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What book(s) are you reading at the moment?

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  1. Minxy

    Minxy Just Me

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    & do you only read one at a time ?
     
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  2. Albert's Chip Shop

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    I read one at a time and right now it's this one...

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  3. Minxy

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    Checked it out on amazon & have downloaded it for my holiday .... if I can resist it that long
     
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  4. Resurgam

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    Just started a book called 'The Unquiet' by John Connolly.
    Only read the first 4 chapters so far, but has got me hooked <ok>
     
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  5. Resurgam

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    I can have 3 or 4 books on the go at any one time, and find it easy to keep up with them.

    If however, I start reading a series of books, then I have to read them one at a time and in order.
    This is a pain when they are older books from a few years ago, like the Sven Hassel books, Alexander kent or the Bernard Cornwell ones.
     
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  6. Minxy

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    I often have several on the go at one time & which one I read will be dependent on my mood
     
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  7. Resurgam

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    It also depends whether I have felt tips of pencils with me for colouring in
     
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  8. Phil1

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    No i don't read same more then one time but sometimes the book which is having so much suspense then i read the same book two times only.
    And i was reading work is worship and before that i red herry porter.
     
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    Christopher martin Jenkins' autobiography
     
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  10. Erik

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    Just started reading Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Nietzsche. Not bad so far.

    And yes, I am a pretentious **** whose mental reach exceeds its grasp.
     
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  11. Mick

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    Ah, a pretentious buddy, good, good!

    How is it? The fact that it is a novel puts me off.
     
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  12. The Raging Oxter

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    I'm reading The Restaurant at the End of the Universe on the toilet, Treasure Island on the phone and Val McDermid's The Torment of Others when I have time to dip into it.
     
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  13. Erik

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    Very good. Completely and utterly ****ed up, of course, but good.
     
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  14. Sandor Clegane

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    I've just finished the Hitchhickers series, though it was brilliant. Currently reading Equal Rites, the third book in Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
     
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  15. Otto Flayshow

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    Having more than one novel on the go at the same time is the sign of a mentalist.
     
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  16. gas

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    Just finished the 3rd Game of Thrones about to start the 4th.Storm of Swords(blood and gold) Never even heard of it until Gambol posted about it a few months back now I'm becoming addicted :(
     
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  17. Minxy

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    I must be a mentalist then ..... fortunately I don't know what that means :)
     
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  18. Resurgam

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    Finally got round to finishing 'The Unquiet'. Certainly made me think :(
     
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  19. Sandor Clegane

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    I've read 'em all so far. Can't wait for the old bastard to finish writing the next 2 now!
     
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  20. Mick

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    I'm currently reading Steven Pinker's, The Better Angels of our Nature - in which Pinker argues (at 1,000 pages quite comprehensively) that the human race is making massive strides away from conflict and violence, and towards peaceful cohabitation - with violent crime, wars, murders, death counts in individual wars all dropping like a stone over the last few centuries.

    It's a bit dry in places, but if you can soldier on through the chapters which are heavy on stats then it's an awesome read (so far).
     
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