What are you reading?

[Tonyblack]

jasper fforde is quite a good read polly

Had a look on amazon & ordered the Ayre affair to see how it goes
Thanks

The Jasper Fforde books are excellent!

 

[chris.ph]

the book i just finished was vvv good recommend it to anyone the book was called graceling. about to start flashman on the march

 

[Polly]

If you like Charlaine Harris,try Kim Harrison the Hollows series or for a laugh Robert Rankin can be a bit surreal at times but funny,or another favorite of mine is Tom Holt.

I had a few Robert Rankin books a good while ago and passed them on to others but I dont know that Id rush to get more apart from Barry the sprout and a timetravelling Elvis they were OK for one read but didnt enjoy them again - I used to have a lot of Tom Holt books and wish Id kept them but 4 people in a 1 bedroom flat meant priorities for baby food and nappies so they were passed on as well - but now that I remember I might look at getting some more of his again...

still waiting on the jasper ffordes to arrive but also got an email from amazon - very kindly i thought - that the new Kelley Armstrong and a new Charlaine Harris is out so yes had to get them too. Ive gone from no books to loads!

 

[Jan Van Quirm]

Glad to hear you've room for a bookcase or two now Polly! )

I've only read one of Tom Holt's fantasy books - Grailblazers - which I thoroughly enjoyed but I was in severe burn out back then and banned myself from buying any new books. :x Yeah right! I know I was an idiot!

I got Grailblazers because I really liked his 2 books continuing E.F. Benson's excruciatingly funny snob satires - the Mapp and Lucia books (v. well done on Channel 4 yonks ago with the excellent Geraldine McEwen and even more excellent Nigel Hawthorne). Lucia in Wartime and Lucia Triumphant were both hilarious and if I hadn't seen Tom Holt's name on the cover I would have sworn they'd been written by Benson himself.

Highly recommend the Lucia books to anyone whether it's Holt or Benson - they're like Noel Coward on vitriol (very polite, but evil :twisted: ) instead of cocaine I must get around to reading more of Holt's fantasy comedy though

 

[superfurryandy]

Currently on Mark E Smith's 'memoirs' and John Niven's Kill Your Friends - both proving enjoyable, the latter set in the music industry in 97, speaking of which I recently read a graphic novel called Phonogram that posits Britpop as a mystical force - another good read.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Robert Ranking - Raiders of the Lost Car Park.

 

[chris.ph]

the undead karma sutra by mario avcedo

 

[Tiffany]

I've just started reading The Children Of Húrin, Tolkien. But I'm not sure if I'll finish it though. It was a present to me.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Struggling with Neverwhere at the moment, but am only on Ch. 4. Might put it down, and dive into Robert Rankinworld again, then go back to it.

 

[WannabeAngua]

I really enjoyed Neverwhere, the London subway will never be the same to me

Am reading With noone as witness by Elisabeth George. Bit of a crime nut I am.

 

[Bouncy Castle]

Oh, Honey.

I love crime.

Peter Robinson (GB), Patricia Cornwell (US) and tons of other stuff crimey.

Just a word of advice:

Don't go from Patricia Cornwelll straight to Alexander McCall Smith (First Ladies Detective...) as it it totally bugger up yer brain!!

 

[superfurryandy]

Not a huge fan of crime fiction but love the work of Mark Billingham, and Christopher Fowler's Bryant & May books.

 

[Polly]

Oh, Honey.

I love crime.

Peter Robinson (GB), Patricia Cornwell (US) and tons of other stuff crimey.

Just a word of advice:

Don't go from Patricia Cornwelll straight to Alexander McCall Smith (First Ladies Detective...) as it it totally bugger up yer brain!!

I used to really enjoy Patricia Cornwell but the last few got a bit loopy for me, but Kathy Reichs took over I think as the better of the two.

 

[WannabeAngua]

I used to really enjoy Patricia Cornwell but the last few got a bit loopy for me, but Kathy Reichs took over I think as the better of the two.

Polly, you took the words right out of my mouth (how unhygenic )

 

[Tonyblack]

I used to really enjoy Patricia Cornwell but the last few got a bit loopy for me, but Kathy Reichs took over I think as the better of the two.

Polly, you took the words right out of my mouth (how unhygenic )

And mine - except I never really got into Patricia Cornwell in the first place, even though I tried.

 

[chris.ph]

my misses just banned me from amazon and ebay just coz i bought myself a vintage omega watch without telling her so im going to start the amtrak wars by patrick tilley again

 

[The rat]

I am now reading ORCS by Stan Nicholls, and I am almost done with this, and I like it alot. Good quick action and keeps you quessing. You fell bad for all the Orcs in LoTR after reading this!

I am going to go to Barnes and Noble tomorrow and pick up So you Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane since she will be at the NADW Con and I want to see what she's all about.

 

[Jason]

I've spoken to both Diane Duane and Peter Morwood at one of the UK conventions. Both seem very nice and enjoy talking with the fans.

I am currently reading Foundation by Issac Azimov

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

I am now reading ORCS by Stan Nicholls, and I am almost done with this, and I like it alot. Good quick action and keeps you quessing. You fell bad for all the Orcs in LoTR after reading this!

I am going to go to Barnes and Noble tomorrow and pick up So you Want to be a Wizard by Diane Duane since she will be at the NADW Con and I want to see what she's all about.

That is the first of her young adult Wizard books there is four in all I think, she is an American Author married to Peter Morwood and living in Ireland both are always at the Discworld cons.

 

[superfurryandy]

I am now reading ORCS by Stan Nicholls, and I am almost done with this, and I like it alot. Good quick action and keeps you quessing. You fell bad for all the Orcs in LoTR after reading this!

I enjoyed Orcs as well, more than I would LOTR, I think.

Nearly finished the latest Mark Billingham, In The Dark - recommend it, so I do.