[Misc] What Book are you Currently Reading?

[Bakero]

Breasts and Eggs by Mieko Kawakami.

Never before have I considered the nipple so deeply.

 

[Beach Hut]

Oracle Bones - Peter Hessler

 

[Beach Hut]

The Hills of Adonis - Colin Thubron

 

[amexer]

Writing Home Alan Bennett

 

[Don Quixote]

The Death of the Necromancer - Martha Wells

 

[The Antikythera Mechanism]

The Book of Mars, edited by Stuart Clark

 

[Biscuit]

Santorini, Alistair MacLean

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Phantom by Jo Nesbo

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr

 

[Publius Ovidius]

After reading the quite excellent new Robert Harris book about the escape of two of the regicides who signed charles1 death warrant Act of Oblivion I am back to reading the medieval books by Howard of Warwick … I am on 13 of 20 ish. They are a bit of gentle fluff which are not belly laughs but amusing books featuring King William”s investigator hermitage the monk and watt the weaver ( weaves very dirty tapestries) and Cwen the radical feminist weaver. I recommend them as holiday or bed time reading.

 

[Beach Hut]

Chasing Che - Patrick Symmes

 

[rebel51]

George Orwell 1984 just finished

 

[rebel51]

Just started fyordor dostoevsky the idiot

 

[Comrade Sam]

Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins

 

[Bakero]

Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire by Caroline Elkins

I've got a copy of that but haven't got round to it yet. Let me know what you think.

 

[Barry Izbak]

The 6.20 Man
David Baldacci
Not as gripping as most of his others.... so far

 

[Grizz]

Some often lauded sci-fi in Shards of Earth - The Final Architecture trilogy by Adrian Tchaikovsky.

 

[Comrade Sam]

I've got a copy of that but haven't got round to it yet. Let me know what you think.

Half way through. We'll written and brilliant research, but just endless brutality and swept under the carpet. Also discovered what my Grandfather was up to under Wingate in Palestine - nasty business. Apparently when Ireland gained independence we sent the Black and Tans to terrorise the Palestinians, whilst Bomber Harris practiced tactics. Monty was also pitching in to crush the Arab uprising.

 

[Live by the sea]

What happened to lady Buck, started this thread in 2007 then disappeared in 2008. Anyone know ?

 

[jcdenton08]

The latest Grace novel. Best one I’ve read for ages - half way through and can barely put it down. Not high literature I grant you but a brilliant read.