This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

ivytwine

FaulknersFav wrote: »

Just about to start Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay. Looking forward to it as the reviews are so strong. First book I've read by the author.

It took me an absolute age to read that for some reason, but it's a great book!

FaulknersFav

Feck I've suggested it as the first book for a book club that's just starting!! Hopefully it doesn't crash and burn!!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Over the weekend I read a book called "Fall Girl" by Toni Jordan. It's a sort of romantic comedy thing, not usually my bag at all but I fancied something light and easy for a change. I was pleasantly surprised by it.

It's about a woman, Della, who is from a family of con artists and her latest job is getting a conning money out of a millionaire who runs a program that funds scientific research. When he takes more interest in her project than she predicted she finds herself on the back foot slightly and her plans start to fall apart.

As I said, not the kind of thing I'd usually go for but I found it quite charming and very entertaining. If you're looking for something light and not requiring much effort to get through you could do worse.

ivytwine

FaulknersFav wrote: »

Feck I've suggested it as the first book for a book club that's just starting!! Hopefully it doesn't crash and burn!!

Ah no, I think it was because it was the first book I read on the Kindle... It took me a while to get used to reading on it and then I didn't realise I could change the font size until well over halfway through... I was reading like half a page at a time haha

FaulknersFav

ivytwine wrote: »

Ah no, I think it was because it was the first book I read on the Kindle... It took me a while to get used to reading on it and then I didn't realise I could change the font size until well over halfway through... I was reading like half a page at a time haha

Haha that would slow things down

I started it yesterday and I love it so far. Fantastic writing, finding it hard to not be immediately enamoured with the two main characters Which in a long book is definitely a good thing!!

Callan57

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe

Fathom

The Red by Ridley Pearson. Suspense.

Belle E. Flops

Finished 'Colour of Magic' by Terry Pratchett. I enjoyed it but I had expected it to be better.

Started 'Little Women' this morning. I've been meaning to read it for years.

ivytwine

Belle E. Flops wrote: »

Finished 'Colour of Magic' by Terry Pratchett. I enjoyed it but I had expected it to be better

It's not his best tbh and Discworld doesn't get into the swing of things for a few books!

Belle E. Flops

ivytwine wrote: »

It's not his best tbh and Discworld doesn't get into the swing of things for a few books!

I had heard that alright. Do the books have to be read in order or could I just skip on a few to the better ones?

ivytwine

Belle E. Flops wrote: »

I had heard that alright. Do the books have to be read in order or could I just skip on a few to the better ones?

Not at all, I started with feet of clay which is quite a late one and then read them all out of order! Didn't really make a difference to my enjoyment of them.
I am thinking of doing a chronological reread, but that is the kind of person I am!

fruvai

I'm re-reading Dubliners

Jijsaw

'Why don't you play 'Imagine' on the white piano, John? By Klaus Voormann.

I'm loving it so far, an autobiography of a man who met The Beatles way when they were doing a residency in Hamburg and continued to be a very good friend of George Harrison until he died. He designed the album cover for 'Revolver' and played on many of the ex-Beatles solo albums.

Birneybau

I'm reading a book about Rasputin, not great, and Kim Gordon's (Sonic Youth) memoir, great.

eire4

fruvai wrote: »

I'm re-reading Dubliners

I re read it myself over the chritsmas period. What a great read.

eire4

Finished a re read of Morgan Llwelyn's Re Branch which is basically her version of the legend of Cuchulain.

Callan57

Rescue by Anita Shreve

Esterhase

A Small Town in Germany - Le Carré. Meh, it's probably my least favourite off his that I've read so far.

Wyldwood

After a run of mediocre books I finally read Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar. It's been on my 'must read' list for a while. It's a great read, funny in places, harrowing in others, but a wonderfully written insight into the mind of the suicidal/mentally ill.
The only criticism I have is that I felt the ending was too abrupt.

Now on to Elizabeth is Missing

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Fallout by Sadie Jones.

I read another of her books last year, The Outcast, and loved it mostly. This one is set in 1970's London and is about 3 friends, Luke, Paul and Leigh, all budding theatre people, who are forming their own theatre group and it's all going well until Luke falls in love with an actress who just happens to be married to a big time producer type. I'm nearly finished and it's pretty good so far but I have a feeling she's heading for a romantic happy ending which was the one tiny niggle I had about her other book. We shall see.

eire4

Finished a re read of Morgan Llwelyn's Druids. A very moving read as the author gives her fictional version of the fall of Gaul to the Romans through the eyes of the Druid Ainvar.

giggii

Just finished The Dice Man by Luke Rhineheart. Excellent read, very thought provoking, although some of the subject matter was a little hard to stomach at times!!

Currently reading Antic Hay by Huxley, it's for my book club, not overly keen on it thus far, but it's a relatively short read so I'll continue to plough through!!

Still on What If? by Randall Munroe as well, it's the kind of book you can dip in and out of, especially as every chapter deals with a completely different subject matter!!

Swiper the fox

Almost finished Touch by Sarah Webb having recently read and loved The first fifteen lives of Harry August.
This one is tough work, clever and thrilling at times but mostly confusing and frustrating and I find myself skim reading entire pages quite a lot.
Also started reading The Tyson tapes which will be very good I think.

Paddy Samurai

A young adult book.
Not one I would normally read. But since Willocks is among my favourite authors ,that along with the reviews and a healthy dose of curiosity I decided to give it a go.
Only one chapter in so I'll see what happens.........

This is a book that every dog lover should read. It's a book that every teenager should read. It is full of violence but it's also full of love and a touch of humor. It's really full of inspiration and hope -- Furgul's inspiration and hope.
And it's absolutely wonderful

http://www.examiner.com/review/doglands-by-tim-willocks

mejulie805

Have been so busy lately it took me over a month to read my last book. Onto Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill now..

Birneybau

'The Hypnotist' by Lars Keplar. The first outing of Chief Inspector Joona Linna. One of the strangest and most enjoyable crime books I've ever read.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Read The Crucible by Arthur Miller there. Really good insight into the Salem witch trials and it's got some authors notes here and there which add a bit of actual background history and stuff.

SarahBM

Finished reading Fingersmith. It was ok. Dragged towards the end. I started Animal Farm. Enjoying it. Onto Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep next.

giggii

mejulie805 wrote: »

Have been so busy lately it took me over a month to read my last book. Onto Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill now..

Really like his books, he's far more adept at finishing off a novel than his father is anyway! :P

Callan57

Birneybau wrote: »

'The Hypnotist' by Lars Keplar. The first outing of Chief Inspector Joona Linna. One of the strangest and most enjoyable crime books I've ever read.

Superb book.
Well into Pigeon English & it's very entertaining