What are you reading at the moment?

[Guest MattP]

More Haruki Murakami, a guilty pleasure with a bottle of Hideki on a weeknight.

[hesapeepingtom]

Robert Kennedy and his times.good blokes bobby and Jack.

[Samilktray]

Thoroughly enjoyed Zlatans book.

[Beliall]

Foxestalk

 

 

 

 

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im reading Silencer, Andy McNab

[Rincewind]

Bought and read this. Then gave it to a mate. Ssshh only cost 50p

 

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Was OK A lot of truth in it. Especially the part where as an eight year old your dad tells you the ref is playing for the other side and you believe it for life. And where when your team;s best player is injured he is out for 3 months and when it is the worst player it is 3 minutes.

Edited 15 October 2014 by Rincewind

[Buce]

More Fool Me - Stephen Fry.

The third volume of his autobiography. It's a cracking read, but keep your dictionary handy.

[Vlad the Fox]

Half way through this at the minute:

Superbly written story of friendship, betrayal and tragedy. Set in Afghanistan and America it really does draw you into the life's of its characters in a moving and tragic story though I feel redemption is only around the corner. I would seriously recommend this book.

Edited 5 December 2014 by Vlad the Fox

[theessexfox]

Any good series to recommend buying for my dad to start? Bought him some Jo Nesbo before seeing it on his bedside table, so that's a no go. 

[ronnup]

The 'Flashman' series. Bloody excellent and fantastic historically accurate war history too.

[Guest]

 

Thoroughly enjoying it so far too

[Webbo]

Any good series to recommend buying for my dad to start? Bought him some Jo Nesbo before seeing it on his bedside table, so that's a no go. 

Flashman is a good shout. If he likes detective books the Harry Bosch books by Michael Connelly are excellent.

[Buce]

Any good series to recommend buying for my dad to start? Bought him some Jo Nesbo before seeing it on his bedside table, so that's a no go.

Does he like science fiction? Asimov's 'Foundation' series is unbelievably good.

[Steven]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plumbers-Visionaries-Securities-Settlement-Financial/dp/0470724250

[theessexfox]

Cheers guys, written them all down and will have a browse in town today.

[Captain...]

Thoroughly enjoying it so far too

Good read that almost got my camera taken off me for taking pictures outside that place, I'd enjoyed the book so much I thought I would go and have a look see if I could get on a prison tour, but they had stopped all that by then. I'm not sure if I would have had the nerve to do one.

Either way they werent happy with me taking snaps outside.

[Unabomber]

Recently finished reading beautiful you by Chuck Palahnuik, if anyone wants to read a book literally about vaginas then this is for you.

Currently trying to read leaving Berlin by Joseph Kanon but it seems pretty tough.

[Bellend Sebastian]

 

Fantastic stuff.  An infinitely more rewarding read than either the Mark E Smith or Morrissey autobiographies

[Crinklyfox]

A few books I've enjoyed:

 

Room - Emma Donoghue

This is for me a rarity, a truly original book.  It's written from the perspective of a five year old child, who has had an unusual upbringing.  The first chapter is a little difficult owing to the unusual style but if you persist the book is a rewarding read.

 

Holding the zero - Gerald Seymour

You know what you're going to get with Gerald Seymour, he's been turning out highly readable novels based around different conflicts since Harry's Game.  This one's a tale of two snipers, and typical of Seymour, I found it hard to put down.

 

Lies of silence - Brian Moore

The late Mr Moore (not the football commentator) is one of my favourite authors, and unlike Seymour, you never know what you're going to get when you open up one of his books.  Lies of silence is set during the troubles of Northern Ireland, so may not be so relevant to younger readers.  However, I could have picked any of his books, if you've never read him (and a lot of people have never heard of him) give him a try.

 

Harvest - Jim Crace

This book transports you back centuries to a week in a rural village in England.  I liked it mainly due to his use of language which paints a rich picture - you can smell the barley. 

[Crinklyfox]

Half way through this at the minute:

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Superbly written story of friendship, betrayal and tragedy. Set in Afghanistan and America it really does draw you into the life's of its characters in a moving and tragic story though I feel redemption is only around the corner. I would seriously recommend this book.

I hope you enjoyed it, it's on my 'to read' list.  I've just finished And the mountains echoed by the same author, the first book of his I've read, it's also set in Afghanistan and has the same qualities that you describe for The Kite Runner.. 

[Leicfox]

 

Nearly finished reading this fast paced thriller, and it's been a great read so far. I'm hoping the ending is just as good.

[Trav Le Bleu]

Just finished The Shining Girls by Lauren Beukes. Couldn't get into it first time round, but a more concerted effort to "get into it" has proved rewarding. Enjoyed it, but it is quite taxing keeping all the differing timelines in order to make sense of it.

[DANGEROUS TIGER]

The Histories, by Tacitus.

[Steve_Guppy_Left_Foot]

Doctor Sleep - Stephen King.

[Nick]

The Histories, by Tacitus.

 

Great subject - really interesting - wasn't a fan of the writing in terms of the amount of Roman characters which skipped about and died off. Hard to keep track of at times - I think a lot depends on the translation and which version you read.

[Nick]

 

Nearly finished reading this fast paced thriller, and it's been a great read so far. I'm hoping the ending is just as good.

 

Yeah, took this on holiday with me - impulse buy at the airport. One of the best page turners I'd read in ages - fantastic debut novel but you'd expect it from this fella, he wrote bundles of screen stuff and I think was some kind of a political journalist/correspondent?

 

Hope another comes out soon.