This week, I are mostly reading....

xxLillyxx

'what is the what' by dave eggers
and 'the secret'

nerdysal

I are reading "All Summer" by Claire Kilroy. Really enjoying it, she really has a way with words.

AJG

'Collected Stories' - Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

Acid_Violet

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
made for puzzled looks from teachers, relatives, classmates amongst others

And a bit o' The Secret every now and then

John

Do Animals Have Rights? by Alison Hills

TequilaMockingBird

Blood River by Tim Butcher.

nerdysal

Woman of Substance- Barbara Taylor Bradford

YogiBear

Acid_Violet wrote: »

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
made for puzzled looks from teachers, relatives, classmates amongst others

And a bit o' The Secret every now and then

A great book imo! Lolita!!

Acid_Violet

Tis indeed, but it's getting just a bit too creepy now (I'm on the second part of the book now.)

AJG

I must have been one of the few who didn't really like it. Nothing to do with the subject matter just the writing. Maybe we should start a new thread/poll for it.

YogiBear

Chicken Soup for the Soul - Jack Canfield & Mark Victor Hansen.

Also reading bits here and there of

The Ancestor's Tale - Richard Dawkins.

Jello

No Country For Old Men - Cormac McCarthy

emkey

Northern Lights - Philip Pullman. I've read on some other board that "Golden Compass" is one of the worst adaptations ever, so out of curiosity I decided to check it out.

Chumpski

kraggy wrote: »

The Shadow of the Wind

Great book, enjoy. I read it a few years ago and i have re read it a couple of times since. Barcelona is a fantastic city as well.

sueme wrote: »

Blood River by Tim Butcher.

Taking a break from fiction and starting this next. Are you enjoying it?

emkey

emkey wrote: »

Northern Lights - Philip Pullman. I've read on some other board that "Golden Compass" is one of the worst adaptations ever, so out of curiosity I decided to check it out.

it wasn't bad but still far from good.

This week I are moving into main stream: "The Lost Honour of Katharina Blum" by Heinrich Boll.

AJG

'Stories of Five Decades' - Hermann Hesse.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

tad williams - shadowplay

i remember loving the first one, but there are a few things that are annoying me about this offering.. maybe it's just that I remember so little of the story.

JackieChan

Just read The Road (Cormac McCarthy). Quick read(300 pages in large font).
I like these post-apocalyptic novels and I'll enjoy reading it again. Reminded me a bit of Falling from Cars

Now on to No country for old men.

Karlusss

Ernest Hemingway - Fiesta

Not what you would call "major Hemingway" but entertaining enough all the same.

Edit: Wikipedia tells me that "most critics" think it's his best novel - there's me stung then.

greatscott

I really liked Fiesta too.

Just finished "Engleby" by Sebastian Faulks.. loved it, thought it was more enjoyable than Birdsong, though very different.

ZorbaTehZ

greatscott wrote: »

I really liked Fiesta too.

Same, brilliant book to be honest, one of my favourites.

John

David Lynch The Air is on Fire

A collection of his art with commentaries and interviews. Pretty cool.

Joe Cool

Just finished 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' by Ken Kesey.

Starting 'Shakespeare Never Did This' by Charles Bukowski.

iFight

Just finished H.P Lovecraft's Whisperer in Darkness, from a recommendation on here actaully. Loved it.

tHE vAGGABOND

Lady Gregorys complete irish mythology

Not too bad at all...

AJG

'Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue' (Scenes from the Non-Christian World) - Paul Bowles.

owlwink

The Ticket that Exploded by William S. Burroughs.

worth a look

randomguy

AJG wrote: »

'Their Heads Are Green and Their Hands Are Blue' (Scenes from the Non-Christian World) - Paul Bowles.

Any good? I really liked The Sheltering Sky, but haven't read anything else by him.

Serpentine

Bret Easton Ellis Lunar Park

FruitLover

Currently on Murakami's 'Noruē no Mori' ('Norwegian Wood').

ShagNastii wrote: »

Filth- Irvine Walsh

I enjoyed this - I really like Welsh's style. I think I also read Porno straight afterwards, which is an interesting read for fans of Trainspotting.