What are you currently reading?

[slowwww]

The Profligate Son by Nicola Phillips.
A biography of the son of a wealthy merchant who aspires to have the lifestyle of the landed gentry, and will adopt whatever means fair and foul to get it, which ultimately leads to his demise. Really good read and a fabulous insight into the inequalities of life in Georgian London

 

[swee'pea99]

She does come across as being rather pompous and arrogant. I don't like that sort of person. A bit of a know it all.

Yeah - I think that's spot on.

 

[welsh dragon]

Yeah - I think that's spot on.

It may be a bit bad to say this, but with people like that, I tend not to want to buy they're books, as it puts money in rhe pockets of people you wouldn't like in real life

 

[JoeyB]

I rarely pick up a book but on a camping trip over the weekend I grabbed a free book from the camping shop. It was called Shelter by Harlan Coben, turns out it was one of two books (with a third on the way next month) so I was left on a massive cliffhanger when I finished it lol

 

[CopperCyclist]

The Wild Card Series, edited by George R R Martin, written by numerous authors. Really enjoying them too! A perfect mix of sci-fi and fantasy.

http://www.wildcardsonline.com/books.html

 

[swee'pea99]

The Road to Serfdom by Friedrich Hayek - the bible of the likes of Thatcher & Keith Joseph. Unpersuaded thus far...

 

[nappadang]

One Summer, 1927 by Bill Bryson. It's well written and does enough to keep you reading. I'm guessing it will appeal more to American readers as it is a chapter in their history.
In fairness, I now know a lot more about Charles Lindbergh and Babe Ruth. I bet they never feature in another quiz I ever enter.

 

[swee'pea99]

One Summer, 1927 by Bill Bryson. It's well written and does enough to keep you reading. I'm guessing it will appeal more to American readers as it is a chapter in their history.
In fairness, I now know a lot more about Charles Lindbergh and Babe Ruth. I bet they never feature in another quiz I ever enter.

You really can't go wrong with Bill Bryson. I've never read anything by him that I haven't enjoyed.

 

[Bobby Mhor]

One Summer, 1927 by Bill Bryson. It's well written and does enough to keep you reading. I'm guessing it will appeal more to American readers as it is a chapter in their history.
In fairness, I now know a lot more about Charles Lindbergh and Babe Ruth. I bet they never feature in another quiz I ever enter.

I have not long finished The Babe, the legend comes to life...by RW Creamer, a bit OT on the baseball stats but a good inside to the man...
presently reading a book on Major Taylor

 

[KEEF]

Still reading Game of Thrones.

 

[shouldbeinbed]

giving Slaying the Badger another go on Kindle, based on everyone but me calling it a good read, I'm seeing if I gave up on the turgid first half too soon for the racing bit.
In real paper form I've just started the 4th Science of Discworld book.

 

[Dayvo]

Philip Kerr - Prague Fatale

A German policeman in war-time Berlin dealing with a number of crimes. Very well-written and amusing throughout.

 

[Gravity Aided]

Just Ride, by Grant Petersen.( I shall now install the extra lightning rods on my house.)

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Definitely Maybe by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, in a new and uncensored translation. It's one of those slightly surreal Eastern European tales with hints of something profound and perhaps sinister intruding on the lives of various academics in Soviet Russia.

 

[Roadhump]

Just finished "The hundred year old man who jumped out of the window and disappeared" by Jonas Jonasson. Gets huge numbers of top reviews on Amazon, but just a good one from me. A good book, quite clever and amusing. Undecided about what to read next, dozens on my Kindle and about 15 paperbacks / hardbacks in my pile, but probably going to read Cry Wolf by Wilbur Smith, should be a fast paced, not too heavy action novel. Then perhaps one of the classics for something a bit deeper.