h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

its by james hogg-famous scottish writer

Not very famous in my part of the world...
But one can easily change that - just need to "run" to Amazon

'the gothic novel' by fred botting. again.

Hogg lived near the Loch of the Lowes, in the borders. A lovely spot! There's a monument to him there.

According to W***pedia,

'Hogg died in 1835 from hiccups. His last words: "It is a reproach to the faculty that they cannot cure the hiccup."'

hi night-eyes,

If you like Margaret Atwood you might like to try The Robber Bride - quite different from her darker stuff. Basically a story of friendship and betrayal involving four women in Toronto, three of whom have been left reeling by the fourth who was presumed dead (well, the other three had attended her funeral) until one day she walks back into their lives . . .

I'm presently reading The Hot Kid by Elmore Leonard, about gangsters in 1930's Oklahoma. Quote from the Independent - "Dialogue like broken glass, sharp and glittering" - which I agree with. A natural born story teller, quite an enjoyable read.


az

Leonard started out writing Westerns. They're well worth tracking down.

That's why I like this thread - there is always the good chance that someone will suggest some new book

Thanks Death of Rats, thanks Az

Night-eyes is off to the book shop... the new one - three stories, cafe and 35,000 volumes!

Two thing; Scruple by Jane Krantz because she did Princess Daisy and Lace and something by Agatha Christie with a card game; I don't get it because I don't play bridge and the rubs seem to be a clue!

Perdodo Street Station and The Scar by China Mieville. Both long slow stories, but if you're into that sort of thing great sci-fi.

The Bridge by ian banks.

How The West Was Won by Louis L'Amour and Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer.

I have three books on the go right now: a hefty book on psychology, aimed at US college students; A History of the Arab Peoples by Albert Hourani; Once in a House on Fire by Andrea Ashworth.

I've not read anything by Ms. Ashworth before. This one was part of a 'lucky dip' set of books I got recently because I spent more than £30 with BookPeople. I looked at what they'd sent and thought, "Well, only one of those is of any interest, and I already have a copy of that." Then I decided to at least *try* reading them. So far I've only found one that I just couldn't get into - Have the Men Had Enough? by Margaret Forster. I've read three of the others in three days!

There used to be a conversation along the lines of 'What book have you just read?' or '... just finished reading'. Can anybody post a link, as I unsubsribed from it and now I can't find it?

Picked up a couple of Margaret Atwoods from Oxfam on Friday, and have just started The Handmaid's Tale.

Blimey, it's like Richard and Judy's book club in here! We'll compare notes when I've finished (in about 2009, given my rate of reading )

I gave up on Once in a House on Fire. It's just not my kind of book - somebody's memories of childhood in a poor family in Manchester, with an abusive father.

I've moved on to another of my 'free' books - The Widow Ginger by Pip Granger.

Just finished 'The Big Over Easy' by Jasper Fforde, in which Jack Spratt and Mary Mary of Reading Nursery Crimes Division have been investigating the mysterious death of one Humpty Dumpty. Did he fall? Was be pushed?...or shot? Fforde's next book is to be 'The Fourth Bear'. http://www.jasperfforde.com

About to start on the (eagerly anticipated) The Peoples Act of Love by James Meek, which features these people: A4241062

The weekend's Oxfam purchases were 'Nickled and Dimed' by Barbara Ehrenreich - reportage about trying to survive on low-wage jobs in the US - and the complete poetry of Norman McCaig.

Just finished 'The Underachieving School' by John Holt. Back on to The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins.

i finished 1984 a while ago.

im now reading oscar wilde: a picture of dorian gray

as well as my girl.

loads of other books going at min but they are the two that get picked up every day!

I am supposed to be reading Running In the Family because I have this paper due on it pretty soon but spring break is spring break I have yet to open it I have to run and check whats on the floor next to my bed... well that was a shock how many times is too many to read Bridget Jones Diary?

Ummm . . . once?


az

, az.

I'm on to 'The Peoples Act of Love' by James Meek. Good so far.