What books have you been reading recently?

piersk

Ok, so I finished Neuromancer this morning and tbh, I found it really hard going. I like my books to be descriptive since I have quite an active imagination (take that how you will😉 ) but there is little or no text about the locations in the book.

Other books what I have been reading recently:

The Dark Materials trilogy (very good, even if it's meant for kids), the Hannibal Lector trilogy (again, excellent).

Anyone gonna chip in?

drawmack

Try Robert Jordan's Wheel Of Time books if you like description.

I'm currently reading The Face by Dean Koonts.

weekender

Ghostwritten by David Mitchell. Each of the chapters is written from a different point of view, about a different character in a different situation - it's not until the end that you see how everything fits together.

Number9Dream also by David Mitchell, is the story of a Japanese boy who travels to tokyo to find his father.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is written from the point of view of a boy with aspergers syndrome, who becomes a detective when his neighbours' dog is murdered.

And this morning i bought A War In Words, an account of the first world war as noted in diaries and letters home. Then i spilt orange juice on it on the way home from the shops, so it's currently drying out.

piersk

Originally posted by weekender

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon is written from the point of view of a boy with aspergers syndrome, who becomes a detective when his neighbours' dog is murdered.

Now thats a good book. I've read that one...

weekender

Started "A War In Words" last night, once it had dried out! Looks like it's going to be a great book. The first chapter is about the start of the war, and the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The chapter is a letter from one of the imprisoned gang of assasins, Vaso, to his sisters, detailing why they attempted the assasination and the events of the day and the following trial. Interesting stuff.

Weedpacket

I've been trying to read Iain Banks's Walking on Glass and about three chapters in, but a maths text is monopolising most of the attention I'd otherwise be giving it (that and I don't want to read it too quickly). The other book I'm currently reading is John D. Barrow's Impossibility

dalecosp

Hmm, I must be weird. In a reality/biography phase right now, I guess.

Jim Keogh, "OOP Demystified"
A.B.C. Whipple, "Hero of Trafalgar"
Malcom Mous, "Dwight D. Eisenhower"

Just finished one on Winnie Churchill, too --- just to let all you Brits know I'm giving ya equal time ...

bubblenut

I'm currently reading Stop Smoking the Easy Way (V.V.V. Slowly 🙁) and

The Booksellar of Kabul

Which, like everone elses books seem to be, is very good indeed, which is nice 🙂

ednark

dead eye dick - kurt vonnegut

he is always a quick read

piersk

Originally posted by bubblenut
I'm currently reading Stop Smoking the Easy Way (V.V.V. Slowly 🙁)

I've found the easy way to give up smoking. Get a really gorgeous girl to tell you that you can have her as an incentive if you give up. Worked for me 😃

Merve

Just finished reading Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood.