Currently reading ....

[Pogle]

Snuff - Terry Pratchit

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Snuff - Terry Pratchit

Is that a new one?

[DS23]

the emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer by siddhartha mukherjee

[Scrag Meister]

Just finished "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" which has been massive on Amazon for ages (apparently there's a film too).
Not bad.

Probably going to read some of the free classics on my Kindle next, Dickens or Verne.

Am still slowly working through House of Leaves, which is good but rather tiring.

Watch the original swedish versions, with subtitles, not the Hollywood version with Daniel Craig, all 3 originals were excellent films.

To be honest I've not seen the Craig version, but an american remake can't be good. Much like "Let the Right One In".

Is that a new one?

Relatively, yes.

As mentioned earlier, Santa bought me Games of Thrones 1-4 (5 books) and I am well into Book 1 now. The TV series ties in quite well so far.

[wurzel]

The Great Gatsby, F Scott Fitzgerald.

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Watch the original swedish versions, with subtitles, not the Hollywood version with Daniel Craig, all 3 originals were excellent films.

To be honest I've not seen the Craig version, but an american remake can't be good. Much like "Let the Right One In".

Not that fussed by the film anyway - I've seen the book causing a stir since I first got my Kindle a year ago and finally thought I'd give it a go. A little (Iain) Banks-like, I'd say.

[sasguru]

Analysis by its history

[DodgyAgent]

the emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer by siddhartha mukherjee

That is an interesting choice. Why are you reading it?

[Bacchus]

I am just finishing the fourth book in the twilight reign series by Tom Lloyd

here on amazon

Great if you're into your Lord of the Rings style "fantasy"

[DS23]

That is an interesting choice. Why are you reading it?

i was in helsinki airport with time to kill and a lack of reading matter. there's a tiny little bookshop snuck between the xmas/moomin shop and some shiny-thing store and i was looking for something, anything, that might pique my interest for the flight home.

it's was a 2011 pulitzer winner for non-fiction and had some pretty good reviews. i love history and here was something beyond the usual regal / military / social / music / bio stuff that i would normally go for. plus, my father died from cancer in 2009 and 1 in 4 of us will get it in our lives - so i thought i'd give it a go. i was expecting that a fair bit would be difficult to cope with so i bought a cleopatra a life by stacy schiff as a backup.

actually, it's a damn good read if a little bit biased on the american view. it's good to learn new stuff. very interesting to see how surgeons will foist their views upon patients to drastic cost in the interest of defeating cancer.