What book are you reading atm??

Autosport

Autosport wrote: »

The woman inside by E.G. Scott, so far a gripping read

Finished it and it was definitely a page turner. A few twists in the right places and you're still trying to decide who killed who

Ariadne

I'm reading Gone with the Wind. I haven't seen the film so I pretty much have no idea what happens. I'm about 200 pages in. I'm finding the comments about Black people a bit much at times but I know I need to bear the context in mind as I'm reading it.

Succubus_

Succubus_ wrote: »

I'm reading Gone with the Wind. I haven't seen the film so I pretty much have no idea what happens. I'm about 200 pages in. I'm finding the comments about Black people a bit much at times but I know I need to bear the context in mind as I'm reading it.

I haven't read this (I did scan it in my teens, looking for sex scenes, having heard it was racy -- God we had ****e internet back then)

Am also reading a classic, Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge.

One of my new years resolutions was to read classics whose titles I recognise, but about which I haven't the foggiest notion. This is one of the best I've read so far.

_Godot_

I'm still reading The Republic of Thieves, but when I went through the books I own, I found I have 23 unread books, so now I have a book backlog as well as a game backlog.

The Final Empire By Brandon Sanderson
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
Unseen Academicals by Terry Pratchett
The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett
Monstrous Regiment by Terry Pratchett
Nation by Terry Pratchett
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
Fire Above, Fire Below by Garth Nix
Who Saw Her Die? by Patricia Moyes
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstein
Jonathon Strange and Dr Norrell
Under Strange Stars by Gareth Moore
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
Doctor Who: Molten Heart by Una McCormack
The Chinatown Death Cloud Peril by Paul Malmont
Demon Road by Derek Landy
11.22.63 by Stephen King
Under The Dome By Stephen King
Death Comes To Pepberley by P.D. James
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
The Fourteenth Letter by Claire Evans
The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

Autosport

Hunting Evil by Chris Carter I’ve waited over a year for this book and I can’t wait

Purple Mountain

I got 'Vagina-A re-education' by Lynne Enright after reading a very positive review about it.
Anyone any insight into it? I'll post back here after I've finished it to let you know.

Carry

_Godot_ wrote: »

I'm still reading The Republic of Thieves, but when I went through the books I own, I found I have 23 unread books, so now I have a book backlog as well as a game backlog.

(...)

Gosh, you are worse than I am regarding backlogs
I didn't even count the books that clutter the shelves and the nightstand in my bedroom.

Currently I'm reading The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan.
It's her second book after The Ruin, a new series about a detective garda in Galway. Both books are riveting, with excellent story telling and as far as I can judge realistic, and most notably very well written.

I used to like Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor novels, also set in Galway, but got a bit off them because they got linguistically too sloppy for my liking. Bruen apparently tried to be very cool, whatever that means, and lost eventually the plot, literally, in his books.

McTiernan overtakes him like a Ferrari does a Renault 4.

donegal_man

Carry wrote: »

...Currently I'm reading The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan.
It's her second book after The Ruin, a new series about a detective garda in Galway...I used to like Ken Bruen's Jack Taylor novels, also set in Galway, but got a bit off them because they got linguistically too sloppy for my liking...McTiernan overtakes him like a Ferrari does a Renault 4.

Thank you for the recommendation. Having spent a few years living in Galway I was also a big fan of Bruen but as the series went on he seemed to be just fulfilling his contract. Will check out McTiernan.

appledrop

Purple Mountain wrote: »

I got 'Vagina-A re-education' by Lynne Enright after reading a very positive review about it.
Anyone any insight into it? I'll post back here after I've finished it to let you know.

Let us know what it's like I was going to buy this.

Purple Mountain

Purple Mountain wrote: »

I got 'Vagina-A re-education' by Lynne Enright after reading a very positive review about it.
Anyone any insight into it? I'll post back here after I've finished it to let you know.

I haven't read it, but it's a great title.

Reminds me of what Francois Mauriac wrote to a protege of Simone de Beauvoir, after Beauvoir published 'The Second Sex': 'I now know everything there is to know about your boss's vagina'.

Bonne chance!

appledrop

I'm currently giving the ' Milkman' ago again. I'm determined to finish it but finding it a bit headwreacking.

No one in the book has a name so far anyway. So people are referred to as somebody mc somebody or 3rd sister. Not helpfully when she has about 10 siblings.

Has anyone actually finished + liked this book?

Anyway other great books I have read in-between are

Her Kind- Niamh Boyce- Amazing book set in 14th century+ although it's fiction it's based on witch hunt in Kilkenny. I won't give plot away but don't finish it like me at 1am in morning if prone to nightmares!

The Language of Kindness-A Nurses story & Adam Kay- Junior Doctor. Both brilliant reads about frontline staff in NHS.

Finished Hiliray Clinton book. Thought she was a bit self righteous + didn't really accept that she messed up + that's why Trump won.

Next up will be Michelle Obama & new Sinead Gleason book. Looking forward to both of these.

rushfan

appledrop wrote:

Next up will be Michelle Obama & new Sinead Gleason book. Looking forward to both of these.

Halfway through "Becoming " and thoroughly enjoying it.

Lisha

appledrop wrote: »

I'm currently giving the ' Milkman' ago again. I'm determined to finish it but finding it a bit headwreacking.

No one in the book has a name so far anyway. So people are referred to as somebody mc somebody or 3rd sister. Not helpfully when she has about 10 siblings.

Has anyone actually finished + liked this book?

Anyway other great books I have read in-between are

Her Kind- Niamh Boyce- Amazing book set in 14th century+ although it's fiction it's based on witch hunt in Kilkenny. I won't give plot away but don't finish it like me at 1am in morning if prone to nightmares!

The Language of Kindness-A Nurses story & Adam Kay- Junior Doctor. Both brilliant reads about frontline staff in NHS.

Finished Hiliray Clinton book. Thought she was a bit self righteous + didn't really accept that she messed up + that's why Trump won.

Next up will be Michelle Obama & new Sinead Gleason book. Looking forward to both of these.

It makes me sad that I failed to finish Milkman. I wanted to make a list I could refer to if all the characters.

Currently reading Jodi Picoult ‘A spark of light’

Purple Mountain

appledrop wrote: »

Let us know what it's like I was going to buy this.

Never rains but it pours..
I had 9 Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty reserved for months with my library.
It arrived today.
Have Vagina and 9 Perfect Strangers to get through now!
I'll definitely post back on Vagina but be patient!
Life is very busy at the moment so could take longer than my usual sprint reading

Danger781

Noir by Christopher Moore.. Weird read so far but enjoying it.

Foweva Awone

I'm about to start Amy Schumer's autobiography, "The Girl With The Lower Back Tattoo". I love it for that title if nothing else!

I'm also currently reading a book by a psychiatrist called Lynne Jones, "Outside The Asylum: A Memoir Of War, Disaster And Humanitarian Psychiatry". Very sad but very inspirational and well-written, I would recommend.

Ipso

Just finished The Plea by Steve Cavanagh, based on a recommendation here. Great legal thriller that goes at a cracking pace. Going to read another of his next week.
Currently reading 1014 by Morgan Llywellyn, which is about Brian Boru and the battle of Clontarf. In some ways she seems to be going for the savioir of the Irish from the Viking hordes but it also looks at how they already had established kingdoms and alliances with other Irish kingdoms. It also has some very cringey Oirishisms.

Ipso

Ipso wrote: »

Just finished The Plea by Steve Cavanagh, based on a recommendation here. Great legal thriller that goes at a cracking pace. Going to read another of his next week.
Currently reading 1014 by Morgan Llywellyn, which is about Brian Boru and the battle of Clontarf. In some ways she seems to be going for the savioir of the Irish from the Viking hordes but it also looks at how they already had established kingdoms and alliances with other Irish kingdoms. It also has some very cringey Oirishisms.

Oh God I can just imagine. I read her book on Fionn McCool. Actually that's not quite true because it was unfinishable. Exactly the kind of rubbish you'd expect from a sentimental American reminiscing about the old country after a few too many glasses of Irish Mist.

Do you know who I think would do a great justice to the story of Brian Boru? Colm Tóibín. Or If not Brian himself perhaps his mother. His 'The Testament of Mary' was a superb portrait of a (probably) historical figure. It takes great skill to write something new about such a familiar character.

It was the first new thing anybody had said about historical Mary since the popes got their hands on her.

Am currently reading All We Shall Know by Donal Ryan. Its been sitting on my shelves for ages, a joy to finally delve into.

The Late Late Show

Just finished The Handmaid's Tale Graphic Novel. Very well done and a welcome antidote to all the dodgy rip-off books of Margaret Atwood's classic that seem to be everywhere these days. It is good to see this and am looking forward to the upcoming The Testaments too.

Widdershins

Books open everywhere . Some craft and home ec. books written in the 60s, Darina Allens forgotten Skills of Cooking (really handy), Two Knotty Boys (love anything knot related), and Knotmaking in Witchcraft. Can't concentrate on stories but I've been sporadically reading Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere.

''Nurturing Attachments: Supporting Children who are Fostered or Adopted'' arrived today and I'll start it tonight

EmmetSpiceland

“The Friends of Eddie Coyle” by George V. Higgins.

Great story of a small time crook and his acquaintances, really excellent dialogue. Properly gritty and none of the glamour you usually get with a book about the “bad guys”.

TheRepentent

Reading the Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama and The Neutronium Alchemist by Peter F Hamilton.


Both good for different reasons

GLaDOS

I'm halfway through "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez. It follows several generations of a family from the founding of a village in the rainforests of Colombia. It straddles an odd line between realism and fantasy. It's an enjoyable read for sure, though I'd struggle to explain exactly what I enjoy about it!

ILoveYourVibes

The Book of Tanya. Only excerpts from this though.

Carry

Widdershins wrote: »

Books open everywhere . Some craft and home ec. books written in the 60s, Darina Allens forgotten Skills of Cooking (really handy), Two Knotty Boys (love anything knot related), and Knotmaking in Witchcraft. Can't concentrate on stories but I've been sporadically reading Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere.

''Nurturing Attachments: Supporting Children who are Fostered or Adopted'' arrived today and I'll start it tonight

Tell me more about Knotmaking in Witchcraft . I honestly have no idea what that could be but I'm immensely intrigued....

Carry

GLaDOS wrote: »

I'm halfway through "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel García Márquez. It follows several generations of a family from the founding of a villa in the rainforests of Colombia. It straddles an odd line between realism and fantasy. It's an enjoyable read for sure, though I'd struggle to explain exactly what I enjoy about it!

This is one of the greatest books I've ever read (ages ago). It leads you into a world that is nothing you knew about before. It's like you plunged into a linguistic rainbow.
Thanks for the reminder, I'm going to re-read it now.

Widdershins

Carry wrote: »

Tell me more about Knotmaking in Witchcraft . I honestly have no idea what that could be but I'm immensely intrigued....

I got the title wrong , this one's called ''knot magic'', but anyway ...knots were common method of creating spells. It's a way to bind your intentions . It was mostly used for cursing , and impotence or infertility spells (horrible, I know, although there were other purposes , like Witches Ladder spells which could be done with any intent in mind. I've got a WL that I made, on the kitchen wall.

Carry

Widdershins wrote: »

I got the title wrong , this one's called ''knot magic'', but anyway ...knots were common method of creating spells. It's a way to bind your intentions . It was mostly used for cursing , and impotence or infertility spells (horrible, I know, although there were other purposes , like Witches Ladder spells which could be done with any intent in mind. I've got a WL that I made, on the kitchen wall.

I've learned something new, thanks!
I think I want a witches ladder now (googled it). I want one for every room and one especially for the effin boiler room :rolleyes:

(makes list for strings, cords, feathers and assorted stuff - and for the book "Knot Magic")

Widdershins

Carry wrote: »

I've learned something new, thanks!
I think I want a witches ladder now (googled it). I want one for every room and one especially for the effin boiler room :rolleyes:

(makes list for strings, cords, feathers and assorted stuff - and for the book "Knot Magic")

Tylluan Penry is the writer. She has a Youtube channel where she goes into the folklore and traditions of it a bit, too

arybvtcw0eolkf

Just downloaded The Autobiography of Henry III, by Margaret George.

Ordinarily I like to give a quick overview of a book, but I'm sure King Henry VIII needs no introduction.

I've been hooked on the Tudors for awhile now, actually since The Tudors TV show (fantastic series) and went to London for the first time only recently just to visit The Tower of London, I loved Traitors Gate where Anne Boleyn was brought into the tower.

Apart from that I've also downloaded 'Don't Stop me Now' by Vassos Alexandra.. Its a running book, I won't bore you all with the details lol