What book(s) are you reading currently? - Page 133

**Clouddancer** · June 27th, 2013, 04:30 PM

Catherine The Great
A fabulous book full of plotting, cuckolds, lovers, illegitimate children, spoiled monarchs,& of course political intrigue.
I'm finding it fascinating. recommended reading for anyone interested in European history, well written & researched. Five Stars.

**Sir Honkers** · June 27th, 2013, 10:52 PM

Re-reading everything by Alastair Reynolds, author of the Revelation Space series. Best Space Opera author evar!

**Meini Hirion** · June 27th, 2013, 11:30 PM

I re-read it every 12-18 months.

I have one close friend who has about a dozen or more copies of this, most in French, unfortunately for me.
But, as a new translation pops up, he gets me a copy.

It is always actively in print, re-prints even.

The original "Rites of Passage" blueprint.

Wiki:

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Sentimental Education (French: L'Éducation sentimentale, 1869) is a novel by Gustave Flaubert, and is considered one of the most influential novels of the 19th century, being praised by contemporaries]

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The novel describes the life of a young man (Frederic Moreau) living through the revolution of 1848 and the founding of the Second French Empire, and his love for an older woman (based on the wife of the music publisher Maurice Schlesinger, who is portrayed in the book as Jacques Arnoux).

My love of this novel is why I re-read it every year or so.
Some translations are pretty grim, some are heavenly...anyway, that's what I read this last week.

I am also starting on a Harlan Coben that I missed somehow, and will report back

In my loo, I am reading Stephen Fry's second installment of his memoirs.
Having finished the Beano/Dandy Compendium last week.

**otokonomidori** · June 28th, 2013, 01:13 PM

"IQ84" Haruki Murakami

jobrien · June 29th, 2013, 02:16 AM

The Shiva Option by David Weber

**richardoe** · June 29th, 2013, 02:24 PM

No easy day, written by an ex SEAL its about the mission to capture Bin Laden.

moggio · June 29th, 2013, 03:08 PM

Doctor Max Jacobson, whom the Secret Service under President John F. Kennedy code-named “Dr. Feelgood,” developed a unique “energy formula” that altered the paths of some of the twentieth century’s most iconic figures, including President and Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis

**xx44** · June 30th, 2013, 12:28 AM

The Secret Tradition of the Soul - Patrick Harpur
New Lands - Charles Fort
Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin

**takkski** · July 13th, 2013, 11:29 PM

The best selling fiction is romance novels for women, which recently has shifted over more racey fare. Its not exactly raw, but definitely more interesting than a cookbook.
audio 8 hr 216mb

http://www53.zippyshare.com/v/33292363/file.html
http://www53.zippyshare.com/v/44492566/file.html

Annette4 · July 23rd, 2013, 07:36 PM

One of two books I enjoyed over the holidays was The Last Town On Earth, by Thomas Mullen. It is set in a small community in rural Washington at the time of the influenza pandemic in 1918. In an attempt to keep the disease at bay, the town is quarantined but a deserting soldier from a nearby army base breaches the cordon and is allowed to stay on, as a prisoner. As the town elders fight among themselves over his future, people begin to fall ill and gradually the town is torn to pieces from within. It may sound a bit bleak, as holiday reads go, but I hugely enjoyed it

June 27th, 2013, 04:30 PM	#1321
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Sir Honkers Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Land Of Glorious Leader Posts: 30,367 Thanks: 287,009 Thanked 386,383 Times in 30,321 Posts	Re-reading everything by Alastair Reynolds, author of the Revelation Space series. Best Space Opera author evar!

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otokonomidori 緑の男 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Jockistan, UK. Posts: 8,316 Thanks: 39,023 Thanked 122,415 Times in 8,316 Posts	"IQ84" Haruki Murakami

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jobrien Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 94 Thanks: 7,322 Thanked 1,154 Times in 92 Posts	The Shiva Option by David Weber

June 29th, 2013, 03:08 PM	#1327
moggio Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 36 Thanks: 3,217 Thanked 847 Times in 35 Posts	Doctor Max Jacobson, whom the Secret Service under President John F. Kennedy code-named “Dr. Feelgood,” developed a unique “energy formula” that altered the paths of some of the twentieth century’s most iconic figures, including President and Jackie Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, and Elvis

June 30th, 2013, 12:28 AM	#1328
xx44 Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,215 Thanks: 2,211 Thanked 77,942 Times in 1,243 Posts	The Secret Tradition of the Soul - Patrick Harpur New Lands - Charles Fort Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin

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takkski Vintage Member Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 505 Thanks: 2,552 Thanked 12,007 Times in 509 Posts	The best selling fiction is romance novels for women, which recently has shifted over more racey fare. Its not exactly raw, but definitely more interesting than a cookbook. audio 8 hr 216mb http://www53.zippyshare.com/v/33292363/file.html http://www53.zippyshare.com/v/44492566/file.html

July 23rd, 2013, 07:36 PM	#1330
Annette4 Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: UK Posts: 49 Thanks: 543 Thanked 796 Times in 48 Posts	One of two books I enjoyed over the holidays was The Last Town On Earth, by Thomas Mullen. It is set in a small community in rural Washington at the time of the influenza pandemic in 1918. In an attempt to keep the disease at bay, the town is quarantined but a deserting soldier from a nearby army base breaches the cordon and is allowed to stay on, as a prisoner. As the town elders fight among themselves over his future, people begin to fall ill and gradually the town is torn to pieces from within. It may sound a bit bleak, as holiday reads go, but I hugely enjoyed it