BBC Sherlock Fan Forum - Serving Sherlockians since February 2012 / What are you reading at the moment?

**Posted by antigone** February 9, 2014 2:19 pm

rereadeing "In Praise of Love" by Alain Badiou / Nicolas Truong (interview/essay).

**Posted by Davina** February 9, 2014 2:26 pm

Just starting 12 Years A Slave.

**Posted by besleybean** February 9, 2014 3:00 pm

My pal gave me it to read.
I'm reading something else at the moment and have a couple of others books waiting, before I get to it...
I can't say I'm rushing, the film was harrowing enough!

**Posted by Lily** February 14, 2014 10:33 pm

I just started A Study in Scarlet.
My copy of The Complete Sherlock Holmes arrived today and I'm very excited since I've only read The Hounds of the Baskervilles, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and one or two other stories so far. I'd wanted to read the rest since I started watching Sherlock, but I wanted to read the stories in English and couldn't find the original in any library, so I had to wait until I had the chance to buy them all. I'm now a happy owner of the whole canon - now I finally feel like a proper Sherlockian. ;)

**Posted by Davina** February 15, 2014 1:12 am

Have been delaying starting 12 Years A Slave because I am finishing Coriolanus. What a cheerful choice that is!

**Posted by Dramagod** February 17, 2014 11:13 pm

STANLEY KUBRICK - A BIOGRAPHY by John Baxter. Fascinating stuff. Love Kubrick's films and it's nice to learn new things that explains why his movies were so near perfection and how he was a perfectionist himself.

**Posted by Lily** February 17, 2014 11:15 pm

I started The Sign of the Four today.

**Posted by Lily** February 19, 2014 7:56 pm

The Memoires of Sherlock Holmes

**Posted by Biggles86** February 19, 2014 8:58 pm

Davina wrote:
Just starting 12 Years A Slave.

Don't know if you get it but apparently radio 4 have 12 years as their book of the week this week.

Just finished the sign of four and about to start the next Holmes classic

**Posted by Davina** February 20, 2014 11:58 pm

I thought I'd catch it on I-player. It sounds very promising.

**Posted by SusiGo** February 21, 2014 7:30 am

I am reading "The Lost City of Z" which is really fascinating.

**Posted by Tinks** February 21, 2014 9:13 am

SusiGo wrote:
I am reading "The Lost City of Z" which is really fascinating.

Is it a biography/non fiction book, Susi?
I might have a read of that, if so.

**Posted by Sigwyn** February 21, 2014 9:56 pm

I've just finished the Hannibal series written by Thomas Harris, and now starting to read Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. Serial killers all over, can't help it. x)

**Posted by mrshouse** February 22, 2014 10:03 am

Just reading the autobiography of Pu Yi, last chinese emperor. Quite interesting, but for an average european reader the chinese and japanese names are killing!!!!!

**Posted by Biggles86** February 22, 2014 12:12 pm

Sigwyn wrote:
I've just finished the Hannibal series written by Thomas Harris, and now starting to read Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. Serial killers all over, can't help it. x)

Is that the same Dexter as the TV series? I'd be interested to read those as so often I find the book better than the adaptation

**Posted by tonnaree** February 22, 2014 12:26 pm

Sigwyn wrote:
I've just finished the Hannibal series written by Thomas Harris, and now starting to read Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. Serial killers all over, can't help it. x)

I love serial killer books, I must confess. And Silence of the Lambs is one of the greats!

Just got a copy of Stewart, a Life Backwards. About to start it.

Question. Reading the book cover I noticed that the writer was born in New York. Did Benedict play him as American in the movie?

**Posted by mrshouse** February 22, 2014 12:33 pm

Biggles86 wrote:
Sigwyn wrote:
I've just finished the Hannibal series written by Thomas Harris, and now starting to read Dexter by Jeff Lindsay. Serial killers all over, can't help it. x)

Is that the same Dexter as the TV series? I'd be interested to read those as so often I find the book better than the adaptation

Yes it is! I think it is called "darkly dreaming dexter", that title is mentioned in the lead text.

**Posted by SusiGo** February 22, 2014 12:39 pm

Tinks wrote:
SusiGo wrote:
I am reading "The Lost City of Z" which is really fascinating.

Is it a biography/non fiction book, Susi?
I might have a read of that, if so.

It is a non-fiction book about Amazon explorer Percy Fawcett who disappeared in 1925 while searching for a mythical city in the rain forest. Well written and exciting.

**Posted by besleybean** February 22, 2014 1:37 pm

And soon to be played by Benedict!

**Posted by Tinks** February 22, 2014 2:10 pm

Thanks Susi and besleybean, I'm going to add that to my "to be read" pile!