Read any good books lately?

I do hope this thread survives an initial flurry of interest.

I've read chunks of Mein Kampf and found it very, very heavy going.  Good luck with it Don.

I've just read Eight Minutes Idle by Matt Thorne.  General pulp fiction, set in a Bristol call centre but just a bit too weird for me.

Previous to that I read The Diary of an Ordinary Woman by Margaret Forster, a diary of a woman from 1915 until around 1990 I believe.  I very much enjoyed it, made a change from the usual Marian Keyes rubbish.

Has anyone read Londonstani?  I had a great conversation with the librarian about it, it's a really strange book with a very interesting plot twist.  Highly recommended. 

Plodding On, you're a star - throwing 'Coast to coast' in with all this highbrow stuff. Never dreamed it could be in the same thread as Enid Blyton and Winnie the Pooh. Cool

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Run-Coast-Matt-Beardshall/dp/1845492471/ref

Picked up a copy of Brian Keenan "An Evil Cradling" in the charity shop a few weeks ago - an account of his being held hostage in Lebanon. Absolutely amazing book - I found it hard to put down. Some of it is obviously harrowing but there's a real thread of redemption running through it.

Highly recommended.

I've a soft spot for Marian Keyes  but only because she loves Strictly Come Dancing.

 Lots more good ideas here.  Mind you, I've got a few that I need to read on the shelf already.

Is anyone else like me in that they have more than one book on the go at a time - I currently have 5 on the go and which one I read depends on what mood I'm in.

I can't remember exact details of them all, but will look and post later.

I also read War and Peace and found it a brilliant book.

Plodding On - yes, get on the mountains. There's no doubt a whole sub-genre of appropriate literature. Although I can only think of 'Heidi'

IM - no, I really struggle with more than one book on the go. But you know men and multi-tasking...

I finished War & Peace last year and didn't find it particularly worth the effort.

Horrible though because I am in London RTS and the only place I know to go and find a mountain is in Wales...  

Maybe I should just move back and bother the Welsh again 

Iron Min - I often have 2 books on the go but don't think I could manage 5 - I normally have one that I can't put down and one that I come back to every now and again.

War and Peace - must be almost 20 years since I read that - thought the first 500 pages were great but found it a bit hard-going towards the end.

PloddingOn - I'm sure the Welsh wouldn't mind if moved back

Hahaha - wait until Token gets here....  

I liked Heller's Catch 22 a lot. Lulls you into a false sense of security then hits you in the face with a brick.

Metaphorically of course. It wasn't one of those interactive books.

Plod - M1 North, exit Jn29 - Peak District.  M1 then M62 - Yorkshire Dales / North York Moors.  M1 then M6 Lake District. The world is your fell running lobster.

RTS

Ah but am completely reliant on public transport.  Or hire cars.  Which I should really get onto, but is far more orgnisation than I am good at!

Will moan until I realise that it's that or nothing. 

And will more than likely rent a car 

SVT - Token = Token Welshman who tends to yell at me a lot and threaten to leave me with Welsh "locals"

Scary thought 

M1 North, M6 North, M54, A5 - Snowdonia.

M1 North, M6 North until it ceases to exist, A/M74, M73, A/M80, M9, A84, A85, A82 - Fort WIlliam, and the Nevis Range.