What are you reading?

The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell. So brilliant.

Bill Bryson's The mother tongue He still manages to get a few chuckles into something basically serious!

Trying to plough through "Under the Dome" by Stephen King.

I just finished an ARC of "Johannes Cabal: The Fear Institute". I was AWESOME.

I am now sooooooo excited for the release of this book!  I've just finished Necromancer and Detective (read them back to back) and they were excellent!  I am counting the days!

Meanwhile, though, I am re-reading Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant in anticipation of the movie, which is reported to be a very faithful adaptation. 

I am now sooooooo excited for the release of this book!  I've just finished Necromancer and Detective (read them back to back) and they were excellent!  I am counting the days!

Meanwhile, though, I am re-reading Bel Ami by Guy de Maupassant in anticipation of the movie, which is reported to be a very faithful adaptation. 

It is so much fun. Although my typo makes me cringe! I'm now reading a few YA books as well.

Moab Is My Washpot by Stephen Fry ... I'm loving the Stephen Fry book!

I read this many years ago before I knew much about Stephen Fry (had only seen him in Jeeves and Wooster) and I still clearly remember it. 

I'm reading No Biking in the House Without a Helmet.

The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson. Not as good as the first book in the series but good nevertheless.

"HTML5 and CSS3 for the Real World"... yes, I am a geek

Just an FYI--Stephen Fry has done a gorgeous audiobook of Czeslaw Milosz's poetry. You can find a review of it (that, uh, I wrote) and a link to the free download of the book here:
http://www.bookgeeks.co.uk/2011/08/12/the-poems-of-czeslaw-milosz-read-by-stephen-fry/

It really is lovely, and if you've not read Milosz's poetry before, he's well worth checking out.

"HTML5 and CSS3 for the Real World"... yes, I am a geek

I love that book! I can't tell you how many times I've thumbed through it, rereading favourite passages.

From the Five Books thread:

I just started Cold Earth by Sarah Moss.  It's one of those books where each character gets a chance to speak for a mighty long time, and I'm a bit put off just reading the very first bit so far because the first character (an Englishwoman) has been talking about how annoying are the Americans that she has to work with - she hasn't met them yet, they only just appeared...just stereotypical 'Americans are tiresome because <blah blah blah>' stuff = lazy writing or else the author really wanted to make this character (who otherwise would seem nice enough!) sound like a bigot or something.

I finished this last weekend.  It was a quick read & once it finally got suspenseful, it had its gripping parts.  But it was too rife with silly stereotypes & never really got beyond them, plus I didn't think the ending was very satisfying.  Plus I didn't like the main character, at all - who shared a couple things in common with the author herself, going by the biographical notes.    (some of the less favourable reviews on Amazon - I found to be pretty much spot on!)

Next I have picked up Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult but have yet to actually start reading it - lol!  I'm not sure if I'll like her or not - isn't she considered chick lit?  (which I don't usually like)  But I thought I'd give it a chance - having to do with the Amish, which I find interesting.

I don't know about chick-lit for Jodi Picoult, but she was commonly called "grief porn" among my group of friends.

The Girl Who Played With Fire by Steig Larsson. Not as good as the first book in the series but good nevertheless.

My friend from Sweden informed me that the original title of the first book of that series is 'The Girl Who Hates Men' or something like that, haha. I still have yet to read those books or even see the films.

I just finished Fear and Trembling by Amélie Nothomb. Excellent, excellent short read. The film kept very closely to the book.

Now, starting On War by Carl von Clausewitz.

"grief porn"

Hah! I like that! However, I do not like Jodi Picoult. AT. ALL.

I'm reading The Tenth Gift by Jane Johnson. It's fascinating reading (though not great literature) about Penzance in the 1600s. I love books about local places.

Quicksand by Iris Johansen. could you tell I like Iris Johansen lol.