** Official Currently Reading Thread ***

Just finished Cry of the Halidon and although I loved the pace towards the end, it took far too long to get into for my liking. 6/10 seems a fair rating in my opinion.

I've just picked up Hunter S. Thompson - The Great Shark Hunt while I wait on Catch 22 to be delivered. A heads up: You can pick up TGSH in HMV for £4 at the moment!
 
Always nice to see another person hooks on the Spice of Life ;)

I finished "Storm from the Shadows" yesterday, which has left me really wanting the next Honor Harrington book* (due later this year), in the mean time i've moved on to "Higher Education" by Charles Sheffield and Jerry Pournelle which is proving pretty good, but a bit light (which is nice after SFTHS which was pretty heavy in terms of the sheer number of characters/places).





*Technically Storm isn't a HH book as I understand it, but rather one of the two side arcs (it's the sequal to Shadows of Saganami, and concentrates more on other characters), that provides a lot of background for the main arc.
 
Im currently reading Call of Cthulu and other Weird Stories by H.P. Lovecraft.

Im big into the horror genre and have never got round to reading this, but Im hooked now. Its scary in a way similar to Stephen King, but HPL was much more descriptive in his writing. Its taking me a while to get through it as Im finding I have to concentrate more!
 
Shamikebab said:
I've just started Assassin's Apprentice - Robin Hobb. Another series I've been meaning to read for years :)
Click to expand...

Well I've finished the first book, thought it was absolutely fantastic. Now I've got to wait until my housemate has finished the second! Trying to distract myself by reading Neil Gaiman - Fragile Things
 
Just finished Deception Point and it wasn't what I expected actually. Loved the characters but the I thought the plot was lacking a little.

Oh well, onto The Day Watch!
 
Im a scifi - fantasy reader with a bit of nigel trantor thrown i. Lady at work gave me a book called 'Snow ball in hell' by Christopher Brookmeyer i think...

so far its very good read, not what i was expecting at all and im enjoying it.
 
Finished reading Gates Of Fire by Steven Pressfield and it's a great story, very well told. It would be interesting to know how much truth there is in it but perhaps that doesn't matter since it isn't something we can ever conclusively know.

No predictions from me as to what I'll read next since I've been pretty useless at actually sticking to my aims. :)
 
I'm half way through 'Child 44' by Tom Rob Smith.

It is very good, and has a great story line. It wasn't something I'd originally go for, but glad I picked it up now.
 
The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson, I've also read The Road by Cormac McCarthy for the OcUK book club and Wasting Police Time by David Copperfield in the meantime and probably a couple more that aren't coming to mind at the moment.
 
Just started "Azincourt" by Bernard Cornwall. One of my favourite authors and this is typically him. Such an easy read, his fiction based around historical events (usually battles) are great, always well researched and written. Good stuff.
 
Recently finished reading A Prisoner of Birth - Jeffrey Archer. He's probably my favourite author and it was brilliant, hated having to put it down!

Just started Captain Corelli's Mandolin. It's not the kind of book I normally read but I promised my wife I'd read her favourite book and after putting off the inevitable for as long as possible I thought I'd give it a go. :)
 
Majago said:
Just started Captain Corelli's Mandolin. It's not the kind of book I normally read but I promised my wife I'd read her favourite book and after putting off the inevitable for as long as possible I thought I'd give it a go. :)
Click to expand...

Film was good (nothing to do with Penelope Cruz either.... honest!). I bet the book is great, who's the author again, I quite fancy reading that now :D
 
It was written by Louis de Bernières. I've not seen the film so have nothing to compare the book to - often a good thing I think though.

Only read about 20 pages so far and it's fairly hard going. I've been assured that the first few chapters (where the history of Cephalonia are recounted) are tough but then things start to pick up - will report back when I finish!
 
Into the wild by Jon Krakauer
saw the film on sky and loved it, picked up the book, good read so far
next book will probably be 1984
 
Nearing the end of Consider Phlebas, by Iain M. Banks. Second of his books I've read, and am enjoying them very much. Now to decide which book to read next, it's going to be either A Brief History of Time, or another Iain M. Banks book.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom