What are you reading at the moment?

[The Bear]

29 minutes ago, Daggers said:

Mark won't let me start a Reader's Wives Letters thread.

Or in MTWG's case - Readers Mother In Laws. 

[Trav Le Bleu]

2 hours ago, Daggers said:

Mark won't let me start a Reader's Wives Letters thread.

How about a Reader's Husbands Letters one?

[Foxdiamond]

Just read The Siege by Ben Macintyre regarding the 1980 London Embassy incident. As per usual with Macintyre it is a gripping read.

[ozleicester]

Im not sure how i feel about this one....

[izzymuzzet]

On 08/09/2024 at 16:19, Trav Le Bleu said:

Does no one read fiction any more?

I've switched from almost 100% non-fiction a few years ago to probably 80% fiction now. I'm finding I'm reading a lot more, getting through 30-50 books a year.

 

For the last few months I've been trying to get through a bunch of old stuff I should have read as a teenager but didn't because my school was rubbish and we didn't have many books at home. Just finished Moby Dick which was a challenge but so rewarding. Also lots of Graham Greene which I'm really enjoying.

 

For me, fiction helps put my own little problems and anxieties in perspective and I find I can enter my own little world while reading in a way I don't reading about history, politics, sport etc.

[Foxdiamond]

1 hour ago, izzymuzzet said:

I've switched from almost 100% non-fiction a few years ago to probably 80% fiction now. I'm finding I'm reading a lot more, getting through 30-50 books a year.

 

For the last few months I've been trying to get through a bunch of old stuff I should have read as a teenager but didn't because my school was rubbish and we didn't have many books at home. Just finished Moby Dick which was a challenge but so rewarding. Also lots of Graham Greene which I'm really enjoying.

 

For me, fiction helps put my own little problems and anxieties in perspective and I find I can enter my own little world while reading in a way I don't reading about history, politics, sport etc.

I've never read much fiction. Apparently autistic people prefer non fiction and although not confirmed pretty sure I am in the spectrum 

[bovril]

I always alternate between fiction and non fiction which perhaps is a little autistic in itself.

[Trav Le Bleu]

59 minutes ago, Foxdiamond said:

I've never read much fiction. Apparently autistic people prefer non fiction and although not confirmed pretty sure I am in the spectrum 

You're posting regularly on here.

 

You're on the spectrum.