[Misc] What Book are you Currently Reading?

[Gwylan]

DC Confidential, the memoirs of Christopher Meyer, the UK ambassador to the US during the last Labour government.

There's one brilliant phrase in it. He describes Blair and Brown as having made a Faustian pact "but it wasn't clear which one was Faust and which one was Mephistopheles". That's excellent; I'm going to pinch that

 

[Swimboy64]

Buddhism-Plain and Simple
Steven Hagen
To enable a more Zen approach to being a Brighton fan

 

[mothy]

Strong independent woman - fern Brady. I've bought it but not started it yet..

Book before that was the deficit myth - Stephanie Kelton

 

[Beach Hut]

Swiss Watching - Diccon Bewes

 

[chickens]

Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord - Louis de Bernières

The second in a (so far) excellent trilogy.

 

[Deportivo Seagull]

Rereading Decipher - Stel Pavlou

 

[Beach Hut]

Under the Wave at Waimea - Paul Theroux

 

[cheshunt seagull]

Walls Come Tumbling Down: The Music and Politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge - Daniel Rachel

 

[pearl]

Never Understood .... William and Jim Reid tell all about the formation of Jesus And Mary Chain and their escape from East Kilbride

 

[marlowe]

"The Death of Bunny Munro" by Nick Cave.

Like Peter James' Roy Grace books it's set in Brighton... ..but that's about as far as the similarities go.

Also like the Roy Grace books it's been made into a TV series

 

[El Presidente]

Took me ages to open it but The Secret Barrister was a superb but depressing read.

 

[Beach Hut]

Cleopatra's Needle - Anne Mustoe

 

[Braggfan]

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After you posted this a few months back, I read up on "The Roads to Sata" and decided to buy it. Its been sat in my "to read" pile until last week. I finished it last night and I absolutely love this book. Thanks for posting on here, because I wouldn't have come across it otherwise. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone with an interest in travel writing, Japan or just looking for something gentle/interesting to read.

 

[Barry Izbak]

The Edge - David Baldacci

 

[Peteinblack]

Taking a break from the Bible - 1/3 the way through, and it is impossible to keep track of the new names and places which appear on almost every page - and about to start Tolstoy's Anna Karenina

I know, I'm a glutton for punishment!

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

A Man With One Of Those Faces
Caimh McDonnell

Have you read his Stranger Times series of books yet? They are different subject matter but with the same humour in the writing.

 

[maresfield seagull]

Have you read his Stranger Times series of books yet? They are different subject matter but with the same humour in the writing.

No not yet Not long started book 2
What s the précis on that series ?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Pompeii by Robert Harris

 

[GOM]

The Edge - David Baldacci

I'm slowly working my way through Baldacci books. Just finished The Memory Man, the first of the Amos Decker series, so now onto the next, the Last Mile.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

Have you read his Stranger Times series of books yet? They are different subject matter but with the same humour in the writing.

They are paranormal thrillers set in Manchester. Don’t let the paranormal bit put you off if it isn’t your thing thought. There is the dark humour of his other books throughout.