now and then but I can't seem to get to grips with it.

New Home

I saw it as some people describe working out - stick with it and eventually the endorphins will kick in. Mind you, I never had that experience with excercise, myself, but with that book, if you stick with it, once you pass the first hurdle you'll find yourself immersed in it. I'd suggest only reading a couple of pages at the time for the first while, until you warm up.

New Home

One thing I will say is, the font on the edition I have isn't the most pleasing, and I often find that an unpleasant font will put me off a book - I don't know if it's because bad fonts are harder on the eyes, or if it's because they remind me of school books and instruction manuals.

EmmetSpiceland

Noel Some Cornbread wrote: »

I have it on the shelf for years, open it every now and then but I can't seem to get to grips with it.

If you haven’t gotten through it yet it might be best to let it go. Stick to your Iggulden, Cornwall and Saylor and save yourself the bother. It’s one of those books that the types who love such dross as Catch 22 or The Dice Man bang on about.

A long pointless exercise in boring the reader on two front, the author’s life and 1st year philosophy. You hear people dropping it into conversation every now and then, trying to sound highbrow but actually coming across as a naive teen.

New Home

Marmite it is, then.

El Guapo!

Places In The Darkness by Chris Brookmyre.
It's not usually the type of stuff I'd read but decided to give it a go. I've been struggling to get through it for ages now.
Only about 100 pages left so I'll finish it but don't think I'll go back to any of his other stuff.

quickbeam

New Home wrote: »

Marmite it is, then.

Yeah, probably. Personally I hated it.

Fathom

Fathom wrote: »

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
By Neil deGrasse Tyson

Whew! Drink coffee while reading.

Someone just re-wrote that book for preteens called "Astrophysics for young People in a Hurry"

I just received both from Amazon. So myself and my daughter are about to start reading it in parallel.

arybvtcw0eolkf

I have to give credit to the people who recommended a Kindle to me, I bloody love the thing & bring it everywhere!.

batgoat

Noel Some Cornbread wrote: »

I have to give credit to the people who recommended a Kindle to me, I bloody love the thing & bring it everywhere!.

I get so much use out of mine. I also joined a library recently,just to read some rarer books etc. So wouldn't discount doing that.

_Godot_

I just use the app on my phone to read free classic books.

arybvtcw0eolkf

_Godot_ wrote: »

I just use the app on my phone to read free classic books.

That was an option of course, but I wanted to get away from my phone too.. So now I can bring the Kindle places, and take photos of it with my phone :pac:

Foweva Awone

The Last, by Hanna Jameson. I'm really enjoying it. It's like a nuclear war version of Lord Of The Flies!