Author Topic: What books are we reading at the moment ?  (Read 835405 times)

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #475 on: 24 February, 2009, 11:54:19 am »
I thought your dad was a bishop?

I am currently on page 38 of The Life of Pi. It has yet to catch fire. Metaphorically speaking.

Waiting in the wings: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Both are well fick, innit? At my reading speed, they should keep me going until the autumn...
Profit or planet?

Mr Larrington

  • A bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds
  • Custard Wallah
    • Mr Larrington's Automatic Diary
Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #476 on: 24 February, 2009, 01:26:04 pm »
I thought your dad was a bishop?

Wot, mine?  He's a retired Army officer-turned civil servant.
External Transparent Wall Inspection Operative & Mayor of Mortagne-au-Perche
Satisfying the Bloodlust of the Masses in Peacetime

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #477 on: 25 February, 2009, 08:30:51 am »
I am currently on page 38 of The Life of Pi. It has yet to catch fire.

I found the first 60?-ish pages dull. Kept going because I wanted to discuss it with someone. Glad I did, but not ecstatic!

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #478 on: 25 February, 2009, 09:00:28 am »
The Penguin History of the USA, Hugh Brogan. 

Having reached page 177 the powerful message so far seems to be how extraordinarily badly the colonists were governed (by Britain, of course) before the revolution.  If only the foresight of those such as Tom Paine had been recognised..  ..but too many people were more concerned with India and had stakes in the East India Company.
Move Faster and Bake Things

Jezza

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #479 on: 25 February, 2009, 10:49:35 am »
Waterland - Graham Swift.


Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #480 on: 25 February, 2009, 11:08:15 am »
The Picture of Dorian Grey - Oscar Wilde.  Wow.

"When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy."



D0m1n1c Burford

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #481 on: 25 February, 2009, 11:23:26 am »
I am currently on page 38 of The Life of Pi. It has yet to catch fire.

I found the first 60?-ish pages dull. Kept going because I wanted to discuss it with someone. Glad I did, but not ecstatic!

I loved that book. 

David Martin

  • Thats Dr Oi You thankyouverymuch
Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #482 on: 25 February, 2009, 04:54:36 pm »
I am currently on page 38 of The Life of Pi. It has yet to catch fire.

I found the first 60?-ish pages dull. Kept going because I wanted to discuss it with someone. Glad I did, but not ecstatic!

I loved that book. 

It is not a book that gives itself to you. It is a book you give yourself to, and then sit back, relax and enjoy. I liked it.

Gabriella Garcia Marquez though, boy is that tedious and dull.

Currently reading Economics for Dummies.

"By creating we think. By living we learn" - Patrick Geddes

Jasper the surreal cyclist

  • Modern life is complicated stuff....
Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #483 on: 26 February, 2009, 02:06:24 pm »
The Asbestos register for Bognor Fire Station....... ???
Who only by moving can balance, only by balancing move....

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #484 on: 01 March, 2009, 09:12:31 pm »
"Skinny Dip" by Carl Hiaasen.

Yet another scabrously funny crime caper/ecological fable from the Floridian wierdmeister. ;D
"He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." ~ Freidrich Neitzsche

Mrs Pingu

  • Who ate all the pies? Me
    • Twitter
Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #485 on: 01 March, 2009, 09:42:25 pm »
I have given up reading the New Scientist in bed 'cos I think it wasn't really conducive to restful sleep.

I have just finished After Dark by Haruki Murakami, which was good, but not very long.

I am now reading The Big Necessity : Adventures In The World Of Human Waste, an Xmas pressie from Pingu.
He thinks I have a poo obsession.

It's really good!  :thumbsup:
Do not clench. It only makes it worse.

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #486 on: 02 March, 2009, 08:35:47 am »

"Consequences" , Penelope Lively. How chance-y our lives are. Lots of nice observation, though that and the story are not the main points.

alan

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #487 on: 02 March, 2009, 09:21:26 am »
"Ecophon" installation guide ::-)
Preferred reading would be
Watching Wood Warp by Edwood Wouldwood

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #488 on: 02 March, 2009, 09:52:36 am »
I am currently on page 38 of The Life of Pi. It has yet to catch fire.

I found the first 60?-ish pages dull. Kept going because I wanted to discuss it with someone. Glad I did, but not ecstatic!

I loved that book. 

It got quite exciting around page 150  :thumbsup:

It's gone back to being dull now  ::-)
Profit or planet?

Mr Larrington

  • A bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds
  • Custard Wallah
    • Mr Larrington's Automatic Diary
Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #489 on: 02 March, 2009, 01:59:52 pm »
Chocolate And Cuckoo Clocks ~ Alan Coren
External Transparent Wall Inspection Operative & Mayor of Mortagne-au-Perche
Satisfying the Bloodlust of the Masses in Peacetime

tiermat

  • According to Jane, I'm a Unisex SpaceAdmin
Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #490 on: 02 March, 2009, 02:01:41 pm »
Just finished "We Might As Well Win" by Johan Brueneel (SP?) and Bill Strickland, now on to "In Search Of Robert Millar"
I feel like Captain Kirk, on a brand new planet every day, a little like King Kong on top of the Empire State

clarion

  • Tyke
Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #491 on: 02 March, 2009, 03:19:23 pm »
Bruyneel
Getting there...

αdαmsκι

  • Instagram @ucfaaay Strava @ucfaaay
  • Look haggard. It sells.
Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #492 on: 04 March, 2009, 01:49:09 pm »
Just finished Q&A by Vikas Swarup, which was converted into the film Slumdog Millionaire. The idea in the book is good, the writing awful and the amount of coincidences truly amazing. I was very tempted to skip to the end to find out what happened and then give up, but I pushed on through and finished it.

Next up is Hey Nostradamus! by Douglas Coupland.
What on earth am I doing here on this beautiful day?! This is the only life I've got!!

https://tyredandhungry.wordpress.com/

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #493 on: 04 March, 2009, 02:12:07 pm »
I'm reading South, Ernest Shackleton's account of the Endurance expedition where he and his team tried (and failed) to become the first people to cross the Antarctic.  The steadfastness and stoicism with which they meet the challenges and hardships is awe-inspiring.  Saddest of all, when they finally return to their homes, they nearly all go off to fight in the First World War, and as many are killed in war as died during the expedition.

Mr Larrington

  • A bit ov a lyv wyr by slof standirds
  • Custard Wallah
    • Mr Larrington's Automatic Diary
Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #494 on: 04 March, 2009, 02:35:09 pm »
I'm reading South, Ernest Shackleton's account of the Endurance expedition

A excellent thing.  Required reading for Chaps, I reckon, making a trip across 800 miles of the Southern Ocean seem little more hazardous than an hour or two on the Serpentine.

Just finished Simon Schama's The American Future.
External Transparent Wall Inspection Operative & Mayor of Mortagne-au-Perche
Satisfying the Bloodlust of the Masses in Peacetime

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #495 on: 04 March, 2009, 03:47:45 pm »
I am currently on page 38 of The Life of Pi. It has yet to catch fire.

I found the first 60?-ish pages dull. Kept going because I wanted to discuss it with someone. Glad I did, but not ecstatic!

I loved that book. 

It got quite exciting around page 150  :thumbsup:

It's gone back to being dull now  ::-)

Forty pages left now. I still don't get it.
Profit or planet?

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #496 on: 07 March, 2009, 06:19:03 pm »
'Suite Francaise' by Irene Nemirovsky

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #497 on: 07 March, 2009, 08:53:31 pm »
Forty pages left now. I still don't get it.
Well, the ending was really good... oddly, because I've read far more books that started well and fizzled out than the other way round. I'm just about glad I stuck with it, but religious metaphor still doesn't float my [life]boat...
Profit or planet?

Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #498 on: 08 March, 2009, 11:05:06 am »
A course in number theory and cryptography by Neal Koblitz.
Prime Numbers - A computational perspective by Crandall and Pomerance.
"Yes please" said Squirrel "biscuits are our favourite things."

Jasper the surreal cyclist

  • Modern life is complicated stuff....
Re: What books are we reading at the moment ?
« Reply #499 on: 10 March, 2009, 09:37:52 am »
Shadow Family by Miyuki Miyabe...
Who only by moving can balance, only by balancing move....