What are you reading now?

[Clinton Huxley]

Now turning my attention to Imprimatur by Monaldi and Sorti. A disparate bunch of characters get sealed in a tavern in Rome after an outbreak of plague. What are their motives and is it really the plague? Is there a murderer in their midst? Probably. 600 page potboiler, slow-paced, atmospheric, keep me out of mischief for a while.

Almost through this thing, turned into a bit of a slog. When this is done I've got to finish The Peregrine by J.A. Baker, that I started a while back but then put down again. And when that is finished, think I'm going to move on to Dirt: The Ecstatic Skin of the Earth by William Logan

[John_fi_Skye]

The Fat Man in History by Peter Carey. Mrs fi_Skye gave me it as an Xmas gift. I'm sure she's trying to tell me something. (Mind you, at least it wasn't The Fat Man IS History)

[Ronja]

I still have not managed to trick, guilt-trip or blackmail the family to watch "King's Speech", so I'm postponing starting that book again and instead starting to re-read Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (for the twelfth or fifteenth time).

[anna09]

Starting on The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human by V.S Ramachandran.

[Tero]

Reading The Woodcutter. Hard to say what genre, but not a mystery. A bit wordy. Will post a link. Or its here too
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Hill

[Geoff]

Starting on The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human by V.S Ramachandran.

I'd be interested in your opinions on that when you've read it, anna - it's been on my wish list since it came out, but not made it to the buying stage yet! I did enjoy his "Phantoms in the brain". I'd move it up the list if you recommend it!

[Tero]

Its feelings. And Jesus. They hide in the knew-rons.

[Svartalf]

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Lost Civilisations.

Primer level, certes, but I've had good reviews of it, and it seems to contain stuff that it's always good to be reminded of.

[charlou]

Starting on The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human by V.S Ramachandran.

I'd be interested in your opinions on that when you've read it, anna - it's been on my wish list since it came out, but not made it to the buying stage yet! I did enjoy his "Phantoms in the brain". I'd move it up the list if you recommend it!

I just looked this up ... interesting stuff ... Will see if I can find a copy at the library.

[Clinton Huxley]

Started on Steven Pinker's "The Better Angels Of Our Nature" last night.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

This thread.

[Eddie]

Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal by Christopher Moore. It's been a while since I read it, but as I can't see anyone mentioning it here I thought I'd recommend. I thought it was quite funny and the best thing about it is that you have to be uptight asshole to be offended.

Started reading McCarthy's Bar by Pete McCarthy...

[Animavore]

Awesome book about Mars, its history and reasons for future exploration including the search for possible life which may answer questions of our origins. The author works and lectures in the Institute of Technology, Tallaght, Dublin and has helped design space probes for the European Space Agency and lays out clearly the case for future manned missions to The Red Planet. Only 4 chapters in an I leardz stuff

[anna09]

[Tero]

Beatles in Hamburg. They gots a museum now, with old Beatle condoms and ciggybutts.