What book are you reading?

[domd1979]

Reading "The Last Oil Shock" by David Strahan at the moment. Got Joanna Blythman's "Bad Food Britain" lined up to read next.

 

[Night Train]

I've just finished reading 'Land Speed Records', 'How to Build Your Own Electric Car' and 'Chassis and Suspension Systems'.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

In the middle of Bill Bryson's "Mother Tongue" for the second or third time.

 

[Shaun]

Lynda Le Plante - Sleeping Cruelty

 

[rich p]

I am now reading Super Cannes by JG Ballard. It's a crock of sh*te!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Super Cannes is excellent - there aren't many more accute satirical pictures of the state we are in than Ballard's. IMHO of course...

I am reading 'Our Fathers' by Andrew Hagan. When I started it, I was prepared to dislike its very deliberately and self-consciously 'literary' style, but as I have got into the story, it has become gradually more beautiful.

 

[palinurus]

I really liked Super Cannes.

 

[Lardyboy]

Re-reading Tinker, Tailor - John Le Carre. Been about fifteen years since I read it last.

 

[HLaB]

I picked up "In search of Robert Millar" again last night at about 1am couldn't sleep and got captivated in the chapter about the doctor who believed in Hormone Re balancing.

 

[rich p]

Super Cannes is excellent - there aren't many more accute satirical pictures of the state we are in than Ballard's. IMHO of course...
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I thought it was sensationalised, melodramatic, unbelievable drivel written with a view to someone picking it up for a film (IMHO of course). But vive la difference as we say in Cannes!

 

[Dayvo]

But vive la difference as we say in Cannes!

As opposed to 'split the difference', as one says in Croatia!

I'm about to start 'The Master and Margarita' by Mikhail Bulgakov.
I've heard it's a classic.

 

[Melvil]

As opposed to 'split the difference', as one says in Croatia!

I'm about to start 'The Master and Margarita' by Mikhail Bulgakov.
I've heard it's a classic.

I started that and would like to re-start it!

 

[Melvil]

But at the mo reading one of Richard Morgan's books:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Morgan_(author)

 

[lonesome_rider]

Steve Alten - The Trench

MEG should be coming to the big screen soon too

 

[Aperitif]

Yes, it's drivel isn't it. Pompous or what? One of the few things I've ever given up reading in disgust, if not from sheer boredom.

Funnily enough, I couldn't 'get on' with The Dice Man - another 'classic'.
Anyone put me right?