Books - what are you reading just now?

Wolf said:
Just re-reading Stepehn Covey 7 Habits of Highly effective people. More so forms work thing, but once I'm through it going to finish George RR Martin's Game of Thrones series I'm half way through the collection now.
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Covey gets a bit samey as you work your way through it. Feels like he’s padding it out. If you’re into that sort of stuff, “working with emotional intelligence” by Daniel Goldblum(?). Not sure on the surname but it’s Gold-something.
 
drive4show said:
We have music, films, TV series.....so why not books as well :)

I am currently working my way through a few Bill Bryson books. For those not familiar, he is a travel writer who writes about his varies travels around the world in his own unique style. Genuinely funny and entertaining, they quite literally have me laughing out loud in places.

Highly recommended! :thup:
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A Walk in the Woods is a favourite of mine.
 
Just finished the Harry Potter books again

Now starting the Belgariad by David Eddings again - if anyone is into Fantasy books and Lotr then David Eddings for me is the King of Fantasy novels
 
Liverpoolphil said:
Just finished the Harry Potter books again

Now starting the Belgariad by David Eddings again - if anyone is into Fantasy books and Lotr then David Eddings for me is the King of Fantasy novels
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Not read any by Eddings. Will add them to the list. Have you tried Terry Brooks, the "Shannara" series?
 
Beyond a boundary by C.L.R. James from 1963 but found it in the building society charity box. Cricket based. James came over to UK to be cricket correspondent of the Manchester Guardian in 1933 at the invitation of Learie Constantine to help with his biography but life became more than writing and cricket - West Indian politics and left wing thought.
 
Hobbit said:
Not read any by Eddings. Will add them to the list. Have you tried Terry Brooks, the "Shannara" series?
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I haven’t but will have a look as I need something new to go 👍
 
Carl Hiaassen is my favourite author, but unfortunately isn’t very prolific in terms of output so I keep having to wait 2 years for every new release of his.

I’ve read some good novels recently. ‘Dead Simple’ by Peter James was really enjoyable.

At the beginning of the year I read “Swan Song” by Robert McCammon, which was quite simply the most amazing fiction novel I’ve read in my life. Nothing else has come remotely close. Highly, highly recommended.
 
The Autumn Wind said:
Carl Hiaassen is my favourite author, but unfortunately isn’t very prolific in terms of output so I keep having to wait 2 years for every new release of his.

I’ve read some good novels recently. ‘Dead Simple’ by Peter James was really enjoyable.

At the beginning of the year I read “Swan Song” by Robert McCammon, which was quite simply the most amazing fiction novel I’ve read in my life. Nothing else has come remotely close. Highly, highly recommended.
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theres about 15 more in the Roy Grace series after that one, most are very good (albeit do become a little samey in parts, but there are some lesser plots that run across the whole series)
 
Just finished Channel Shore by Tom Fort, a travel book on Fort's journey along the Channel coast.

Now reading Henry Blofeld's autobiography.
 
Atomic Habits by James Clear, don’t often read these sort of books but trying to make a few lifestyle changes so hoping to get some guidance and inspiration 😀
 
Hobbit said:
Covey gets a bit samey as you work your way through it. Feels like he’s padding it out. If you’re into that sort of stuff, “working with emotional intelligence” by Daniel Goldblum(?). Not sure on the surname but it’s Gold-something.
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You're not wrong there.. been doing it work a course that work want the so called top 10% of their staff to do...
Nothing earth shattering or mind blowing, really hard read at points as well,.just trying to speed read most of it and take the important bits from it...


Hobbit said:
Not read any by Eddings. Will add them to the list. Have you tried Terry Brooks, the "Shannara" series?
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Great shout, have read a few of these and they've also done a fairly decent tv adaptation of it.
 
The Kingdom of Scotland: A Short History by Agnes Mure MacKenzie

Previous read was Figures in a Landscape by Barry England - good but a bit odd (bit like the early 1970s film of it)
 
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FairwayDodger said:
I'm reading "Naked Empire" by terry goodkind. It's real throwaway swords and sorcery stuff in one of those endless series of books. I read the first one years ago and pick up the next in the series from time to time - I think this is something like the 9th one.
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I'd stop,there if I where you I read up to the eleventh book, which was supposed to be the last one.
All a bit same after the eight book very preachy.
 
A few authors for fantasy lovers,

Peter v Brett - Demon Series
Anthony Ryan - Ravens Sorrow and Draconis Memoria
David Eddings - Elenium and Tamuli are the only series I've read and love them.
Trudi Canavan - Black Magician
Robin Hobb - Farseer

https://www.fantasticfiction.com Is a great site, can see your favourite authors and everything they've written and recommends similar authors!
 
James Lee Burke - Deep South mainly cop stories, full of atmosphere.
Don Winslow - Gritty drug tales.
Like very much Grisham, Wilbur Smith seems to have gone down hill with time. The Reacher series got samey. Bryson has made me spit out my coffee/beer /whisky with mirth with mixed reactions from my fellow passengers.
William Boyd - particular favourite - Any Human Heart
 
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