What book are you reading?

rcs

This Is A Call: The Life And Times Of Dave Grohl by Paul Brannigan

Not bad so far. Great info on the DC punk scene in the early to mid 80s.

catefrances

rcs wrote:

This Is A Call: The Life And Times Of Dave Grohl by Paul Brannigan

Not bad so far. Great info on the DC punk scene in the early to mid 80s.

i read this one last year. not one OMG! revelation unsurprisingly.

Jeff Murray

In the Woods by Tana French... taking me a little to get used to her style, but I'm just starting and only in the 2nd chapter... hoping this is a good one since she has a few sequels that follow. I'm a big fan of the Irish Noir... :geek:

catefrances

.... and now onto a storm of swords: steel and snow - george martin.


thank goodness this ones only 570 odd pp.

F Me In The Brain

Jeff Murray wrote:

In the Woods by Tana French... taking me a little to get used to her style, but I'm just starting and only in the 2nd chapter... hoping this is a good one since she has a few sequels that follow. I'm a big fan of the Irish Noir... :geek:

I liked In The Woods and bought the follow up but somehow it remains in the giant stack of books I keep bypassing as I order/read more. Let us know if you read the 2nd one and like it.

Just started:

Jeff Murray

F Me In The Brain wrote:

Jeff Murray wrote:

In the Woods by Tana French... taking me a little to get used to her style, but I'm just starting and only in the 2nd chapter... hoping this is a good one since she has a few sequels that follow. I'm a big fan of the Irish Noir... :geek:

I liked In The Woods and bought the follow up but somehow it remains in the giant stack of books I keep bypassing as I order/read more. Let us know if you read the 2nd one and like it.

Just started:

Probably won't be for a while... like you I just went on a book buying spree last night... so it might be a while until I get to The Likeness.... time will tell though, if this book really sparks my interest the follow up might make a few jumps in line! Not that I'm a proponent of jumping in front of others in line!

Byrnzie

Tim Page - Page After Page



Sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, and war, were the things Page cared about most as a freelance photographer in Vietnam, and he managed to combine all four passions in a wild, exhilarating, scary party that lasted from the early '60s into the '70s. He saw more combat than did the average soldier and sustained so many wounds that had he been in the military he'd have deserved a chest-full of Purple Hearts. He claims to have had "the best time anyone could want to have." The postwar years were less jolly. Suffering from drug addiction and post-traumatic stress disorder, Page plunged in and out of poverty and despair, and underwent a series of operations to repair his damaged body. He writes here in a feverish, fast-forward shorthand style, telling a story that is alternately hilarious and heartrending. Readers of his memoir will understand why he has long been referred to as "the legendary Tim Page."

catefrances

a storm of swords: blood and gold - george r r martin.

El

The second one from the Millenium trilogy. The books are really weird, almost nothing happens for a couple of hundred pages, yet I find myself to read them in one breath, they are really well written as for me.

ComeToTX

Just started Fat Kid Rules The World. Look forward to seeing the movie too.

Nastasja

The Ancestor's Tale - Richard Dawkins

Enkidu

Hell Comes to Hollywood: An Anthology of Short Horror Fiction Set in Tinseltown

http://www.amazon.com/Hell-Comes-Hollyw ... +hollywood

stargirl69

The first Shades of Gray book :roll: The trilogy forced on me by my friend as must reads.
The worst writing I have ever read,if I have to read that girl exclaiming 'Holy Crap' once more I will scream. All her virginal like inexperience sex talk started of as fun to read but half way through book one it is getting a wee bit boring ....

However .... the male character is voyeuristically fascinating and it is his character that is keeping me hooked to this trash that I can't put down :oops:

This is an at home read only though,not a book I'd want to leave lying around at work or on the bus.It would seem weird reading soft porn in public,no matter how badly written it is :?

Byrnzie

stargirl69 wrote:

The first Shades of Gray book :roll: The trilogy forced on me by my friend as must reads.
The worst writing I have ever read,if I have to read that girl exclaiming 'Holy Crap' once more I will scream. All her virginal like inexperience sex talk started of as fun to read but half way through book one it is getting a wee bit boring ....

However .... the male character is voyeuristically fascinating and it is his character that is keeping me hooked to this trash that I can't put down :oops:

This is an at home read only though,not a book I'd want to leave lying around at work or on the bus.It would seem weird reading soft porn in public,no matter how badly written it is :?

I keep hearing about this book - which I will never read - and it reminds me of all the noise surrounding the Dan Brown books about six or seven years ago. I expect practically every commuter in London will be sitting on the tube reading this crap and gossiping about it at work.

I can just picture the bookshelves in the homes of these people: Dan Brown 'The Da Vinci Code'. Dan Brown 'Angels And Demons'. The Harry Potter books. And now 'Fifty shades of grey'.

I'm so glad I don't have to share a train with those morons anymore.

LukinFan

Out Of My Mind

http://www.amazon.com/Out-My-Mind-Sharo ... 0606256725

twisted thoughts

stargirl69 wrote:

The first Shades of Gray book :roll: The trilogy forced on me by my friend as must reads.
The worst writing I have ever read,if I have to read that girl exclaiming 'Holy Crap' once more I will scream. All her virginal like inexperience sex talk started of as fun to read but half way through book one it is getting a wee bit boring ....

However .... the male character is voyeuristically fascinating and it is his character that is keeping me hooked to this trash that I can't put down :oops:

This is an at home read only though,not a book I'd want to leave lying around at work or on the bus.It would seem weird reading soft porn in public,no matter how badly written it is :?

I was at the beach yesterday. Saw 3 different women reading... all of them reading 50 shades

I just started The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A. N. Roquelaure (Ann Rice). The first book of three. Sounds like its going to be way more gruesome than 50 shades.

stargirl69

Byrnzie wrote:

stargirl69 wrote:

The first Shades of Gray book :roll: The trilogy forced on me by my friend as must reads.
The worst writing I have ever read,if I have to read that girl exclaiming 'Holy Crap' once more I will scream. All her virginal like inexperience sex talk started of as fun to read but half way through book one it is getting a wee bit boring ....

However .... the male character is voyeuristically fascinating and it is his character that is keeping me hooked to this trash that I can't put down :oops:

This is an at home read only though,not a book I'd want to leave lying around at work or on the bus.It would seem weird reading soft porn in public,no matter how badly written it is :?

I keep hearing about this book - which I will never read - and it reminds me of all the noise surrounding the Dan Brown books about six or seven years ago. I expect practically every commuter in London will be sitting on the tube reading this crap and gossiping about it at work.

I can just picture the bookshelves in the homes of these people: Dan Brown 'The Da Vinci Code'. Dan Brown 'Angels And Demons'. The Harry Potter books. And now 'Fifty shades of grey'.

I'm so glad I don't have to share a train with those morons anymore.

I absolutely hear and agree with the valid point you made.That is why I am so taken a back at how this book was like a parasite under my skin.
I never read any of the Dan Brown books and as I am not a child I had no reason to read Harry Potter,I always find it rather alarming when I see adults reading childrens book and not to children.A friend of mine kept telling me one of the Harry Potter books she was reading was so 'dark' :roll: I think not!

twisted thoughts wrote:

I was at the beach yesterday. Saw 3 different women reading... all of them reading 50 shades

I just started The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty by A. N. Roquelaure (Ann Rice). The first book of three. Sounds like its going to be way more gruesome than 50 shades.

The copy I am reading is remaining firmly in doors and will be hastily returned to said friend once read :?

PearlJamaholic

The Harry Potter series is great. I had the same issue with it being 'kids books' but it is my friends favorite books so i finally gave the first book a try and that started it all. It is well written, a great story, though some talk about plagiarism, still a worthy read. Anyone who likes to read should at least give Potter a chance. I can see blowing off Dan Brown and Twilight and its porn rip-off 50 shades, cause everything ive heard about any of these is that its mediocre story with sub-par writing, at best. Potter on the other hand, a good fun read that isnt insulting to your intelligence.

currently reading Ringworld by larry niven. Liking it so far.

davidtrios

someone recommended 'sex at dawn'

anyone read it?

catefrances

i am without a book to read atm. finished storm of swords: blood and gold yesterday and cant get ahold of a feast for crows til thursday. :(