So... what are you reading?

[JonathanB]

I recently read John Prebble's classic Culloden in order to balance any starry view of the Highlands I might of been getting from Walter Scott.

He's highly critical of the tartan industry that sprang up in the wake of Scott and George IV's visit to Edinburgh. He doesn't like royalty in any shape or form.

[SlackerDrummer]

I've just finished reading the third in the Hornblower series (Hornblower and the Hotspur) and I'm in the middle of listening to the third of the Aubrey-Maturin series (HMS Surprise). To clear my mind from early 19th century ships of the line, I'm reading Sayers' The Five Red Herrings, set in Galloway.

[Babyvett]

Finished the other books that I listed.. so I started a few new ones.. I'm about 60% through "Life of Pi" at this moment.. not terribly impressed with it but plan on finishing it.. and I've got "The Birth Order" by Kevin Leman waiting in the wings. Also thinking about re-reading "The Hunger Games" trilogy once I'm done with Life of Pi.

[chewse]

The Smart Guide to Single Malt Scotch Whisky by Elizabeth Riley Bell.

[Grizzled Ian]

Currently on the go:
Tusitala RL Stevenson Catriona
Edward J Cowan 'For Freedom Alone' The Declaration of Arbroath, 1320
Ann Shearer Athene: Image and Energy

Start shortly:
Stieg Larsson Millennium Trilogy (Girl w Dragon Tattoo, etc)
Bill Gammage The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia
Jean M Auel The Shelters of Stone and The Land of Painted Caves

I'd love to have:
Apple User Manual for iPad4

Recent completions:
Three of Lee Child's 'Jack Reacher' stories, Persuader, Gone Tomorrow and The Visitor

Overdue for quinquennial re-read:
JRR Tolkein Lord of the Rings

[James Hood]

British Cruisers Of The Victorian Era--Dr. Norman Friedman

On The Road--Jack Kerouac

The History Of Hip--John Leland

The Surf Cafe Cook Book <Cooking And Surfing On The West Coast Of Ireland> -- Jane and Myles Lamberth

How The Fender Bass Changed The World--Jim Roberts

The Didgeridoo--Paul Beuscher

All nonfiction except random dips into the magnificent, wacky mind of Kerouac

[seasaidhlinne]

Les Miserables
but I have like five books going on all at once.

[Avie]

Hello... me just started reading "freedom from fear". Someone said me that it is quite interesting, so i started reading this.

[kiltedrennie]

Just finished David Macinnis Gill’s "Black Hole Sun". It's a young adult science fiction book set on Mars. Quick read. Character development was a bit shallow. Can't complain since it was a Free Friday Nook e-book.

Next I'll probably plow my way through William Gibson's books. For some reason I never got around to reading his work. I'm also overdue to re-read my favorite Heinlein juveniles: Rocket Ship Galileo, The Rolling Stones, Starship Troopers.

[mookien]

I just finished "A Sicilian Romance" by Ann Radcliffe, and am now reading Clara Reeve's "The Old English Baron".