The Book Thread

[Elphaba]

What are you reading at the moment and is it any good?

I am currently reading Cherie Blair's autobiography, which is more interesting and entertaining that I expected. I should finish it in the next couple of days and have lined up Sebastian Faulks' Human Traces to read next.


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[Bevdeforges]

I'm heading into the last third or so of Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything. It's a very interesting "light" science book - quite an enjoyable read.

When I'm done with that, it's either a bio of Robert Frost (American poet) or the final Harry Potter (adult edition - and no that doesn't mean the naughty version!).
Cheers,
Bev

[irishxpat]

vanity fair portraits cooooooolllll not smut i know coming from me but im a closet artist

[bigdave]

I'm reading this retarded post.

[irishxpat]

Originally Posted by bigdave

i'm reading this retarded post.

meeeooooooooowwwwwwww
throws rattle out of buggy

[kaz101]

I'm into travel books at the moment. Just finished 'Balham to Bollywood' by Chris England and it helps if you enjoy cricket although it's not essential.

Now I'm reading 'Mustn't Grumble' by Joe Bennett. He was born and breed in the UK but not lives in NZ. In the book he's doing a tour of the UK following the steps of H.V Morton from about a century before.

He's already found out that it's not possible to hitch around the UK now since no-one will stop to pick him up. Not sure that it's laugh out loud (as the book jacket suggests) and it's a tougher read that Chris England but it's still interesting.

Regards,
Karen

[bigdave]

Originally Posted by irishxpat

meeeooooooooowwwwwwww
throws rattle out of buggy

it lands on and kills your pet cricket fred. you mourn for 3 months.

[Industrial Nomad]

Originally Posted by irishxpat

vanity fair portraits cooooooolllll not smut i know coming from me but im a closet artist

Pi*s artist more like

[Andy Capp]

Gunter Grass's "The Tin Drum" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tin_Drum

So that's where Bronski Beat got their name from....

(Seriously)

Also Paulo Coelo's Zahir http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zahir_(novel) - top book!