Books you are reading right now

HK · 04-24-2012, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by Abcinthia

The Slap - Christos Tsiolkas (1/5 way through and hating it so far. Just seems to be overhyped and deliberately provocative for the sake of being provocative)

I thought it had a promising start, but after the initial interest it just meanders away. I finished because I don't like not finishing books, but I won't be reading it again.

One Day - David Nicholls (2/3 finsihed and really enjoying it so far)

This, I didn't think I was enjoying much until I finished it and then couldn't stop thinking about it.

**Abcinthia** · 04-24-2012, 05:47 PM

I've finished One Day now and I have enjoyed it. I love the idea of taking one day in someone's life and seeing what happens on it during 20 years. And the writing style was great.

I'm probably going to finish The Slap because I don't like leaving books either but it's really not my cup of tea. I think the general plot (the slap of an unruly child and exploring the aftermath) is an interesting idea. Sadly, the author had to pad the plot out with unlikable, selfish, hate-filled characters; graphic sex scenes and tons of racism.

**Abcinthia** · 04-28-2012, 12:01 PM

Song of Susannah - Stephen King

Prey - Michael Crichton

**Minderella** · 04-28-2012, 01:18 PM

About to start Delirium-Lauren Oliver.

Going to read it with 3 other friends, we decided to start a mini book club type thing after having read The Hunger Game Trilogy at about the same time, and had a blast talking about it. So thought this would be something neat to continue.

**KLD1019** · 04-28-2012, 02:55 PM

Im on book 2 of The Body Finder series, The diary of the Dead. They're a really good read! Grabbed my attention immediately! Unlike the Uglies series i was reading! I didnt even bother to finish that series! Finishing book 2 was painful enough! BORED.TO.TEARS!! I DO NOT recommend that series to anyone!

**Springsteen** · 04-29-2012, 05:01 PM

England managers : The Toughest Job in Football, by Brian Glanville.

It was ok as football books go, but wasn't anything truly eye opening. It's useful if you don't know much about older England managers but if you're a true football aficionado then you can skip it. In truth it kinda skims over the earlier years (where England teams were picked by a board of selectors rather than the manager - and the part where Winterbottom changes this is quite good) and to a point this adds to the books rushed feeling. It probably would have been better with 100 more pages. At times Glanville interjects with personal opinion, and while this can be good in that it takes away from the usual nod and smile feel of this type of book, it also is a negative in that some of the opinions can be quite scathing. This isn't totally up to date and it actually ends in mid 2007, before Steve McClaren didn't qualify for the 2008 European Championships. For a writer with Glanville's repuation, it is quite underwhelming, but as an actual book it's ok.

**Minor Axis** · 04-30-2012, 08:48 AM

Recently finished a Life on the Other Side by psychic Sylvia Browne. A discussion regarding the subject matter and Ms Browne is located in a dedicated thread in the Religious forum.

Just finished Honor Among Enemies, the 6th in the Honor Harrington space combat series, the perpetual conflict between the Royal Manticoran Navy and the People's Republic of Haven.

After being kicked out of the RMN, in a spectacular duel with an enemy and while the war with the "Peeps" continues unabated, Lady Harrington is given the chance to captain a Q Ship, a heavily armed freighter whose mission is to take down pirates raiding Manticore cargo vessels. Her by-chance encounters with Peep war ships is explosive...

This book is not as awesome as the previous books, but it is still a good read. I've got the next book "In Enemy Hands" where she becomes a prisoner of war. Fingers crossed it's good...

Currently reading Ghosts Among Us by psychic James Van Praagh. Next on my list is Catching Fire, the 2nd of the Hunger Games trilogy...

**Darrell** · 05-01-2012, 04:58 PM

NO ANGEL: My harrowing undercover journey to the inner circle of the Hells Angels. By Jay Dobyns, ATF.

**Abcinthia** · 05-01-2012, 05:00 PM

How to lose friends and alienate people - Toby Young.

I'm not sure if I like it yet.

**Jezzebelle** · 05-01-2012, 05:46 PM

Originally Posted by Darrell

NO ANGEL: My harrowing undercover journey to the inner circle of the Hells Angels. By Jay Dobyns, ATF.

I know some HA... very cool guys
In fact I made one come kill a scary spider for me last week

**Sneakiecat** · 05-01-2012, 07:50 PM

The Serpent's Shadow by Rick Riordan.

HK · 05-02-2012, 04:58 AM

Gone With The Wind by Margaret Mitchell

I love this book, I've read it probably every other year since I was 11.

**Abcinthia** · 05-02-2012, 06:49 AM

Oh I love Gone With The Wind. I'm going to re-read it once I've gotten through some of the books in my to-read box

**CaptainTurtles** · 05-02-2012, 11:59 AM

I finished reading Game of Thrones, now I'm on the second book, A Clash of Kings, in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. I honestly can't put it down. It helped that I've been ill since the day I got it, so I just got to lay about for a few days and read it for hours and hours! So into this series right now!