Author Topic: What books are we reading at the moment ? (Read 846653 times)

Frenchie · « **Reply #1400 on:** 10 July, 2010, 04:01:14 am »

Finished Fatherland -- interesting, expected better! -- and a good way through Pirate Latitudes -- okay but fairly light storyline so far, expecting some Deus ex Machina effect and a good end to make it memorable.

Next on the list the 1984 crossing of the Atlantic by Amyr Klink, Cem dias entre ceu e mar, I think. Or Enigma.

jogler · « **Reply #1401 on:** 10 July, 2010, 02:05:03 pm »

The Ultimate C2C Guide

andrewc · « **Reply #1402 on:** 10 July, 2010, 10:43:49 pm »

Modern Nature by Derek Jarman. Gardening and gay sex...

The man wrote like an angel.

nicknack · « **Reply #1403 on:** 13 July, 2010, 01:37:23 pm »

The Secret Life of Trees by Colin Tudge

Just read The Secret Life of Birds by CT

Both are excellent and full of readable informative stuff.

(I liked Transition too)

Wascally Weasel · « **Reply #1404 on:** 13 July, 2010, 06:48:20 pm »

Due to the recent Banks mentions on this thread, I'm re-reading 'The Player of Games' yet again.

Bledlow · « **Reply #1405 on:** 22 July, 2010, 04:57:24 pm »

Just re-read Inverted World, by Christopher Priest, after about 30 years.

LindaG · « **Reply #1406 on:** 23 July, 2010, 12:29:21 pm »

Peter Abelard by Helen Waddell. Again.

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #1407 on:** 23 July, 2010, 12:37:42 pm »

The Unfair Advantage ~ Mark Donohue with Paul Van Valkenburgh.

How Donohue applied SCIENCE to the black art of setting up a racing motor-car.

Flying_Monkey · « **Reply #1408 on:** 23 July, 2010, 02:40:34 pm »

A Friend of the Earth by TC Boyle. He's a cynical bastard is TC Boyle, but I like his stuff, although this one is a bit ho-hum. His most recent book, The Inner Circle, a fictionalised account of Kinsey, the sex-researcher and his group, was much better.

Zoidburg · « **Reply #1409 on:** 23 July, 2010, 03:08:57 pm »

The Second Angel by Phillip Kerr...or Cities Of The Plain by Cormack McCarthy

Need to make my mind up about which one to get into first.

itsbruce · « **Reply #1410 on:** 23 July, 2010, 03:18:51 pm »

Am re-reading Q by Luther Blissett.

Bledlow · « **Reply #1411 on:** 23 July, 2010, 05:17:50 pm »

Fair Stood the Wind for France - H E Bates. Just read his The Feast of July.

mark · « **Reply #1412 on:** 29 July, 2010, 12:46:21 am »

Flakes, Jugs and splitters: A Rock Climber's Guide to Geology

I've learned a little about geology through the climbing I've done, enough to want to buy the book. A while back, I spent a few days climbing with a lady who had a degree in geology. She gave me quite the lecture on how the rock in Eldorado Canyon was formed when she wasn't rambling on about 9/11 being an inside job, Texans haven't suffered enough, etc., etc.

Jaded · « **Reply #1413 on:** 18 August, 2010, 03:50:07 pm »

In the kitchen by Monica Ali.

The blurb on the cover got me. It took about 90 pages to get into it and then the best bit was the chef's mad walk about about 40 pages from the end. Otherwise, meh.

itsbruce · « **Reply #1414 on:** 18 August, 2010, 04:11:36 pm »

Just reread "Devil in a Blue Dress" by Walter Mosley.

her_welshness · « **Reply #1415 on:** 18 August, 2010, 04:39:00 pm »

'The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society' by Ann Schaffer - best book that I have read all year, so far. Did not know anything about how the Channel Islanders fared during WW2 and it gives you a real insight into it. Have not stopped thinking how good this book is and how thought provoking it was.

Captain Zep · « **Reply #1416 on:** 18 August, 2010, 07:55:17 pm »

Quote from: Jaded on 18 August, 2010, 03:50:07 pm

In the kitchen by Monica Ali.

The blurb on the cover got me. It took about 90 pages to get into it and then the best bit was the chef's mad walk about about 40 pages from the end. Otherwise, meh.

This was given to me to read only last week by M.I.A. of this parish.

Currently reading "A Boy's Own Story". I've never read any "gay literature" before, not being gay it never occurred to me to do so. I didn't realise that this was "gay literature" until I started it. It seems so far to be sort of a gay "Catcher in the Rye". Did I mention that it's a "gay" book? Why is it gay? Is it gay because it's written by a gay author about a gay protagonist (mostly autobiographical I understand). The publisher seems to think that it's very important that it's a "gay" book.

Wascally Weasel · « **Reply #1417 on:** 19 August, 2010, 10:05:26 am »

Labelling of fiction (or anything for that matter) can create confusion – I was looking for a Jake Arnott book in a bookshop a while back. Since he is a moderately well known modern writer, I would have expected to find his books in the A-Z of fiction by author, didn’t find them there, tried the crime section and then found them in the gay section. Fair enough to have them in labelled sections for people who do browse purely by genre/category but probably worthwhile to duplicate copies in the A-Z section.

Eccentrica Gallumbits · « **Reply #1418 on:** 19 August, 2010, 10:08:34 am »

Living Dolls, the Return of Sexism by Natasha Walter.

JT · « **Reply #1419 on:** 19 August, 2010, 10:11:14 am »

Le Métier by Michael Barry.

Struggling on the first few pages with being completely knackered and the tiny print.

pcolbeck · « **Reply #1420 on:** 19 August, 2010, 11:51:20 am »

As Meat Loves Salt - Maria McCann

A tale of murder, bisexuality, the army and the diggers during the Civil War. An unusual combination but an excellent book.

groucho · « **Reply #1421 on:** 19 August, 2010, 03:01:19 pm »

Zoli - Collum McCann

A tale of Romany life/song pre-WW2 through to 2003 in fascist/communist regimes.

tiermat · « **Reply #1422 on:** 19 August, 2010, 03:57:21 pm »

Just finished "The Girl Who Kicked A Hornets Nest" - good book, but the ending seemed rushed.

Now reading "The Man Who Cycled The World", slow start but is picking up, he has just made it to Turkey, love the bit about his wheels being too stressed for the weight he was carrying, and him thinking that the rebuilt wheels would be like jelly to ride on.

onb · « **Reply #1423 on:** 19 August, 2010, 04:05:24 pm »

Its all about the bike ,I bought it to take on holibobs on september and Im halfway through it .Great read.

Clandy · « **Reply #1424 on:** 19 August, 2010, 04:08:10 pm »

The Wind In My Wheels by Josie Dew, The Last Hurrah by Des Molloy, Heroes, Villains & Velodromes by Richard Moore, It's Not About The Bike by Lance, and for mental chewing gum Ringworld by Larry Niven.

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