Books - What are you reading?

There was a Guardian question thing on this recently, in case you need any more ideas:

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2020/jun/06/order-books-online-amazon-bookshop

I've only read books by women this year (apart from books I have to read for work) and although it started accidentally I'm planning to keep it going.

Plenty of classics I'd never read but meant to - disappointed with Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit though.

Didn't do a lot of reading as a kid, apart from what I had to for school, so started with Swallows and Amazons, enjoying it so far.

what ones have you read?

An update from https://www.lfgss.com/comments/15240443/

Read the Huxley, Camus, Crouch, Williams, Stokes, le Carré, Høeg, Rosling, Greene, Zamyatin, and O'Brien.

Slight reordering and now on Wuthering Heights and have The Sports Gene, The Sportswriter, Park Life, Ben Smith's 401 Marathons book, a friends book about his round the world bike ride, and then the rest of the John Cheever short stories (I bought it to read The Swimmer but will read the rest).

The next pile has started elsewhere with books acquired so far this year (some Magnus Mills, H.G.Wells, Running with the Kenyans and a random footballers biography), luckily it is smaller and less daunting than this pile was. Hoping I will continue with this good habit of reading for an hour or so most nights.

It’s a great book, but don’t get sucked in by the sequels...they are pretty dull.

I really recently enjoyed rivers of London and have thoroughly not enjoyed the charmless Secret Cyclist

I'm moving to Penge from Leeds next week, any suggestions for decent bookshops in South London? Second hand preferred but not essential! I visit BookMongers every time I visit my brother in Brixton but looking for other recommendations!

I'd like some reccomendations for wilderness reading - I enjoyed Gary Snyder The Practice of the Wild last year, and fancied reading something similar. Does anyone have any reccomendations - perhaps something European. Is there a great book on the Alps?

Crofton Park Library (which has been volunteer-run for a few years) has a second-hand book section. I haven't been for a while and don't know if they've been open, but the Lewisham web-site suggests they are--no idea if that's correct, though, so local knowledge appreciated:

https://lewisham.gov.uk/myservices/libraries/branches/crofton-park-community-library-service

Suppose when you say ‘European’ the book on the Alps don’t have to be a Buddhist meditation?

Rereading Bruce Chatwins ‘In Patagonia’ after I saw Herzog’s ‘Nomad’. Maybe not exactly ’wild’, and it’s not the Alps but the Cordilleras; however Chatwin does have a rucksack, and writes about a walk in an on his mind playing fierce wind in this book.

yes, totally. The Buddhist thing's not really a great interest of mine, though I know it is of snyder. I guess I just fancied something to get the dreams going while I stay in the UK this year.

Sounds good, thank you for the reccomendation.

Edit: wow, great reccomendation - love the Eileen Gray link, art background, and that it was edited in Paul Kasmin's flat. Ordered, and really look forward to that. thank you

Herne Hill Books is tiny but it has a very interesting range. It doesn't take long to browse, so time isn't much wasted if you don't find something.

Thanks! Would be rude not to pop into Canopy brewery whilst I'm at it as well...
@Oliver Schick, sounds interesting, will check it out!
Thanks both.

I just finished re-reading Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut. Still one of my favourites!

Finished this, was very good.

Nearly finished The Adversary by the same author. This hasnt grabbed me so much.

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Currently reading;

The secret barrister
A dirty job
Good omens

Slightly off topic does anyone know how to get into proof reading?

I seem to spot lots of spelling errors in book. Not that this unique skill over qualifies but must be a good start

The CIEP ( https://www.ciep.uk/ ) is probably the best place to start. AIUI it's almost all freelance these days, so as with any other freelance career you have to be able to market yourself as well as do the job. Some points from a pro here: https://www.louiseharnbyproofreader.com/blog/a-new-year-a-new-career-transitioning-to-proofreading-and-copy-editing

The secret barrister

Really good, but one of those books where I would read a chapter and then do other things for the next few days because so depressing.

Thanks I’ll have a look at those tomorrow

That’s why I’m reading 3 at the moment. The secret barrister is my day time book the other two bed time

https://www.amazon.com/Masters-Doom-Created-Transformed-Culture/dp/0812972155

Grew up deep in the Doom/Quake worlds so this was a very interesting book.

New (2nd hand) book day. At just 50 pages long the James Baldwin is disappointingly thin, but that's what you get from buying online.

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All of the books in that Penguin Modern series are about that length. I tend to pick a couple up if I see them anywhere, they're ideal for just having on you in case you get an unexpected few minutes free!

Recently finished Silence in the age of noise. Good little pocket book, quite short but thought provoking.

Moved into Shoe Dog, which is a biography by the founder of Nike. It's off to a good start.