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?
I am currently reading Suetonius, 'The Twelve Caesars'.
How about you?
Not by choice I may add
Just finished this , an enjoyable and strange detective tale set in WW1.
If the conditions were even 1/2 as bad as described it must have been really horrendous, of course we know it was, but having another person saying it such description brings it even closer.
Getting angry again at the inane stupidity of the leaders and their attitude to the soldiers.:-
If the conditions were even 1/2 as bad as described it must have been really horrendous, of course we know it was, but having another person saying it such description brings it even closer.
Getting angry again at the inane stupidity of the leaders and their attitude to the soldiers.:-
Excellent. Just ripe for a decent movie effort too.
Chrismas present.
One of the best books I have read in years!
Paver is a children's author and this is her first adult fiction. It's a ghost story but don't be put off. It is brilliantly written, utterly compelling and genuinely scary.
Essentially it is the story of a young man left alone on the Polar Ice Cap during four months of total darkness and yes,you guessed it...he is not alone. But there is much more to the story than that.
As I say the best book I have read in ages and I read a lot.
Just about to start this!
Cheers
Flettster
and...
Finally getting around to this one after finishing the books I received at Christmas.
Have enjoyed each and every Dalziel & Pascoe, and hope Reg has many more left in him!
This book already goes down as one of the best I've ever read and I haven't yet finished it. The description of the harsh realities of life in the Karakoram is spot on. You cannot fail to be moved by this book; the subtitle says it's one man's mission to promote peace, one school at a time, but I think (and hope) it's a mission which might go some way to changing the world.
I would encourage anyone to read this.
There's no such thing as having too many books on Dieter Rams, so I had to buy this 800-pager:
From the above, here's his office system:
From the above, here's his office system:
... in between some lines of:
Interesting but very dry text book.
A very light read, but enjoyable all the same.
Cheers
Flettster
