[Misc] What Book are you Currently Reading?

[Beach Hut]

Along the Edge of the Forest - Anthony Bailey

 

[Barry Izbak]

King & Queens - Iain Dale

I've been listening to the podcast series,
https://www.globalplayer.com/podcasts/42Kses/
so bought the book

 

[Gwylan]

All the D-Day remembrance ceremonies have prompted me to re-read Anthony Beevor's book on the Normandy campaign. What a masterful writer he is: he brings these battles. I don't think it's as good as his Stalingrad book but it's still pretty compelling

 

[BrightonCottager]

I've just finished Paris Spring, a rather ponderous Cold War spy 'thriller' by Radio 4 legend James Nauchtie and started Rewilding The Sea by Charles Clover about bringing life back into the sea (mainly by controlling industrial fishing). I'm enjoying the latter more than the former.

 

[Beach Hut]

Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through - Duncan Weldon

 

[Beach Hut]

A Tourist in the Arab Spring - Tom Chesshyre

 

[Slum_Wolf]

 

[albionalba]

Switching between a few books presently but all recommended:

You must read Vassal State: How America Runs Britain by Angus Hanton - a real eye-opener for me (whilst I've been busy worrying about China and Saudi!)

This time no mistakes by Will Hutton - a good read running up to the election

And the obligatory Peter James latest Stop them Dead which has plenty of the usual Albion references......including the CCTV at the Amex being so sharp it can read the time and make on everyone's wristwatch......

 

[Peteinblack]

Switching between a few books presently but all recommended:

You must read Vassal State: How America Runs Britain by Angus Hanton - a real eye-opener for me (whilst I've been busy worrying about China and Saudi!)

This time no mistakes by Will Hutton - a good read running up to the election

And the obligatory Peter James latest Stop them Dead which has plenty of the usual Albion references......including the CCTV at the Amex being so sharp it can read the time and make on everyone's wristwatch......

I'm a great fan of both Will Hutton and Peter James.

Me and Mrs Peteinblack love the Peter James' Roy Grace series, mainly because of all the local references and landmarks: streets in Brighton and Hove, local pubs and restaurants, Shoreham Port, Devils' Dyke, etc.

 

[albionalba]

I'm a great fan of both Will Hutton and Peter James.

Me and Mrs Peteinblack love the Peter James' Roy Grace series, mainly because of all the local references and landmarks: streets in Brighton and Hove, local pubs and restaurants, Shoreham Port, Devils' Dyke, etc.

Yes, strange mix but I quite like switching between fiction and non fiction. Hope you've had a chance to read This time no mistakes.

As you say, that familiarity with local references makes for a comfort read. I often wonder how all the A27 etc references etc serve readers who don't know the area. I like Rebus for the same reason (and know his patch well also) but somehow the Edinburgh references in that seem to carry beyond locals.

 

[Beach Hut]

Crazy River - Richard Grant

 

[Don Quixote]

Suttree - Cormac McCarthy

 

[Rinkmaster]

Frederick Forsyth The Outsider.

 

[wunt be druv]

"D-Day Through German eyes" by Holger Eckhertz.
Very interesting read , first hand accounts of D-Day from German troops involved against the allies, thoroughly recommend it.

 

[Beach Hut]

Venice - Jan Morris

 

[BrickTamland]

Unruly by David Mitchell.

Halfway through, really enjoying it.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Simul (Andrew Caldecott). Book two of the Momenticon series. Rather like the Rotherweird series, this is complex and nuanced. I'll be honest, I am struggling to follow the narrative, and I am not finding it as entrancing as the Rotherweird trio, but this may change.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

'You Saw Me Standing Alone' by Alex Williams.

A good read about Man City's trailblazing goalkeeper and the appalling racism he experienced in the early 80s playing for City. Top guy. Several BHA mentions so far.

 

[dolphins]

I'm a great fan of both Will Hutton and Peter James.

Me and Mrs Peteinblack love the Peter James' Roy Grace series, mainly because of all the local references and landmarks: streets in Brighton and Hove, local pubs and restaurants, Shoreham Port, Devils' Dyke, etc.

If you like Grace, then recommend Graham Bartlett's Bad For Good, the first of his similarly located police stories. He worked with Peter James on early Grace stuff, and a couple of non-fiction books about local policing - Death Comes Knocking (a selection of local wrong 'uns) and the Babes In The Wood case. Bad For Good is very good, and I've got the second and third in the series ready to read next, after I've finished my current book, which is...

Julia by Sandra Newman. It relates to Orwell's 1984, and tells the story from Julia's perspective of her relationship with Winston Smith. It's approved by Orwell's estate and whilst I'm not that far into it yet, is very good. Language is a bit more up to date than the original (but that was written in 1948 - he swapped over the last two digits to get the year it was set in) and just got to a bit with some VERY fruity language!

 

[Beach Hut]

Muddling Through in Madagascar - Dervla Murphy