What's everyone reading?

[BarefootDawsy]

Daniel Pinkwater is awesome! One of my favourite books when I was a kid was The Snark out boys and the Avocado of Death. It's about these kids who sneak out to watch midnight movies at a local theatre. Adventure ensues...

[summer child]

I'm currently reading Emperor of thorns, the last book in the Broken Empire triology by Mark Lawrence.

I'm also reading these series Horus Heresy(several authors), The Gentleman Bastard series by Scott Lynch, Asoiaf by George RR M and Lightbringer by Brent Weeks. Can't want for book 4 in the Lightbringer series and the next asoiaf book.

[Nubbins McGee]

I'm currently reading Emperor of thorns, the last book in the Broken Empire triology by Mark Lawrence.

The Gentleman Bastard series by Scott Lynch,

Both good series.

[fengor]

Love the gentleman bastard series

[lctrc]

Currently reading Caliban's War, with Abbadon's Gate on deck (books 2 and 3 of The Expanse, James S A Corey).

 

Takes me a while to get through a book these days - sadly my reading is limited to the time between laying down at night and falling asleep.

[Tkdgirl]

Finished Mary poppins - not impressed.

Now reading the scorch trials by James dashner

[Twilight]

Nearly finished When Everything Feels Like the Movies by Raziel Reid and wow, it's a tough read. I just want to hug the main character and tell them everything will be ok.

 

Next up it looks like I'll be beta-reading for an anthology, yay!

[fengor]

Finished "Release it!" now on "Continous Delivery".

 

"Antifragile" still not finished :/

[Maj. Bloodnok]

Daniel Pinkwater is awesome! One of my favourite books when I was a kid was The Snark out boys and the Avocado of Death. It's about these kids who sneak out to watch midnight movies at a local theatre. Adventure ensues...

 

You have good taste. :-) His stuff's not just for kids, either; the more you know about art, B-movies, and odd music, the more enjoyable the book is.  You keep finding little in-jokes and bizarro situations.  It also helps to know a little Yiddish.

[Heidi]

Just finished Paper Towns by John Green. Absolutely excellent.

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[heyarnold13]

I just finished reading All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven.

 

It was so beautiful and funny and heart wrenching and I spent a good ten minutes staring at my ceiling when I was done. I even read every acknowledgement and editor's note at the end because I couldn't bring myself to close the book. I feel all hollow and gutted now. Anyone else get like that after finishing a really good book? 

[Tkdgirl]

I just finished the scorch trials by James Dashner (I think?) - still so many unanswered questions that I'll have to read the third book but I'm very frustrated by the lack of knowing what's going on.

 

I don't know which of my bought books to read next but I'm thinking maybe I'll read The colour of magic and see what Terry Pratchett is all about.

[SomeGuyFromScotland]

I'm currently reading Nick Cave's "The Death of Bunny Munro". His debut "And the Ass Saw the Angel" is absolutely epic, and one I'll go back to time and time again.

 

Also re-read every couple of years is "The Long Walk" by Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman. First read it when I was 15, as part of the Bachman Books anthology.

 

If I feel like some fun, light reading, anything by Mike Gayle. He writes from an everyman point of view so well, particularly on the male psyche, aging and relationships.

[fengor]

Newly finished:

• The Art of Learning:  fascinating tale of growth and performance psychology
• Antifragile - Things that gain from disorder: Author raises some interesting points but his disliks for geeks and nerds put me off quite a bit.

Currently reading:

• Living on a budget: reread of a book about basic budgeting
• Continous Delivery: one of the "classics" for my kind of work

[PettyMort]

Just finished: 

The tedious and pointless "pilgrimage" of some dude who likes train stations* - by Haruki Murakami  (1/5)

Likeable Average Guy Gets Stuck on Mars with Nothing but Science and a Sense of Humor* - by Andy Weir (4/5)

 

Currently reading:

 

Walkind Dead Minus Zombies* by Emily St John Mandel.  (5/5)

 

*titles may be changed for dramatic effect. 

[cathereviews]

I usually have loads of books on the go because I read very quickly but here's a selection:

 

Recently finished: 

'I, Lucifer' by Glen Duncan (read this so many times the pages are falling out) 

'The Silmarillon' by J.R.R Tolkein (really didn't like it)

'Extras' by Scott Westerfield (last in the Uglies/Pretties/Specials/Extras...  Quadrilogy? Tetralogy? Agk it's last in a series of four books anyway) 

 

Currently Reading: 

'Love, Tanya' by Tanya Burr

'The Gaudi Key' by M. Esteban and A. Carranza

'The Blood of Olympus' by Rick Riordan

 

Up next:

'Rubbernecker' by Belinda Bauer

'The Immaculate Heart' by Andrew Raymond Drennan (who works at my local Waterstones and I had the awkward moment of actually buying the book from him without realising) 

 

Some other Favourites: 

The 'Newsflesh' trilogy by Mira Grant 

'Pompeii' by Robert Harris 

[FailFoxAsh]

I finish off novels fairly quickly, I've got 70 left to finish this year. 

 

Currently I'm reading Captain's Fury book 4 of the Codex Alera series by Jim Butcher.

Currently listening to Farthest Shore book 3 of the Earthsea Cycle by Ursala K Le Guin. 

[fengor]

Ah loved Codex Alera

[FailFoxAsh]

Ah loved Codex Alera

Yeah it's pretty cool, though I'm sort of bored with the Amara/Bernard chapters. Really wish it was Tavi centric the way Dresden Files are from Harry's POV. 

[Bearded_Dragon]

Just started "All the Light we Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

[spockgrrl]

I just finished The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker, and it's amazing. Go read it.

[Cohen]

I've been on a rereading some old books that I loved years ago.

 

Last month was - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

 

Now onto - Dune.

[Evermist]

Right now, it's A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens. (I know, I know... XD) I've always wanted to read it just because, but never quite got around to actually reading. So here I am!

[mightstone2k]

I've been on a rereading some old books that I loved years ago.

Last month was - Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Now onto - Dune.

Those are two of my favorites! When I was living in Alameda two summers ago, I found all six original Dune books at a used bookshop, so now I own the collection [emoji4]

[Cohen]

Those are two of my favorites! When I was living in Alameda two summers ago, I found all six original Dune books at a used bookshop, so now I own the collection [emoji4]

 

I only have two of the books, for some reason I found it difficult to get into the second one, i'm going to try again after reading Dune. There is a great documentary about  Alejandro Jodorowskys attempt to make a Dune movie  called Jodorowsky's Dune. The artwork by Giger (and all the team) was amazing and possibly paved the way for Alien and other sci-fi movies. The storyboard book they created with Moebius was awesome.

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1935156/