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Question What are you reading?

Currently reading Catch 22. Not enjoying it THAT much, few laugh out loud moments but a bit of a struggle. I'll plough on.

BTW, how wrong was I about Vernon God Little? Superb stuff second time.
 
Still reading Michealis' Schulz biography, it's a monster but highly enjoyable. Bit big to take on holiday next week though so I'm trying to decide whther to take Brideshead Revisted or Stphen Fry's The Liar with me.
 
Ive read the Ice Princess, I thought I read the Stonecutter as well, but having looked at it, doesnt ring any bells. The Ice Princess was good, probably a bit flabby in places, but a good read nonetheless. Let me know what you think of the Preacher.

On the fourth book in the series The Gallows Bird, they're not bad, but you are right in them being a bit flabby in parts. I'm not sure if it's the translation or not, as it's the same translator who was respoonsible for Larsson & Mankell.
 
I'm reading The Distant Drum (A memoir of a Guardsman in the Great War) by F E NOAKES.
Don't be fooled by their apperance on guard duty at Buck house,they are seriously hard *******s who were and still are Elite soldiers, great read..
 
Currently reading 'The World Turned Upside Down' by Melanie Phillips - only about 140 pages in but excellent so far. Barnaby wouldn't like it.

Spot on.I couldn't stand her when she was The Guardian's Education and Social Services correspondent.Fortunately she's moved to the Mail where she belongs.Her frequent appearances on the BBC's Question time are pure pantomime.
 
One for Naps, knowing his enjoyment of Scandinavian crime fiction.

The Preacher by Camilla Lackberg, the second in her series of novels, good stuff.

I'm a member of that club! Haven't posted on this thread for a while and in that time, I've swept through 'The Redbreast', 'Nemesis', 'The Devil's Star', and ' The Redeemer' by Jo Nesbo. I have enjoyed them all and believe that they have got better as the series has progressed. Recently finished 'The Snowman', his latest in paperback, which I found less rewarding and for the first time sussed out at a very early stage, who the perpetrator was. Started on the Icelandic writer Arnaldur Indridason and enjoyed Jar City. Hypo-thermia lays in wait but I prefer to try and keep the reading of an author in some order, so I've started reading 'L'Homme du Lac', that's 'The Draining Lake' in English. Whilst I read far more slowly in French, it strikes me as rather silly to by the same book twice, especially as it's translated, either way.
Read both Camilla Lackberg's 'The Ice Princess' and 'The Preacher', enjoying them both...........on a sexist note, is a book more attractive, if it's written by an attractive authoress? :winking:
 
I feel so good

Bob Riesman's excellent biography"The life and times of Big Bill Broonzy" with a foreword by Peter Guralnick and an Appreciation by Pete Townshend.Bill Big told quite a few whoppers in his time apparently.:liar:
 
Just finished The Whisperer, a massive pile of *****. Worried for my folks who are obsessed with all the Larsson and Nesbo books, the ones I've read have been absolute guff.
 
Back From The Brink - Paul McGrath's autobiography from 2006, written with Vincent Hogan. I was after something light which didn't require too much concentration and this one had been hanging around on the shelf since a few Christmasses ago. It didn't require concentration, but it sure wasn't light. In fact, McGrath's life has been very dark in places - from the circumstances of his birth in London, his being handed over to foster parents in Dublin and then growing up in orphanages there from the age of five. The early years stuff is quite moving and gives some insight into the man's demons, but I didn't realise the extent of his alcohol problems from his days with Man U onwards, especially that he actually played a few times while sauced. Graham Taylor comes out of it well, especially after his realisation that he has signed a chronic alcoholic. However, McGrath's days with Villa turned out to be the best of his career. Amazing, but true.
 

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