To compliment bungles post.
What are you reading at the moment
I've just started "The coffin dancer" by Jeffery Deaver. Its about a Quadraplegic Criminalist and his assistant (same characters that featured in the film The Bone collector)
Just finished Clive Barkers "Great and secret show".
Before that gave up after about 80 pages of Umberto Eco's "Focults pendulum". Now theres a book to avoid if you like an uncomplicated entertaining read.
Just finished "In the shadow of silence" by Gertrude Baer.
It's her story of life in Nazi Germany and particularly the last 2 years of WW2. She was 20 when the war ended in 1945.
It really spells out how much faith that 95% of Germans had in Hittler, even up till the day he killed himself.
I'm reading a few-
H L Menckens "The American Language" which is a hilarious look at arguments between Brits and Americans on the English language. The kind of language book Bill Bryson dreams of writing - Mencken is fabulous.
Amy Vanderbilt's "The Complete Book of Etiquette" which is a 1952 book on how Americans should behave. It's all "the pinky finger must be extended whilst eating tea-biscuits and supping herbal refreshments. Be careful however not to spoil your furs with crumbs or droplets." Pretty interesting and says more about my grandmother-in-law than anything else I've heard about her.
Finally got Stephen Fry's "Making History" which is a novel set in the US which looks at how the world turned out if Hitler wasn't born. As with anything Fry graces it is excellent so far.
Also I'm still plodding through Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart." I bought a box of African literature for $20 in a book sale - lots of Achebe, Echemete, Ngugi, Osumane, and even Alan Paton's Cry The Beloved Country. But I get bored easily with fiction so they're taking me forever.
Currently reading "Hellboy - The Chained Coffin" which is a compilation of assorted stories.
And a "How-To" for Photoshop. God, it's some dull going.
Just Finished "Sacred Hoops" By Phil Jackson. Interesting insights into Zen.
Currently working on "Timeline" by Michael Crihton..good fun
I'm reading a few-:
H L Menckens "The American Language" which is a hilarious look at arguments between Brits and Americans on the English language. The kind of language book Bill Bryson dreams of writing - Mencken is fabulous.
Amy Vanderbilt's "The Complete Book of Etiquette" which is a 1952 book on how Americans should behave. It's all "the pinky finger must be extended whilst eating tea-biscuits and supping herbal refreshments. Be careful however not to spoil your furs with crumbs or droplets." Pretty interesting and says more about my grandmother-in-law than anything else I've heard about her.
Finally got Stephen Fry's "Making History" which is a novel set in the US which looks at how the world turned out if Hitler wasn't born. As with anything Fry graces it is excellent so far.
Also I'm still plodding through Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart." I bought a box of African literature for $20 in a book sale - lots of Achebe, Echemete, Ngugi, Osumane, and even Alan Paton's Cry The Beloved Country. But I get bored easily with fiction so they're taking me forever.
Show off....
Actually have read "Making History" v.good. If you like that you will enjoy "The Liar" also by Fry.
I'm reading a few-:
H L Menckens "The American Language" which is a hilarious look at arguments between Brits and Americans on the English language. The kind of language book Bill Bryson dreams of writing - Mencken is fabulous.
Amy Vanderbilt's "The Complete Book of Etiquette" which is a 1952 book on how Americans should behave. It's all "the pinky finger must be extended whilst eating tea-biscuits and supping herbal refreshments. Be careful however not to spoil your furs with crumbs or droplets." Pretty interesting and says more about my grandmother-in-law than anything else I've heard about her.
Finally got Stephen Fry's "Making History" which is a novel set in the US which looks at how the world turned out if Hitler wasn't born. As with anything Fry graces it is excellent so far.
Also I'm still plodding through Chinua Achebe's "Things Fall Apart." I bought a box of African literature for $20 in a book sale - lots of Achebe, Echemete, Ngugi, Osumane, and even Alan Paton's Cry The Beloved Country. But I get bored easily with fiction so they're taking me forever.
Show off....
Actually have read "Making History" v.good. If you like that you will enjoy "The Liar" also by Fry.
Also reading Making History.
'Is Harry Still on the Boat'........not for the faint hearted.....about club reps in Ibiza and a sequel (the original was great)
"The Battle Of Hamburg" by Martin Middlebrook
Two books on the go right now
The 9/11 Commission Report
"The Jungle" by Upton SInclair
The 9/11 Commission Report
I just got a copy of this last night. Cheap isn't it!?
Yep, especially when you work at B&N and get a 30% discount D
Cost me $7.54 including tax o
I hear you can download it for free. Who wants to read it on a monitor and how much would you pay in paper and ink to print it?!
Reading How to be good by Nick Hornby. Quite funny but daft. Touching the Void was the best one I have read recently though.
Just finished reading 'Nowhere in Africa' and am in the middle of 'The Red Tent'