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

Currently I'm re-reading catch-22. I loved it the first time I read it but I actually think it's better the second time becuase you've just about figured out who everyone is so you don't have to keep flicking back to find out what's going on.

A Brief History of Time ; Stephen Hawking - He must be a hitchiker from someweare as he's a bit beyound us semi-evolved simians

Nitpicker,

I'd be interested to hear how you like the Joe McGinniss book.

Kara

Last weekl I started reading "Flu" by Gina Kolata about the 1918 epidemic. Then we learned that our flu vaccine was contaminated...Co-incidence???

Ooh! Sounds interesting! I understand that it started amongst chickens in a British military transit camp in France.

James Frey - A Million little pieces

Just read the trip to th dentists bit

That Gina Kolata book sounds good, Hellboundforjoy...

The Tears of the Giraffe - the 2nd in the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency series.

So far, so good.

*off to make a nice cup of bush-*

Just finished 'Dogs of Riga' by Henning Mankell. A Swedish police detective getting mixed up with some very nasty stuff in Latvia.

About to start Sharpe's Escape.

im glad to know im not the only person who loves books so much to have two (or more) goin at a time

problem is at the moment im reading interview with the vampire (one of the best books i have ever had the honour of reading) the hitchikers guide trilogy of four and stephen kings insomnia (which is one of my favourites although you cannot beat the dead zone) so at the moment


ralf bumped into lestat his wife died and hes started waking up earlier and earlier whilst luie and claudia frolic with ford prefect and zaphod beeblebox on the surface of marthgrea and armand and loise chasse have stated chasing little bald doctors

""About to start Sharpe's Escape.""

I found reading the books after the seeing the series dissapointing, 'cause as normal they're not the same. But I've also read his other books, and they make a good read.

I'm a big fan of Bernard Cornwell - particularly his Arthurian books. I usually find that books are better than the tv programmes/films they spawn - the pictures in my head are better than anything on large or small screen. The exception to this is Mr Sean Bean , whose image is very much in my minds eye as I read.

I know that some of the Sharpe episodes were tv before they appeared as books.

You & Me both!!
I've just read Sharpe's Battle and I'm going to start Sharpe's Tiger this afternoon.
(Battle was written for the TV thing, but Cornwell was only half way through when they had to start filming, so the 2nd half of the book and the 2nd half of the film differ. According to his foreward, anyway. And he dedicated it to Sean Bean, which I think was rather nice, since Bean is blond and Sharpe has dark hair.)

In my case, I don't care if I see the series (oh, Sunday, it's on tonight ) during reading the books, since I find (for some strange reason) that I don't really pay attention to the plot when I'm watching.

I've just been listening to a discussion on R4 about historical fiction - Bernard Cornwell and Philippa Gregory were taking part. I'm fascinated by the details of people's lives.

Ooh, Stephen King's Insomnia... Awesome! I like to have two or three on the go as well...

Just starting Terry Pratchett's "Monstrous Regiment", enjoying so far.
Contrasting this with Alexandra David Neal's "My Journey to Lhasa" plus various other books dotted around the house to dip into as desired.

Seems to be a common thing with those on this thread to have several books on the go at once

The American Way Of Death by Jessica Mitford - a surprisingly readable and amusing classic about the American funeral business, from the Mitford that proved that genetics can't be blamed for everything.

My Travels With Charley by John Steinbeck.

Looking forward to The Attack On America by Philip Roth

Picnic At Hanging Rock, by Joan Lindsay.

SO far, it's about a picnic. At Hanging Rock, unsurprisingly. But I've only just started it...

RF

a big boy did it and ran away

another (so far) outstanding satire by that scottish genius Christopher Brookmyre. Try not to be put off by james nesbit's butchering of quite ugly one morning on the sickingly dire ITV.