What are you reading at the moment?

[ozleicester]

interesting, important...and right now relevant.

[The Doctor]

reread Harrow The Ninth (Tamsyn Muir) because I love this stupid series and, firstly it really benefits from a second read where you know what the hell is going on and why it keeps switching third and second person every other chapter, but also it's still utterly wild to have a book that is part exploration of grief as told via a lesbian giving herself a bathroom stall lobotomy to avoid consuming her girlfriend, and part cautionary tale as to why your average millennial man shouldn't be allowed to become a god (he spends half his time wandering around speaking in memes). 

[ozleicester]

Worst book ive ever experienced.

[Unabomber]

Just read the power of the dog. It’s probably the best book I’ve read. It’s about the war on drugs and it’s absolutely amazing. Fiction but based on real events. 

[bovril]

Favourites from 2024

 

[jgtuk]

Not read yet, just received for Christmas. Got four other books on the go atm but will fit this in somewhere eventually. 

[westernpark]

Flint Architecture of East Anglia. I remember as a kid being slightly disappointed that my grandparents sold their flint cottage in North Norfolk, for an easy 70s bungalow- obviously not understanding why! It(along with other things) triggered an interest in building conversation and planning, that is now my career. So was a good read over the Christmas period.

[bovril]

10 minutes ago, westernpark said:

Flint Architecture of East Anglia. I remember as a kid being slightly disappointed that my grandparents sold their flint cottage in North Norfolk, for an easy 70s bungalow- obviously not understanding why! It(along with other things) triggered an interest in building conversation and planning, that is now my career. So was a good read over the Christmas period.

Might be one of the reasons there's so many round tower churches here. Growing up I thought that's just what churches looked like - round towers, flint and painted rood screens. Although in my part of Norfolk a lot of carrstone is used too.

 

Book looks good, will try to track it down.

[splinterdream]

On 15/11/2024 at 10:46, Blueman1967 said:

Read a lot of books, here is the one l am reading  at the moment, Man who family he losses to a earthquake, and predict where they are next. 

 

I read a childhoods end last year, started off with what I thought had a deeper meaning about humanities freedom of choice but finishing the book a little disappointed, or maybe I missed the point, I dunno.

[splinterdream]

I've begun to use audio books alot as I find more time for them. 

I can highly recommend Nuclear War:A scenario by Annie Jacobson, read by the author herself.

Not long finished - A Great and Terrible King - Marc Morris on Edward I (Longshanks), fascinating insight into an important historical king appearing in Braveheart.

Now I'm on Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith

[bovril]

13 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

 

Not long finished - A Great and Terrible King - Marc Morris on Edward I (Longshanks), fascinating insight into an important historical king appearing in Braveheart.

 

Surely one of the greatest CVs of any English king. Survived the actual Assassins on crusade before returning to England and conquering most of Britain. 

[splinterdream]

1 minute ago, bovril said:

Surely one of the greatest CVs of any English king. Survived the actual Assassins on crusade before returning to England and conquering most of Britain. 

Very much so, and sounded as if he was very clever politician, quite often playing one adversary off against another for gain, definitely wetted my appetite for medieval history.

[bovril]

4 minutes ago, splinterdream said:

Very much so, and sounded as if he was very clever politician, quite often playing one adversary off against another for gain, definitely wetted my appetite for medieval history.

I really love the Plantagenets. Very overlooked compared to the obsession with the Tudors.

 

The small Penguin Monarchs books offer a good overview of each king and queen's reign. Then there's the Yale English Monarchs series which are more in depth and sometimes quite heavy going. The Hollow Crown by Miri Rubin is also a good overview of the late medieval period in England. 

[ozleicester]

very interesting...

[Unabomber]

1 hour ago, splinterdream said:

I've begun to use audio books alot as I find more time for them. 

I can highly recommend Nuclear War:A scenario by Annie Jacobson, read by the author herself.

Not long finished - A Great and Terrible King - Marc Morris on Edward I (Longshanks), fascinating insight into an important historical king appearing in Braveheart.

Now I'm on Child 44 - Tom Rob Smith

Really enjoyed Child 44 and the whole series. 

[splinterdream]

1 hour ago, Unabomber said:

Really enjoyed Child 44 and the whole series. 

I've read a lot of stuff on communism, the archipelago my favourite, for some reason I'm fascinated by historical politics and society, which is so often macabre in nature. Just finished a movie called 'Conspiracy' 2001. The nazi meeting to plan the final solution. I know belongs in the movie section but if you haven't seen I'd highly recommend, just astonishing trying to imagine that meeting.

[urban.spaceman]

The Spamalot Diaries by Eric Idle.

[Blueman1967]

Can't put this down a brilliant read

[Foxdiamond]

2 hours ago, splinterdream said:

I've read a lot of stuff on communism, the archipelago my favourite, for some reason I'm fascinated by historical politics and society, which is so often macabre in nature. Just finished a movie called 'Conspiracy' 2001. The nazi meeting to plan the final solution. I know belongs in the movie section but if you haven't seen I'd highly recommend, just astonishing trying to imagine that meeting.

I've seen that movie. Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci. Chilling stuff. 

[splinterdream]

1 hour ago, Foxdiamond said:

I've seen that movie. Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci. Chilling stuff. 

Yes, haven't seen the movie, wanted to read the book first, very good book so far 

[Daggers]

[Grebfromgrebland]

Quite a bit of serious reading going on here, I've just started The Hotel Avocado which is about the level I need right now with world burning, sinking or fighting.

[Izzy]

Pretty apt for this forum 

 

[Parafox]

 

I always thought of him as amusing, witty intellectual with a rich and varied background and this book does that justice. There's so much to his ancestry and his acquaintances and friendships and experiences that make for an absorbing read.

[ozleicester]

Interestuing yet again.