What are you reading in 2015?

[Jackie]

I'm going to start reading A Place Called Winter by Patrick Gale today.

[Paul]

Started Moron to Moron: Two Men, Two Bikes, One Mongolian Misadventure today. Not bad, but not great.

[Joy]

I've read about half of The Alchemist but I'm abandoning it - pretentious twaddle!

[Paul]

I have read that Joy, it was ok, but not exceptional

Just started Robogenesis & Subterranean London: Cracking the Capital

[Baheya]

I just finished The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe

[Jennifer]

I finished cows which was as shocking as people say it is-but quite an interesting read none the less! Am now reading decline and fall by Evelyn Waugh which is good so far!

[Paul]

Just starting Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values & Treasured Island: A Book Lover's Tour of Britain. Last books of 2015!

[Joy]

I'm reading Career of Evil (mystery-thriller) which I'm enjoying.

[Jon]

Finished So Long, See You Tomorrow by William Maxwell and liked it. Both a nostalgic coming of age story and an examination of the events that lead up to a murder, the book examines our fascination with the past and memory:

“What . . . I refer to confidently as memory - meaning a moment, a scene, a fact that has been subjected to a fixative and thereby rescued from oblivion - is really a form of storytelling that goes on continually in the mind and often changes with the telling.”

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

[Bella]

Just finished The Great Penguin Rescue: 40,000 Penguins, a Devastating Oil Spill, and the Inspiring Story of the World's Largest Animal Rescue by Dyan deNapoli. Took me forever to read it because I couldn't stand reading more than a few pages every couple of days. The author's "voice" is awful- part overly perky cheerleader and part Ritalin snorting, hyperactive poodle. Just made me cringe- a 1 to maybe 1 1/2 star book. And, as if that all wasn't bad enough, the author kept repeating herself. In order to make a point, she didn't rely on writing something well, she just kept repeating over and over how you are supposed to feel.

I'm off in search of a book so good, it cleanses my reading palate. Any suggestions? Anyone read a guaranteed great non-fiction book?

[Paul]

Have alike through some of my five star reads Bella.

Three that I loved:

Edgelands
Sightlines
The Wild Places

[Bella]

Paul wrote: "Have alike through some of my five star reads Bella.

Three that I loved:

Edgelands
Sightlines
The Wild Places"


Thanks, Paul. I have The Wild Places on my shelves and started it. Really well written so far, lovely use of language. Unfortunately Edgelands is a UK only book, but I'll keep my eye out for a copy. Sightlines looks good, so I'll probably pick it up when I buy books this week. Yay, gift cards.

[Bella]

I'm reading The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane- thanks, Paul. It was slow going because I lost internet access and I like to look up the places he goes to and see pictures. So I had to stop reading it, but I'm back to it. This is not from the book, but it came up while I was searching something else:
Fingal's Cave: http://hubpages.com/travel/Staffa-Fin...

I also started A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees by Dave Goulson. It's very good so far.

[Paul]

Glad you're enjoying it Bella. A Sting in the Tale: My Adventures with Bumblebees is very good too

[Lisa]

I am reading Guantánamo Diary which is very good and very well written. It is written by a man who has been held at Guantanamo for the last 14 years but has never been charged with a crime. It is a heartbreaking story about what governments can do when you are on "their" list. Like I said it is well written and it is not the blame game. It is his understated facts of his time early on in GB.


Last night I started Shadow Man which is a buddy read for me. Even thought it is a psychological thriller it will be a break for me to get a break from real life horrors for a bit.