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By *iddlesticks OP Man
21 weeks ago

My nan’s spare room.

What are you reading at the minute?

Are you enjoying it?

I’m about 3/4 away through Death of a Penguin by Andrey Kurkov.

Set in the post Soviet era Ukraine it is rather dark but strangely comforting and humorous. 📙

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By *ust of the LibertineMan
21 weeks ago

Maesteg

Almost finished Reacher book 25, The Sentinel by Lee Child.

Also part way through The Silkworm - Robert Galbraith

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By *reyToTheFairiesWoman
21 weeks ago

Carlisle usually

The Book of Elsewhere by China Meiville and Keanu Reeves.

I started it yesterday but saving it to read properly while I'm travelling 💜

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By *iddlesticks OP Man
21 weeks ago

My nan’s spare room.

"The Book of Elsewhere by China Meiville and Keanu Reeves.

I started it yesterday but saving it to read properly while I'm travelling 💜"

That timeless pleasure of a book to travel with.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
21 weeks ago

East Sussex

Just started 'The Great Gatsby' enjoying it very much.

Half way through Michael Moseley's 'Just One Thing' and wondering as I listen to the chapter on drinking more water, why on earth he set off on that fateful walk without any.

'Wind in The Willows' which is one of my favourites of all time

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

Half way through Michael Moseley's 'Just One Thing' and wondering as I listen to the chapter on drinking more water, why on earth he set off on that fateful walk without any "

I thought exactly the same thing. So sad 😥

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

I've just started a book recommended to me by another forumite...

'The Four Loves' by C.S. Lewis.

It's a fascinating read 😊

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By *icecouple561Couple
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21 weeks ago

East Sussex

Half way through Michael Moseley's 'Just One Thing' and wondering as I listen to the chapter on drinking more water, why on earth he set off on that fateful walk without any

I thought exactly the same thing. So sad 😥 "

I suppose at base we're all fallible

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By *miableRogueMan
21 weeks ago

Liverpool

Mythos by Stephen Fry… I love the Greek mythology stories

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By *mber and FireCouple
21 weeks ago

Carmarthenshire

Liber Kaos

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By *rooperRedMan
21 weeks ago

Littlehampton

About to start Dune Charter House, the last in the original Dune cycle.

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By *iddlesticks OP Man
21 weeks ago

My nan’s spare room.

"Mythos by Stephen Fry… I love the Greek mythology stories "

I read the Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry, it’s a great book but there were words that I had to look up in the dictionary.

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By *ootyfruityCouple
21 weeks ago

andover

Currently Stephen kings the stand, such a great book!!

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

Always looling for good book recommendations .. i probably have a years worth of unread books but wont stop me picking more up ! 🤣

Im reading the Book Thief and have Brotherless Night to read next - that was recommended on here before

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

"Mythos by Stephen Fry… I love the Greek mythology stories "

It always makes me smile when someone says they love Greek mythology. I wrote my final BA Classics dissertation on this subject 😊

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By *rooperRedMan
21 weeks ago

Littlehampton

"Currently Stephen kings the stand, such a great book!!"

It's indeed great.

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By *innietheMinx2Woman
21 weeks ago

Grampian

Upstairs I have Anger is an Energy by John Lydon and downstairs I have A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks

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By *rimson_RoseWoman
21 weeks ago

Tamworth

A fluffy romance type book I can’t remember the title of and Mercians - Rise and Fall of a Kingdom.

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By *rimson_RoseWoman
21 weeks ago

Tamworth

"Currently Stephen kings the stand, such a great book!!"

I loved these books!

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

"Mythos by Stephen Fry… I love the Greek mythology stories

I read the Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry, it’s a great book but there were words that I had to look up in the dictionary.

But doesn't it feel great Fiddles, when a book teaches you something new 😊

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By *entlemanFoxMan
21 weeks ago

North East / London

"Mythos by Stephen Fry… I love the Greek mythology stories

It always makes me smile when someone says they love Greek mythology. I wrote my final BA Classics dissertation on this subject 😊"

Well, who wouldn’t? All hot goddesses in skimpy outfits!

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By *ootyfruityCouple
21 weeks ago

andover

"Currently Stephen kings the stand, such a great book!!

I loved these books! "

I think speaking previously I was just starting it 😂

Will try your recommendation next

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By *rooperRedMan
21 weeks ago

Littlehampton

"Mythos by Stephen Fry… I love the Greek mythology stories

It always makes me smile when someone says they love Greek mythology. I wrote my final BA Classics dissertation on this subject 😊

Well, who wouldn’t? All hot goddesses in skimpy outfits!

All Greek myths: Zeus takes the form of some animal, knocks up some young thing, Hera gets the hump and seeks revenge on the offspring, the end.

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By *usty kayWoman
21 weeks ago

Burnham

Just read my first Terry Pratchet, wyld sisters. Halfway through one of the game of thrones books but not finding it entices me back.

Reading The Hobbit to the kids and just 2 chapters left and will then be moving onto Never-ending story.

Not sure whether to keep going with Terry Pratchet, was very easy reading and finished it in a day but not sure I like his style.

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By *iddlesticks OP Man
21 weeks ago

My nan’s spare room.

"Mythos by Stephen Fry… I love the Greek mythology stories

I read the Hippopotamus by Stephen Fry, it’s a great book but there were words that I had to look up in the dictionary.

But doesn't it feel great Fiddles, when a book teaches you something new 😊

Very much so.

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By *eltCuteMightDeleteWoman
21 weeks ago

Reading

I'm reading Book Lovers by Emily Henry and Atomic Habits by James Clear.

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By *octor ProdMan
21 weeks ago

working Overseas

Wired - Bob Woodward's biography of John Belushi

Fuel Injected Dreams - James Robert Baker (one of my favorite books and a pulp novel about a DJ, a Phil Spector type producer and his girl group wife)

Catch 22 (never read it)

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By *entlemanFoxMan
21 weeks ago

North East / London

…on a more serious note, I have just started ‘Grit’ by Alison Duckworth which looks at passion and perseverance as factors of success.

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By *inxybWoman
21 weeks ago

Durham

I’ve been reading in the sunshine this morning and I’ve just finished ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ by Delia Owens’.

I haven’t decided what I’m reading next yet though!

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
21 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

I'm crap. I've stalled a quarter of the way through "Caliban's War" by James S.A. Corey - it's book two of the series that "The Expanse" TV series was adapted from.

I spend all day reading a screen, and I read the news in depth. I find I no longer have the mental bandwidth for a book, which galls me. 😔

Maybe I should spend less time on Fab, reading threads and being questionably witty. 😕

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
21 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"Just read my first Terry Pratchet, wyld sisters. Halfway through one of the game of thrones books but not finding it entices me back.

Reading The Hobbit to the kids and just 2 chapters left and will then be moving onto Never-ending story.

Not sure whether to keep going with Terry Pratchet, was very easy reading and finished it in a day but not sure I like his style. "

Once you've read a few, you realise that for all that he's witty, he's actually very formulaic.

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By *rimson_RoseWoman
21 weeks ago

Tamworth

"Mythos by Stephen Fry… I love the Greek mythology stories "

These too, great books.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
21 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"Just read my first Terry Pratchet, wyld sisters. Halfway through one of the game of thrones books but not finding it entices me back.

Reading The Hobbit to the kids and just 2 chapters left and will then be moving onto Never-ending story.

Not sure whether to keep going with Terry Pratchet, was very easy reading and finished it in a day but not sure I like his style.

Once you've read a few, you realise that for all that he's witty, he's actually very formulaic.

Not that I can honestly point a finger - he died as a massively successful and beloved author, whereas I'm a saddo who can't find the time to read, much less write, which I always fancied I'd be good at. 😔

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By *cunnylassCouple
21 weeks ago

Exeter

Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken.

I think most people would benefit from reading this.

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By *avinaTVTV/TS
21 weeks ago

Transsexual Transylvania

"Mythos by Stephen Fry… I love the Greek mythology stories

It always makes me smile when someone says they love Greek mythology. I wrote my final BA Classics dissertation on this subject 😊"

I watched every episode[f Xena:Warrior Princess, and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. I feel this makes us vaguely equivalent...

😜

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

Prophet Song - 2023 booker prize - pretty bleak novel about families struggling as the Republic of Ireland slips into totalitarianism

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

"Mythos by Stephen Fry… I love the Greek mythology stories "

God I hated this, it riled me with fury

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

"Wired - Bob Woodward's biography of John Belushi

Fuel Injected Dreams - James Robert Baker (one of my favorite books and a pulp novel about a DJ, a Phil Spector type producer and his girl group wife)

Catch 22 (never read it)"

Catch 22 is one of my all time favourites

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By *he AmbassadorMan
21 weeks ago

IRLANDA. / Prague. / Cil Dara

Latest John Connelly one The Instruments Of Darkness

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By *rispyDuckMan
21 weeks ago

Chinese Takeaway near you

Sat in conservatory reading:

My Roommate is a Vampire 🧛 by Jenna Levine

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By *ang bang bangity bangCouple
21 weeks ago

Sunderland

Almost finished Snuff, one of the last of the discworld series.

I'm also listening to Twelve and a Half by Gary Vanerchuck, a business book and it's frankly rather shite. I used to like him but now I find he has just fallen in to believing his own narrative.

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By *ang bang bangity bangCouple
21 weeks ago

Sunderland

"Prophet Song - 2023 booker prize - pretty bleak novel about families struggling as the Republic of Ireland slips into totalitarianism

I read a review of that and it just sounded too grim

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

"Prophet Song - 2023 booker prize - pretty bleak novel about families struggling as the Republic of Ireland slips into totalitarianism

I read a review of that and it just sounded too grim

It's incredibly sad

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
21 weeks ago

Manchester-ish

I have a couple on the go:-

On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes by Alexandra Horowitz. It's about walking around New York with different experts in their field - a geologist, an expert on lettering, an illustrator...

The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness. The latest in the All Souls/Discovery of Witches series.

It's coming to the time of year where I enjoy a cosy, fluffy bookshop/bakery/inherited cottage romance too so that will be next on the list. 😂

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By *2000ManMan
21 weeks ago

Worthing

Rush bassist Geddy Lee - My Effin Life. A great read.

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By *ainbowCheesecakeCouple
21 weeks ago

Northampton

Stephen King's new collection of shorts - some like it darker

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By *rimson_RoseWoman
21 weeks ago

Tamworth

" The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness. The latest in the All Souls/Discovery of Witches series. "

Is it any good? I’m saving it for my birthday!

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
21 weeks ago

Leeds

I'm currently on the 3rd in the Girl Games trilogy - Ruby Roe, great FF fantasy read.

Mrs

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

Babel by R. F. Kuang (interesting, check out the Guardian review from Sept 2022 to find out more)

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By *ulieAndBeefCouple
21 weeks ago

Manchester-ish

" The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness. The latest in the All Souls/Discovery of Witches series.

Is it any good? I’m saving it for my birthday! "

I'm not far into it but I'm already hooked and my kindle needs to charge 😭

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By *idssissyTV/TS
21 weeks ago

Birmingham

Just finished The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman.

Enjoyable and very readable

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By *vaRose43Woman
21 weeks ago

Forest of Dean

Serious read: minor detail - a hard but tough read set in Palestine in 1949

Easy read: you can’t spell treason without tea

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By *eltCuteMightDeleteWoman
21 weeks ago

Reading

"Babel by R. F. Kuang (interesting, check out the Guardian review from Sept 2022 to find out more)"

This was my favourite book that I read last year. I also loved her The Poppy War but only thought Yellowface was okay. Have you read her others?

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

"Babel by R. F. Kuang (interesting, check out the Guardian review from Sept 2022 to find out more)

This was my favourite book that I read last year. I also loved her The Poppy War but only thought Yellowface was okay. Have you read her others?"

No, I have not. Thank you for the recommendations

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By *ooBulMan
21 weeks ago

Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’

Ronnie James Dio - autobiography - written I think by Mick Wall & with the help of his wife Wendy Dio. T.B.H its not as good as Dave Lee Roth's "Crazy From The Heat" - now that's a hoot! I couldn't put it down. Same with Motley Crue's "The Dirt - Confessions Of The Worlds Most Notorious Rock Band". Written by all the band & their manager Doc McGhee.

I've also reading Shane McGowan's biography done by him & his wacky girlfriend... Have a few on the go plus read twechnical mags...

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By *ooBulMan
21 weeks ago

Missin’ Yo’ Kissin’

Also, I can't type for crap this am.... LOL.

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By *octor ProdMan
21 weeks ago

working Overseas

"Wired - Bob Woodward's biography of John Belushi

Fuel Injected Dreams - James Robert Baker (one of my favorite books and a pulp novel about a DJ, a Phil Spector type producer and his girl group wife)

Catch 22 (never read it)

Catch 22 is one of my all time favourites "

It has been sat on the bookshelf for over 25 years, and I never got round to reading it. But as I am working away I am reading everything on kindle and thought it was time. I am enjoying it so far

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By *aizyWoman
21 weeks ago

west midlands

The Return Man by V. M. Zito, its a zombie horror, I am really enjoying it so far.

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
21 weeks ago

Leeds

"Babel by R. F. Kuang (interesting, check out the Guardian review from Sept 2022 to find out more)"

I have the sprayed edge version of this it's beautiful it's on my to read list.

How are you finding it?

Mrs

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By *idnight RamblerMan
21 weeks ago

Pershore

The Wall

- John Lanchester

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By (user no longer on site)
21 weeks ago

The reluctant fundamentalist

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