What are you reading right now?

[Nereus]

If you liked that Lumo, look out for "Morgans Run" written by Colleen McCullough. It is an historical novel based on a true person, and gives a good insight into that period in history.

The "Masters of Rome" series by the same author contain a lot of historical fact without the drag of cold history. Some of her prose can be a bit difficult to follow, but is very entertaining.

[dtaai-maai]

^^ I remember reading and enjoying The Thorn Birds about 20 years ago or more - must look out for her books. Thanks for the reminder, Nereus.

[JimmyGreaves]

Apress Pro WPF in CSharp Mar 2010

[migrant]

Reading James Michner's Hawaii now, great book!

For those that like mystery/crime one of my favorite authors is James Lee Burke. He has a series of books set in New Orleans with Dave Robichoux as the detective

[lomuamart]

Thamks for the recommendations Nereus and DM.
I was never a great history book fan but the genre is growing on me.
Other good reads, for me, have been:
London Fields - Martin Amis
The Alienist - Robert Carr
The End of War - David L Robbins. A good description of the end of WW2 seen through the eyes of an American photo journalist, cannon fodder from a dressed down Russian soldier and a young German girl who is holed up in Berlin with her mother as the Russians advance.
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - Susanna Clarke. IMHO this book is literally magical and pretty much kicks The Lord of the Rings into touch. It's just not so fantastical and set around The Neopolic Wars.
The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman - Louis de Bernieres. Credited to the talent of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and set in probably Colombia it just blows my mind away.
Graham Greene - basically anything. Though I'd heard of him, I'd never read any of his stuff until earlier this year when a friend dumped some novels on my outside table and advised me to read them. Great stuff. I understand that "The Quiet American" is good but I havn't got that yet. "The End of the Affair" was pretty moving as were other of his books.

Anyway, the above is a precis and they're books that I've enjoyed and hopefully always will. Any speeling mistakes are all my own

[STEVE G]

I understand that "The Quiet American" is good but I havn't got that yet.

It's better than good Lomu, if you want a story about Westerners and Asia, it's the finest ever written in my opinion and I carry a copy of it everywhere I go. I have a rather battered 1974 paperback of it with me now and I've read it endlessly as it's like poetry to me
The other classic read on the topic is Lord Jim which you read earlier in this thread!

[PeteC]

I understand that "The Quiet American" is good but I havn't got that yet.

It's better than good Lomu, if you want a story about Westerners and Asia, it's the finest ever written in my opinion and I carry a copy of it everywhere I go. I have a rather battered 1974 paperback of it with me now and I've read it endlessly as it's like poetry to me
The other classic read on the topic is Lord Jim which you read earlier in this thread!

You can probably find a site to download the movie as well. Pete

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0258068/

[poosmate]

The book:http://www.4shared.com/get/Xn4PpYaC/The ... am_Gr.html
The film is on the site too. All free.

[migrant]

The book:http://www.4shared.com/get/Xn4PpYaC/The ... am_Gr.html
The film is on the site too. All free.

Excellent book! All Greene's books are good!

[Spitfire]

Reading Tom Clancy's 'The Bear and the Dragon' at the moment, like Clancy's style and he's well informed on the material with a good writing style. Monster long book though, 1150 pages, but pretty good for it's section imo.

Also just finished reading John Grisham's 'The Brethren', 'The Lawyer' and 'The Testament'. All good books and also like Grisham's style as it's fairly easy to read but keeps you gripped and turning pages with a twist at the end.

[buksida]

One Hundred Years Of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez, been on the shelf for a while, finally got into it and am finding it one of the best books I've ever picked up.

[GLCQuantum]

Just started Dean Koont's 'Brother Odd'. I read one of his books before which I found to be a great read (can't remember the name) so I'm hoping this will live up to my expectations. Will post a report on it soon.

[Vital Spark]

Also just finished reading John Grisham's 'The Brethren', ...and also like Grisham's style as it's fairly easy to read but keeps you gripped and turning pages with a twist at the end.

I totally agree with you about Grisham. The only opportunity I have time to read is during the university holidays. I've had months of academic texts and teaching and just need something lightish to read. He just hits the spot. The Brethren, in my mind, is the best novel he's written so far.

VS

[sandman67]

the new Terry Pratchett Discworld novel SNUFF is out and about from online sources....

here for example (link gathered from a different site)

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M6RYT1MY

[hhfarang]

Reading a great history book called "Mayflower" by Nathaniel Philbrick, thanks to dtaai-maai. I'm nearly finished and it paints quite a different and much more detailed description of the life of the pilgrims who landed at Plymouth and their next two generations than I was taught in my formal American History classes at school.

At least I still recognize a few of the names after all these years out of school though...