What Are You Reading?

[philmud]

Just bought "Skagboys" by Irvine Welsh from iTunes. Let's see if I can handle reading a book on an electronic device.

I loved Trainspotting, Filth, The Acid House and a few more of his earlier books. Glue and Porno were ok, but a few of his more recent offerings have been awful. Anyone read Skagboys? Is it good?

 

[Bentnose]

Carte Blanche by Jeffery Deaver, he's the new James Bond author.

 

[manticle]

Prague cemetery. Decent novel but not holding my attention as much as other Eco stuff.

 

[petesbrew]

Just finished Magician's End - Raymond E Feist last night.
Awesome.

 

[tricache]

Old Boy, the manga, which the film was based...really enjoying it!

 

[punkin]

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

 

[Camo6]

Found my Tmnt graphic novels. Awesome.
Got 3/4s through Heinlenns starship troopers and couldnt finish. Meh.
Luckily Dune trilogy had just arrived from book depository.

 

[sponge]

Life after death - Damien Echols

Read and article about this in rolling stone a couple of months back and got given it for my birthday after expressing some interest.

Still telling the tale of his childhood atm, but am quite interested to know how managed to be sentenced to life for a crime he 'didn't commit'...

 

[manticle]

Be interested in reading that myself sponge, having followed various details of that case for a bit.

Does he write well?

 

[sponge]

He actually sounds like a reasonably intelligent guy, considering what he's been through and the fairly sub-standard childhood he had.

I'm probably only a 3rd of the way through, but he does write quite well.

Interested to read the rest and get onto the dealings of the court case, although I only do my reading for when I'm traveling remotely for work, so probably won't get to come back to it for another couple of weeks.

 

[Bentnose]

The Dreaming Void by Peter F Hamilton

 

[bum]

War and Peace, if you'll credit that.

You know what? It is actually pretty damned good so far (~10% in). Touch more melodramatic than I imagined. I expect I'd be enjoying it a tad more if I knew anything about the Napoleonic Wars other than that they happened. Oh well. Anyway, don't tell me how they end. SPOILERS!

 

[krausenhaus]

Skagboys by Irvine Welsh. I can't actually remember the last fiction I read that wasn't by Irvine Welsh.

 

[manticle]

He actually sounds like a reasonably intelligent guy, considering what he's been through and the fairly sub-standard childhood he had.

I'm probably only a 3rd of the way through, but he does write quite well.

Interested to read the rest and get onto the dealings of the court case, although I only do my reading for when I'm traveling remotely for work, so probably won't get to come back to it for another couple of weeks.

Always sounded reasonably articulate in interviews but that may have just been comparatively speaking considering his peers and elders.

 

[eungaibitter1]

"Blood,Sweat & Beers-Oz Rock from the Aztecs to Rose Tattoo", Murray Engleheart.

 

[Yob]

Go figure...

 

[Not For Horses]

Just finished Dracula. Great read.

 

[Camo6]

Dracula is one of my all time classics. Struggled through it when I was a young teen only to reread it years later to really appreciate it. When it comes to modern vampire novels, Salem's Lot is the ducks guts IMO.

 

[treefiddy]

Surely you're joking Mr Feynman.

This man should be the epitome humanity. A Nobel prize winner who enjoyed working in strip clubs, a very funny character.
I've never read such a great autobiography.

This is probably what made me read his book.

 

[Forever Wort]

War and Peace, if you'll credit that.

You know what? It is actually pretty damned good so far (~10% in). Touch more melodramatic than I imagined. I expect I'd be enjoying it a tad more if I knew anything about the Napoleonic Wars other than that they happened. Oh well. Anyway, don't tell me how they end. SPOILERS!

I slogged through W&P a few years ago. It took two attempts but I ended up enjoying the book quite a lot - very thought provoking. However, given its length, it isn't one I'll be revisiting for at least a few more years yet. The length is justified by its scope but still.

The adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

Awesome books. I was disappointed by the recent BBC TV series though.

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And I am reading Frankenstein at the moment for book club. I didn't realise it was so inspired by earlier works i.e. "the modern Prometheus", nor how blatantly Shelley writes about her inspirations. I have a week to get it done so hopefully it is doable.