BWTK - What book are you currently reading

[jmoore]

im currently reading Scarecrow and the army of thieves, and I have to say Reillys latest work isn't as good as his old stuff.

[mekon]

Was this good?

Half way through it, her writing is extremely honest, some giggles in there. I'm enjoying it.

[cowasaki]

Just finished a couple of Trilogy's

Dawning of Power - Brian Rathbone
Delver Magic Book - Jeff Inlo
Morcyth Saga - Brian S Pratt

Loved the dawning of power - there is a 4th book, finished it this morning... and more to come. Write faster dammit!!!

[Bowlen]

I am reading MM - if you don't know what it is, then you don't need to know.

[mekon]

I am reading MM - if you don't know what it is, then you don't need to know.

Maybe you'd care to share, I can't suss out what it is? Considering the thread puts ideas up for people to go out and read books based on what others have read and enjoyed.

[Mart]

Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance

[Smiffy]

Healing Love Through Tao, Cultivating Female Sexual Energy by Mantak Chia

Don't worry guys there are a couple for the lads too!!

Tao Secrets Of Love, Cultivating Male Sexual Energy
The Multi Orgasmic Man

[cowasaki]

I have all these books I have read on my Kindle, I believe there is a way for me to transfer them to othes (time limited???) if anyone is interested. Am a Kindle newby an dont know how it works *L*

[Mutiny!]

I have all these books I have read on my Kindle, I believe there is a way for me to transfer them to othes (time limited???) if anyone is interested. Am a Kindle newby an dont know how it works *L*

It's pretty restrictive I think. You can link the accounts and share them between devices, but you can only link and unlink so many times.

If you want books for free they can be downloaded illegally, same way as movies etc. You can also look up the Project Gutenberg site: Project Gutenberg - free ebooks and get out of copyright classics in .mobi format.

I am currently reading "On the Road" by Jack Keroac, and I'm finding it to be a really good read.

I recently read "Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka and was surprised to find out that it is a kind of funny surrealist short story, really modern sort of storytelling which I didn't really expect. Nothing really has to make sense, he is just talking about the things people do and say, the centre of the drama is almost irrelevant. Recommended read, but I have to admit I don't yet really understand why he is considered such a great author. Interesting note if you decide to read this:

Another virtually insurmountable problem facing translators is how to deal with the author's intentional use of ambiguous terms and of words that have several meanings. One such instance is found in the first sentence of The Metamorphosis. English translators have often sought to render the word Ungeziefer as "insect"; in Middle German, however, Ungeziefer literally means "unclean animal not suitable for sacrifice"[36] and is sometimes used colloquially to mean "bug" – a very general term, unlike the scientific sounding "insect". Kafka had no intention of labeling Gregor, the protagonist of the story, as any specific thing, but instead wanted to convey Gregor's disgust at his transformation.

I went through the whole book imagining him as a giant cockroach thing.

Haruki Murakami is next on my list, been meaning to get to his stuff for ages.

I have to get back into reading more, been watching 30 Rock and test cricket instead.

[Bowlen]

Maybe you'd care to share, I can't suss out what it is? Considering the thread puts ideas up for people to go out and read books based on what others have read and enjoyed.

Yeah it's not that book...

[mekon]

Okay, to save the guessing game can you please tell me what it is?

[speed3]

MM! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[mekon]

Ahhh, right.

[Trashed]

Haruki Murakami is next on my list, been meaning to get to his stuff for ages.

Very much enjoy his work. Norwegian Wood is a really fantastic read. I've been considering whether to try his latest 1Q84, but the size of the thing is a bit off-putting.

For me, have just finished re-reading "The Man in the High Castle". I absolutely love Phil K Dick books, but I find I have to read them a few times. I think I read too fast and miss the nuances of the story. This one is a real brain twistie one, as only he can do so well.

[Skut]

im currently reading Scarecrow and the army of thieves, and I have to say Reillys latest work isn't as good as his old stuff.

im currently reading Scarecrow and the army of thieves, and I have to say Reillys latest work isn't as good as his old stuff.

I would appear to be going against the the popular notion, but I find Reilly to be novelising Hollywood suspension of disbelief in a novel to the point he is taking the piss...) in the hope it will be filmed. His self-proclaimed influence of Alistair Maclain is obvious. He writes like it is a screenplay, and he would script a great Hollywood SF movie... full of cheap tricks...

[Stu]

Haruki Murakami is next on my list, been meaning to get to his stuff for ages.

He is a great author. I first read 'Kafka on the Shore' and then became addicted. I burned through the rest of his works over the
subsequent years. There are lots of similar aspects to his stories; classical music, sex etc.

Anyway, some great and some weird stuff await you...

[waikiki]

Paul Carter's third book "Is that a diesel bike mate?"

Short, but good. Currently about a third of the way through, and it's had me laughing out loud a few times already. Different to the others, but good all the same.

I have just downloaded his books onto the kindle, halfway through the first. Feel much the same re very interesting stories, some good laughs, a good light hearted read. I'm enjoying it enough to be looking forward to the next couple.

[Mutiny!]

He is a great author. I first read 'Kafka on the Shore' and then became addicted. I burned through the rest of his works over the
subsequent years. There are lots of similar aspects to his stories; classical music, sex etc.

Anyway, some great and some weird stuff await you...

Awes. I think I was put off initially because "Kafka on the Shore" sounds, at first pass, like the most pretentious book title of all time. I read a thing somewhere about how he's a really unconventional writer, so I'm looking forward to giving it a crack.

I would appear to be going against the the popular notion, but I find Reilly to be novelising Hollywood suspension of disbelief in a novel to the point he is taking the piss...) in the hope it will be filmed. His self-proclaimed influence of Alistair Maclain is obvious. He writes like it is a screenplay, and he would script a great Hollywood SF movie... full of cheap tricks...

I think I said somewhere in this thread that he makes Universal Soldier look like film noir. It's just a rollicking good time. But I'm with you, I am just laughing at the implausibility of it before I have a chance to give a shit what happens next.

[mekon]

These

[Trashed]

^^^ I'd be interested in what you think of the first 2. I've read Slaves of New York by Janowitz and quite enjoyed it. Atlas Shrugged is one of those I've always meant to read but never got around to it. Let me know how they are