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[Misc] What Book are you Currently Reading?



W.C.

New member
Oct 31, 2011
4,927
Am currently reading 'The CPFC hashtag on Twitter'.

It's excellent.
 






CorgiRegisteredFriend

Well-known member
May 29, 2011
8,394
Boring By Sea
Suggs autobiography That Close. Better written than I thought it would be and great chapter entitled Charlton Away which captures what it was like to be an away fan in London in the 70s.
 




Buzzer

Languidly Clinical
Oct 1, 2006
26,121
Andrey Kurkov - Death and the Penguin. Late '90s novel set in Kiev about an obituary writer, who is being pursued by the Ukrainian mafia, and his pet penguin. Very satirical, very funny, surreal and offbeat reminds me of Bulgakov's Master and Margarita or Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. An easy read too, I found myself getting through this very quickly.
 






BNthree

Plastic JCL
Sep 14, 2016
11,452
WeHo
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About 1/3 of the way through this. Enjoying it now the story is getting down to the actual mystery and isn't just introductory scene setting.
 


Two Professors

Two Mad Professors
Jul 13, 2009
7,617
Multicultural Brum
If anybody on here likes light-hearted space operas,try Lindsay Buroker-read a few of hers on Kindle recently.Great fun.
 




Tom Hark Preston Park

Will Post For Cash
Jul 6, 2003
72,321
Revisiting THIS piece of mainly self-indulgent bollox, purely on account of the masterful Clash piece that originally appeared in NME as a three-parter at the back end of 1977

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Bold Seagull

strong and stable with me, or...
Mar 18, 2010
30,459
Hove
Andrey Kurkov - Death and the Penguin. Late '90s novel set in Kiev about an obituary writer, who is being pursued by the Ukrainian mafia, and his pet penguin. Very satirical, very funny, surreal and offbeat reminds me of Bulgakov's Master and Margarita or Murakami's Kafka on the Shore. An easy read too, I found myself getting through this very quickly.

Having loved the two books you mention, may give this one a look.

Currently reading Seveneves by Neal Stephenson, incredible read. Not the sort of book if you don't like your orbital mechanics explained to you in wonderful detail, but if you do, this is simply an amazing book of human endeavour in a fight for survival.
 


BBassic

I changed this.
Jul 28, 2011
13,054
Just finished Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig. Enjoyed it but I felt the main character swore more than was necessary. Rather than making her seem edgy, which is what I think Wendig was going for, she came across as immature. Once I'd gotten over that though it was great.

Last night started Shogun by James Clavell. Been meaning to read it for ages.
 




CP 0 3 BHA

Well-known member
Nov 28, 2003
2,258
Northants
Just finished Command and Control by Eric Schlosser, an American Investigative journalist. It's an in depth expose of the US nuclear weapons program from inception through to the 90s - with a particular focus on an incident with a Trident II balistic missile in 1980 - that thread reads as much like a techno thriller as a factual account.. There's also countless other accidents and incidents with hydrogen bombs and other devices that beggar belief - several of which happened in the UK..

The whole thing is just terrifying and it is quite amazing that we came through the cold war without being blown to oblivion.
 


Gwylan

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
31,827
Uffern
'Madonna in a Fur Coat' by Sabahattin Ali.

That's on my wishlist for the year - looks intriguing.

Sadly, the book I'm reading at the moment is Total Rugby, the best rugby coaching manual there is. It's part of my preparation for my Level 2 later this year. It may be a great manual, but it's not a page-turner
 


Fungus

Well-known member
NSC Patron
May 21, 2004
7,155
Truro
"Vinyl - the Art of Making Records - the Grooves, the Labels, the Designs", by Mike Evans.

Fascinating history of the development of records, music, cover art, audio equipment, etc. Found it for £8 at The Works. Even includes a shot of FBS at the Amex.
:rave::rock: :amex:
 




Bigtomfu

New member
Jul 25, 2003
4,416
Harrow
Just finished Command and Control by Eric Schlosser, an American Investigative journalist. It's an in depth expose of the US nuclear weapons program from inception through to the 90s - with a particular focus on an incident with a Trident II balistic missile in 1980 - that thread reads as much like a techno thriller as a factual account.. There's also countless other accidents and incidents with hydrogen bombs and other devices that beggar belief - several of which happened in the UK..

The whole thing is just terrifying and it is quite amazing that we came through the cold war without being blown to oblivion.

Thanks for this. Right up my ballistic tail pipe
 


Wrong-Direction

Well-known member
Mar 10, 2013
13,634
This thread..

Sent from my SM-A310F using Tapatalk
 


mune ni kamome

Well-known member
Jun 5, 2011
2,220
Worthing
Just finished Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry. A western of all things. Never thought I'd even read a western novel but profoundly moved by this brilliant novel. Gutted that it's finished.
 


Skaville

Well-known member
Jun 10, 2004
10,234
Queens Park
Seem to be going through a sports autobiography phrase. Just finished Barbarian Days - a Surfing Life by William Finnegan. It won the William Hill sports book of the year and very good it is too. Now on El Diego, the Maradona autobiography. Great book so far.
 




CHAPPERS

DISCO SPENG
Jul 5, 2003
45,090
A Little Life was grief-porn and an insult to the Booker Prize.

Currently reading this. 160 pages in and I'm ready to cut myself, not unlike the main protagonist.

Will see if it picks up but I don't like the chances of that.
 




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