Bookworms: What are you reading at the moment?

[MargaretR]

Originally Posted by Eric

Just picked up a nice hard cover copy of the illustrated version of Hawking's "A Brief History of Time" .... only $4.99 at Chapters .... for those who like coloring, I'm sorry to say that the pictures are already colored.

I have that - bought when it was a best seller - couldn't make moss nor sand of it - and by now that theory has been superceded by 'string theory'
decided that I don't need to get knotted with that one

[steeljack]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

I have that - bought when it was a best seller - couldn't make moss nor sand of it - and by now that theory has been superceded by 'string theory'
decided that I don't need to get knotted with that one

Something I've often wondered about , how many of the millions who bought that book actually finished it , I even had it on tape (literature for simpletons)bought at a flea market, think I managed to get to tape #5 of 8 before I gave up .
Other best selling books which I never managed to finish were "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintanence" and "Catch 22"

[south aussie]

Originally Posted by steeljack

Something I've often wondered about , how many of the millions who bought that book actually finished it , I even had it on tape (literature for simpletons)bought at a flea market, think I managed to get to tape #5 of 8 before I gave up .
Other best selling books which I never managed to finish were "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintanence" and "Catch 22"

Aquote from a character in Ronnie Barker,s PORRIDGE

I READ A BOOK ONCE,GREEN IT WAS!

PARKY IS NOT A BAD READ[FOR A YORKSHIRE MAN]

[garinda]

Just finished two theatrical biographies, that I got as Christmas presents.

Biggins, absolute rubbish. Numerous mistakes and inconstancies. Feel it was rushed out to cash on winning I'm a Celebrity.

Paul O'Grady's At My Mother's Knee, brilliant. Warm, funny, packed with background charcaters. It ends on a cliffhanger, his mother's heart attack, his father's death from a heart attack brought on by his wife's, and his on/off girlfriend announcing she was pregnant. Quite a day.

Really hope and look forward to reading the next installment.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by MargaretR

I have that - bought when it was a best seller - couldn't make moss nor sand of it - and by now that theory has been superceded by 'string theory'
decided that I don't need to get knotted with that one

It's a fascinating read: Love the bits about Schrodinger's cat ... But it is a book one may have to read with google at hand ... I think google, or whatever one uses, is a great boon to those who find footnotes and cross refs. confusing and irritatingly sparse. Isacc Azimov's "Atom: A Journey accross the Sub-Atomic Cosmos" is also a great read for those who have some interest in the history of atomic theory, and some hints on where it might lead.

[Eric]

Originally Posted by steeljack

Something I've often wondered about , how many of the millions who bought that book actually finished it , I even had it on tape (literature for simpletons)bought at a flea market, think I managed to get to tape #5 of 8 before I gave up .
Other best selling books which I never managed to finish were "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintanence" and "Catch 22"

What about "War and Peace" and "Paradise Lost"

[black_flights]

Nation by Terry Pratchett
And can't wait for Raymond E Feists next installment to his fantasy serious due out in April WOOOh!!!

[Taggy]

Just Finished two books about Kenneth Williams, and am reading Parky at the moment, which is very good!


Best Regards - Taggy

[flashy]

Katie Price - Jordan Pushed To The limit

[blazey]

I'm currently reading...

Of Mice and Men - Steinbeck,
The Sorrows of Young Werther - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The economic naturalist - Why economics explains everything - Robert H Frank
The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus
Oilopoly - Marshall Goldman

And a huge pile of various law and philosophy books which cause me no end of pain (in some cases actual physical pain, they can get heavy!)

[US Angel]

just give me a good historical romance
all that mushy stuff LOL

[Stumped]

Originally Posted by black_flights

Nation by Terry Pratchett
And can't wait for Raymond E Feists next installment to his fantasy serious due out in April WOOOh!!!

If you are into fantasy books I can heartily recommend the Shannara series by Terry Brooks. The Sword of Shannara, The Elfstones of Shannara and The Wishsong of Shannara are thoroughly absorbing reads that have been around for some time. Terry Brooks also wrote a prequel to the series entitled The Scions of Shannara. Well worth a look if you haven't already encountered them. They have often been compared with Tolkiens Lord of The Rings, but I found them better and uncomplicated to read

Happy reading . . . Stumped.

[mumtotwo]

Ive just finished Dear fatty by Dawn French.
It is a really good book and made me laugh out loud on many occasions.
Im now back to reading Lord of the rings.

[jem]

i have just finished stephen king "IT" not as gd as the film but it was ok

[blazey]

Originally Posted by mumtotwo

Ive just finished Dear fatty by Dawn French.
It is a really good book and made me laugh out loud on many occasions.
Im now back to reading Lord of the rings.

Lord of the Rings bored me half to death when I started reading it and I just had to stop.

Originally Posted by jem

i have just finished stephen king "IT" not as gd as the film but it was ok

I find the ending so utterly disappointing. I keep picking up Needful Things, getting a third of the way through and then forgetting about it for months and having to start again. I will eventually read it from cover to cover and then I will finally know how it ends. I saw the film was on telly once and refused to watch it because I don't want to know the plot.

Tempting though.

I never seem to get through books cover to cover any more.

I've been reading Sarah Kane's Complete Plays recently. Not for the faint-hearted.