Which book are you currently reading?

[Blitz187]

I always thought Buddhism wasn't a religion anyway, more of a teaching instead, I've even read about a Buddhist following Catholic priest recently where he explained Buddhism as an addition to his Christian faith ( so they're not ruling each other out perse ).

Although I have to admit I'm not very knowledgeable about Buddhism or even religious for that matter ( like EvilNeal I'm more a man of science, although I hardly comprehend it ) I have heard of a book called "The Tibetan book of living and dying" which apparantly is a very hard read ( even to those owning a reasonable set of brains ) but maybe a follow up reading suggestion for you if you want to go deeper into the subject of Buddhism.

Funny you should mention that. That book is next in line... My dad gave me the book I'm currently reading and suggested if I want to further my knowledge to give the Tibeten book of the Dead a try... Which I definitely will since I found my current book very interesting...

 

[Neal]

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson) – 9/10

I finally finished reading this at the weekend and can thank PureAwesomeness for recommending it

It’s a Swedish crime thriller about a complex financial fraud and a powerful family’s secret which in parts is pretty sickening and violet but never gratuitous. The story takes a while to get going but keeps building pace until you’re properly gripped and can’t wait to find out how it unfolds. The characters are fantastic, especially Lisbeth Salander (the girl with the dragon tattoo) and Mikael Blomkvist (the journalist), and are completely believable yet totally extraordinary.

It may just be the translation into English but the book has an unusually detailed descriptive prose although it never feels disjointed or pulls you out of the story. An example of this is describing a new Apple iBook down to the last component and even what software is installed, it’s obvious the author was a mac man!

I’m looking forward to reading the other books in this trilogy and judging by the size of them it will be a while before I post back here

 

[Diego440]

 

[Neal]

 

[senamic]

Again

 

[PureAwesomeness]

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson) – 9/10

I finally finished reading this at the weekend and can thank PureAwesomeness for recommending it

Glad you enjoyed it. Funnily enough, I've just started reading the 2nd in the trilogy The Girl Who Played With Fire. The prologue is suitably sinister so I think it's gonna be a good read.

 

[Neal]

I was going to start reading the 2nd one but my wife grabbed it first so I'll have to wait, it was a present for her so I can't complain! I read an extract of it at the end of Dragon Tattoo in which Salander was in a pretty dire situation so good to know she's still in it. The film of the first book comes out here on Blu-Ray on 19th July and it's meant to be very good and leaves nothing to the imagination in the "nasty" scenes!

 

[TheBook]

Yet again. Still awesome.

 

[Smallhorses]

I'm about to finish the book I'm reading, and I have this one next up on my list:

 

[Daniel]

Juliet, Naked

You can see people in the earbuds
Taking a step back in time (after reading 61 Hours), I found Killing Floor at my school library:

But all in all, One Shot is my favourite Jack Reacher Novel.
I previously red Brigand's MC, though.

 

[PureAwesomeness]

Just finished The Girl Who Played With Fire. Onto the final part of the trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest. I'm already dreading the moment when I've finished reading it - they've been such entertaining books. Highly recommended.

 

[Anghammarad]

Mikhail Bulgakov - The Master and Margarita

 

[IIIKAGEIII]

I have here two books that i am reading.
Angels and Demons -Dan Brown its better than its made out to be. Best book i have had read since devinci code so far.
Tommo and Hawk - Bryce Courtney more thrills than Mathew Flinders cat.

 

[Crash]

Just finished Superfreakonomics and is rereading The Scarlet Letter since I didn't finish that book the first time around.

 

[IIIKAGEIII]

Just finished Superfreakonomics and is rereading The Scarlet Letter since I didn't finish that book the first time around.

oh, how is the scarlet letter?

 

[livemusic]

I started listening to The Shawshank Redemption audiobook this morning. Now I feel like watching the movie yet again.

 

[FoolKiller]

I started listening to The Shawshank Redemption audiobook this morning. Now I feel like watching the movie yet again.

Surely you mean Hope Springs Eternal, or Four Seasons. Or did the publishers finally just sell it as a standalone Shawshank Redemption?

If they are selling one short story from a collection as a full-priced standalone that is downright dirty.

 

[livemusic]

Surely you mean Hope Springs Eternal, or Four Seasons. Or did the publishers finally just sell it as a standalone Shawshank Redemption?

If they are selling one short story from a collection as a full-priced standalone that is downright dirty.

This one: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0140862137/?tag=gtplanet-20

 

[FoolKiller]

This one: http://www.amazon.com/dp/0140862137/?tag=gtplanet-20

At that price it's not bad. I just imagine a full-priced book/audiobook being sold with just the one story.

 

[Vince_Fiero]

After "Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang" which is a view on Mao from how people lived it, I now moved to:

Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
Simon Sebag Montefiore

From time to time peek into
Persuasion: The Art of Influencing People
James Borg

Mostly read GTPlanet obviously!

 

[Duke]

I'm currently reading Margaret Atwood's Year Of The Flood, which is kind of a concurrent sequel to Oryx and Crake. It's good, but her Canadianness has taken on an ever-stronger flavor of the holier-than-thou smugness that seems to be plaguing Canada over the last decade or so. It's notably more bitter than Oryx and Crake. She's really going over the top in terms of her portrayal of dystopian capitalist/corporatist American society.

Though, as my wife pointed out, Year Of The Flood kind of represents the 'con' side to the genetics issue as opposed by the 'pro' side somewhat put forth in Oryx and Crake. However, in both of them, she's not putting much (if any) faith in humanity.

 

[PureAwesomeness]

Finished the final part of Larsson's Millennium Trilogy yesterday. Leaves you feeling a bit empty when you finish a series of books that has kept you so enthralled for several weeks. In the mood for more I just ordered another Swedish thriller Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell. I wanted to order another book called **** My Dad Says but the delivery time was about 2 weeks.

 

[Daniel]

Just finished The Girl Who Played With Fire. Onto the final part of the trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets' Nest. I'm already dreading the moment when I've finished reading it - they've been such entertaining books. Highly recommended.

My Dad's been reading those, might give 'em a shot, he said I'd be interested in them.
At the mo':

 

[Denur]

I've read books by Steinbeck before (of Mice and Men, Grapes of Wrath), but never Tortilla Flat. An amazing little story about pre-war bums, whose only goal in life is where to get wine for the day. The irony is brilliant, for instance when these bums talk a Shakesperian english among each other (i.s.o. the expected south Californian dialect). Just brilliant. 👍

 

[kikie]

GTP is my book, I read it everyday. Does that count?

 

[Denur]

GTP is my book, I read it everyday. Does that count?

Probably, but you'll have to write a book report to make it really count.

Now re-reading the Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (the last time I read this marvel was maybe two decades ago). I dare say that I love reading this book in English (1st edition version), with all the pre-war (WWII) Mid-Western dialect/slang. 👍

 

[kikie]

Started reading 'the power of your hidden energy' form Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.

 

[spauldj3800]

"Executive Orders" by Tom Clancy.

Again.

 

[F1GTR]

Here's what I've read/currently reading over the past 5 days or so:

One Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Solzhenitsyn - quite short at 150 odd pages, but it's a detailed and strangely uplifting account of a day in a Soviet gulag.

Norwegian Wood by Murakami - quite an enjoyable coming of age type of affair, found it quite relevant to my current point in life as well (moving from Sixth Form to University).

The Iliad by Homer - halfway through this, lots of blood and gore, can be quite a slog to read at times due to this edition's tiny typeface.

Metamorphosis & Other Stories by Kafka - delving in and out of it due to it's bitty nature, it's the first time I've read Kafka and this man's imagination is brilliant, though trying to decipher what he's getting at through his use of the absurd takes a lot out of you at times.

 

[Jedi2016]

I've got some Kafka around here somewhere, haven't read it yet. But speaking of the odd and absurd, I'm currently reading a collection of H.P. Lovecraft.