Currently reading ....

[shaunbhoy]

You cretinous village idiot!

Wrong login knucklehead.

[lilelvis2000]

rework by Jason Fried (of Basecamp)
and just finished The PayPal Wars - Eric Jackson - quite entertaining really. That was after I read Boo Hoo. Man what a debacle that company was.

[OwlHoot]

Inquisition by Alfredo Colitto. Brilliant - If you liked The Name of the Rose, you'll love this - Set in medieval Bologna, it involves, secret maps, underground tunnels, a serial killer, pedophilia, etc. Would make an excellent film, and probably will.

The Blackhouse by Peter May. Another brilliant detective story, set on the Isle of Lewis. Looking forward to the second installment next march.

[sasguru]

Empire by Paxman. Good read.

[Churchill]

Umbert Eco was on R4 last week.

He's as pretentious as his books.

Apparently "the Name of the Rose" was intended for a rather select audience, rather than we proles.

I've read "the Name of the Rose" and "Foucault's Pendulum" - enjoyed 'em both.

[OwlHoot]

He's as pretentious as his books.

Apparently "the Name of the Rose" was intended for a rather select audience, rather than we proles.

The cod-erudite style of N o t R was intended to enhance the atmospheric effect, and to justify the characters' obsession to get their mits on the missing book. It was an integral part of the plot, and succeeded admirably in that IMHO.

But whether it has become a bit stereotyped and excessive in his more recent novels I wouldn't know, as I haven't read any.

[TestMangler]

I read a book once. Think the cover was green, but can't really remember

[OwlHoot]

I think I've read that one too.

Kennedy's Revised Latin Primer. That was green as I recall.

(He originally wrote a shorter version called the Shorter Latin Primer, but essentially messed it up. His daughters then collaborated to do the Revised version, which was a big improvement.)

[Scrag Meister]

At the moment I am reading the Metro on the tube in the morning.

After Christmas I will have a few months occupied with the Game of Thrones Series. Great TV series, hopefully even better books.

Game of Thrones Book 1 with links to the others

[Bunk]

I'm taking James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man with me over Christmas. Been meaning to read it for a while but the tube's too busy to read on, and the journey's to short to make it worthwhile.