I'm reading, THE REAPERS ARE THE ANGELS BY Alden Bell.A post-apocalyptic zombie novel is not my usual cup a tea( having said that my next read will be the third in the Autumn series.) but I must say I'm enjoying this. :read2:
Currently - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. Very wry and an easy read.
Lots on the list to get through - A couple of Peter Hamilton novels and the latest Iain Banks Culture novel are top of the list.
My problem is that I keep buying cheap/free ebooks and forget to read the actual physical books I have bought..
Just finished THE RATS James Herbert and now reading SAFE HOUSE Chris Ewan. I also have a long list all downloaded to my kindle :icon_cheers:
Duke
Birds in a cage by Derek Niemann -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/dec/20/birds-in-a-cage-derek-niemann-review
and
The Chiltern Seeds catalogue -
http://www.chilternseeds.co.uk/
Quote from: BarriedaleNick on January 27, 2013, 13:42:45
Currently - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. Very wry and an easy read.
Ditto, free for the kindle, I also got the Life of Pi for 20p
I'm reading "The Colour" by Rose Tremain. Not a laugh a minute, but a good read and brings back my trip to New Zealand last year.
Reading the latest Ian Rankin "Standing in another man's grave" . I used to live in Edinburgh so I can visualise everything.
Euthanasia by Alan Brooke and my son is the author and it's frightening :toothy10:
Just finished Sue Townsend's The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year. After reading The Queen & I and Queen Camilla, I expected something equally as funny but very disappointed...didn't laugh out loud
once! Was actually quite glad to reach the end.
Quote from: ACE on January 27, 2013, 16:20:04
Quote from: BarriedaleNick on January 27, 2013, 13:42:45
Currently - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. Very wry and an easy read.
Ditto, free for the kindle
More info, please? This is one of the next books from my list to buy. I liked the sound of it, along with Fish Change Direction in Cold Weather.
Quote from: SamLouise on January 28, 2013, 13:38:25
Just finished Sue Townsend's The Woman who Went to Bed for a Year. After reading The Queen & I and Queen Camilla, I expected something equally as funny but very disappointed...didn't laugh out loud once! Was actually quite glad to reach the end.
Quote from: ACE on January 27, 2013, 16:20:04
Quote from: BarriedaleNick on January 27, 2013, 13:42:45
Currently - The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. Very wry and an easy read.
Ditto, free for the kindle
More info, please? This is one of the next books from my list to buy. I liked the sound of it, along with Fish Change Direction in Cold Weather.
It very dry and seriously funny with some laugh out load moments. Basically two stories - one that follows the old chap as he steals away form his old folks home and one about his life exploits meeting presidents and characters from history. Not quite finished it yet but it is a very enjoyable easy read. The old chap is like the ultimate stoic - not bothered by anything. I m sure you will love it..
Currently reading the 4th in the dark tower books by steven king as well as Fruit and Vegetables for Scotland: A Practical Guide and History
I've succumbed to another Spike Milligan war memoir, lol. There are six in total and over the course of a few years, I've reached number five; Where Have All the Bullets Gone? Next will be The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared as I never seem to be able to read more than one Spike book in a row! :happy7:
Iam reading George RR Martins new book in the series of ICE and FIRE, DANCE WITH DRAGONS book five ,the book was so heavy in weight had to get it put on the kindle .
I am reading TIS by Frank MC Court, a good read.
For all the kindle users, don't be tempted with the free edition of The Long Midnight of Barney Thomson. It will cost you £8 to get the Barbershop 7 by Douglas Lindsay which are the rest of the stories in this series. I have been laughing out loud every 10 minutes as I read them.
I'm in the middle of of Susan Howatch books. She has done few different story 'series'. The one that I'm reading is about Church of England and what they priests and other religious establishments gets up to. Just finished the Glittering images which is first one..though I've already read couple of others that are later on time line....I always have to do these wrong way round :icon_scratch:
These books were written some years ago but all of the sudden they have feel that they are spot on with the times...with all the gossip we keep hearing in news about 'our fathers' :angel11: ...or is it that they've always been behaving less 'holy' way? In which case one could relate these book to any decade.
Anyway...thoroughly recommended :icon_thumright:
Half way thru this months Razzle. :tongue3:
Quote from: Froglegs on January 27, 2013, 09:45:59
I'm reading, THE REAPERS ARE THE ANGELS BY Alden Bell.A post-apocalyptic zombie novel is not my usual cup a tea( having said that my next read will be the third in the Autumn series.) but I must say I'm enjoying this. :read2:
If you like post-apocalyptic zombie novels then you should have a look at World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks. I loved it.
I have just finished reading "The secret footballer", a behind the scenes look at the football industry and a real eye opener if you're a fan of the beautiful game.
I have just started Christopher Brookmyres's "A big boy did it and ran away". I have read most of his novels, which are a mix of crime novel, who dunnit, thriller and laugh out loud comedy.
The Golden One by Elizabeth Peters 'cos I like egyptian murder mysteries :toothy10:
The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland.
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas.
Can't say it's an enjoyable read and I'll be glad to reach the end, to be honest. I wish I was the sort of person who could abandon a book half way through but I'm not! I'm just over half way (and it's quite a thick book) and so far I completely agree with the second review I've just read on Amazon, by TomCat.
[book description taken from Amazon] "At a suburban barbecue one afternoon, a man slaps an unruly boy.
The boy is not his son.
It is a single act of violence, but the slap reverberates through the lives of everyone who witnesses it happen.
Christos Tsiolkas presents the impact of this apparently minor domestic incident through the eyes of eight of those who witness it. The result is an unflinching interrogation of the life of the modern family, a deeply thought-provoking novel about boundaries and their limits."
Just read the three books of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest, and last but not least,The Girl who played with Fire . By Stieg Larsson very good read also bought the three films .
Joanne Harris's "Sleep, Pale Sister", grabbed at the station before I got on a train to Edinburgh last weekend. I love the way she writes but it's longer than it needed to be and not up to her usual standard, but then it was an early book now republished so I probably should have expected that.
Just finished 'A Question of Balance' by HRH Prince Philip. Chosen by a member of our bookclub. A selection of his speeches. Glad I finished it. Not as enjoyable as the last choice of the Hunger Games which was unputdownable.
Am in the middle of the Traitor Queen by Trudy Canavan.
if you like something different try 'A discovery of Witches' the first of a trilogy was a blinding good book if you like the fantasy genre.
I just bought Shadow of the night..and when starting to read it I realized it was the second book of that Witches trilogy..so now I'm waiting for the first book to arrive.
While waiting I started Christopher Paolini's Inheritance..fourth book in the in Inheritance cycle. All of the books have been 'bricks'..lots to read but very easy reading and scenes flow in my mind like movie :icon_cheers:
Last couple of weeks I've been reading of Priests that get into naughty things...of blood and murderers..of some dragons and other fantasy creatures and now I have some witches and vampires on hold for later on..
It aint boring.. :icon_cheers:
As I am still off sick with my (mending) broken arm, I have read loads! Asta's Book by Barbara Vine (Ruth Rendell) - excellent, I spent a whole afternoon one day on it! And I am on John irving's Last Nght at Twisted River which as usual is an unusual read but I love his books.
I just bought The Unusual Pilgrimage of harold fry - anyone read that?
I've just finished it and enjoyed it. hadn't realised it was originally an afternoon play on Radio 4.
For some reason I have been into, mainly Scandinavian, crime novels now for a few years. Not too gory, the author must be interested in the human side.
My favorite is Henning Mankell, (detective Wallander); next Hakon Nesser (Van Veeteren); and then Arnaldur Indridason (Erlendur).
It's a joy to go to bed and my book (and hubbie of course)! :violent1:
Just finished "The turning of the tide" by Liz Shakespear
Its a local history story, backed up by real files and newspaper clippings.
A poor soul, in the workhouse with her 2 sons.
A good read, a little slow in the middle but an eye opener to how things were in 1871.
Just finished "The woman on the bus" by Pauline McFlynn (yes, Mrs Doyle from Father Ted!). Nice heart-warming read with some more serious notes.
I've just finished the 'Rivers of London' trilogy by Ben Aaronovitch, a really entertaining mix of present day London policing mixed with a bit of Sherlock Holmes and magic if you can imagine it!
'London Falling' by Paul Cornell has similarities, also fab but much darker....also like then Alex Versus books 'Fated', 'Cursed' and 'Taken' by Benedict Jacka.
I also a fan of the Deborah Harkess 'Witches' books, waiting for the third one to come out.....
Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie.
Just started @Capital@ by John Lanchester (20p for Kindle at Amazon!) but not sure I'll finish it if the first few pages are anything to go by!
Halfway through "Citadel" by Kate Mosse, loved her other books this one is still plodding along, I hope it will become a page turner soon.
Actually getting into "Capital" now- the people I didn't like are getting their come-uppance!
Just started reading Arens:Barbarian part one, by Simon Scarrow Ive read a few of his mostly about Roman storys I love them :wave: