What are you reading?

0scar

My reading is dominated by uni stuff, I normally read the Economist in down time, otherwise it's all course related. I really want to read the Shield of Achilles by Phillip Bobbit (in fact I just ordered it off eBay.)

Spoke to a guy the other day who hadn't read a book in 25 years. Mid 30's - how is that even possible?

1892

Just finished ' the lovely bones' a m8 got me Chris Hoy's auto biog for Christmas, so I'm about to start that

verylonglegs

0scar wrote:

Spoke to a guy the other day who hadn't read a book in 25 years. Mid 30's - how is that even possible?

Its not that uncommon, I've heard people boast such a fact like its something to be proud of...very sad.

desweller

Just finished Pompeii by Robert Harris (Christmas prezzie).

Started Life Stories by David Attenborough (actually a set of radio programme transcripts, with pictures - great!).

Don't understand those who are proud of not reading - they're usually the same ones who state, 'Well, school never did anything for me' while picking the litter off the street though.

shouldbeinbed

I got a library of books for christmas and the rest of them got a wii fit.

great. we spend time in the same room now, which is nice

Mothyman

...The Great Gatsby..... not as good as I thought it would but worth a read

redvee

Reading the four Josie Dew books I got recently from Amazon marketplace.

The wind in my wheels
The sun in my eyes
Saddled at sea
Slow coast home (wip)

jrduquemin

I'm currently reading The Kremlin Device by Chris Ryan... so far it's been very enjoyable. The man certainly knows his stuff :-)

pneumatic

OUP's Very Short Introductions (mentioned somewhere above) are wondrous. I buy them on 3 for 2 whenever I am travelling and always choose three topics that are as wide apart as possible (e.g. The Brain, The Vikings and Plato). You can usually read them in one sitting. They are supposed to bring academic topics to an ordinary reader but some of them fail because they are inpenetrable (Chaos) or because the writer cannot communicate anything but tedious detail (Vikings).

My favourites so far have been: The Brain, Emotion and British Politics.

My other top recommendation for outdoor types like us would be Robert MacFarlane's two beautiful books: Mountains of the Mind and Wild Places.

finchy

pneumatic wrote:

OUP's Very Short Introductions (mentioned somewhere above) are wondrous. I buy them on 3 for 2 whenever I am travelling and always choose three topics that are as wide apart as possible (e.g. The Brain, The Vikings and Plato). You can usually read them in one sitting. They are supposed to bring academic topics to an ordinary reader but some of them fail because they are inpenetrable (Chaos) or because the writer cannot communicate anything but tedious detail (Vikings).

My favourites so far have been: The Brain, Emotion and British Politics.

My other top recommendation for outdoor types like us would be Robert MacFarlane's two beautiful books: Mountains of the Mind and Wild Places.

+1, they're brilliant.

passout

Mothyman wrote:

...The Great Gatsby..... not as good as I thought it would but worth a read

The ending is good though. I'll be reading Tender is the Night soon but at the moment I'm on 'flow'.