The "I am currently reading" thread

[ChrisTodd]

Salems Lot by Stephen King.

 

A book I've read many times.

[taxman]

Just finished Full Steam Ahead Felix by Felix, The Hudderfield Station Cat (obviously ghost written by some human).

 

Mawkish and poorly written but I do love her so she's forgiven. So sad in parts that I stopped taking it to work to read so people on the tram or at luchtime wouldn't see me blubbing.

[metalman]

I'm still having a bit of an early Ruth Rendell period, having just finished Vanity Dies Hard, The Best Man to Die and A Guilty Thing Surprised in quick succession. All very enjoyable though it's interesting that some phrases of the 1960s have already become completely obsolete and forgotten, such as 'twin-track road'. Strange really when you consider that single track road is still in everyday use.

 

Now back to the 1930s again with Midsummer Murder by Clifford Witting (which is absolutely nothing to do with the differently-spelt TV series).

[jaffa1]

I have just finished  reading  102 Minutes, it's  the story of the fight to survive inside the twin towers. What a heart rendering book this is.

It tells of how the modern day towers built in the Sixties did not have the same safety regs as the ones built in the 1920s and built with much cheaper materials.

Also the firemen and police were on  separate frequencies  which didn't  help their cause. 

As for the people inside,their conversations on their mobiles to the outside world have been put together for this book, some made it some didn't. 

Some never even knew it was an aeroplane  most thought it was a terrorist bomb , some in the safer areas of the North tower never even knew the South tower had also been hit and by now collapsed. 

Coincidence  that I should be reading it on the anniversary as I've  had the book for almost a year and just got round to reading it.

[nikki-red]

Ive just finished... I Have Life: Raped, Stabbed and Left for Dead by Marianne Thamm

The absolutely incredible story of Alison Botha, who survived against all the odds. 
The book is her account, along with contributions from her family, friends, the Doctors and the man who saved her from the side of the road.

Well worth a read, theres a film of the story too, simply called 'Alison'.

 

[lectrolove]

Faces in the Water by Janet Frame. Where to start ... This a semi-autobiographical novel about mental illness and life in psychiatric hospitals in New Zealand in the 1950s. Uncompromising fare, strangely beautiful but stark and bleak, especially so as the author's real experiences form part of the narrative. Amazing but not a comfortable read.

[Gormenghast]

A man called Ove.  Translated from Swedish.

 

About a curmudgeonly old bloke. Everybody knows one. 

 

Made me smile, sometimes laugh and occasionally weep. The sort of book I wish I could buy  a copy òf for everyone I know.

 

The most enjoyable book I've read in a long time.

[jaffa1]

I'm  now reading Ruth Ellis, my sister's  secret life.'

This is written by Ruth's elder sister, seems she wasn't  the the peroxide  prostitute that the press made her out to be but then when she tells the story she describes her as exactly  that.

She also claims Ruth had connections with famous people like Diana Dors and also Stephen Ward from the Profumo affair. You have to make your own mind up to the things she suggests that really happened.

Edited October 17, 2019 by jaffa1

[jane2008]

On 11/09/2019 at 21:33, jaffa1 said:

I have just finished  reading  102 Minutes, it's  the story of the fight to survive inside the twin towers. What a heart rendering book this is.

It tells of how the modern day towers built in the Sixties did not have the same safety regs as the ones built in the 1920s and built with much cheaper materials.

Also the firemen and police were on  separate frequencies  which didn't  help their cause. 

As for the people inside,their conversations on their mobiles to the outside world have been put together for this book, some made it some didn't. 

Some never even knew it was an aeroplane  most thought it was a terrorist bomb , some in the safer areas of the North tower never even knew the South tower had also been hit and by now collapsed. 

Coincidence  that I should be reading it on the anniversary as I've  had the book for almost a year and just got round to reading it.

I don't often read this thread but thank you.  That is one book I will definitely  read.

[missonna]

I'm only halfway through The Tattooist of Auschwitz & I'm already in love with Lale & Gita. Besides Heather Morris told that the film rights are being considered. They might shoot really strong and touching film.