What you reading at the moment?

[potsy]

The man who cycled the world by Mark Beaumont. It is a very good read.

Have just reserved a copy of this,can't wait to read it

 

[rh100]

i really love those books you get full of old photos of your town. take a look above normal eye level and you would be amazed at how little has actually changed in the last 80 years or so !!!

Yes, I like those too, especially being into family history stuff I like to see what the area's looked like in the 'old days'. Lots of areas of Birmingham look very much generic High St, but as you say if you look up you some beautifull sights - I would love to have seen some 20's and 30's buildings when they were fresh and new.

 

[Rob3rt]

I just finished reading The Escape Artist by Matt Seaton. First book Ive read in a long time. Wasnt bad but it wasnt particularly good either, not very emotive at all about his wife's illness or death.

Going to read, The Man Who Cycled The World by Mark Beaumont as soon as the library get it back in.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

The Hip Chicks guide to Macrobiotics.

 

[Jamesb]

i have just started to read mark cavendish's autobiography

 

[Paulus]

i have just started to read mark cavendish's autobiography

It is on my shelf waiting for me to finish my current book. see a couple of posts up.

 

[Jamesb]

It is on my shelf waiting for me to finish my current book. see a couple of posts up.

i have had it for a while and haven't got round to reading it, so i thought i would take it to work with me and read it at lunchtime, so far so good.

 

[Yellow Fang]

I am reading The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. A Xmas pressie from my dad. It's a bit heavy going for bedtime reading. I'm also reading London Fields by Martin Amis. The local art cafe has a copy, and so has a pub in town. It's an expensive way to read a book. I'm interested to see how it resembles Blur's Park Life, which Baggy says it does.

 

[John the Monkey]

Finished reading David Wellington's "Monster..." trilogy (concerning the zombie apocalypse, & available to read for free on his website).

On the train, I'm reading "The Road".

 

[John the Monkey]

Enjoyed that.

Even if I didn't quite get it all. (must read it again)

I really like Iain M. Banks - have you read Excession? Probably my favourite culture novel so far.

[quote name='swee'pea99']I've only read two Cormac McCarthys - No Country for Old Men and The Road. Both stunning. Even from just that brace I'd say he ranks with the very best.[/QUOTE]

I'm amazed that he gets you invested in the characters when his prose is so sparse - I've just started "The Road", and can tell it's going to be good just 40 pages or so in.

 

[cisamcgu]

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larson. A good read, but strangely stilted dialogue at times, probably from the translation, also persusing the latest Hornby model railway magazine

 

[Dayvo]

I've just finished Bill Bryson's Down Under. An enjoyable read.

Starting a biography on Jeff Thomson - former Australian fast bowler (should keep me going to Heathrow: I'm leaving Sydney airport soon).

 

[threebikesmcginty]

should keep me going to Heathrow: I'm leaving Sydney airport soon.

I've told security at Heathrow to look out for you - if you see a gang of them with rubber gloves on, run!!!

 

[thegrumpybiker]

Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee by Dee Brown.
It's a historical account of the decimation and subjugation of the Native Americans. Harrowing, depressing and infuriating by turns.

 

[ChrisKH]

I've just finished Bill Bryson's Down Under. An enjoyable read.

Starting a biography on Jeff Thomson - former Australian fast bowler (should keep me going to Heathrow: I'm leaving Sydney airport soon).

I bumped into Bill Bryson in a Novotel hotel restaurant in Perth when he was researching that book. I knew it was him; he was on his own at a table reading a book.