What are you reading at the moment??

[Killme00]

Ignore him Thomas-Josh is just torturing you!  He's on vacation where there is sun, beach and ocean.  The lack of one book will not kill him, despite his beliefs to the contrary.

hMMM  LUCKY bas  ta rd Josh....i want a holiday

[SammyK]

"The Torment of Others" Val McDermid.  Not bad at all.

[alisonoc]

I got a Val McDermid book off my uncle on Tuesday havent started it yet tho I dunno what its called buts its next on my reading list!

[Heidi G]

Just finished Persuasion and TLOTR Sketchbook, and started The Historian.  Have yet to finish the Lovecraft (you can only do so much at one go, I've found) and only just got back Soul Music, which my kid stole from me when I was only halfway through and now keeps telling me about "funny bits" that I haven't read yet!

[Gaz]

Heidi
I would love to hear what you thought of The Historian. I read the blurb on the back while prowling Easons and really liked the sound of it, however, I have since heard bad reviews. It looks like one of those books I'll buy and leave it on my bookshelf for a few years.

[JoshSchrank]

hMMM  LUCKY bas  ta rd Josh....i want a holiday

*chuckle*  Thomas, as soon as I'm done with this 'holiday' I'm booking a trip somewhere where there aren't a bizillion people, I don't have to get up at 7AM to help set up a conference, I'm not wearing a radio like an electronic leash, and I can lounge and read. and dive... and swim.. and dive... and dive...

Which reminds me, has anyone read The Deep Blue?  It was recommended to me, but I haven't felt too compelled to pick it up.

[Killme00]

You should try some of the island off Thailand

Koh Samui and PiPi are unbelievable and luxurious



I have been to Thailand twice and cant wait to go again but it will have to wait until i get back from Japan in February

[JoshSchrank]

forget the holiday Thomas, I want your job.

[Heidi G]

Heidi
I would love to hear what you thought of The Historian. I read the blurb on the back while prowling Easons and really liked the sound of it, however, I have since heard bad reviews. It looks like one of those books I'll buy and leave it on my bookshelf for a few years.

I've only just begun it, Gaz, but I'll let you know.  The language, so far, is a bit above/more formal than your average pop novel; did the reviews take issue with the style of the writing or the plot/characters?

[Killme00]

forget the holiday Thomas, I want your job.

No you really dont...lately it has been a nightmare

[Gaz]

Heidi
The reviews were quite harsh and slated both the plotline and the characterisations. To be honest, I prefer to judge things for myself and wouldn't let the reviews put me off too much.

[Heidi G]

Well Gaz I'm only three chapters into a long book, but so far I like it.

It has a style that is quite different from today's pop fiction and even from the literary leaness of the "literature" circles, so I imagine that may be what it's getting dogged for.  I like the richness of it so far though. 

There's some fiction that's popular right now (and some considered literature at the moment, come to that) that is just basically a screenplay with complete sentences thrown in between the dialogue, totally poor excuse for reading (usually).  Other books takes you with them in a cinematic sense (different than movie), where they invite you into the action and pull you along for the ride so that you can scarcely breathe until it's over.  Then there are a very few that pull you into a corner to observe and slowly, without knowing how or when it happened, entrancing you to the point that you realize you've been in love all along without knowing it. 

Historian, for me, has begun with the latter and I hope it stays that way!

[The Shannon Hoon Appreciation Society]

As of 20 minutes ago I started reading Shadow Man by Cody McFadyen. I finished Terry Pratchett's Thud earlier on tonight (nighshift is a great time for reading).
dunno if it's any good yet but the blurb made it sound worth checking

[SammyK]

Gaz, I loved the Historian, so I will happily recommend it to you.

[Heidi G]

As of 20 minutes ago I started reading Shadow Man by Cody McFadyen. I finished Terry Pratchett's Thud earlier on tonight (nighshift is a great time for reading).
dunno if it's any good yet but the blurb made it sound worth checking

What did you think of Thud, Garstang?  I completely loved it...