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I now have a bit of wonder lust

Assuming you meant wanderlust;

Eric Newby, Bruce Chatwin, Peter Hopkirk, Simon Winchester, Robert Byron, Thor Heyerdahl (spl?), and even Bill Bryson.

I was reading the third book in the Revelation Space trilogy by Alastair Reynolds but it went AWOL when we went on holiday so I'm re-reading Matter by Iain M. Banks.

Ah yes, wanderlust.. Thanks 😳

I've just finished reading The Twits by Roald Dahl.

Been reading a lot of fantasy - the two kingkiller chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss being the most recent - [i]Name of the wind is good[/i] but didn't rate the sequel much at all.

Break from fantasy in order, so I've just started 2666 by Roberto Bolano - his previous opus [i]the savage detectives[/i] is reet up there, so high hopes for this one.

I've just read "The Martain" by Andy Weir, about an astronaut getting left behind in Mars; I really enjoyed it. Not sure what to read next...

I like "wonder lust", it's much more evocative.
Oh, Laurence Timms "Rule Zero" is quite fun in a quirky sort of way. More of a journey travelled book than a travel book though.

Two on the go
Dreamer and schemers. A tale of anarchists in 1900 ish.....factual and brilliant

Fantasy thing john gwynne valour.....so so

Al Humphries books are a good read for the armchair tourer, also Rob Lilwalls Cycling Home From Siberia

The Ruby In The Smoke, Philip Pullman.
50p charity box special.
He's wasted on children.
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Just unpacked the books again and found Rogue Male sitting on top of the pile.
Not read it for years, so that's next.

Homicide cos I'might right really into life on the street?

[i]White Chappell, Scarlet Tracings[/i] by Iain Sinclair and another, for work, with the shockingly dull title [i]Interpretation of Ordinary Spaces[/i] (slightly more interesting than it sounds, if you're me). I love Sinclair but they take me forever to read; every paragraph is like a chapter of another book.

Nearly finished the ender saga
When the film came out there was a fuss about him being anti gay, more like anti Muslim, they are defo the bad guys with Chinese people a close second

Currently working my way through t he jack reacher books. Really enjoying them. Quite obvious but good fun.

Last one was Iain M. Banks last (?) sci-fi, The Hydrogen Sonata. Thoughtful and daft, as usual.

Now it's Antony Beevor's massive history of WW2. I'm ashamed how much I don't know about the global perspective, and it's also very useful to send me back to sleep after those 4AM "AAARGH! Why haven't I done X, Y Z!" moments.

Finally got round to finishing Inheritance - Christopher Paolini.
Good trilogy if you like the fantasy side.
Now have like a MILLION Terry Pratchett to get through 😀

Picked up The Passage by Justin Cronin at the airport, on the basis that it was the book in the SF section with the most pages therefore will keep me entertained the longest. (Quite good, in a Steven King with vampires written by Enid Blyton kind of way) have ordered the sequel.

Also reading Iain Banks The Quarry, somewhat wistfully. Oh how I wish he was still writing spaceship books.

Tales of Endurance by Fergus Fleming. Incredible short stories mainly about Arctic exploration and just short enough for me to finish one before falling asleep.

I just finished the Lance Armstrong book, I know a [s]bit[/s] lot behind the times but somebody gave it to me as I was about to leave for a business trip. It was actually a good read, even knowing that whenever he spoke about drugs that it was a lie. To survive cancer like he did is superhuman.

I am now onto 12 years a slave, very good but hard going.

Paleo diet for Athletes.

Somewhat technical/dry in its content, classic Joe Friel in many ways in that it reads like his training bibles.

Liking the concept not liking the doubling of my food bill this massive shift would require.

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Finishing "Flash Boys" - Michael Lewis. Have "Hack Attack" (phone hacking expose) up next

I'm currently reading "America Psycho" by Bret Easton Ellis for the first time (I haven't seen the film). It is really messed up (who'd have thought) and I'm not enjoying it much. According to my Kindle I'm 78% through so I'm hoping for a good ending.

Just finished Wonder by R J Palacio. It was a book Nobby Jr's school asked all students, teachers, governors & parents to read this term as part of a literacy programme - I'm glad they did.

I may even attend one of the discussion groups about it as I'd be interested to hear what kids think.

[quote=edd said]I'm currently reading "America Psycho" ... I'm hoping for a good ending.

I kind of wish I was you. If you feel like you could put up with a bit more (although not really as extreme), you should read [i]Lunar Park[/i], which is sort of, but totally not, a sequel/extension of [i]American Psycho[/i]. I found it very enjoyable.

The Gonzo Papers Anthology - collection of Hunter S Thompson's articles.

For the OP, check out the first Anne Mustoe book if you like cycle touring. A better read and finer writing the Beaumont's book.

Currently working my way through the Steven Erikson series The Malazan Book of the Fallen. I've just finished book 7 out of the 10 that are in the series. Pretty good reads so far. Once there done I've got the David Millar book to read and the Hunger Games books.

I'll have to disagree with Mr Lager, the second Rothfuss book is as good as the first. They are actually seamless in my view, when I think back I can't remember where 1 ends and 2 begins. I just wish he'd get the last one done.

My tip is 'Dark matter' by Michelle Paver, its a proper ghost story and i'll be reading it again when the snow comes, preferably by the light of a tilley lamp.

A good adventure travel book is 'Danzigers travels'

Currently re-reading the War Diaries of Neville Duke.

Some epic combining of alcohol intake and life and death combat flying...

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Bought two Michael Hutchinson books last week, just finished "Faster: The Obsession, Science and Luck behind the world's fastest cyclists"

Now stuck into "The Hour" about the record, its history and his attempt.

Both funny, irreverent and insightful, Well recommended.

Just finished a previous recommendation from on here, Child 44, and it was excellent.

Currently reading The Reapers by John Connolly, it is one of his Charlie Parker detective series, they have a touch of the supernatural to them and I find that they are better written than your average detective mass sale stuff.

Also picking my way through Granta 128, borrowed from my upstairs neighbour. It's excellent. I think I'll subscribe.

http://www.granta.com/Archive/Granta-128-American-Wild

Granta does not have a political or literary manifesto, but it does have a belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story’s supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make real. As the Observer wrote of Granta: ‘In its blend of memoirs and photojournalism, and in its championing of contemporary realist fiction, Granta has its face pressed firmly against the window, determined to witness the world.’

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I'll have to disagree with Mr Lager, the second Rothfuss book is as good as the first. They are actually seamless in my view, when I think back I can't remember where 1 ends and 2 begins. I just wish he'd get the last one done.

I have most recently read:

Ack-Ack macaque - A proper romp, really fun alternative history/sci-fi story. A monkey pilots a Spitfire. If that doesn't make you want to read it, I don't know what to say to you.

Wool - Picked up after a recommendation on here, enjoyed it overall but felt it went off a bit towards the end, the pace change felt a little rushed to me. Not sure whether I'll try the sequel at the moment.

I liked the Wool trilogy but maybe felt a little let down by the ending
(but then who likes the 'ending' of a good story?)

Currently re-reading Neil Gaiman's American Gods, really enjoyed it first time round 10 yrs ago, seems to be dragging it out this time (still good though).

I'm working through 'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt - Gawd it's depressing but oddly addictive.

Toby's Room by Pat Barker.

A heartwarming tale of disfigurement, alienation, incest, and life in the trenches and on the home front set during World War One.

World War Z by Max Brooks

Finally getting round to reading this and it's highly enjoyable. Forget about the film, this is a series of interviews with "survivors" of the war against the infected. I'm about a third of the way through, it does paint an all too realistic picture of political failure.

+1 for 'The Goldfinch' by Donna Tartt

Also loved 'may we be forgiven' by a.m.holmes

'The Corrections' by Jonathan Franzen

OP:

Try Pedalling To Hawaii: A Human Powered Adventure by Stevie Smith if you're looking to power-up your wonder lust a bit more.

vurt

'I am Pilgrim' by Terry Hayes

I think it's been described as Homeland/The Wire/Bourne Ultimatum all rolled into one

Currently dragging myself to the end of my first and very definitely last Lee Child book. What was I thinking when I ordered this; the very definition of literature for morons to be filed next to Jeffery Archer and Tom Clancy. I thought I needed something easy and light - turns out I hate easy and light (at least the way Childs writes it).

Read it a while ago, but Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry is an amazing book that will make you wish you were a cowboy. The sequels are OK, but not in the same league. Most of Haruki Murakami's stuff is good if you like surreal fiction. His non-fiction book about running marathons is also very good.

I'll have to disagree with Mr Lager, the second Rothfuss book is as good as the first.

+1 for that. I enjoyed them both equally and i also wonder if the 3rd book will ever be finished. Patrick was also surprised - see the first review of the new book 'Doors of Stone [url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21032488-doors-of-stone ]here[/url]

On the back of a recommendation on here i have recently ready 'First Light' by Geoffrey Wellum. It was highly recommended by a few but sadly not really my taste. Good but not great.

Of the cycling related books i would hugely recommend 'The Secret Race' by Tyler Hamilton and Ned Boulting's 'On the Road Bike'.

Next up for me will be Guy Martin's autobiography - unashamed manlove!

Try Jupiters Travels by Ted Simon. Real BITD wanderlust epic. On a slight tangent, I'd been reading Conn Igguldens books, the Genghis Khan series had me enthralled, the descriptions of Mongolia and further afield piqued a real interest in the area and culture.

Not a book but try Bunyan Velo(Digital) and Sidetracked (available in paper format). Beautiful publications with some amazing photography.

I'm on Market Forces by Richard Morgan. Not a patch on his other stuff and I was quite surprised to see the order they were written in- I'd have assumed this was his first one!
Still turning the pages though..

Just read "THe Redeemer" by Jo Nesbo. I have an Ebay Nesbo bundle on the way...

Just read "THe Redeemer" by Jo Nesbo. I have an Ebay Nesbo bundle on the way...

They get a bit samey imo

Me?
The final testimony of Raphael Ignatus Pheonix, by Paul Sussman.

Scar Tissue the Anthony Kiedis biography. How he is still alive is beyond me 😕