What book are you reading now?

Competition - post a photo you've taken of nature >>

Scroll to see replies

Reply 9300

Boom.Squish

The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas

Reply 9301

TimmonaPortella

Original post by cyfer

Lords of the bow - Conn Iggulden

Yes!

I've read the Rome series too :tongue:

Reply 9302

cyfer

Original post by TimmonaPortella

Yes!

I've read the Rome series too :tongue:

I've only read one of the Roman series.

His books are great though, I love how he gets the balance perfect between fact and fiction for entertainment.

Reply 9303

NYILoveYou

Original post by sacha_canada

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
so amazing! it is so good, i was crying on the bus into work today...rather emberassing!

I actually adore that book! The movie made a mockery out of it....

Reply 9304

Kayeffsee

Original post by NYILoveYou

I actually adore that book! The movie made a mockery out of it....

100% agreed; the movie was appalling. The book was amazing :biggrin:

One of the few books that managed to reduce me to near-tears at the ending :tongue:

Reply 9305

Roobsa

Trust Me, I'm a (Junior) Doctor. I don't read a lot of books but this one is brilliant.

Reply 9306

thecat23

Original post by Pensivedore

Oh I'm reading that at the moment. How are you finding it? I'm on the second part. I'm not realy likeing it at the moment, maybe it'll get better. :s-smilie:

I've actually just started it. I admit I tried to read it when I was younger but I found it really boring, but I still want to see what all the hype is about.

Reply 9307

Jepira4661

War by Sebastian Junger

Reply 9308

Jepira4661

Original post by mamooshka

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. :top:

Loved it. I read that over the summer just after I turned 14. Of Mice and Men, The Red Pony, The Pearl, East of Eden... all really great reads.

Reply 9309

mattboffey

plato - gorgias

no idea what is going on

Reply 9310

Sovr'gnChancellor£

Stephen Hawking's On The Shoulders of Giants.

I have not even thought about any other book that I would read after it, as it is long in itself...

Reply 9311

Gatsby2992

Big Sur by Jack Kerouac and Howl, Kaddish and other poems by Allen Ginsberg.

totally on a beat roll

Reply 9312

jcockerill1

The Fry Chronicles and currently looking for my old copy of The Great Gatsby; the best book that has ever been written. Recommendations of any "classic" books I should get?

Reply 9313

Lafayette Blues

Original post by Kayeffsee

Ouch

For pleasure or academic purposes, if you don't mind me asking? :biggrin:

I wanted to read it - I've not read any Hardy :smile:

Although I will probably count it for wider reading when my exam gets nearer. Then again it is quite long...

Reply 9314

seberg

The Mill on the Floss. My first experience of Eliot.

Reply 9315

Lafayette Blues

Original post by jcockerill1

The Fry Chronicles and currently looking for my old copy of The Great Gatsby; the best book that has ever been written. Recommendations of any "classic" books I should get?

Loads, but definitely try Tender is the Night by F.Scott Fitzgerald. I think it's a bit better than Gatsby!

Reply 9316

metjush

Collected Essays by H D Thoreau
Beat generation poetry (Ginsberg, Corso...)

Reply 9317

Pi!

Harry Potter y La Camara Secreta (Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets)

Reply 9318

jcockerill1

Original post by Lafayette Blues

Loads, but definitely try Tender is the Night by F.Scott Fitzgerald. I think it's a bit better than Gatsby!

I've got a list of 1984, David Copperfield, Dorian Gray, Oliver Twist (had it but lost it) A Tale of Two Cities, Jekyll and Hyde, so I shall add that to it! Thanks! Not sure it can be as good as Gatsby though, that's such a beautiful book.