Question What are you reading?

[Dick Bate's Protege]

Can't go wrong with Cormac, although I haven't read that. I assume it's good?

Yeah, like most of his works, it's a challenging read but well worth the effort. Don't know how much of his stuff you've read, but 'Blood Meridian' is one of the greatest novels ever in my opinion.

 

[Pubey]

Cool. i've read Blood Meridian, The Road, The Crossing and NCFOM and enjoyed them all.

 

[chadded]

Not a massive reader, but read fatherland on holiday in the summer. About to buy a kindle to go to Afghan with in a couple of weeks. What books should I load onto there. I've got 6 months of reading to do..

 

[Pubey]

Not a massive reader, but read fatherland on holiday in the summer. About to buy a kindle to go to Afghan with in a couple of weeks. What books should I load onto there. I've got 6 months of reading to do..

Fatherland is a great book, Robert Harris is really consistent and so assuming you enjoyed Fatherland then check out some of his other stuff. I'm enjoying The Dark Tower series of books by Stephen King, if you like his films then you'll like these. Lots of classic books on the Kindle are cheap/free as well.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Finished re-reading On The Road, looking forward to the movie now and going to see the original scroll at the British Library.

Now reading Football Manager Stole My Life.




EDIT: I've also heard Dharma Bums is being adapted for the screen. That's in addition to the 'Big Sur' and 'And The Hippos Were Boiled In Their Tanks' adaptations that are already in production. :smile:

 

[Napster]

Fatherland is a great book, Robert Harris is really consistent and so assuming you enjoyed Fatherland then check out some of his other stuff. I'm enjoying The Dark Tower series of books by Stephen King, if you like his films then you'll like these. Lots of classic books on the Kindle are cheap/free as well.

I tried the Dark Tower series. It didnt help that I hadn't read much King before, so I missed a lot of in-jokes.

However, I have recently read Carrie, (very good), and The Stand (immense), so am now trying to read them in order of publication/

Also, just read a Van Veteren (although he doesn't feature much at all),which was cracking - love the multiple twists at the end. Tried to read a Dean Koontz book but it was more boring than scary (a condominium with ghosts, ooooh). Now cracking through Game of Thrones book 4 after a short rest. It's incredible. The minute you think someone is important, they're not. Dead people are brought back to life, important people die, families are married off, knights are made and destroyed. I can't follow anyone before they die or escape somewhere.

 

[hockleyeast1964]

Not a massive reader, but read fatherland on holiday in the summer. About to buy a kindle to go to Afghan with in a couple of weeks. What books should I load onto there. I've got 6 months of reading to do..

Try the Jack Reacher books by Lee Childs.Easy to read and very hard to put down.

 

[Napster]

Try the Jack Reacher books by Lee Childs.Easy to read and very hard to put down.

They're good but the newer ones don't quite hit the highs of the early ones.

Plus of course Chadded would spot the inaccuracies, given Reacher did his job in the army.

 

[hockleyeast1964]

Fair point,have you read the latest one?

 

[Napster]

Fair point,have you read the latest one?

Not yet. Up to Worth Dying For, which was average, compared to Killing Floor and Tripwire.

 

[Tangled up in Blue]

Not yet. Up to Worth Dying For, which was average, compared to Killing Floor and Tripwire.

Killing Floor was of course(originally)a Blues song sung by Skip James(in the 30's),later made famous by Howling Wolf(in the 60's).I wonder if you know what it refers too? :unsure:

 

[Bluesmanager]

A whole lot of 18th century classics (Jekyll and Hyde, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, the list spans some three pages when put into Harvard referencing) for my dissertation. Currently on Dracula (never read it before). It's... odd. Think it's something to do with the way it's told (through all the different characters and such) combined with the old language (Van Helsing speaks weird, even if he is a 18th C foriegner) more than anything else. Can't wait for the Count to meet the knife.

And I've just this week put some pre-orders on the next (and in one case final, AT LAST!) round of books due out imminently - Power of Five Oblivion (Been waiting quite literally years for this one, can't wait) and The Mark of Athena (book 3 of 5, things are gonna be picking up from here...) should be in my hans by the 10th October. Wahey!

 

[Napster]

A whole lot of 18th century classics (Jekyll and Hyde, Dracula, Sherlock Holmes, the list spans some three pages when put into Harvard referencing) for my dissertation. Currently on Dracula (never read it before). It's... odd. Think it's something to do with the way it's told (through all the different characters and such) combined with the old language (Van Helsing speaks weird, even if he is a 18th C foriegner) more than anything else. Can't wait for the Count to meet the knife.

And I've just this week put some pre-orders on the next (and in one case final, AT LAST!) round of books due out imminently - Power of Five Oblivion (Been waiting quite literally years for this one, can't wait) and The Mark of Athena (book 3 of 5, things are gonna be picking up from here...) should be in my hans by the 10th October. Wahey!

Dracula is weird because nothing happens for ages, and most people have seen films or cultural references before reading the book.

 

[Shrimpers are Magic]

Just finished the Honourable School Boy which is the second in the Karla trilogy by John Le Carre. Not exactly a "can't put down" experience if I'm honest. Anyway, onto Smiley's People.

 

[Earls Hall Blue]

The Passage

Have read it before but as the the second instalment of this trilogy is out end of the month, I thought I'd refresh my memory. Its a huge book, but a very good read.

 

[Bluesmanager]

Just finished The Mark of Athena.

Rick Riordan you *******. That is all.

Oblivion I'm not even going to bother commenting on. It's way too complicated.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Just finished Harvey Pekar's graphic novel 'Not The Israel My Parents Promised Me' now reading Oscar Pisrorius' 'Blade Runner'.

 

[Napster]

Just finished Red Card Roy.

Very enjoyable.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Mostly The Gruffalo.

 

[Napster]

Mostly The Gruffalo.

Hahaha. Try Charlie Cook's Favourite Book next.