What book are you reading right now?

Posted by: Chillkram on 23 May 2010

I thought I'd revive this classic old thread as I couldn't find the original.

I am currently reading Suetonius, 'The Twelve Caesars'.




How about you?
Posted on: 14 December 2011 by Mward2205

Posted on: 17 December 2011 by dav301

Posted on: 17 December 2011 by Steven Shaw

Posted on: 18 December 2011 by rodwsmith
Re-reading my favourite book ever. On the cover is a quote from Salman Rushdie that says "it beats getting drunk". He's right, it does. A wonderful, funny, beautifully written, memorable and evocative masterpiece.


"Water Music" by TC Boyle.
Posted on: 18 December 2011 by rodwsmith
Sorry cannot do images from an iPad, but if you're interested (and you should be) then you'll search in Amazon or similar...
Posted on: 20 December 2011 by Mward2205

Posted on: 22 January 2012 by Chillkram

 

One of the world's oldest stories.

 

Posted on: 22 January 2012 by Paper Plane

Just about to start this:

 

 

Anyone else read it? Comments?

 

steve

Posted on: 22 January 2012 by BigH47

Ben Elton novel is very good , shows he is more than a comedy writer. Ironic subject.

Posted on: 25 January 2012 by Haim Ronen

 

Outstanding collection of short stories.

Posted on: 17 February 2012 by Haim Ronen

Posted on: 17 February 2012 by winkyincanada



Remarkable.

Posted on: 17 February 2012 by Huwge
Originally Posted by Haim Ronen:

Haim, you can follow this with Siegfried Sassoon's Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man. Currently reading "Now all roads lead to France, the last years of Edward Thomas," - by Matthew Hollis

Posted on: 18 February 2012 by Haim Ronen
Originally Posted by Huwge:
Originally Posted by Haim Ronen:

Haim, you can follow this with Siegfried Sassoon's Memoirs of a Foxhunting Man. Currently reading "Now all roads lead to France, the last years of Edward Thomas," - by Matthew Hollis

Thanks, Huw.

 

I really like Sassoon's poems but never read any of his prose.

 

I very highly recommend the selection of short stories in 'Memory Wall'. The writing is just exquisite and the stories take place in different corners of our world.

Posted on: 18 February 2012 by JamieWednesday

 

Very good it is too

Posted on: 26 February 2012 by Blueknowz

Posted on: 26 February 2012 by BigH47

William Golding - The Spire.

Posted on: 13 March 2012 by Haim Ronen

Posted on: 14 March 2012 by Paper Plane

 

Nowhere near as good as The Rotters Club. A bit hard going but certainly readable. As for "hilarious" I've read funnier phone books.

 

steve

Posted on: 14 March 2012 by Florestan

Posted on: 19 March 2012 by BigH47

Just finished:-

 

A good religious type romp a la Dam Brown, collect the clues solve the world.

Posted on: 21 March 2012 by Paper Plane

 

An interesting history.

 

steve

Posted on: 24 March 2012 by EJS

 

On Kindle - halfway and a very good read so far. 

 

Cheers,

EJ

Posted on: 31 March 2012 by Haim Ronen

 

Posted on: 01 April 2012 by BigH47

 

A view of a little known aspect of WWII. I didn't know anything of this , heavily based on actual happenings.