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What book are you reading just now, why are you reading it and are you enjoying it?

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imaynotbeperfectbutimokmummy · 09/07/2009 14:52

I am reading the life of pi by Yann Martel.

I am reading it because i bought it from the charity shop a while back, it sat around for a bit and i had just finished a huge tome about India. I also am trying to "read better".

I am enjoying it, its very entertaining, although it hasn't really challenged my beliefs in any way.

Am loving Pi's exclamation of "Jesus, Mary, Mohhamed and Vishnu" - I think it pays to cover all bases

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PinkTulips · 09/07/2009 19:05

'The Confusion' by Neal Stephenson

I bought his book 'Quicksilver' in a charity shop ages ago and when i eventually got around to reading it it was the funniest and most intelligent book i'd ever read... broadens your knowledge whilst entertaining you, what more could you ask for?

I love books that make me laugh out loud, that make me chuckle when i think of them at odd points in the day, that can use five words and turn them into 10 minutes of tears out of my eyes laughter.

Neal Stephenson has all that, especially in the parts of the book that concentrate on Jack Shaftoe yet it's elegantly written by someone who clearly understands science, history, cryptography, mathematics, history and language better than i can ever hope to

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kathyis6incheshigh · 09/07/2009 18:57

Re-reading Mapp and Lucia by E.F. Benson. It's a comfort book, hugely escapist and funny.

wrinklytum · 09/07/2009 18:56

I am reading "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by Jeff Lindsay.OK it isn't highbrow literature,but it is lighthearted and entertaining,despite the main protagonist being a serial killer .

I need something lighthearted at the moment

GreenPeas · 09/07/2009 18:17

Cause for Alarm by Eric Ambler ... because I love old fashioned spy novels ... too early to say if it's good but am enjoying it so far

thedolly · 09/07/2009 17:56

Just finished The Almost Moon - wow, I loved it.

I read it because I loved The Lovely Bones and it's by the same author.

CarmelitaMiggs · 09/07/2009 17:42

Joseph O'Neill's Netherland.

Because Obama bigged it up recently (a US president who reads fiction! How cool!).

I'm admiring it, but I wouldn't say I am exactly enjoying it.

princessmel · 09/07/2009 17:38

Am reading Second Chance by Jane Green. It's good.

I got it for xmas, I asked for it as I have read and enjoyed other JG books.

Just finished Seven Year Itch, can't think of author. Was great. Really enjoyed it.

littlerach · 09/07/2009 17:34

I am reading Phra Farang: An English Monk In Thailand by Phra Peter Pannapadipo.

I swapped it on Read it Swap it.
I am fascinated by the whole idea. And I enjoy books about the East.

I have onkly read about 30 pages and is good so far.

LaDiDaDi · 09/07/2009 17:25

I'm reading The Great Lover about the poet Rupert Brooke. Tbh I'm struggling with it a bit and put it aside on holiday to read a Patrick Gale instead. I just don't care enough about the characters at the moment but still plodding on.

Jux · 09/07/2009 17:22

I enjoyed Life of Pi too. I am reading The Cornish Trilogy and am in the second book and finding it a bit of a slog. Never had problems with Robertson Davies before so am hiding from the whole shebang by taking a bit of time out with Artemis Fowl

JeMeSouviens · 09/07/2009 15:32

I enjoyed life of Pi (ponders re-reading it)

I'm currently working on the Short Stories of Chekov. I can't remember what prompted me, but it was a reference to the Lady with Small Dog story.

It's a good read. I read his short novels previously and enjoyed that also.

cheltenhamgal · 09/07/2009 15:14

I have just finished reading Barbara Windsor's autobiography and I must say it is the best thing I have read in a long time. But my she was a rum lass in her younger days

TheProvincialLady · 09/07/2009 15:08

I am reading 'William' by E H Young, because I love her novels and I picked this one up second hand at the weekend. I have only read a couple of pages so far though.

steamedtreaclesponge · 09/07/2009 15:02

I'm currently rather stressed out so have regressed to childhood and am currently reading my way through Pollyanna, the Anne of Green Gables books, etc.

I'm also trying to "read better" but sometimes I just need a break and to read soothing old-fashioned comfort books for a while

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