What book is everyone reading at the moment?

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The Utility of Force by (British) General Sir Rupert Smith, who commanded the 1st UK Armoured Division in 1991, and was commander of UNPROFOR in Bosnia in 1995. I'm only about fifty pages in so far, though.
 
I'm reading the "Complete Memoirs of Casanova". (Thanks Project Gutenberg & archive.org.)

I'll admit: I'm only reading it because I caught part one of "Casanova" on Masterpiece Theater (pbs.org).
 
audiobook

Listening to an audiobook about the life of Hume (though the exact title escapes me at the moment) as read by Charleton Heston (you know...good ol' Moses).
 
Just re-read "Lord of the Flies". I'd always remembered two kids getting killed in it; turns out there were three. Ah well, it's been like ten years.
 
The Children of Men by PD James

I've seen the film (which I liked) and as my mum had the book she recommended that I read it. She hated the film because it was so different from the book (I pointed to her that this is the normal state of affairs).
 
Hydrogen: The Essential Element by John S. Rigden

Also, just finished

World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks
 
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Just started Endless Forms Most Beautiful by Sean Carroll. Immediately objected to his use of an observation of a high proportion of zebras and butterflies featuring in children's pictures of animals in a school to suggest that they show children's connection with animal forms. Much more likely was that they'd been told to draw pictures of animals then copied each other, or there'd been something on TV that a lot of them watched, or they'd been doing something in school about zebras and butterflies.

Ah well, it got better further in. Just an unfortunate way to introduce a book about evo devo.
 
Everson -American Silent Film (good stuff on missing films and some that have been found) and E. David - English Bread and Yeast Cookery (good STUFF).
 
bruto said:
You posted that you wanted to read it, which suggests that you had at that time not read it. If you have since read it I will retract my statement, although in the context of the thread your entry still seems a bit premature.
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Make mountains out of molehills much?
 
Just came back from a short holiday, where I caught up on some fiction:-

Matthew Kneale's English Passengers - wonderful book, funny, sad, very cleverly written - brilliant characters. I thoroughly recommend it.

John Banville's The Sea - this won the Man Booker prize last year, but I really didn't enjoy it. I found it rather creepy and humourless.

Stephen Fry's Making History - light reading, entertaining, good fun.

I'm still making my way through this year's Booker shortlist. Just started M.J Hyland's Carry Me Down and will next read the winner, Kiran Desai's The Inheritance of Loss. Anyone read either of those?
 
I'm just about to start Ozama Tezuka's Buddha Vol. 8, but as that's manga it doesn't entirely count as reading so I'm also opening The Dice Man.

I say "just about to", it'll be my reward for finishing work in about 5 hours time. Gotta love those allnighters!
 
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