What books are we reading at the moment ?

[Mr Larrington]

And Then We Came To The End is very funny for anyone who works in an office.

They said the same thing about The Office too

[spindrift]

One chap in the office carefully removes all the celing tiles above his desk. If anyone asks why , he says:

"Tell you what, why don't you stick it up your axx?"

It's acutely funny on office politics and procrastination.

[scott]

Stephen King, On Writing.

<stifles a long series of snide comments>   

[clarion]

Stephen King, On Making Vast Amounts of Money by Producing Formulaic Cr@p with Limited Literacy.

<stifles a long series of snide comments>  

Is that better?  I think it's the alternate title.

[Zoidburg]

The Kingdom Beyond The Waves

Which is rather nicely steampunky

[CathH]

Stephen King, On Making Vast Amounts of Money by Producing Formulaic Cr@p with Limited Literacy.

<stifles a long series of snide comments>  

Is that better?  I think it's the alternate title.

OoooOOOOOOoooooo!  Well, I like it and I don't agree with what you say there.  I like his focus on honesty.

[ChrisO]

Stephen King, On Making Vast Amounts of Money by Producing Formulaic Cr@p with Limited Literacy.

<stifles a long series of snide comments>  

Is that better?  I think it's the alternate title.

Meeow...

If it's that easy why don't you do it ?

Even producing formulaic crap (and I say this as one who has had to read the Magic Unicorn series to his daughter) takes a particular skill.

[Jezza]

Reading three books at the moment, picking up whichever suits my mood at any given time:

Jon Swain - River of Time
Graham Greene - Ways of Escape
Ryszard Kapuscinski - Travels with Herodotus

[Tim Hall]

Ben Elton, Past Mortem.

Very reminiscent of Christopher Brookmyre's "A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil", and "One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night" but nothing like as well written.

[mark]

Solving Stonehenge, by Anthony Johnson.

Having seen the Avebury and Callanais stone rings, I'm hoping to get to Stonehenge this spring. Hopefully this book will give me enough background knowledge to appreciate the place when I get there.

[bobajobrob]

Advanced programming in the unix environment. It's not very advanced but it is quite unixy.

Also, angels and demons by dan brown, but I'm bored of that.

[pcolbeck]

1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare - James Shapiro

Just started this. Currently I seem to be getting very interested in the politics and culture of the 17th Century and this sort of represents the lower bounds of that timeframe. The move from a medieval to a modern mindset through this period is very interesting.

[Hot Flatus]

Cheryl Cole, the unauthorised biography.

Quite fascinating.

[bobajobrob]

Book just landed on my desk this morning - "French revolutions, cycling the tour de france" by Tim Moore. "One of the funniest books about sport ever written", apparently.

[ChrisO]

French Revolutions is very funny. Tears of laughter at some parts. Worth reading.

[microphonie]

French Revolutions is very funny. Tears of laughter at some parts. Worth reading.

Absolutely!

Just finished Pratchett's 'Going Postal' & re-read Daren King's 'Jim Giraffe' whilst on the beach in Taba, Egypt.

Also just about finished Neil Gaiman's 'American Gods' too - really like it even if it's a bit reminiscent of Stephen King's 'The Stand'

[Gus]

>> Geeky<<

Art of Wheelbuilding by Gerd Schraner

[alan]

Grand-daughter's Reading & Spelling Diary.She is very,very absolutely brilliant

Marj says I am biased

[Wascally Weasel]

'Winter Holiday' (again) by Arthur Ransome.  It's a great read at cold times of the year. 

I'll be re-reading 'The Dark is Rising' by Susan Cooper yet again this Christmas.

[David Martin]

'Winter Holiday' (again) by Arthur Ransome.  It's a great read at cold times of the year. 

I'll be re-reading 'The Dark is Rising' by Susan Cooper yet again this Christmas.

Over Sea, Under Stone series?

I'm reading 'The Dundee and Newtyle Railway' and 'In pursuit of glory', the autobiography of Bradley Wiggins.

[Wascally Weasel]

'Winter Holiday' (again) by Arthur Ransome.  It's a great read at cold times of the year. 

I'll be re-reading 'The Dark is Rising' by Susan Cooper yet again this Christmas.

Over Sea, Under Stone series?

That's the first one, the whole series takes it's name from 'The Dark is Rising' the second book.

[harrumph]

Currently I seem to be getting very interested in the politics and culture of the 17th Century and this sort of represents the lower bounds of that timeframe. The move from a medieval to a modern mindset through this period is very interesting.

Absolutely. Only 60 years to go to the Ranters, Diggers and Levellers!

[pcolbeck]

The dichotomy of our view of Cromwell as hero / bloody tyrant is also interesting.

[clarion]

50 years, surely!  The Diggers are amazing, and the Levellers were such a radical force that they changed everything, despite the repression of Cromwell as a landowner, and the restoration.

[Phil]

I'm reading A Song Of Stone by Iain Banks, which is good if rather overwritten. 

I've also recently read Dowsing: A Journey Beyond Our Five Senses by Hamish Miller, of which the first few chapters are interesting and informative, and the last few chapters are the ramblings of a lunatic (ley lines, auras, OOBEs, faith healing, cosmic energy and the Knights Templar all figure).