Other Books you are currently reading?

Prince of thorns and the follow ups, king and emperor are all outstanding. Been listening to them on the commute too and from work, love the setting and Jorg is a brilliant character. Can't wait for prince of fools to come out.
Also a big fan of the king killer chronicles, something about rothfuss just keeps me turning the pages even when little of consequence or importance seems to be happening.

 

1001 Inventions - The enduring legacy of muslim civilization, third edition.

 

Winston Churchill - The Second World War

Picked it up on a charity stall a while ago and have only just gotten round to reading it. By it, I mean them - all six volumes.

 

Ubuntu unleashed 2012

 

Just bought the new Discworld book, Raising Steam..

 

Peter F. Hamilton: The Great North Road.

 

Still working through Neil Gaiman's Anansi Boys. Loving it, just getting way too little time to read.

 

1984 - George Orwell
Tuhoe: Portrait of a nation

Recently: World War Z

 

At the minute: Peter F. Hamilton - Judas Unchained

but recently I have also read;

Frank Herbert - Dune
Frank Herbert - Dune Messiah
Peter F. Hamilton - Pandora's Star

 

I don't know exactly how it happened, but I've begun reading the Popol Vuh. Quite fascinating how many cultures and civilisations are completely left out of our western-(more specifically Europe-)centric view of history (that's taught in schools).

 

Not a definite book, but I gather information about blogging. That is not only what books say, but articles, forum suggestions. Much information should be studied by me.

 

I'm now on Ben Aaronovitch's third book in the Peter Grant series. Most enjoyable!

 

I am currently ploughing through John Le Carré's book.

God damn.

 

I've finally finished book 7 of The Wheel of Time (A Crown of Swords). I started book 8, which is Path of Daggers. At Christmas I got the box set of A Song of Ice and Fire (though I've read all of the books already). I also bought a "keep calm and read on" bookmark, because why not!

 

Last week I finished (fiction)
John Fante - Ask the Dusk
(I've read "wait for spring, bandini" before, I find this one better)
(classic Novel, really well written)

This week I started (non-fiction)
John Navarro - What every body is saying
It's about what our automatic nonverbal communication reveals about our feelings/emotions/intentions. Didn't expect too much of this, but it's prooving a very interesting read. Will probably read this again in a few months.

 

Necro revival.
Just finished the wheel of time, and the ending made up for the slow build up midway through the series. It felt like a lot happened pretty quickly, but I'm pretty happy with the series. At no point did I feel like it was dragging on too much, though some people did feel that way.

Not sure what I want to jump into next, think maybe a trilogy before I dive into another larger series. I already know what I want to read, its just deciding which to start.

 

Re-re-re-re-reading Nivens Ringworld saga (not including Protector) - about a third into Engineers.

 

Just finished:

The Ocean at the End of the Lane --Neil Gaiman

If you like that series, you'll like the Alex Verus series by Benedict Jacka.


Also just read: The Girl who Saved the King of Sweden by Jonas Jonasson. Like The 100-year Old Man who Climbed out of his Window and Disappeared it's a good laugh.

 

I've just read books 1-4, one after the other. Absolutely loved them.

Have also recently read "The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry August" by Claire North; really enjoyed it, an excellent twist on time travel.

I'm now half way through 'The Long Mars' by Terry Pratchett & Stephen Baxter. I'm enjoying the series, but not sure how much Terry is involved in the writing.