What Are You Reading?

[Hazel at the Hill]

Will have to look at wikipedia and find out the discography for Pratchett and then ebay to find a couple of early ones and see how I go with them. I also love all the Piers Anthony Xanth novels and have a fair few of those missing from my collection (didn't realise he hadn't stopped writing them)

Courtesy of Wiki -

1 The Colour of Magic 1983 .
2 The Light Fantastic 1986
3 Equal Rites 1987
4 Mort 1987
5 Sourcery 1988
6 Wyrd Sisters 1988
7 Pyramids 1989
8 Guards! Guards! 1989
9 Faust Eric 1990
10 Moving Pictures 1990
11 Reaper Man 1991
12 Witches Abroad 1991
13 Small Gods 1992
14 Lords and Ladies 1992
15 Men at Arms 1993
16 Soul Music 1994
17 Interesting Times 1994
18 Maskerade 1995
19 Feet of Clay 1996
20 Hogfather 1996
21 Jingo 1997
22 The Last Continent 1998
23 Carpe Jugulum 1998
24 The Fifth Elephant 1999 The
25 The Truth 2000
26 Thief of Time 2001
27 The Last Hero 2001
28 The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents 2001 A YA (young adult or children's) Discworld book;
29 Night Watch 2002
30 The Wee Free Men 2003 The second YA Discworld book
31 Monstrous Regiment 2003
32 A Hat Full of Sky 2004 The third YA Discworld book
33 Going Postal 2004
34 Thud! 2005
35 Wintersmith 2006 The fourth YA book.
36 Making Money 2007

The first couple are more 'bitty' but do set the scene - they'll all be readily available through the library

[Pumpkin Becki]

Will have to look at wikipedia and find out the discography for Pratchett and then ebay to find a couple of early ones and see how I go with them. I also love all the Piers Anthony Xanth novels and have a fair few of those missing from my collection (didn't realise he hadn't stopped writing them)

I'm a huge fan of the books featuring the city watch - Sam Vimes is smashing (he reminds me of my OH - very cynical, and I love it when he goes all 'Columbo'). 'Guards Guards' is great, 'Men at Arms' and 'Night Watch'...I could go on and on

And as I've said before (another thread), a girl could really fall for Moist von Lipwig, a character introduced in 'Going Postal' and then reappearing in 'Making Money'.

I also love Death (the anthropomorphic personification), and 'Hogfather' is just wonderful to read a Christmastime.

[vikkib]

Just finished the above book 2 days ago.

Currently reading old GYO mags, until the weekend when I can get to a bookshop.

I'm looking forward to another good mosey round all the charity shops over the weekend (there are LOADS in Colchester!) to stock up on interesting looking books! It's fast becoming my favourite way to buy books!

Apart from titles and authors I recognise and want to read I always end up buying a few 'wild cards' and have found and read some amazing books that have turned into favourites!

Over the past three months or so I have read and loved the following; all from charity shops and all fro between 50p and £2.50!

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
The Icarus Girl - Helen Oyeyemi
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Papillion - Henri Charriere
The Life of Pi - Yann Martel
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Half a Yellow Sun - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Testament of Gideon Mack - James Robertson
The Stars' Tennis Balls - Stephen Fry
Freakonomics - Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius - Dave Eggers
Don't Sleep There are Snakes - Daniel Everett

What am I reading? Tellabs EDGE 8660 ATM aggregation manuals and SIAE MUX operation manuals. Supposed to tell me about the interworkings of STM-1, STM-4, E1 and channelised STM-1 ATM systems as well as Inverse Multiplexing over ATM. Makes good bedtime reading.

Hmmmmm... might not rush out and try and track any of these one's down!

[vikkib]

I'm a huge fan of the books featuring the city watch - Sam Vimes is smashing (he reminds me of my OH - very cynical, and I love it when he goes all 'Columbo'). 'Guards Guards' is great, 'Men at Arms' and 'Night Watch'...I could go on and on

And as I've said before (another thread), a girl could really fall for Moist von Lipwig, a character introduced in 'Going Postal' and then reappearing in 'Making Money'.

I also love Death (the anthropomorphic personification), and 'Hogfather' is just wonderful to read a Christmastime.

My OH loves the early Pratchett books but I never really got into them when I was younger might have to give them a go!

[OverWyreGrower]

Scarpetta - Patricia Cornwell - It's not up to her normal standard and it's a struggle to really get into it I'm about quarter way and still hoping it will grip me

I've been quite disappointed with the last couple of Patricia Cornwell's books - she seems to have totally lost the plot I really struggled with Scarpetta too.

[shirlthegirl43]

Thanks Hazel. Will print that off later and go ebaying

[shirlthegirl43]

What am I reading? Tellabs EDGE 8660 ATM aggregation manuals and SIAE MUX operation manuals. Supposed to tell me about the interworkings of STM-1, STM-4, E1 and channelised STM-1 ATM systems as well as Inverse Multiplexing over ATM. Makes good bedtime reading. Don't need sleeping tablets.

I hope you guys who use 3G mobile internet realise what pain peeps like me have to go thru' to ensure you get decent data rates on Orange UK!

That sounds really exciting. Surprised you are still awake

[Pumpkin Becki]

My OH loves the early Pratchett books but I never really got into them when I was younger might have to give them a go!

I think his earlier non-Discworld ones were tricky, 'Strata' is just plain peculiar!

Also, I can't understand those people who can stand in book signing queues and have read the book from beginning to end by the time they get to the front (apologies if any of you are those people), I like to 'do' the voices in my head and build up the picture in my mind. Sometimes i do have to reread paragraphs, usually coz I'm so caught up in it that i miss what he was actually trying to tell me. If a book really captivates me, I can't put it down and will get throught it pretty quickly - but not that quick!!

[vikkib]

Sometimes i do have to reread paragraphs, usually coz I'm so caught up in it that i miss what he was actually trying to tell me.

Hehehe! I have to do exactly the same thing - kinda like zooming out! Can end up focusing too closely on the actual words rather than what's being said, if that makes sense?!

[Pumpkin Becki]

Hehehe! I have to do exactly the same thing - kinda like zooming out! Can end up focusing too closely on the actual words rather than what's being said, if that makes sense?!

Perfectly!

[muslimgrower]

just finished reading this book.....

Khyber Knights: An Account of Perilous Adventure and Forbidden Romance in the Depths of Mystic Asia
by CuChullaine O'Reilly

what a great read and a true story, i read the book in one week i loved it so much..

i recommend it

[Hilary B]

There is another one in the works - she takes such a long time to research it all. However, she claims to have mapped out the whole story before starting writing them so I am confused why it should be so long between these last books!

Will have to look at wikipedia and find out the discography for Pratchett and then ebay to find a couple of early ones and see how I go with them. I also love all the Piers Anthony Xanth novels and have a fair few of those missing from my collection (didn't realise he hadn't stopped writing them)

Yes I have that problem with Piers Anthony. I got as far as "Geis of the Gargoyle", and now I don't know what order all the newer ones came along!

A lot of the early Pratchett are based on something familar, and picking one because you are interested in what he is taking the mick out of is a good introduction.
Some are better as 'stand alones' than others. Pyramids works well, Equal Rites, Wyrd Sisters, Small Gods, Guards Guards, Moving Pictures, Reaper Man, are all fairly early on and capable of making sense without having read the previous one. After that most of them do 'follow on' rather.
The first 2 (Colour of Magic and Light Fantastic) make up one story between them.

[tootles]

Now reading Eragon by Christopher Paolini (?) then going to read Eldest and the third one in the series.

I have read those, I really enjoyed them. I need to get the last one. After writing the first two in the trilogy the decided that it should be a four part trilogy.

[bobleponge]

Vikkib, Papillon by Henri Charriere is one of my 3 top books of all time, and I've read plenty.
The film truly doesnt do the book justice.
I know its an amalgamation of several escape stories, but that book revolutionised the entire French penal system. Within a year of the book going on sale, the French government of the day was shamed into stopping sending criminals to places such as Devils Island. Great book.

[tricky]

I read the last templar last year great book
Just read a book called punished by vanessa steel ,couldnt put it down.
Im now on with a book called cut by Cathy Glass.