What's everybody reading at the moment? Is it any good?

Question

I'm reading 'The Difference Engine' by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. I'm enjoying it so far. It's kind of a Sci Fi set in Victorian-era England.

Answer 1

This months' issue of "Railway Modeller". I bet you're REALLY glad you asked that now, eh!

Answer 2

I just finished The Tome of Adon by Cole Henry. It's a fantasy story but you have to look hard for the "magic". The author makes everything so believable. I love the characters. I tend to like books where the characters become real to you. The story takes place in a very interesting world and though it's over three hundred pages it ended too soon.

Answer 3

just finished jack Osbourn's book and now in the middle of the Courtnay love book both great reads. For someone younger than me he has been through so much but that's what happens when u grow up in such an obscure family. And the Miss Love book is pretty dame good too a real rags to riches story.

Answer 4

I 'm reading we need to talk about Kevin by Lionel Shriver. Its a series of letters from the mum of a teenage murderer who massacres 9 people at his school to the dad. At first I thought it was seeming kinda one-sided and a bit too uch hard work cause I'm used to reading fairly easy crime/detective fiction but I'm hooked now. So draws you in til you are the same as the mumwondering what made him turnout a mass murderer.

Answer 5

I am reading a book called The Feather men it is about a group of ex s.a.s soldier`s being killed by hired hit men , a group called the clinic , Because they were responsible for the death of the sultan of Oman`s son`s in the 60`s & 70`s . It is based on fact and is brilliant ! i would definately recommend it first 2 chapter`s are a bit confusing but it all fall`s into place the further you get into the book !

Answer 6

I am reading Margaret Forsters biography of Daphne Du Maurier and Mavis Cheek- Aunt Margaret's Lover. The biog is excellent, very interesting and well informed and the Mavis Cheek is fantastic, great story and really funny.
Recommend both.

Answer 7

History as it truely was. My own life with other stories I have saved for 40 years. All tied together with a family I call WEED.
If you like true stories check my site at www.wizeoldphart.com for a preview of "MY" books. True stories of kids growing up during the 40's and 50's. Pee your pants funny with a few tears. After the first book I had so many emails from my readers that I wrote the second. THE GOOD WEEDS and THE FAMILY WEED.
Thanks, Wayne

Answer 8

Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince, and Pole To Pole by Michael Palin.

Answer 9

I'm currently reading the "Tripod" it is a trilog last published in the 1980's of an alien race invading earth....

... it is one of the best early science fiction books... i recommend it very much....

... a modern sci-fi choice would be "The Cell" for Stephen King, it is absolutely a book to read.

Answer 10

I'm reading Summer Knight, a book in the Dresden files book series.It narrates the story of Harry Dresden,chicago's only professional wizard who works as a detective.In this book he deals with the Summer and Winter Courts of the fey.Apparently they are about to go to war.An event which was triggered by the death of the Summer Knight.Queen Mab of the Winter Court hires Harry to find out the true killer.

Savage and Ascension by Kelley Armstrong.Both are available free from the author's website.They tell the story of Clayton,how he was made a werewolf,how Jeremy rescued the feral child wolf and earned Clayton's undying gratitude,and how Clayton became someone to reckon with in his Pack.Told in 1st person from Clayton's view,it is poignant and touching at times and humorous.We understand how his childhood influenced his later life.

The Time-Master trilogy By Louise Cooper.(review from Amazon)The books are 'The Initiate',The Outcast and The Master.It tells the story of Tarod a fascinating anti-hero, evolving throughout the series from a loyal disciple of Order to the God of Chaos that is his true heritage, with the repeated examination of his humanity thrown into the mix.

The door to december by Dean Koontz.A psychiatrist's daughter was kidnapped by her ex-husband years ago. When the daughter is finally found, the real fight begins. One by one the people who held her captive become mysteriously tortured and killed. Everyone is afraid the young girl will be next.

The mystery unravels as to what happened to the young girl while she was kidnapped. The young girl, Melanie, is unable to speak, but her mother soon learns that the young girl went through extreme torture as her father used her for a rat in his experiments.

The Vivero letter by Desmond Bagley.Jeremy Wheale's well-ordered life is torn apart when his brother is murdered by a mob hit man, whose bait was a family heirloom - a sixteenth-century gold tray. The trail takes Wheale from Devon to Mexico and the wild tropical rain forests of Yucatan. In dense jungle, he helps two archaeologists locate the rest of a fabled hoard of gold - treasure from Uaxuanoc, the centuries-old lost city of the Mayas. But his brother's enemies are on Wheale's trail, and with them are the Chicleros, a vicious band of convict mercenaries.

Landslide by Desmond Bagley.Bob Boyd wakes up in a hospital with no memory,the only surviver of an accident.He was burned badly all over and needed extensive plastic surgery which was payed by a mysterious sponser.He is told that he's a geology student with a bad history.However Bob recovers and gets on with his life.Hired by the powerful Matterson Corporation to survey land before they build a great new dam, he begins to uncover the shaky foundations of the Matterson family and becomes a fly in their ointment.His accident and the Matterson family have more in common than he thought.

Answer 11

I am reading a book about the english wars from James 1st to 1776
Its a kind of history book, set in the past