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Nice one, a book forum. Just wondering what you're reading just now? I'm on Karl Marx's "Capital:Volume 1" just now for the second time, deeper than the mid-point of the Atlantic but well worth persevering with.

[pete_inthehills]

I've just finished Life of Pi by Yann Martel which is a story about a 16 year old Indian boy who is the sole surviver from a ship sinking and is stuck on a life boat with a zebra, hyena, orang-utan and a bengal tiger, but ultimately just him and the tiger.

It is very very cool.

pete
inthehills

[Shaki]

I prefer a lighter read!

Currently reading "A Star Called Henry" by Roddy Doyle and also "Across the Great Divide" by Barney Hoskins (about "the band"). both quality reads half way through.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Shaki

"Across the Great Divide" by Barney Hoskins (about "the band").

Great book. You should get Levon Helm's autobiography "This Wheel's On Fire" if you haven't already. Same story, only different.

I've just finished "Celsius 7/7" by Michael Gove (terrible title, great book), and I'm currently working on "The Iron Wall" by Avi Shlaim. Very interesting take on foreign affairs and the middle east from both writers.

[incredibledisc]

"Psychotic Reactions and Carburettor Dung" by Lester Bangs. Planning on following it up with Hunter S Thompson's "Hell's Angels" which I picked up cheap in Fopp on Tuesday.

[Alan Cynic]

Witch Wood by John Buchan

[Sue Denim..]

I'm reading "Romanitas" by Sophia McDougall. It's about the Roman Empire in modern times.
Not what I thought it would be like. In fact, it's pretty shite.

[delboy]

the man called cash by steve turner, quite moving.

[Andy Mulhern]

Last book I finished was "Steve Earle: The Life and Near Death of...". Excellent
Currently doing some lite reading of "Teaching as a Subversive Activity" (Neil Postman & Charles Weingartner).

Opens with:

"What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
What did you learn in school today,
Dear little boy of mine?
I learned that Washington never told a lie,
I learned that that soldiers seldom die,
I learned that everyone's free,
Thats what the teacher said to me
And thats what I learned in school today,
Thats what i learned in school"

[Chris]

currently reading "The Wayward Mind" by Guy Claxton.

It's a chronological history of how we think about the unconcious mind starting with Homer and working through ancient greece and the romans up to Freud etc.

Although very interesting, it's taking me fucking ages to read because I have a tendancy to get through a few pages and then lapse itno unconciousness myself (I read late at night just before going to sleep, always a risky prospect).