[Misc] What Book are you Currently Reading?

[portslade seagull]

Just read Dicks book Madman its amazing how familiar every transfer window was with today's efforts

 

[HantsSeagull]

john irving - in one person

just finished 'I am Pilgrim' by sussex born Terry Hayes - highly recommended

 

[Skaville]

Secret Histories by Donna Tartt

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Harvest by Jim Grace- the story of a village under threat by outsiders and witchcraft. Chilling stuff and a quick read if that's what you want.

 

[Spun Cuppa]

I'm just about to start Joe Klein's Woody Guthrie: A Life

It's mentioned by Springsteen in one of his monologues between songs on one of his live records, so hopefully will be a good read

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Just finished 'Bonfire of the Vanities,' great book somewhat let down by the ending. Next is 'Pigeon English.'

For anyone who likes great fiction writing on the subject of football, I cannot recommend 'Fan' by Danny Rhodes highly enough. In brief, it's about about supporting Forest and The Hillsborough Disaster (Rhodes was there). Best book I've read in years.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Harry Redknapp autobiography, bit of an eye opener.

I have just finished it, like him or hate him it's a good read for any football fan.

 

[Fitzcarraldo]

Struggling through Don Quixote. Whilst I am enjoying it, your man Don Quioxte being a genuinely funny character, it is a bit rambling.

 

[Don Quixote]

Struggling through Don Quixote. Whilst I am enjoying it, your man Don Quioxte being a genuinely funny character, it is a bit rambling.

Quality book, are you reading the Edith Grossman translation?

 

[BBassic]

Just started Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree Jr. Collection of sci fi short stories.

 

[Surf's Up]

H is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald - strangely powerful autobiographical story about how the author was fascinated by hawks and falconry as a child and was drawn to obtaining a Goshawk when her father died to somehow help her to come to terms with his death. Strange to the point that she started to think and behave like the hawk.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Rod:The Autobiography by Rod Stewart

 

[Seagull over Canaryland]

'Spy Catcher' by Peter Wright, former senior MI5 officer.

Fascinating and surprisingly gripping read about espionage and the series of spy scandals during the Cold War.

Can understand why it was so controversial when published in the late '80s when Wright was demonised by the British establishment for daring to reveal the scale of incompetence and wilful cover ups of the infiltration of the Security Services by foreign agents. You really get a sense of how frustrated Wright became.

Wright's background and earlier career as a very talented electrical engineer and ability to devise innovative listening equipment is another interesting angle.

 

[mune ni kamome]

American Gods-Neil Gaiman. Been recommended to me.

 

[BBassic]

American Gods-Neil Gaiman. Been recommended to me.

I really enjoyed American Gods. Let us know what you think.

 

[Spun Cuppa]

After finishing Joe Klein's biography of Woodie Guthrie, I picked up Jack Kerouac's Lonesome Traveller, and can see the linkage between early and mid twentieth century American music, politics and life in general

PS the former is a brilliant book, deffo worthy of a read

 

[SouthCoastOwl]

The Quarry - Iain Banks

Definitely up to his usual standard with the added poignancy that he was dying from cancer when he wrote the book. It's a great shame that there won't be any more novels from Mr Banks, he'll be sadly missed.

 

[dougdeep]

Barnaby Rudge.

 

[Fitzcarraldo]

Quality book, are you reading the Edith Grossman translation?

It's the Tobias Smollett translation. I like that it has translated the original licences from the clergy declaring it ok for it to be published.

 

[Don Quixote]

I just finished VALIS by Philip K. Dick and am onto The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons.