Reading (Not the festival).

[Muzzzz]

Title says it all. Any readers here? What do we enjoy reading? What are we all reading at the moment?

[horsehead]

Love to read, better than most hollywood movies out there. Currently reading Ronnie Wood's biography, very interesting but The Faces seem to have been skipped over!

[MrBump]

It's funny, I used to read loads, but hardly seem to get the time these days.  I should get back into it really.

[AndyR]

We read an awful lot.

I just finished "Citizen Soldiers" by Steven Ambrose.

Might be about to reread Ian Kershaw's two volume Hitler biography, or possibly Anthony Beevor's "Stalingrad" or "Berlin".

On a musical note, I read Gerry McAvoy's "Riding Shotgun" recently - pretty good, but a little bit sad about Rory.

I seem to have been reading a lot of non-fiction recently though, might take a break and dive into the  well-stocked bookshelves to see if I can find something that won't look too girly on the tube!!!

[38thBeatle]

Steven Ambrose books are always great Andy. The Hitler biog is now available in a single volume( what happened in the end?).Currently I am reading a Peter James novel though-an easy read.

[dave_mc]

i like thrillers- baldacci, coben, grisham, etc., cr@p like that. it's hardly culturally significant, but it's good fun, and i'm reading for fun.

[38thBeatle]

Absolutely agree Dave. Have you tried Lee Child's books?

[mecca777]

I just wandered into the local charity bookshop this morning and picked up "Brief Lives" by John Aubrey. I'm also currently re-reading "Watchmen" for the eight millionth time, and I'm halfway through "Against the Day" by Thomas Pynchon which is killing me. I found "V" and "Gravity's Rainbow" exhilarating, and "Mason & Dixon" was exhausting but incredibly entertaining; but "Against the Day" may just be far far too much of a very very good thing.

[FELINEGUITARS]

Absolutely agree Dave. Have you tried Lee Child's books?

Loved the first dew Jack Reacher books...havent kept up of late
Used to read tons- sarted with Stephen King
Later enjoyed Grisham, Patricia Cornwall and Kathy Reichs and loads of stuff like that

[Philly Q]

I can't remember any time in my life when I wasn't reading a book. :)

Nearly always fiction - I'm not a big fan of biographies or non-fiction.  I read all sorts of stuff but haven't actually bought anything for a while - we have a "library" in work where people dump old books, so I've been mostly reading so-so thrillers recently.  Can't really give an exhaustive list of "favourite" authors, but I really like Joe R Lansdale, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Aickman, Peter Straub, Michael Moorc--k and I love old classics like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (especially the non-Holmes stories) and of course Charles Dickens.

Currently reading Congo by Michael Crichton, which is absolute cobblers.  His writing style is dreadful.

[mecca777]

I love old classics like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (especially the non-Holmes stories)

Brigadier Etienne Gerard pour la victoire!  :D

[dave_mc]

Absolutely agree Dave. Have you tried Lee Child's books?

nah, i never got round to getting/reading one. i always meant to, they seemed to be in the same section as the stuff i like (and the blurbs seemed to suggest they were similar). they're good, i take it? :)

[38thBeatle]

Entertaining.His character Jack Reacher is quite engaging.Worth a punt. I have read them all-got hooked pretty quick.

[Philly Q]

I love old classics like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (especially the non-Holmes stories)

Brigadier Etienne Gerard pour la victoire!  :D

Absolutely.  And the bold Sir Nigel an' all!  :)

[dave_mc]

Entertaining.His character Jack Reacher is quite engaging.Worth a punt. I have read them all-got hooked pretty quick.

thanks mr 38th, i'll give them a shot. :)