Books - What are you reading?

Anathem - Neal Stephenson. Math as religion which is hardly surprising given his previous form but a diversion from his usual math-fi. Still looking to be pretty good at the moment.

This

and Winnie the Pooh

i've been reading the millenium trilogy by steig larsson. thought it was going to be a trashy novel but it's really good. waiting for them to translate the third one into english

Half way through Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy:

All the Pretty Horses
The Crossing
Cities of the Plain

Truly epic.

i've been reading the millenium trilogy by steig larsson. thought it was going to be a trashy novel but it's really good. waiting for them to translate the third one into english

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest? It has been, late last year, but still only in hardback I think.

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest? It has been, late last year, but still only in hardback I think.

cool. thanks for the info, i'll track it down

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest? It has been, late last year, but still only in hardback I think.

Yep, but if you go to some of the discount book stores then you'll get it for a fiver like I did. Worth it.

reading this thread, because of heavily procrastinating on some booooooooooooooooring work I have to do......................

...the classifieds every 5 mins

Originally Posted by jv
i've been reading the millenium trilogy by steig larsson. thought it was going to be a trashy novel but it's really good. waiting for them to translate the third one into english

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest? It has been, late last year, but still only in hardback I think.
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few more pages to go soooooooooooo fookin good dont want to finish it but cant put it down

I'm addicted to infinite jest.. i'm on my fifth full read plus dipping in from time to time.

I'm having a stressful time at the moment with work and life in general and struggling to stick with anything else book wise. Last night I bowed to temptation and started on IJ again. Somehow it just feels so easy to read, I guess the plot/timeframe/character complications which are a big hurdle on the first read become less of a problem and you can just enjoy the writing and the smaller observations/jokes etc.

Has anyone read the newer Foster Wallace bok which was published after his death? i think it's called "this is water"

Yep, but if you go to some of the discount book stores then you'll get it for a fiver like I did. Worth it.

which one did you get it in?

few more pages to go soooooooooooo fookin good dont want to finish it but cant put it down

Ha ha,

The gf became a Millenium Widow for a while earlier. Seems to think that my main motivation is short, tattooed, elfin face women. Which of course it was, but not why she thought it was.

which one did you get it in?

Sussex Stationers in Guildford

cheers i'll see if i can trakc it down in town

Most of the way through Tom Wolfe's Bonfire of the Vanities. It's very good.

AA Gill - Sap Rising. V funny, great writing.

McMafia here, interesting read.
I didn't know organised crime was so...organised
After reading Freakonomics i thought i had to get dug into this aswell.

Guess i was right.

David Byrnes: Bicycle Diaries. Very interesting view of the world and how society is structured. Bit preachy, but worth a read. One for the bog if iphone out of battery.
Hunter S Thomson: Hells Angels. Genius
H.P. Lovecraft: collected works. mental.

Hunter S Thomson: Hells Angels. Genius

Too true.
entertaining the whole way through.

The Road by Cormack McCarthy, anyone else read it?

The Road by Cormack McCarthy, anyone else read it?

yes, best book i read last year.

just waiting for my new flatmate to finish it

blood meridian, the village in the jungle and the elephant vanishes.