This week, I are mostly reading....

biZrb

John wrote: »

New York Noise by Paula Court and a bunch of New York musicians/artists.

Any good? Im dying to read it as I love the new york noise compilations.

Karlusss

theCzar wrote: »

What about the one on Middle Abbey st.?

What about the phrase "starting a new chapter of my life"?

I think I'm chapter five or six of my life, I'm not sure I'm gelling with the protangist, and the lack of love interest has made some of the chapters boring, but I'll hold off my final verdict until I finish it.

1. Chapters is on Parnell St. now.
2. Now that you say it, I have noticed large gaps in my life followed by a number and a recommencement

John

biZrb wrote: »

Any good? Im dying to read it as I love the new york noise compilations.

It looks very nice, gives a good flavour of how things looked as Paula Court is a fantastic photographer. As for reading, it is quite thin on the ground. The essays are all quite short and only give a little idea of what life was like for these artists and what the feelings were amongst them at that time. I recommend having a flick through it before you buy.

tHE vAGGABOND

God Delusion by Dawkins..

I dont care one way or another, but it was cheap in a bookshop during sales, so I thought why not

AJG

'Women In Love' - D.H. Lawrence.

Mrs. MacGyver

This is Charlie Bird - Charlie Bird
Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte

SpartanKiller

Stalingrad-Antony Beevor

John

SpartanKiller wrote: »

Stalingrad-Antony Beevor

That is a savage (in all senses of the word) book.

stovelid

Anne Tyler - Accidental Tourist

Ho-Hum

I mentioed this in the thread about what books you were looking forward to starting and I've finally gotten around to reading it - Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood. I'm about halfway and I can honestly say a book hasn't grabbed hold of me like this in a long time, I just can't put it down (except to type this post)

AJG

'St. Mawr and Other Stories' - D.H. Lawrence.

Tir

"Jesus in the Talmud" Peter Schafer


http://www.amazon.com/Jesus-Talmud-Peter-Schafer/dp/0691129266

ZorbaTehZ

An Anthropologist on Mars - Oliver Sachs

Dead interesting.

rejkin

Good Omens - Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman

Great book,though it doesnt really have a main character of sorts which annoys me :mad:

Beatrice

Sense and sensibility Jane Austen...I love the character Edward Ferrars...:D

gaf1983

The Undercov£r Economist by Tim Harford

carbsy

/me is reading From the Eye of the Hurricane - Alex Higgins.

GhostInTheRuins

Just started James Plunkett's 'Farewell Companions' last night, seems good so far

Karlusss

A Short History of Tractors in the Ukraine by Marina Lewycka. I'm not far in, and it seems alright but one thing I've noticed is that everything is done in sort of lumps of text with gaps in between. It sometimes throws me off.

AJG

'The Double' - Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

AJG

'The Total Library: Non-Fiction 1922-1986' - Jorge Luis Borges.

theCzar

The Periodic Table - Primo Levi

herbieflowers

Malone Dies - Beckett, nearly finished it now, onto The Unnameable next...

AJG

That particular trilogy of his is probably his best or at least most accessible. If I hadn't read that 'How It Is' was about a guy who's drowning in mud and looking back on his life I would have assumed Beckett had collapsed on to his typewriter and printed the results. Dense isn't the word.

John

A book about beekeeping

Tar.Aldarion

Jingo - Terry Pratchett.

Hermy

herbieflowers wrote: »

Malone Dies - Beckett, nearly finished it now, onto The Unnameable next...

I cheated and bought the wonderful 18 c.d. box set released to celebrate the centenary of Becketts birth and read by Barry McGovern. I never tire of listening to the Trilogy.

Karlusss

The Cripple of Inishmaan by Martin MacDonagh

One-liners were invented for Irish people. Seriously.

BaZmO*

Just finished The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, hmmm...

Reading Man and Boy by Tony Parsons at the moment. Very like Nick Hornby, very light reading.

Next on the list is The Sea by John Banville

theCzar

Ghostwritten by somebody mitchell... its good!