Question What are you reading?

[Jedi Shrimper]

Still reading Desolation Angels by Kerouac, haven't had much time to read the last few weeks, but I'd say it's definately in my top 3 Kerouac books already. It seems more open and varied in it's subjects, you get more of an idea about his love of baseball, jazz etc, and more of an insight into his mind. People often accuse him of being sexist / racist / homophobic to which after reading this book so far I would say is rubbish on all 3 counts, you just have to bear in mind the time it was written so some of the language he uses sounds -ist to us now but his actual attitudes definately are not.

Next up on my reading list is American Splendor (graphic novel) and Men Who Stare At Goats by Jon Ronson.

 

[Lester Bangs]

Nick Hornby - How to be good.

I needed something easy after battling with 'The rise and fall of the third Reich' fascinating stuff but a marathon of a read.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

This week I have been mostly reading books on cocaine, dogging and cricket.

 

[Napster]

This week I have been mostly reading books on cocaine, dogging and cricket.

Have you read the John Major's cricket book yet?

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Have you read the John Major's cricket book yet?

Not yet. It is on my library wishlist though, so I'll get round to getting it out some time.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand - hard going at times but I like to keep pace with all the other right-wing intellectual wannabes who are reading this right now.

 

[Napster]

Just finished Home Before Dark by Charles MacLean. Needs loads of leaps of belief, but better than your standard crime thriller romp.

Now onto Vernon God Little (good so far), then a Le carre classic Ive not read - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

 

[Pubey]

Just finished Home Before Dark by Charles MacLean. Needs loads of leaps of belief, but better than your standard crime thriller romp.

Now onto Vernon God Little (good so far), then a Le carre classic Ive not read - Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

Vernon God Little is a good book.
Currently working my way through the new Charlie Brooker - Hell of it all, a good read even though I've read a lot of the original columns.

 

[Napster]

Oh and finished the Ring Trilogy as well- first book, standard horror, second, looks at viruses and DNA, third, well, it's like the Matrix (except the original Japanese novel was written before The Matrix was filmed). Very very clever and a real treat.

 

[steveo]

Trinity by Leon Uris. Bit slow at first. The Catholics are taking a bashing.

 

[ibwiajwa]

Trinity by Leon Uris. Bit slow at first. The Catholics are taking a bashing.

Good book but, as you said, the first 100 pages or so are a bit of a slog. I am reading 'Breath' by Tim Winton which is all about surfing and extreme sport and the drug it becomes for people. Or rather, it's really about the characters - a faded surfing star who acts as mentor to a pair of teenagers. I'm listening to it on 'Audible' - great reader.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

The Prostrate Years by Sue Townsend,the latest in the Adrian Mole sagas-and bloody funny it is too!

 

[Hotman]

Four hour work week - Tim Ferriss. Highly recommended - all about how to remove yourself as a bottleneck in anything you do

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Just finished 'American Splendor' by Harvey Pekar. Compilation graphic novel, which I read because I saw the movie version starring Paul Giamatti and loved it. Pekar wrote about his everyday life, frustrations, triumphs, memories etc and as such the narrative is nonexistant but a brilliant read. Chronicles & celebrates the mundane and trivial with cynical humour that made me laugh alot. Brilliant stuff.

next up....To Have or Have Not by Hemingway.

 

[Napster]

Couldnt even finish Vernon God Little. Awful, hackneyed, lack of depth, and quite frankly, dull.

Now onto Mr Clarinet, a crime thriller set in Haiti.

 

[NZamba Legend]

Couldnt even finish Vernon God Little. Awful, hackneyed, lack of depth, and quite frankly, dull.

Weird book. I thought it was good, but can't say I enjoyed it...

 

[Pubey]

Weird book. I thought it was good, but can't say I enjoyed it...

Yeah weird is probably the best way to put it... I enjoyed it though

 

[Napster]

Weird book. I thought it was good, but can't say I enjoyed it...

I got to the part where he gets off the coach and meets up with some girl who he's been fantasing about running off to Mexico with, and I just couldn;t be bothered to carry on.

 

[Lester Bangs]

After much acclaim from a few friends and family I have finally started 'The Book Thief'.

I must say its been excellent so far.

 

[Dick Bate's Protege]

Lords of the Bow - Conn Iggulden

(Pt.2 of the Genghis Khan series)