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Hello bookworms, what are you reading?
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I am reading a swedish childhood book I read as teenager called berts betraktelser, it is about his life like a diary book, you read what is happening day to day, with the dates as a heading, he is talking about friends, school and hobbys and other things, it is fun  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Currently reading a fictional book called spiders in the bath about gangs, drugs and the IRA in Liverpool during the 80s. Really good "
Oohhh sounds right up my street, will give that a read.. Thanks |
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"Currently reading a fictional book called spiders in the bath about gangs, drugs and the IRA in Liverpool during the 80s. Really good
Oohhh sounds right up my street, will give that a read.. Thanks "
I think the author is called Paul breen or something. It's a bit of a cult book so can be difficult to get hold off. If you have no luck let me know and I could post my one to you when I've finished  |
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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago
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Don't really read much fiction tbh. At the moment i'm reading The Battle of Kursk-Operation Citadel 1943 by Robin Cross. I love anything WW2, and pick most books up at Charity Shops. Bought a Hardback the other day for 3 quid , IBM and the Holocaust, it's my next read |
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"Don't really read much fiction tbh. At the moment i'm reading The Battle of Kursk-Operation Citadel 1943 by Robin Cross. I love anything WW2, and pick most books up at Charity Shops. Bought a Hardback the other day for 3 quid , IBM and the Holocaust, it's my next read "
there's a cracking book called the loneliest man in the world about hess' time in Spandau, written by one of his guards who was called Eugene byrde or something. Well worth a read!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"pillars of the earth by ken follett (again!!)
This has been recommended to me must get round to giving it a go but always forget when I’m looking for a new one "
its fantastic! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Just finished This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay (cannot recommend it enough...!) and a whole box of Roald Dahl’s short stories delivered.
Cannot wait to dive in! (: |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I am actually reading my book in the hope that is will jump start the creative juices for book 2
There maybe a small re-write on book one though, seen some things i need to fix.
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By (user no longer on site)
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"pillars of the earth by ken follett (again!!)
This has been recommended to me must get round to giving it a go but always forget when I’m looking for a new one "
It's a good book |
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"Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett it’s as weird and wonderful as you’d expect from that pair.
Have you watched it as well? "
No I’ll read it first then give it a go. I did watch American Gods as I’d read the book and they done an ok job but it’s hard to compete with the book |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Currently reading some short stories by Angela Carter. At the moment, it’s,
The Bloody Chamber "
I'm in the middle of those stories too! I love them, they're so rich and sensual and evocative. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"pillars of the earth by ken follett (again!!)
This has been recommended to me must get round to giving it a go but always forget when I’m looking for a new one
It's a good book"
I did, it was one of the better screen adaptations of Trey Pratchetts books, I can’t say about Neil Gaimans as I have only read a couple of his. |
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By *ensualbicockMan
over a year ago
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"Don't really read much fiction tbh. At the moment i'm reading The Battle of Kursk-Operation Citadel 1943 by Robin Cross. I love anything WW2, and pick most books up at Charity Shops. Bought a Hardback the other day for 3 quid , IBM and the Holocaust, it's my next read there's a cracking book called the loneliest man in the world about hess' time in Spandau, written by one of his guards who was called Eugene byrde or something. Well worth a read! "
Cheers mate, i'll have a look at that |
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Both by Tom Holt...
My Hero
and,
The good, the bad, and the smug.
No idea why, but I seem to have reverted to a childhood habit of reading more than one book at a time.
My record was 6 books, at age 14  |
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By *eys00Man
over a year ago
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"'South" by Sir Edward Shackelton, South polar explorer. Makes todays "explorers" look like wimps!
Look up Fridtjof Nansen it you like explorers .....Amazing story "
They're no Tom Crean! His story is told in the book An Unsung Hero and it's absolutely amazing. |
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By *handraWoman
over a year ago
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"Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett it’s as weird and wonderful as you’d expect from that pair.
Have you watched it as well?
No I’ll read it first then give it a go. I did watch American Gods as I’d read the book and they done an ok job but it’s hard to compete with the book"
I started watching it but think I need to re read the book again first x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"slowly going the the 23 Jack Reacher books by Lee Childs
action packed fiction"
I have every one, love them and Reacher my 2nd favourite character from books |
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"Smutty fan fiction, usually. 
Also about to start H.G. Wells' Invisible Man, I've been meaning to read it for years.
Have you read My Immortal? "
I'm aware of the infamous work, but I don't hate myself enough to actually read it.
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"Smutty fan fiction, usually.
Also about to start H.G. Wells' Invisible Man, I've been meaning to read it for years.
Have you read My Immortal?
I'm aware of the infamous work, but I don't hate myself enough to actually read it.
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You should, it's hilarious |
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"Smutty fan fiction, usually.
Also about to start H.G. Wells' Invisible Man, I've been meaning to read it for years.
Have you read My Immortal?
I'm aware of the infamous work, but I don't hate myself enough to actually read it.
You should, it's hilarious "
You couldn't pay me to do that to my brain. I don't even read the good HP FF, haha.
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"Good Omens by Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett it’s as weird and wonderful as you’d expect from that pair.
Have you watched it as well?
No I’ll read it first then give it a go. I did watch American Gods as I’d read the book and they done an ok job but it’s hard to compete with the book
I started watching it but think I need to re read the book again first x"
It’s one of my favourite books absolutely bonkers. I did have to point out in a bookshop though that it wasn’t really suitable to be in the children’s fiction and got the shop assistant to read the first chapter who quickly agreed with me |
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By *JohnMan
over a year ago
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"The Penelopiad."
You might want to give Ovid's Heroides a go.
For me: my current commuting book is Suasan Sontag "Against Interpretation". A collection of essays on art and literature criticism.
At home it's David Bently Hart's translation of the New Testament. I've never read the whole thing before, and the idea of a 'pitilessly literal' translation was intriguing.
I also have Ptolemy's Almagest making very slow progress in the background. And even slower progress on Gibbon's Decline and Fall. I don't know why I do these things. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The Maker of Swans by Paraic O'Donnell.
Have distractedly got to about chapter 4 without much sinking in, but it feels as if it will be good when I concentrate on it. Might have to start it again. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Currently reading a fictional book called spiders in the bath about gangs, drugs and the IRA in Liverpool during the 80s. Really good
Oohhh sounds right up my street, will give that a read.. Thanks
I think the author is called Paul breen or something. It's a bit of a cult book so can be difficult to get hold off. If you have no luck let me know and I could post my one to you when I've finished "
That's very kind of you, thank you. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"pillars of the earth by ken follett (again!!)
This has been recommended to me must get round to giving it a go but always forget when I’m looking for a new one
its fantastic!"
Have you read the two that follow that? |
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The possessions of doctor Forrest by Richard t Kelly
It’s about a plastic surgeon that goes missing the links and life’s of his best friends , his kinky lifestyle and loads of murders
Interesting but weird |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm reading things I don't want to right now which are job related. I have a massive pile of books that are waiting to be read though! 
Want to move onto the GOT series as I have watched the TV series and now want to read the books. I tried before watching but theres a lot to get your head around. |
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"Currently reading a fictional book called spiders in the bath about gangs, drugs and the IRA in Liverpool during the 80s. Really good
Oohhh sounds right up my street, will give that a read.. Thanks
I think the author is called Paul breen or something. It's a bit of a cult book so can be difficult to get hold off. If you have no luck let me know and I could post my one to you when I've finished "
There's at least one copy on ABebooks for the princely sum of £3.20 |
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By *JohnMan
over a year ago
Newcastle upon Tyne |
"Milton’s Paradise Lost."
I loved that! The God bits can drag a bit - omniscience and omnipotence makes for an extremely dull character. But the rest is fantastic.
There's a reason the classics are classics. |
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"Just read 2 books . I looked Away by Jane Cory and the Prison Doctor by Dr Amanda Brown..
Next a couple of books by Angela Marsons . New author for me "
Non fiction; Life Isn't Binary by Meg-John Barker and Alex Antaffi - and I'm still recovering fiction wise from a binge on Phillip Kerr - heartily recommend the Bernie Gunther novels... |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Milton’s Paradise Lost. I haven’t read it since A Level English Lit and I’m thoroughly enjoying it. "
I have a large-format hardback version of that with Gustave Dore illustrations - never gotten round to reading it though! I love Dore's work and bought it more for that. I really need to read it soon. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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John Cale's autobiography 'What's Welsh Fr Zen?' and Alan Moore's 'Voices Of The Fire'.
'Zen' has a cardboard cover and is designed and illustrated by Dave McKean who does a lot of Neil Gaiman's graphic novels. It's as original as its subject.
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By *JohnMan
over a year ago
Newcastle upon Tyne |
"Critique to pure reason by Emmanual Kant. ( any philosophy boffs on that could help me understand this work more ). Baffling "
I read that a few years ago. And when I say "read", I looked at all of the words. Understanding it is another matter entirely.
There's a book on Kant in the Very Short Introductions series. If I had any sense at all I would have read that one first.
It's been some time, so even the bits that I did understand are largely forgotten. It seemed to me that he was building far too much on what are, to a 20th century reader, very weak foundations. |
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By *JohnMan
over a year ago
Newcastle upon Tyne |
"Hi thanks. I've only just started and obviously finding it hard going.
I think I'll find the one you said and start with that. Thanks for the heads up "
Oh, and if you haven't read Hume yet, that would be good too. Essay concerning human reasoning, or something like that. The critique is largely Kant saying "nah, David, you're wrong". I agree far more with Hume, which is part of what made Kant so hard. |
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