This week, I are mostly reading....

Denerick

Started Alduous Huxley's 'Point Counter Point' last night when I came home drunk. Possibly would have preferred to be watching porn at that late hour but Huxley will do! (People who have read it might know what I'm on about )

mickedm

funnily enough just started Irvine Welsh's Porno

BopNiblets

Porno is more fun to watch

Island Of The Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore, it's great fun.

Sir Gallagher

Started reading Last Exit to Brooklyn by Hubert Selby Jr. a few days ago, not for the faint hearted.

robo

The Damned United by Dave Peace and I am enjoying it!

PattheMetaller

"True Detectives" by Jonathan Kellerman. An excellent read with the two main characters originally appearing in the latest Alex Delaware "Bones"

Blush_01

About to start Sovereign - CJ Sansom

Flairpinnedme

just finished the remains of the day by kazuo ishiguro the other day and now reading never let me go by him also

Zwillinge

Just finished Katie Price's Angel Uncovered Was great fun actually :P

Now I've Roddy Doyle's The Snapper to get my teeth into

Lovecat

I'm reading Emma by Jane Austen at the moment; it's really good but Emma is such a pain in the ass! She can't keep her nose out of anyone else's business. And if I had to put up with Mr Knightley every day I'd end up kicking him in the balls out of frustration. I don't know why i'm enjoying the book so much when I can't stand the characters. Guess it must just be Jane Austen's genius writing skills.

John

I read four pages of Emma and gave up. I found it horrendously bad.

BaZmO*

Ah it only picks up on page 5

Vim Fuego

I read The Road by Cormac McCarthy this week. Don't think I'm adding tremendously to the discussion but it was utterly gripping. Loved it.

Last night, I started The Third Policeman. It was 1am so I only got through the opening chapter but what an opening chapter it was! Looking forward to getting stuck in at the weekend.

I'm also picking my way through The Secret Life of Trees by Colin Tudge. It's really good but but it is heavy going if you're not a natural biologist (and I am far from one).

Good reading week though.

GhostInTheRuins

Just started 'The Crow Road' by Iain Banks.

fishtastico

This week it's Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad for me

UpCork

I just finished 'The Forgotten Garden' and it was fantastic. Might start on a Jodi Picoult book next or else Paulo Coehlo's new one.

mickedm

Just read The Loved one by Evelyn Waugh. Short and funny, worth a go

Kur4mA

PattheMetaller wrote: »

"True Detectives" by Jonathan Kellerman. An excellent read with the two main characters originally appearing in the latest Alex Delaware "Bones"

I actually just finished Bones and found it just ok. It started off quite well but I found the 3 main characters quite boring. I felt nothing for Detective Milo Sturgis... he didn't seem to do a whole lot in it but eat and treat the n00bie Detective Reed like a child. And as for the so called "brilliant" psychologist Alex Delaware- apart from the end of the book and the occasional input into the ongoing investigation he seemed quite useless.

On the other hand, I also finished City Of The Sun by David Levien a couple of weeks ago and it was a brilliant read.

Chumpski

robo wrote: »

The Damned United by Dave Peace and I am enjoying it!

Just finished reading that, good take on Brian Howard Clough!

Currently reading Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco.

Blush_01

I've decided to give Tom Jones - Henry Fielding a bash.

John

Recently read:
Agatha Christie The Murder on the Links

Now reading:
Frank Herbert Children of Dune

turgon

fishtastico wrote: »

This week it's Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad for me

How did you find it?

I just started For Whom The Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway.

Read Jekyll and Hyde yesterday. The blurb at the back basically gave the whole plot away. It is 88 pages long, and it at page 66 I still knew what was going to happen because of the blurb.

Tinchy

anyone ever read The Island by Victoria Hislop? great book.

banjopaul

Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
Just started as a result of what I've read about it in here.

crybaby

halfway through The Crossing by Cormac McCarthy really enjoying it but after reading All The Pretty Horses he has a bit of a habit of making the smallest things into mystical magical fantastic things that shift the course of the world don't get me wrong most of it is beautiful but sometimes you just feel like he could relax a little bit and let the story flow. I am enjoying his writing a lot but maybe after this one I will take a break for a bit.

I tried to read some Chuck Palahniuk twice now in the last few weeks and it just feels anytime I try to read him I feel like I have just outgrown that style of writing it just feels like he;s trying way too hard for that certain tone and these are books that I use to love but who knows I will try again at a different time.

I read Factotum two weeks ago and what a book nothing incredible about the writing other than its simplicity and its comedy. Just brilliantly funny stories for an entire book I am looking forward to reading Ham on Rye again.

John

Some recent purchases (not reading them all right now!):

chenguin

I just finished reading Darkhouse from Alex Barclay. Absolutely brilliant!! I really enjoyed this book.
Going to read her next one The Caller now. So excited

growler

six suspects by vikas swarup, another entertaining story , probably a bit policitally sensitive to get turned into a movie though!

Blush_01

Putting Tom on the long finger.

Confessions of a Fallen Angel - Ronan O'Brien.

Blush_01

Now starting The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks. Already giving the impression it'll be a gudun!