What are you reading now - and then

[BatMasterson]

The Beast In Berlin (Crowley and Weimar Republic stuff) by Churton
Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by Stephens

[donaghey30]

Just finished 1984 George Orwell
currently 11/22/63 Steven King
before 1984 George Pelacanos Martini Shot

[biggdawg]

I've noticed no matter what site I see this thread on a LOT of people seem to be into really deep thinking type of literature. Not that I would ever question anyone's honesty. I'm more of a read for fun type guy.

Presently about to finish Star Island by Carl Hiaasen and read Make Me a recent Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child. Any other crime fiction fans here?

[cassieukts]

Currently reading Leading by Sir Alex

[Gillian]

I've noticed no matter what site I see this thread on a LOT of people seem to be into really deep thinking type of literature. Not that I would ever question anyone's honesty. I'm more of a read for fun type guy.

US viewers when asked how much PBS they watch claim far more hours than any of the actual monitoring methods reveal. Same phenomenon. We all want to be seen as more intellectual than we actually are.

Personally, I just stick with the Ladybird series ...

[peejaye]

Cocaine Train by Stephen Smith. "Tracing my bloodline through Colombia".
Railways,
Everyday life in Colombia during the 1990's.

[trish]

Just finished So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano

A short novella set in Paris and the in the tangled and confused memories of a lonely and paranoid old Steppenwolf. It's an post-modern, existential mystery. Not everyone's cup of tea (I would presume). It was my first experience with Nobelist writer. I'll probably give him another try or two.

Currently reading Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson, a Jamaican writer of "speculative fiction." This is a collection of some of her fantastical short stories, full of magic and wonder. Also my first experience with Nalo's Caribbean flavored fiction. If I saw her on the shelf, I wouldn't hesitate picking her up.

[tacocorp]

Millennium trilogy

[sukumvit boy]

I've noticed no matter what site I see this thread on a LOT of people seem to be into really deep thinking type of literature. Not that I would ever question anyone's honesty. I'm more of a read for fun type guy.

Presently about to finish Star Island by Carl Hiaasen and read Make Me a recent Jack Reacher novel by Lee Child. Any other crime fiction fans here?

Yup. Read all the Reacher series , Hiaasen is good too. All the way back to Lawrence Block.

[sukumvit boy]

Just finished 1984 George Orwell
currently 11/22/63 Steven King
before 1984 George Pelacanos Martini Shot

You may enjoy Orwell's "Burmese Days" a great read , based upon his experience in the Colonial British Foreign Service. He was born in British India and his father and he both served. Biting reportage about the social injustice of colonialism in Burma .