What book are you reading?

Just finished "Tales from Q School", now reading "The Graveyard Book".

stargirl69 wrote:

titchinello wrote:

skagboys by Irvine Welsh.

its the prequal to Trainspotting, for those that don't know.

Are you enjoying it? I only got half way through it before I had just had enough of the language in it,it got so sickening to read.
Yet have read all his other books,I do wonder if this was published just as a wee financial top up for him.

I am reading James Yorkston It's Lovely To Be Here - The Touring Diaries of a Scottish Gent ... brilliant.

Yes i am, i'm not to far into it, as i keep getting distracted by the kids.
I'm just up to where spud has been paid off.

Last book I finished was World Without End by Ken Follett (really good).

Now I'm reading The Map and the Territory by Michel Houllebecq.

Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins

gunter1976 wrote:

catefrances wrote:

and here we go... a dance with dragons - george r r martin

Would you suggest this series to someone who is usually is not into the whole fantasy lark?

I'd love to give these a try, even for the sheer magnitude and scope of it, but for some reason it still puts me off a bit, let alone I can not imagine finding the time to read through these

Still, let me know if I should consider these,

Much obliged,

i would definitely recommend this series to anyone who is a reader. if youre not into fantasy it wont matter cause youll soon be reading them as historical novels... even if westeros doesnt really exist. there are supernatural elements and in my mind i dont class that as fantasy.. i guess the presence of dragons could be considered fantasy but it doesnt take much to look past them.

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"catefrances wrote:

i would definitely recommend this series to anyone who is a reader. if youre not into fantasy it wont matter cause youll soon be reading them as historical novels... even if westeros doesnt really exist. there are supernatural elements and in my mind i dont class that as fantasy...

Thanks, I am sure I will check these out then sooner or later.

"catefrances wrote:

i guess the presence of dragons could be considered fantasy but it doesnt take much to look past them.

Death in the City of Light by David King.

It's a true story about a serial killer in Nazi-occupied Paris. One of the most bizarre stories I've ever read. Every time I think it can't get any weirder, it does. :wtf: