What book do you read recently?

[cockyblu]

currently reading the kane chronicles the throne of fire by rick riordan.

 

[arsefanatic]

The Hundred Years old man, who jumped out of the window, and went away, (There comes a movie at the end of the year)

This book has just been adapted into a radio series, here in the UK. It was brilliant, I laughed so much.:thumbs up:

 

[pete123]

Jonathon Kemp London Trytich, looks promising!

 

[arsefanatic]

I have just finished The Dragon Empress by Marina Warner. It is the biography of Yehonala, a low ranking concubine who became the Dowager Empress Cixi and dominated China for more than fifty years. I am interested in the history of late Imperial China and Cixi is a fascinating character. She was a monster and a dictator but I still have a sneaking admiration for her.

 

[gorgik9]

I have just finished The Dragon Empress by Marina Warner. It is the biography of Yehonala, a low ranking concubine who became the Dowager Empress Cixi and dominated China for more than fifty years. I am interested in the history of late Imperial China and Cixi is a fascinating character. She was a monster and a dictator but I still have a sneaking admiration for her.

Sounds very interesting! Great tip :thumbs up:

 

[arsefanatic]

Yes it`s a great read, particularly if you have an interest in the era. I described Cixi as a monster but in truth, she was no more monstrous than those who came after the fall of the Empire; the warlords, the Japanese and Chairman Mao.

 

[sammyyummy]

Read "This Man" trilogy as a favor to a friend (she asked me to review the books, lazy girl!) and they were...awful lol

 

[trypt]

last book was Sycamore Row by James Grisham. Awesome

 

[jrr22]

The Final Cut by Catherine Coulter.

 

[pete123]

22-11-63 it s actually good

 

[sammyyummy]

lost a bet and ended up reading the sandi lynn trilogy as payment.
and boy did i pay....books were terrible.

 

[prinz4ming]

The Fault in Our Stars

And Im not ashamed to say I was crying my eyes out on the tube while reading it. Fantastic read!!

 

[gm1911]

NDH 2033 by group of authors

 

[sammyyummy]

prinz4ming...good choice. john greene is amazing!

I also recommend: einstein's dreams by alan lightman , a fave of mine, together with flowers for algernon.

Currently enjoying Buy-ology and Stephen Levitt's Freakonomics series

 

[defiance0]

Bruno Simlesa - thank you love

 

[jrr22]

Command Authority by the late Tom Clancy.

 

[jyotib]

If on a Winter's Night a Traveller - Italo Calvino (just read)
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami (currently reading). I can't simply live without books.

 

[gorgik9]

If on a Winter's Night a Traveller - Italo Calvino (just read)
Kafka on the Shore - Haruki Murakami (currently reading). I can't simply live without books.

Calvino & Murakami - those are really great tips :thumbs up:

 

[bfdjon]

Just started The Days of Anna Madrigal by Armistead Maupin.

 

[tomcat34]

Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea by Michael Kirby, Marzuki Darusman, Sonja Biserko