What book are you reading?

[goo_mason]

Hermann Hesse - Narcissus & Goldmund
Graham McCann - Spike & Co
Graham McCann - Dad's Army
Roger Melly - Roger's Profanisaurus: The Magna Farta Edition
Ian Rankin - Exit Music
The Broons Annual

 

[Andy]

"In Search of Robert Millar"
Stunning book, well researched and written. Possibly, only possibly, the 2nd best cycle book I've read, behind Flying Scotsman!!

 

[bobbyp]

Kate Barker - Case histories
George Orwell - The Road to Wigan Pier (very thought provoking, amazing how little some things have changed)
Terrry Deary - The Terrible Tudors
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The House of the Dead
Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Siegfried Sassoon - Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (17 years I've been reading this for now!)

I really should just knuckle down and finish some of these. Or declare them unread.

 

[Melvil]

Kate Barker - Case histories
George Orwell - The Road to Wigan Pier (very thought provoking, amazing how little some things have changed)
Terrry Deary - The Terrible Tudors
Fyodor Dostoyevsky - The House of the Dead
Roald Dahl - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Siegfried Sassoon - Memoirs of an Infantry Officer (17 years I've been reading this for now!)

I really should just knuckle down and finish some of these. Or declare them unread.

I read this whilst on holiday in Barcelona and thought exactly the same thing!

 

[Milo]

Yet to read that one by Orwell homage to catolonia is a great book of his.

 

[dmoan]

I am just finishing Orwell's 'Homage to Catalonia' and about to buy 'Coming Up for Air'. I am also reading '1915 : The Death of Innocence' by Lyn Macdonald for the second time.

My next book is sitting on my desk waiting to be read - Norman Mailer's 'The Fight'.

 

[Milo]

I have coming up for air and TBH I don't rate it.

 

[microphonie]

This last few months I have got into Robert Rankin. He is a west London Terry Pratchet, but with more humour. I am reading the Brentford trilogies at the moment. The present one is called East of Ealing. There are 8 of them???? I find them very funny in a quirky sort of way.

I love Robert Rankin! The Armageddon Trilogy is superb - Barry the Time Sprout is a legend! The Hugo Rune books are good too.


Just finished The Electric Church by Jeff Somers (it's a decent SF thriller) and The Science of Discworld III by Terry Pratchett, Jack Cohen & Ian Stewart (popular science explained via a Pratchett Discworld story - all 3 in the series are worth getting).

Don't know what's next in line, possibly some Will Self, Irvine Welch or Richard Dawkins. Also keeping my eyes open for a s/h copy of Matter by Iain Banks.

 

[Rapples]

Yet to read that one by Orwell homage to catolonia is a great book of his.

I've just re read this

http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/lion/english/

If you like Orwell it's worth a look

 

[Scott Munn]

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr Zeus

 

[Fiona N]

That's one of my favourite books ever. I love Philip Roth, he's an absolute giant in the US, but not a lot of people seem to read him over here. American Pastoral is his best though.

I had a bit of a break from Roth after reading his early work about 20 years ago and then after picking up 'I married a communist' about 2 years ago, I suddenly realised I'd been missing that machine-gun delivery. Very much enjoying American Pastoral although I can't really see where it's going. 'Plot against America' was excellent too - I think I probably like it more than AP, so far at least, but it's a close run thing.

I agree with you on the ending to Perfume - very seriously weird.

 

[Noodley]

I'm still trying to get through Bill Bryson's book kindly loaned to me by speicher...

 

[Melvil]

I've just re read this

http://www.orwell.ru/library/essays/lion/english/

If you like Orwell it's worth a look

‘As I write, highly civilized human beings are flying overhead, trying to kill me.'

As first sentences go, that's got to take the gold medal! I love Orwell's style of writing and his integrity, even if I don't always agree with him.

 

[Abitrary]

Ah orwell... orwell orwell orwell. So much to answer for.

 

[mr Mag00]

'The end of Mr Y' by Scarlet Thomas