[Misc] What Book are you Currently Reading?

[Cowfold Seagull]

H G Wells.

War of the Worlds

One of my favourite authors ever. Decades ahead of his time.

 

[Nobby Horton's Knob]

Nightfall by Stephen Leather. I'm not usually a fan of novels but this book has quite an attention grabbing start

 

[Barry Izbak]

Cold Granite by Stuart Macbride.
Grim tale from the grim city of Aberdeen
Excellent read

But it has got the first chapter of the guys next book at the back.
Drives me mad that does.
Who cares? Does anyone ever actually read the first chapter of the next book and the go out and buy it and remember what happened ? No, of course they don't.

 

[Phoenix011]

Berserk by Kentaro Miura

 

[lawros left foot]

Cold Granite by Stuart Macbride.
Grim tale from the grim city of Aberdeen
Excellent read

But it has got the first chapter of the guys next book at the back.
Drives me mad that does.
Who cares? Does anyone ever actually read the first chapter of the next book and the go out and buy it and remember what happened ? No, of course they don't.

A recommendation here for Stuart McBride, I’ve read all of his, for the most part he’s excellent.
Maybe one or two a bit gory, Fleshouse for example, but, he’s worth reading.

 

[Barry Izbak]

It's the first of his I've read. But I am racing through it.

 

[BNthree]

If you're home self isolating it is possible to "borrow" e-books from libraries plus read electronic versions of magazines and newspapers.


Here is West Sussex County Council info on this:

https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/libraries/elibrary-electronic-library/

Brighton and Hove libraries:

https://new.brighton-hove.gov.uk/li...raries/borrow-electronic-books-and-audiobooks

 

[Bold Seagull]

The Secret Commonwealth - Philip Pullman
Enjoyed all the Lyra books so far.

 

[lawros left foot]

A god awful Andy McNab booking kindle called Red Notice.

I’m trying out new authors, or ones I haven’t read for a while, to try and find some more that I like.
I won’t be reading anymore Andy McNab.

 

[Barry Izbak]

A god awful Andy McNab booking kindle called Red Notice.

I’m trying out new authors, or ones I haven’t read for a while, to try and find some more that I like.
I won’t be reading anymore Andy McNab.

Best book I have read this year; Siege by Simon Kernick

 

[wolfie]

Nicholas Nickleby. My third Dickens in a row having read an excellent biography of the great author by Claire Tomalin. Might shelve it for a while however, when my copy of the Mirror and the Light arrives from Amazon.

 

[driddles]

The Body, Bill Bryson. Bryson could write about dust and I would find it entertaining, favorite author by far.

 

[Easy 10]

The Eyes of Darkness, by Dean R Koontz.

This horror novel has gained a bit of traction of late, being as it was published in circa 1981, and apparently predicts a worldwide bronchial virus around 2020 called Wuhan-400, which is spooky. Scabby old paperback editions are apparently online now for 50 odd quid at the moment due to that, but a mate of mine had it gathering dust on a bookshelf and he's lent it to me, so I thought I'd give it a whirl. I'm a few chapters in, and it FEELS every bit like a standard early 80s downmarket chiller, but the author does have some pleasing metaphorical flourishes, and its certainly drawn me in. Decent so far.

 

[Beach Hut]

The Almond Blossom Appreciation Society - Chris Stewart

 

[Gwylan]

Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year. May be useful for a few tips to survive this

 

[penny's harmonica]

Catch 22 second time round and just as good.

 

[Barry Izbak]

I rarely read non-fiction, but am halfway through the excellent book by Mark Nicholas - A Beautiful Game.

So glad I picked it up. Recommended for any cricket fan.

 

[midnight_rendezvous]

The one good think I’ve found in self-isolating is that I’ve managed to read quite a bit. I’ve just finished reading ‘Born to Run’ by Christopher McDougall and now I’m on ‘Eat and Run’ by Scott Jurek. Once that’s done, It’ll be ‘Sherlock Holmes’ by Mr Stephen Fry.

 

[studio150]

1984 only 36 years late to the party

 

[Cheshire Cat]

A Journal of the Plague Year

Daniel Defoe

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/376