What book are you reading?

Foreign F**kwitt wrote: A sentimental history of the British Empire by Borislav Pekic. He was a Serbian writer, born in Montenegro, died in London 1992. He ran a series about the history of GB at the BBC too.

Stuck in the early 11th century at the mo. So far the two nations (Serbian and British; he's comparing the both histories from the very start) have had nothing in common and there's that question like when was it that the first Serb and the very first Brit had actually met and what caused it?

Tough read but very interesting (for me at least)... Helped me learn more about the history of GB, people, their habits and the culture. Still got 200 more pages to go :)

That sounds very interesting. I always think that it appears writers have interesting lives and reading biographies or even their personal letters that have been published can be quite insightful about cultural issues and history.

And it sounds like a thick book.

[orange]Ultramega[/orange] OK wrote: got 2 on the go.

won 30 quid in book tokens for winning the school spanish prize :geek:

i think i was supposed to buy books to do with spanish, but, i didn't.

so i am reading "Jimi Hendrix: The Man, The Magic, The Truth" and also "Gigantic: The Story of Frank Black & Pixies"

Good stuff as well

Lovely lot, especially the second book you listed. Hope you give us a review afterwards. :)

Shed Peel wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: I'm still on the Eyre Affair, but only just. :)

I would recommend the sequels as well.

i will do so. I hear that jasper Fforde is coming to Sydney soon. Perhaps. I'll make the trip.

chuck palahniuks' "haunted" at the mo

last book read was shadow of the wind which i'd thoroughly recommend.

I just recently bought Truman Capote's Answered Prayers.

J.A.K wrote:

OMG i read those and the famous five in german when i was about 7 years old.

i'm struggling with this one though.

the mystery is dead hard to solve.

Rough Crossings: Britain, Slaves and The American Revolution by Simon Schama.

Light reading it ain't it was a present by someone who thought it would be relevant to my degree cos i did a module on Liverpool and Slavery last year:\ohwell:

FrogChorus wrote: Rough Crossings: Britain, Slaves and The American Revolution by Simon Schama.

Light reading it ain't it was a present by someone who thought it would be relevant to my degree cos i did a module on Liverpool and Slavery last year:\ohwell:

I'm sure you'll be a better person for having read it.

Shellshocker wrote:

FrogChorus wrote: Rough Crossings: Britain, Slaves and The American Revolution by Simon Schama.

Light reading it ain't it was a present by someone who thought it would be relevant to my degree cos i did a module on Liverpool and Slavery last year:\ohwell:

I'm sure you'll be a better person for having read it.

One would certainly hope so. Some of it is very interesting to read, while other parts very, very dull

FrogChorus wrote:

Shellshocker wrote:

FrogChorus wrote: Rough Crossings: Britain, Slaves and The American Revolution by Simon Schama.

Light reading it ain't it was a present by someone who thought it would be relevant to my degree cos i did a module on Liverpool and Slavery last year:\ohwell:

I'm sure you'll be a better person for having read it.

One would certainly hope so. Some of it is very interesting to read, while other parts very, very dull

Good luck. I have a book called Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee which is the story of how the West was won, told from the perspective of Native Americans, so I imagine it's much like your book in telling of how us white Europeans treated another race like shit. Don't know when I'll get around to reading it, though.

Someone gave me "A Long Way Down" by Nick Hornby. I haven't read any of his stuff but I've seen film versions of his work. Hope its good. The last few books I've read have been awful.

Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

Picked up, from the local library, one entitled China Syndrome, by Karl Taro Greenfeld, about the origins of the 2003 SARS pandemic. He was the editor of Time Asia at the time of the outbreak. It's a good read, though don't think I'll be rushing out to buy it after.

Also checked out the Complicated Shadows bio of Elvis Costello. Don't think I'll be buying that one either.

Cath wrote: Someone gave me "A Long Way Down" by Nick Hornby. I haven't read any of his stuff but I've seen film versions of his work. Hope its good. The last few books I've read have been awful.

I love Hornby, a lot of the time he's very predictable but he manages to make it interesting along the way. I liked "A Long Way Down" when I read it (I think it came out about this time last year). I recommend it

i'm really into artist biographies lately. finished de Kooning about a month ago. I'm now reading a biography on Diane Arbus. Good stuff about hedonistic lifestyles of artists.

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Just picked up Where the Wild Things Are. Hope it's a good read. Been three days and I'm half way through.

JHC

War's End by Charles Sweeney. He flew on both atomic missions including piloting the plane that nuked Nagasaki.

NOOLigan wrote: Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

bollocks!! what's the point in reading that. don't fool me Noolie.

J.A.K wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

bollocks!! what's the point in reading that. don't fool me Noolie.

each to their own. there are only so many spy novels one can read.

Lunar Park - Bret Easton Ellis

Just about to start The Broker.

NOOLigan wrote: Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

Good for you! Read that long ago, and saw the BBC miniseries with Timothy Dalton a few months ago. Good stuff. :)

Shellshocker wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

Good for you! Read that long ago, and saw the BBC miniseries with Timothy Dalton a few months ago. Good stuff. :)

if you read the eyre affair, then you'll know there's a much more pleasing ending to that book as well.

NOOLigan wrote:

Shellshocker wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

Good for you! Read that long ago, and saw the BBC miniseries with Timothy Dalton a few months ago. Good stuff. :)

if you read the eyre affair, then you'll know there's a much more pleasing ending to that book as well.

I had to check Amazon to see what that was about. Wow, a pretty different concept. Sounds interesting.

Shellshocker wrote:

NOOLigan wrote:

Shellshocker wrote:

NOOLigan wrote: Jane Eyre. Time i explored the classics again.

Good for you! Read that long ago, and saw the BBC miniseries with Timothy Dalton a few months ago. Good stuff. :)

if you read the eyre affair, then you'll know there's a much more pleasing ending to that book as well.

I had to check Amazon to see what that was about. Wow, a pretty different concept. Sounds interesting.

it is i like slightly warped reality stories.

The Plague - Albert Camus

Ive just finished Brown's Angels&Demons.I do like it.