What are you reading?

[Macspur]

Hi Chebby,

Sorry to be a pain, but do you think you could also type details of the books, as my screenreader can't recognise images.

Mac

Sure.

London A to Z Street Atlas Historical edition 1938. (Published by Cassini.)

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard.

Many thanks, appreciate it.

Mac

 

[SonofSun]

Wool by Hugh Howey

People living in a silo in a dystopian future , not bad so far.

Review - http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2013/jan/09/wool-by-hugh-cowey-review

 

[Alec]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Silent-Twins-Marjorie-Wallace/dp/009958641X/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

 

[chebby]

'The Little Drummer Girl' by John le Carré.

 

[altruistic.lemon]

80 pages in and haven't got a clue what it's about.

 

[Alec]

Oh, and Peter Attia's blog.

 

[Roundhead 5000]

Gun, with occasional music. Jonathan Lethem.

 

[John Duncan]

Just finished John Grisham's The Racketeer, which was diverting enough, and now trying to get into Iain Banks' The Quarry.

 

[Big Chris]

Not a lot.

Read the new Jack Reacher recently, which was OK, but was no 'One Shot' or 'Persuader'.

Mainly reading Highway Code stuff in preparation for my HGV theory test next Wednesday.

 

[CnoEvil]

Mainly reading Highway Code stuff in preparation for my HGV theory test next Wednesday.

Blimey, I remember doing my Class 1 HGV in about '82.......the test was done by a cranky Glaswegian, with an unfathomable accent (what the ffk was he doing in Belfast?!). I hadn't a clue what he was saying. The more I said, "Eh?", the crosser he got. The crosser he got, the faster he mumbled, and the more I said, "Eh?" :wall:

I went completely off route, which didn't help his mood. To this day, I don't know how I past.

Good luck with it all, and I know what you're going through.

 

[Big Chris]

Only going for Class 2/ Cat C at present.

If I like it and can find work I might go for my Class 1 in future.

Just gotta pass the tests first. 😛ray:

 

[CnoEvil]

Only going for Class 2/ Cat C at present. If I like it and can find work I might go for my Class 1 in future. Just gotta pass the tests first. 😛ray:

When I did it, the questions about the truck (connecting/5th wheel coupling/covering/compressors for air brakes etc); and the maneuvering/braking were done at the test centre before going on the road. The highway code was covered when you returned......so at least it all happened on the one day. The whole thing took a little over 2 hours.

Simpler times.

 

[mitch65]

80 pages in and haven't got a clue what it's about.

Loved The Name of the Rose back in the mid 80s but never read anything else from Eco......maybe I should 🙂

 

[Macspur]

The Winds of War, Herman Wouk

Epic!

www.macsmusic.blogbubble.net

 

[SiUK]

Finished 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafon on Thursday (terrific), and 'The Man Who Loved a Polar Bear and other psychotherapist's tales' by Robert U. Akeret this morning (incredible). Started 'Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shït? The Encyclopedia Of Modern Life' by Steve Lowe & Alan McArthur this evening (it promises to be funny) - 'twas a present.

 

[mitch65]

I know Ludlum's been dead for some time now but I do enjoy the Covert One novels and this one is keeping me awake at night 🙂

 

[hg_mike]

If anyone is interested in industrial history:

http://www.amazon.fr/Industrial-Revolutionaries-Making-Modern-1776-1914/dp/0802144845/ref=sr_1_15?s=english-books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382382784&sr=1-15&keywords=industrial+revolutionaries

contains many chapters about the rarely mentioned characters involved in the industrial revolutions around the world. Easy to read in individual chapters, as well. It's been far more interesting than I expected it to be.

 

[Alec]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Real-God-Response-Anthony-Freemans/dp/0264673840/ref=la_B001HD1UO4_1_13?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1382474958&sr=1-13

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Just bought this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/D-Day-June-1944-Climactic-Battle/dp/0743449746/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1382974578&sr=8-6&keywords=D-day

Going to have a read tonight.

 

[SiUK]

Phallic Worship, A History of Sex & Sexual Rites, by George Ryley Scott. 🙂

It's a fascinating and illuminating study of phallicism.

Some foo' in the US is selling this book new for £606.41 ?? WTEffing Heck? Ive just looked at the pages of my copy, but they aren't made of gold or anything :roll:

 

[Alec]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Weirwolf-My-Story-David-Weir/dp/1849545480

 

[BillDay66]

Better than his Dad IMO!

 

[Lost Angeles]

Just finished Cloud Atlas, think I missed something :?

 

[Alec]

Starting to make my way through the Sherlock Homes stories. I'll probably read the ones most relevant to the Sherlock TV series first.

 

[steve_1979]

Starting to make my way through the Sherlock Homes stories. I'll probably read the ones most relevant to the Sherlock TV series first.

I love the Sherlock Homes stories. They're some of the best that I've ever read.