The what are you reading at the moment fred

[westbow]

https://guardianbookshop.com/young-once-9781399826693/

[dougal]

[dougal]

[Lie Forrit 2 hrs 34 mins]

Cover Your Tracks, by Claire Askew, crime novel based in Edinburgh. It’s won a lot of plaudits, compatible to Ian Rankin one critic says, gripping stuff.

[Cade]

Working my way through The Expanse series.

Many people label it as "Game of Thrones in space" and not only due to the political factions and brutality.

It was written by GRR Martin's two main assistant writers who got sick of him not writing anything so teamed up to write their own books under a shared pseudonym.

Makes you wonder where the real talent lay in the GoT series......

[Tazio]

11 hours ago, dougal said:

Such a shame it was her only novel until an underwhelming 2nd decades later. If only she’d stuck at that. 

[Shanks said no]

 

New author for me, half way through and beginning to really enjoy it

[dougal]

11 hours ago, Tazio said:

Such a shame it was her only novel until an underwhelming 2nd decades later. If only she’d stuck at that. 

 

Well, that puts to rest any thoughts i had of purchasing the follow up. It's a shame because it was such a good book and I can't believe it had taken me so long to read it.

[dougal]

[JudyJudyJudy]

Next on my reading list 

 

 

[dougal]

[deano89]

Rich Dad Poor Dad. Robert Kiyosaki.

[Haken]

On 25/06/2025 at 08:11, dougal said:

I've just started this guy's second book, The Sign of the Cross.  Almost 100 pages in, but already starting to feel that it's for people who find Dan Brown too intellectual.

[Haken]

On 09/10/2025 at 12:35, dougal said:

Despite being 'forced' to read this for my English O-Level, this is one of my favourite books.  Strangely, I've never been tempted to read her other effort.  

[dougal]

6 hours ago, Haken said:

I've just started this guy's second book, The Sign of the Cross.  Almost 100 pages in, but already starting to feel that it's for people who find Dan Brown too intellectual.

 

They're very easy going. I've got a ton of paperbacks and I just work my way through them and that one was one I picked up years ago.

[dougal]

5 hours ago, Haken said:

Despite being 'forced' to read this for my English O-Level, this is one of my favourite books.  Strangely, I've never been tempted to read her other effort.  

I'd never read it and picked it up quite recently and was really glad I did. Thought it was excellent. 

[Haken]

11 hours ago, dougal said:

 

They're very easy going. I've got a ton of paperbacks and I just work my way through them and that one was one I picked up years ago.

The SIgn of the Cross is easy going.  The writing is terrible, but the idea is decent enough for me to crack on with.  It's a bit of a respite from the hefty fancy nonsense that I've been reading.

[AWM]

[Haken]

[John Findlay]

On 29/10/2025 at 13:58, Haken said:

Despite being 'forced' to read this for my English O-Level, this is one of my favourite books.  Strangely, I've never been tempted to read her other effort.  

Decent film version too, with Gregory Peck playing Atticus Finch.

[dougal]

[dougal]

[Libertarian]

[Libertonian_II]

Halcyon Years by Alistair Reynolds, one of my favourite sci fi authors

 

[Maroon Raccoon]

Not long finished Nuclear War: A Scenario by Annie Jacobsen. It's short on laughs.

 

I was convinced for a while that the new Kathryn Bigelow movie A House of Dynamite on Netflix was a movie adaptation of Jacobsen's book because the premise is so similar, but apparently it is not.

[Haken]

[inspector]

Tom Novak trilogy by Neil Lancaster

[dougal]

[tedarmy]

[BlueRiver]

[dougal]

[BlueRiver]

On 24/11/2025 at 20:55, BlueRiver said:

 

About halfway through this fella now and highly recommend. 

[Elljay]

I’m reading the worst kind of book- 2/3 of the way through it and I realised I’d read it before,  just instantly forgot it…

[Haken]

Really interested to see how this compares to the TV show.  

[The Mighty Thor]

 

Started working through this on my kindle but ended up having to buy the book as its full of maps you kind of need to refer back to.

 

Brilliantly researched from official information sources and personal letters and war diaries etc but also humanised too.

 

Its driving right down a WWII rabbit hole

[dougal]

[dougal]

10 hours ago, Haken said:

Really interested to see how this compares to the TV show.  

Remember really enjoying the book. Did enjoy the TV series though there were lots of changes especially the setting.

[tedarmy]

[Haken]

On 27/11/2025 at 18:50, dougal said:

Remember really enjoying the book. Did enjoy the TV series though there were lots of changes especially the setting.

I also really enjoyed the book.  I think the TV adaptation captures the essence of the book and gets the Carl and Assad (Akram) characters spot on.  As you say, a lot of changes, and I'm glad I saw the TV series first; I think I might have liked it a wee bit less had I read the book first.  Have got the next two in this series on the TBR shelf.

[dougal]

[Haken]

[dougal]

[manaliveits105]

Just finished The Thursday Murder Club 

The Impossible Fortune - I do like Richard Osman's wit and the characters

Now started Bob Mortimers The Long Shoe and enjoying - I like anything Bob does - talented guy. 

[dougal]

[Dapper]

[dougal]

[dougal]

[Spitonastranger]

 

[dougal]

[Marvin]