Books - What are you reading?

About half way through Ocean at the End of the Lane, really good so far!

Read the Velominati's book version of THE RULES on holiday. It adds a bit of depth to the online version..

Read more of my thoughts here if you are interested..
http://wp.me/p3EEKP-7H

Just picked this up. Thanks for your review
Looks a good read.

Just picked this up. Thanks for your review
Looks a good read.

Thanks David.

I've just posted up another review - Michael Hutchinson's "The Hour" - it's an excellent look at both the history and the technical & physical requirements of making an attempt on the Hour time trial record. It's pretty funny too.

https://thejerseypocket.wordpress.com/2013/10/12/the-hour-michael-hutchinson-book-review/

I've been reading this recently:

I like it very much - absolutely no plot, just a very charming account of living in the middle of the hills/mountains of mid Wales.

Also been re-reading some of this:

Currently enjoying graphic novel Revival

Thought this was a good piece

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24399599

Just finished Whoops!

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/jan/23/whoops-john-lanchester-howard-davies

I'm now an expert on the financial crisis. My conclusion: We have been fucked over but not yet been truly fucked over. Yay! Sunshine and butterflies. I'm going back to burying my head in my massive collection of cycling books.

I blame Robert Peston.

Robert 'grinning bastard of the financial apocalypse' Peston?

I don't think I've ever seen a man happier than him when he's reporting something going to shit. "And here I am, standing over a field of penguins, clubbed to death by children" said with a massive smile.

Body by Harry Crews , contains his usual assortment of freaks and is quite funny in parts .

Robopocalypse. It's world war zed meets I,Robot.
I'm liking it enough

I seem unable to purchase anything that is not science fiction.

Book buying training?

Near to finishing Down and Out in Paris and London by Orwell.

Rather good read so far.... description of the hotel hierarchy was oddly compelling....

I got very excited recently when I realised there were some Iain M Banks books I hadn't read! So bought them all on Amazon. Currently enjoying The Hydrogen Sonata...

I seem unable to purchase anything that is not science fiction.

Read a few books on holiday.

Microserfs by Coupland
The Corrections by Franzen
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Pirsig

All 3 are brilliant

I seem unable to purchase anything that is not science fiction.

Have you considered a book fit?

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If I wanted to gain a proper understanding of monetary theory what books should I read? Are there any seminal works that post date and incoporate into their analysis the 2008 financial crisis?

I don't want pop economics recommendations.

If you've started looking, then you've probably already discovered Milton Friedman's Monetary History of America, or whatever it's called. It is old but the fundamentals haven't changed a great deal.

A good way of gleaning some more contemporary references would be to listen to some podcasts. Econtalk gets all the pros. There are two about monetarism on the first page.

Surely any reading on monetary theory would have to start with Keynes?

You could just cut to the chase and ask Jeez?

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Dammit again.

Currently reading brandson sanderson's mistborn series , if it's your thing their great

Just started 'The Prestige' after watching the Christopher Nolan film, pretty addictive already.

has anyone got opinions on the confederacy of dunces
heard a bit about it on radio 4 last night said it was a laugh out loud funny book with weird main character and almost as equally weird others
sounds interesting