What book are you currently reading and in short whats it about?

Question

Is it any good?

Answer 1

"The Anubis Gates" by Tim Powers.

Its a Science Fiction novel involving time travel and body swapping. The Anubis gates are discovered as a means of travelling in time and a professor from 1983 becomes trapped in the early 19th century. From there the story becomes a complex and intriguing tale of his life as a familiar historical figure, and his attempts to foil the plans of an evil magician.

I've had this book for years and just got round to reading it. Its very unusual and an excellent read. Best book I've read in a long time.

Answer 2

I am reading "The Two Georges" by Harry Turtledove and Richard Dreyfuss (yes the actor). It's an alternate history where the American Revolution didn't happen so North America is part of the British Empire even in 1996.

The book was highly recommended to me but I'm discovering that Harry Turtledove is an author that men love and women are not thrilled with. The book isn't bad, it's just not drawing me in the way a really good book should. This is the 5th or 6th Turtledove I've tried and I just don't see what all the guys are so crazy about.

Answer 3

Forgive me for taking bragging rights but basically I've been reading & voting on my own. I entered my book Guardian Warrior into the Author Idol contest at www.thepubplace.com It's kinda like American Idol where a chapter gets voted off & the writers left standing submit the next chapter. Though there's no more voting until the 12th since it recently started the first chapters are still there until then when the second chapters are submitted so it gives you a chance to get a look see at possibly a new writer as the winner gets their book published. Mine basically is about Michael the archangel being seemingly "demoted" to being a guardian in rural Appalachia. But there's a good sampling of every type of genre, except sci fi (unless you think of Guardian Warrior that way. lol!).

Answer 4

I'm re-reading The Dresden Files series and I'm up to Blood Rites (Book 6). Harry Dresden (AKA the other wizard called Harry), is looking into an entropy curse (really bad luck spell) on a porn movie director as a favour to Thomas the sexy White Court vampire. He discovers a big secret about his past and has the line "For my next trick - anvils!", which is very funny in it's context, but if you want to know what that is, you'll have to read it.

Yes it's good - as I say, I'm re-reading the entire series at the moment. Jim Butcher rocks.

Answer 5

I am reading "Underworld" by Don DeLillo. It's a study of the impact of the cold war on american society, at least, that's what I've been told. I'm only 50 pages in.

The last book I read was "Ridley Walker" by Russell Hoban. Set in an a post nuclear war apocalpytic England, it's the story of a search for both truth and meaning in language and history.

Answer 6

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

Just started it, it's set (so far) in Nigeria in the sixties and looks like it's going to be about the relationship between 3 very different characters against the background of a civil war. I'm really enjoying it so far but feel I should probably read some more background on Nigerian history.

Answer 7

The historic previous of the Siege of Lisbon by Jose Saramago i'm quite taking area in it. It turned right into a diverse substitute from some thing else i have study. there isn't any punctuation to point conversations (it really is demanding to stay with a talk even as in hassle-free words a comma separates diverse audio gadget), and the sentences are somewhat convoluted. Regardless, i'm taking area in the humor and wordplay and that i'm inspired with Saramago's skills. i became searching for a eu author that I hadn't study yet and Saramago, from Portugal, is the single I settled on. I also plan to study Baltasar and Blimunda, The three hundred and sixty 5 days of the demise of Ricardo Reis, and Blindness, yet this merely occurred to be the single I obtained first. i ought to recommend it to everybody who needs to expand horizons somewhat and attempt some thing diverse.

Answer 8

"A short history of nearly everything." by Bill Bryson.
It's an anthropological history of science, how the Earth was formed and how life began and evolved on it.
It's a truly excellent book, I only have about 50 pages left to read, and I've slowed right down on it because I don't want it to end!
I've also read "Notes from a small island." by Bill Bryson, which is his very funny view of Britain and the British from an American view-point. Highly recommendable. Now I'm looking out for anything else by him.
Intelligent, entertaining and fun!!

Answer 9

Currently, i am re-reading Tom Lloyd's Stormcaller.
This is a fantasy novel about The Land and a white eye (a sub species who are extra strong and large, and live longer -natural fighters and leaders apparently, and who have white eyes) called Isak, who is to become the leader of the land. This novel basically gives the background of the main character and gives his rise to power. the book also gives you an idea of what the future problems Isak is going to have as he gains his title at the end of the story and at the start of what is going to be troubled times for his people.

It is the first of three novels, and i am currently impatiently awaiting the publication of the third novel!!!

Answer 10

I just finished Blood Relations, a true crime book about a man who put two pipe bombs in an SUV holding his mother, adopted brother, and sister. It was interesting, if a little bare. The one I'm reading now is I Am The Central Park Jogger about Trisha Melini and her ordeal of recovery after being beaten, raped, and left to die in Central Park. It's amazing so far, the fact that a human being can go through that much and survive.