What BOOK are you reading right now?

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

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The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell.

Only just started it, but interesting ....

Not something I would generally pick for myself to read so it makes me think I ought to branch out a bit more when book selecting and choose something I wouldn't normally.

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Tino wrote:

Thankyou Joeblow [like the name!]. I didn't see your comment til I went back a page.

Thankyou!

Ah. The name. If there was a female equivalent, I'd have chosen it.

I'd tell what I'm reading right now if I could remember it, but i didn't bring it with me today and can't rightly recall (not a good sign, is it).

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Just reading through the 2nd book in another Bernard Cornwell trilogy, 'Enemy of God', really enjoying it. I've also just got my hands on Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance which should be interesting along with another book about the Buddha's and Christ's teachings respectively.

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just started "the home" by penelope mortimer . she was the first wife of john mortimer (better known by his 'rumpole of the bailey' books and TV plays) .
i noticed that both writers bring some of the experiences with their partners into the stories .
they must have been an interesting couple .
he met her while she was still married (AND HAD FOUR CHILDREN !) . he enticed her to get divorced and marry him .
she had two more children (by john mortimer) and they divorced after twenty years of marriage (about 1970) .
both had become well known writers by then but found it more and more difficult to live together - so he moved out !
some years later he married a much younger woman .
about penelope it says on the flap of the book :
she has five daughters and a son , and today lives in london 'with a mongrel puppy and whichever of the children happen to be there at the time ' .
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i wonder if the 'mongrel puppy' is a dig at john mortimer :wink: .
the book promises to be a good read .
hbg

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I am currently reading (for about the 5th time) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card. This is one of my favorite books.

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The Gay Science (Die Frohliche Wissenschaft), by Nietzsche; Some short stories of William Faulkner; A prose-style version of Iliad.

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hamburger wrote:

just started "the home" by penelope mortimer . she was the first wife of john mortimer (better known by his 'rumpole of the bailey' books and TV plays) .
i noticed that both writers bring some of the experiences with their partners into the stories .
they must have been an interesting couple .
he met her while she was still married (AND HAD FOUR CHILDREN !) . he enticed her to get divorced and marry him .
she had two more children (by john mortimer) and they divorced after twenty years of marriage (about 1970) .
both had become well known writers by then but found it more and more difficult to live together - so he moved out !
some years later he married a much younger woman .
about penelope it says on the flap of the book :
she has five daughters and a son , and today lives in london 'with a mongrel puppy and whichever of the children happen to be there at the time ' .
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i wonder if the 'mongrel puppy' is a dig at john mortimer :wink: .
the book promises to be a good read .
hbg

Hamburger, you reminded me that I had "The Pumpkin Eater" by Penelope Mortimer on my shelves. I've just re-read it. Also somewhat autobiographical I would think. Did you enjoy "The Home"?

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The life of Pi

Confused

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HATED The Life of Pi.

Struggling through the worthy Bill Bryson's short history of everything; it's interesting but very fact-packed. Sends me to sleep a treat!

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Im starting to hate it as well.

I am only about 25 pages into it, and opening it is becoming a chore.

It is for a book group , so I feel obligated to finish it so I can discuss it with the group, but more and more, Im finding excuses NOT to read.

Wich is unusual for me..

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I'm reading Wilbur Smith's The Triumph of the Sun - Ahaha. I've read several other's of his over the years, but never consciously thought he was a Harlequin Romance novel writer until now. If you like "thrusting lust" plot lines coupled with dominant males and strong but submissive females who need protection, you might like this one. Lots of beheadings and death, destruction, betrayal...and did I mention thrusting lust?

If it weren't for the formula, I could see them making a movie of it. Wait. I can see them making a movie from it.

Will I finish it? Yep - Razz

Do I recommend it - Razz

Nope.

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shewolfnm wrote:

Im starting to hate it as well.

I kept thinking why should ANYone be interested? I can't stand having protagonists you can't relate to or care a damn about. Thrusting lust sounds more fun, I should think, as in Blowjoe's selection.

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Just finished "The Prestige", by Christopher Priest.

Wasn't sure what it was about but saw trailers for a movie of the same name and picked up the book to read first.

I liked it. Was pleasantly surprised so I might just go see the movie now.

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Beginning JavaScript 2nd Edition - Paul Wilton

(i'm not reading it for pleasure, but it has its moments Razz

)

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A friend saw the movie The Prestige and liked it.

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Haunted - James Herbert

Found this book when moving, recently.
Could not remember if I ever finished reading it.

I think I started, before I became fluent in English...

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Three Junes, by Julia Glass. Sometimes when I visit the library I choose books that say National Bestseller, but this one is also a N.Y.Times notable book, a selection of Good Morning America's 'read this' Book Club, and a National Book Award winner.

Think that'll do it? I've started about three lately but couldn't seem to keep reading. I hate these phases of not being able to get into another great book. This one's very good, but not great.

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Just bought Confessions of an Economic Hit Man by John Perkins, the November selection of my new book group.

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Have just begun reading "Ladysmith" by Giles Foden. I'm not usually a big fan of "historical" novels but I enjoyed "The Last King of Scotland" so I figured I'd give another book a try.

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