[Misc] What Book are you Currently Reading?

[Deportivo Seagull]

The Story of the Stone - Barry Hughart

 

[penny's harmonica]

Grief is the thing with feathers. Max Porter.
Very short and very good

 

[Eggman]

I need a new thriller/crime/mystery in my life.

 

[Danny-Boy]

Just finished Eric Clapton's autobiography which was a bit like one of his concerts I went to years ago - initially exciting but then boring particularly when he goes into his AA period towards the end.

Am now just starting on the Garry Nelson book written in 1994 when he was playing at Charlton, already itself a period piece as he refers to playing in "The stiffs".

 

[Tarpon]

I read American Rust and really liked it, but not being a fan of 'Westerns' I gave this one a swerve.

I'd give it a go: it transcends the Western genre (for me) & covers generarions of the same family from 1800s to present day.

 

[matt]

I read American Rust and really liked it, but not being a fan of 'Westerns' I gave this one a swerve.

I enjoyed American Rust too, but The Son is an awesome read. Thoroughly recommended


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[Barry Izbak]

Miracle Cure - Harlan Coben

Got to put it down now, or I might miss pre match pub

 

[Lady Whistledown]

I need a new thriller/crime/mystery in my life.

Just started Robert Harris's new one, Conclave.

Always been a fan of his stuff since Fatherland, years back, but already I think this is going to be up there with his very best.

The chapters I've read so far have been incredibly atmospheric. I'm glued.

 

[Garry Nelson's teacher]

France 1940: Defending the Republic by Philip Nord, picked up in a charity shop for £1 (hardback). A snip!

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Fingers in the Sparkle Jar - Chris Packham.

Never watched anything he's done on TV but great reviews and his bizarre, maverick life made me interested in this autobiography. Amazing read thus far.

 

[Tarpon]

Covers 1860-90. Relentlessly compelling and appalling.

 

[Insel affe]

It gets hard towards the end.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

My latest bargain basement purchase from the BHF shop in London Road is 'SHIFT' by Hugh Howey. Part of a sci-fi trilogy apparently. Not normally a sci-fi fan, but this goes light on the sci-fi aspect, despite being set in the near-future pre- and post-apocalypse. Extremely readable, has to be said. 8/10

 

[Barry Izbak]

Harlen Coben - Caught

 

[The Rivet]

Marquis de Sades, 120 days of Sodom. Quite awful yet you still read. Mad book........

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

21 Yaks and a Speedo by Lewis Pugh

 

[Don Quixote]

A Maggot - Fowles


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[Gwylan]

All That Man Is by David Szalay.

It's a strange one: it's marketed as a novel - and is on the Booker Prize shortlist - but it reads like a collection of short stories. I'm only about a quarter of the way through it at the moment so maybe there'll be some enlightenment

 

[Tom Bombadil]

Just finished His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnett which is also on the man booker shortlist. A crime story written as an investigation into a century old murder in the Scottish Highlands very well written it explores the nature of memory and madness in a period setting. Hugely enjoyable and not overly long I highly recommend it.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Just finished His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnett which is also on the man booker shortlist. A crime story written as an investigation into a century old murder in the Scottish Highlands very well written it explores the nature of memory and madness in a period setting. Hugely enjoyable and not overly long I highly recommend it.

Crime is the one fiction genre that holds absolutely no interest for me, but this book really came out of nowhere and has snowballed onto the Man Booker as you say. May have to check it out, it's not Peter James after all.