What book are you reading?

[Shaz]

Donal Og Cusack's autobiography Come What May.

[Clash Cadillac]

Dan Brown's new one The Lost Symbol. A page turner.

[philipchevron]

Ireland, the Great War and the Geography of Remembrance Nuala C Johnson (Cambridge, 2003)

Theatre and Globalization: Irish Drama in the Celtic Tiger Era Patrick Lonergan (Palgrave, 2009)

[Low D]

Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Part Six of Three: And Another Thing...

Thank YOU O great Gods for throwing this bone to Irish author Eoin Colfer (author of the execellent Artemis Fowl series). Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian, The Heart Of Gold... they're all back! (Did they ever leave?)

YAY!

Grab your towel, mix up a GargleBlaster, get froody, and read on.....

Actually, it's not the Gods you have to thank, but Adams' widow. Wikipedia tells me: Colfer was given permission to write the book by Adams's widow Jane Belson.

I've bought this book for my son for xmas, and can't wait till i can get my hands on it (i've resisted temptation to crack the spine, it's hard). This will hopefully be the book to lift me out of the depression i seem to be reading myself into.

Finally got my turn, and you're right - what a job Eoin Cofler did. At times it was hard to believe i wasn't reading Douglas Adams. So impressed was I that i riffled through my son's bookshelves in search of his Artemis Fowl books (also written by Colfer), and am now finishing the second, The Arctic Incident.

[Jon]

I am currently reading '10,000 ways to die' by Alex Cox (yes the Straight to Hell Alex Cox) which is the history of Spagheti Westerns film by film. Absolute quality

I've seen that on Amazon and it look's quite tempting.
Just finished reading The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave - that's a day I'll never get back !

[Smokey]

Heavy Words Thrown Lightly: The Reason Behind the Rhyme, by Chris Roberts. The title's pretty self-explanatory, Roberts takes nursery rhymes and explains their not so light hearted origins. I needed a book that easily fits into my purse that doesn't require the investment of a novel and this is perfect. Kind of boring at times, but the author tries to keep it funny and interesting and does an OK job.

[BelfastsLittlesHobo]

Just Finished Red Dragon and The Silence Of the Lambs by Thomas Harris, they gave me many sleepless night but they are great reads. The movies are also great Im a big fan of Michael Mann's Manhunter which is the first Hannibal Lector movie and is based on Red Dragon.

I have just begun Sam Barone's Conflict Of Empires the third installment in his Esskar series. For anyone unfamiliar with these books they are epic stories that chronicle the beginnings of an ancient civilization and how it flourishes into the worlds first empire. The first two are great reads, real page turners and so far this newest edition hasn't disappointed.

[Clash Cadillac]

The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power - Jeff Sharlet

[Low D]

Douglas Adams's Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - Part Six of Three: And Another Thing...

Thank YOU O great Gods for throwing this bone to Irish author Eoin Colfer (author of the execellent Artemis Fowl series). Arthur Dent, Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Trillian, The Heart Of Gold... they're all back! (Did they ever leave?)

YAY!

Grab your towel, mix up a GargleBlaster, get froody, and read on.....

Actually, it's not the Gods you have to thank, but Adams' widow. Wikipedia tells me: Colfer was given permission to write the book by Adams's widow Jane Belson.

I've bought this book for my son for xmas, and can't wait till i can get my hands on it (i've resisted temptation to crack the spine, it's hard). This will hopefully be the book to lift me out of the depression i seem to be reading myself into.

Well, I finally got my turn on this book, and it was so good i'm now reading my son's Artimis Fowl books. I'm on the third, "The Eternity Code". Great stuff, I should read more kids' books.

[Shaz]

All the Colours of the Town: Liam McIlvanney

[mike1]

All the Colours of the Town: Liam McIlvanney

Just started this myself.....looking forward to a home grown crime saga after ODing slightly on US crime writers Richard Price and a few Denis Lehane novels.

[soulfinger]

The People's Manifesto - Mark Thomas

Short, but brillianr. The people know best.

[MissWalshy]

Alex James - A bit of blur

[Christine]

The People's Manifesto - Mark Thomas

Short, but brillianr. The people know best.

- Anyone who supports ID cards should be banned from having curtains
- All politicians should be forced to wear the names and logos of the companies which sponsor them

Quite.

And soulfinger, I hope you will stand as a candidate for his party at the coming general election. With luck, you'll get a second home out of it.

http://www.markthomasinfo.com/

[BelfastsLittlesHobo]

Just started Terry Pratchett's Nation. Its unrelated to his Discworld stories, and so far so good!