What Are You Reading?

I'm reading The Passage by Justin Cronin.

Pages of it are just a pile of turd, but then you come across some really good bits. Hence why I'm persevering! :)
 
Official Guide to the CISSP CBK. I can't recommend it as a thrilling holiday read :D

On the enjoyable side, Michael Grant's Hunger (sequel to Gone). Excellent book so far.
 
Arthur C. Clarke - 2063 The Third Odyssey

Pretty good series of books, although the first one (2001) is by far the best and the series has been party ruined by interfering movie franchises.
 
In the last couple of weeks:

The Ascent of Rum Doodle - W. E. Bowman
A short but hilarious parody of team climbing a 40000 and a half foot mountain! Well worth a read.

1984 - George Orwell
Took me a while to get round to finally reading this but is probably a book everyone should read.

Huckleberry Finn - Mark Twain
Again well worth a read and deservingly known as one of the Great American Novels.

All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses an Eye - Christopher Brookmyre
I love Brookmyre novels - intelligent and witty crime thrillers that are easy to read.
 
Road to Rome by Ben Kane.

3rd in a trilogy, It's ok but a little shallow character wise, got to finish it though seeing as how i've read the first two already :)

Got The Field of Death by Simon Scarrow sitting here waiting to be read after this,

Wellington and Napoleon finaly have a straightener at Waterloo, can't wait to get stuck into that, 4th in a series if i remember right..
 
reading Terry Brooks Trilogy of "the heritage of Shannara", having a trilogy in one book makes it a bit of a beast to get through but enjoyable.


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The Apocrypha and the works of the Apostolic Fathers. There are some interesing bits but it's often heavy going...
 
nydryl said:
All Fun and Games Until Someone Loses an Eye - Christopher Brookmyre
I love Brookmyre novels - intelligent and witty crime thrillers that are easy to read.
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Good choice, I've never read a Brookmyre novel that I didn't like except maybe the Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks which while not bad just wasn't as good as the rest and so was a bit of a disappointment. They're not amazingly complex and don't have hugely involved storylines but they're entertaining, intelligent and funny so as a way to while away a few hours there's little better. Some of the insults used still make me grin now.

Currently reading Paid Servant by E.R. Braithwaite - quite an intriguing book about a black man who was a teacher and became a social worker dealing with problem cases, often referred to him because of the colour of his skin. It's fascinating because it's very much a product of its time (1950-1960s) and yet there are still certain elements that seem perfectly up to date currently. It's one of those random books that I'd never have searched out because I was unaware of its existence but it was on the shelves of the house here so I figure it was worth a shot and happily it is.

Previous to this I read Dune by Frank Herbert for the OcUK Book Club, the thread is somewhere in this forum. A truly great science fiction book, very enjoyable and epic in every sense of the word. I'm looking forward to reading some more of the subsequent novels.
 
Kingdom of Fear by Hunter S Thompson. Very good book, he is almost like a prophet with an uncanny mix of Che Guevara thrown in, in terms of world view and attitude.
 
Currently reading.

Everest, the summit of achievement. Book by Steven venables and the royal geographical survey about the history of cimbing mount everest. Fascinating read and some stunning pictures, particularly from early expeditions.
 
kiteloopy said:
currently reading this. Ok so far... just starting part3.
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I too am reading 1984 - having just finished Atlas Shrugged and Brave New World I'm having some kind of dystopia-fest at the moment. Only just started 1984 tonight though, so only a chapter in at the mo.
 
Temple of the Winds by Terry Goodkind

and The Daemon by Anthony Peake

waiting on the shelf The Gnostic Gospels, Gospel of Judas and Memories, Dreams, Reflections (Jung)
 
Currently reading

Dead Line by Stella Rimington. This is the second of her books that I've read, fairly standard spy adventure type fare but enjoyable nevertheless.
 
The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva for some light relief and Poland: A History by Adam Zamoyski.
 
I'm on a Wilbur Smith binge.

I've just read When The Lion Feeds, The Sound Of Thunder and A Sparrow Falls. Now I'm onto The Burning Shore.

Highly recommended.
 
Autobiography - Frankie Boyle - My (begins with S ends with T) life so far bought it yesturday just read the first few pages all okay so far :)
 
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