What are You Reading Now?

[David D. Davidson]

McCarthy is a fantastic writer. I highly recommend The Road and Blood Meridian.

Finally got around to picking up a copy of Blood Meridian - I’m about halfway through now and completely engrossed! Thanks for the recommendation! Dark and gritty and unapologetic in its refusal to conform to a conventional writing style.

 

[autumnfog]

Finally got around to picking up a copy of Blood Meridian - I’m about halfway through now and completely engrossed! Thanks for the recommendation! Dark and gritty and unapologetic in its refusal to conform to a conventional writing style.

You're welcome, it's a novel with layers and great depth.

 

[ssjones]

New standalone novel by Mick Herron (Slough House series).

 

[warren99]

Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

 

[Rossi320]

Holly by Stephen king

 

[huckleberry]

Just starting "The Last Detail", by Darryl Ponicsan

 

[ssjones]

Just starting "The Last Detail", by Darryl Ponicsan

That looks pretty good, thanks!

 

[Jwebb90]

Almost finished with

 

[aspiring_sage]

Just read 2 of the books in the George Smiley series. Pretty fun stuff!
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Call for the Dead
Just started A Murder of Quality and The Spy Who Came in From the Cold.

 

[judcole]

Heading off to the doc, I wanted something other than the big hardcover I was reading, so I grabbed an old paperback of Twain's Letters From The Earth that I had never gotten around to reading. Great stuff, Gonna be time to reread Connecticut Yankee, soon,I think.

 

[makhorkasmoker]

 

[Butter Side Down]

 

[Bengel]

I need to also read some pre revolution Russian history for context, we didn’t get that in school here

 

[lraisch]

An ethnoregional analysis of the country from it's original settlement and how those distinctions still affect the country. The author is persuasive though he does let his opinions show.

 

[jbfrady]

Henry Clay: The Man Who Would Be President

Henry Clay: The Man Who Would Be President

Charismatic, charming, and one of the best orators of h…

www.goodreads.com

 

[huntertrw]

Select portions of The Life and Works of Flavius Josephus, translated by William Whiston.

 

[ssjones]

New standalone novel by Mick Herron (Slough House series).

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This was outstanding, if you like spy yarns, one of the best books I've read recently

 

[jaingorenard]

For anyone who is interested or amused by the British upper classes post-WW2, the Alms for Oblivion series by Simon Raven is absolutely fantastic. I first heard about this series in a recent review, and have raced through the first 5, and look forward to the next 5. Several real figures appear in the series (usually a send up) in fictionalised forms (for example: William Rees-Mogg, Jim Prior). I have never read a review that more accurately captured the spirit of a series, so here it is for anyone interested:

You should read Simon Raven

You will be a better person for having read Simon Raven’s ten-volume collection ‘Alms of Oblivion.’

www.spectator.co.uk

 

[metalheadycigarguy]

Currently reading "Grappler: Memoirs of A Masked Madman," by Lynn Denton and Joe Vithayathil.

Anyone that's a fan of the old NWA territory wrestling days has heard of the Grappler. I grew up watching Portland Wrestling (PNW territory), and the Grappler was one of my favorites.

 

[HRPufnstuf]

The Institute by Stephen King. Can't remember the last time I read a book from him. Was looking for a scare, but it's more thriller than scary at the half way mark. Might abandon it for something more interesting.

Apologies, I appear to have stolen your signature.

Reading: this thread and The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins.