This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Callan57

Really enjoyed Pigeon English & loved the main character.

Now it's on to The Secret Keeper by Kate Morton

Daisy78

"Something wicked this way comes" by Ray Bradbury. Three chapters in and I know its going to be good:).

eire4

Finished a re read of Morgan Llywelyn's The Last Prince of Ireland. A really moving recounting of the last march of O'Sullivan Beara from Doire na Fola to O'Rourke's castle in Leitrim.

Mr.Nice Guy

Been reading some short stories by John McGahern. Very good stuff.

Belle E. Flops

Finished the Miniaturist. I was really enjoying the first half of the book, it had a gothic sort of feel to it but then it totally changed about halfway through. The book then ended with a lot of questions left unanswered which annoyed me a lot.

Started the second Game of Thrones books, A Clash of Kings this morning. I'm really looking forward to getting stuck in to it.

Wyldwood

Finished Elizabeth is Missing and found it disappointing. I think Genova's Still Alice has set the standard too high for any other Alzheimers/Dementia books n my view. Promoted as a psychological thriller, I found it anything but a thriller.

Elizabeth is Missing started out reasonably well but the outcome became apparent very quickly and the story became tedious and repetitive. It does present the position of the carer, daughter Helen, very well. The frustration and helplessness of the person responsible for a dementia sufferer is very well portrayed. However, I fail to see why it won the Costa Award for first novel but I have often found books that received awards disappointing.

Paddy Samurai

Part 8
Read about 30 pages on the bus this morning and can't wait to start back tonight. Like meeting up with an old friend for a pint.Great stuff!, a real page turner.
Normally I don't like long book series ,this is one of the few exceptions.

With this eighth entry in the epic Saxon Tales series, we are reminded once again why New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell is “the most prolific and successful historical novelist in the world today” (Wall Street Journal).

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I started reading Tim Winton's latest novel "Eyrie" this afternoon and am about 100 pages in already. I just love his writing.

ivytwine

Gonna start the Silkworm, the sequel to the Cuckoo's Calling by "Robert Galbraith" aka JK Rowling tonight. I need something relatively easy to read at the moment as very busy with college, work etc.

Have been mostly reading Discworld over the last few weeks. Reading the author bio on Soul Music was like a punch in the gut

Ipso

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Part 8
Read about 30 pages on the bus this morning and can't wait to start back tonight. Like meeting up with an old friend for a pint.Great stuff!, a real page turner.
Normally I don't like long book series ,this is one of the few exceptions.

I read The Winter King, to me it veered between great bits and ok bits.

giggii

ivytwine wrote: »

Gonna start the Silkworm, the sequel to the Cuckoo's Calling by "Robert Galbraith" aka JK Rowling tonight. I need something relatively easy to read at the moment as very busy with college, work etc.

Have been mostly reading Discworld over the last few weeks. Reading the author bio on Soul Music was like a punch in the gut

I really liked The Silkworm, thought it was better than the first novel of the series, it very easy to get through, perfect for when you just need to switch off a bit!

SarahBM

Finished Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Last night. Didn't really like it to be honest. Never really read sci-fi before. I hope the film is better (Blade Runner).

Started the Book of Evidence by John Banville. I've heard he is good. Only managed to read a few pages before falling asleep but I will hopefully get to read a good bit tonight.

eire4

Finished a re read of Morgan Llywelyn's The Elementals. A very good read and very topical today given the impact of climate change.

ivytwine

giggii wrote: »

I really liked The Silkworm, thought it was better than the first novel of the series, it very easy to get through, perfect for when you just need to switch off a bit!

I'm heading towards the end now, and really enjoying it. I liked the first one a lot but I don't know am I liking this one more. When I find out whodunnit I'll know!

Callan57

Starting The Sacrifice by Joyce Carol Oates

Jimmy Iovine

I finished The Girl who Played with Fire on Tuesday night. I enjoyed the first but this was better. It just kept going right until the very, very last line. I haven't seen that in a book before.

I've started Gone Girl which my girlfriend has been bigging up a lot.

I've read four books since Christmas when I got a Kindle. I think it's one of the best presents I've ever got. I was skeptical but I'm a convert. It's brilliant.

Aenaes

Jimmy Iovine wrote: »

I finished The Girl who Played with Fire on Tuesday night. I enjoyed the first but this was better. It just kept going right until the very, very last line. I haven't seen that in a book before.

I thought the first story was alot stronger.

I finished The Last Of The Mohicans. At roughly 250 pages it was supposed to be a quick read but I got bogged down in it. I liked it in places and my general feeling is that it's alright. Some good characters and I believe it helped popularise wild frontier stories.

I liked how it was set in the upper New York/Hudson River area. It made a change from stories set on the ranges and plains of the Midwest.

Now I'm reading A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin before watching the current season of Game of Thrones.

ivytwine

Really enjoyed The Silkworm. Definitely stronger than the first Cormoran Strike book, and the resolution was a lot more realistic!

SarahBM

Aenaes wrote: »

I thought the first story was alot stronger.

I finished The Last Of The Mohicans. At roughly 250 pages it was supposed to be a quick read but I got bogged down in it. I liked it in places and my general feeling is that it's alright. Some good characters and I believe it helped popularise wild frontier stories.

I liked how it was set in the upper New York/Hudson River area. It made a change from stories set on the ranges and plains of the Midwest.

Now I'm reading A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin before watching the current season of Game of Thrones.

I read The Last of the Mohicans a few years ago. I love the film so I really was looking forward to reading it, but like you I just got very bogged down in it and I didn't enjoy it at all. One of the few cases I think where I thought the film was better than the book.
As for Game of Thrones - the sheer size of the books puts me off. At the moment for some reason I am struggling to read at all. I've lost my "mojo" :eek:

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I'm still reading Eyrie by Tim Winton. I started it last weekend and was tearing through it but then I realised I'd be finished it in no time and was enjoying it way too much to only spend a day or two with it. So now I'm trying to ration it, a few chapters a night. Every one of Winton's books I read push him further in front of everyone else on my favourite author list.

IvyTheTerrible

SarahBM wrote: »

I read The Last of the Mohicans a few years ago. I love the film so I really was looking forward to reading it, but like you I just got very bogged down in it and I didn't enjoy it at all. One of the few cases I think where I thought the film was better than the book.
As for Game of Thrones - the sheer size of the books puts me off. At the moment for some reason I am struggling to read at all. I've lost my "mojo" :eek:

I also got bogged down in The Last of the Mohicans! I really wanted to read it because the film is one of my favourites. I also think the film is better. Aparently it was based much more on the 1936 film than the original novel.

Dial Hard

Two more weeks to the end of the academic year and being able to read for pleasure again!

I did, however, sneak a re-read of Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things in there last week after my final assignment went in...

First up for post-exam reading is Stephen King's Gerald's Game. Spotted it on my boyfriend's bookshelf a few weeks ago and got terribly excited as it's one of the very few King's I haven't read yet.

fistfights

Dial Hard wrote: »

First up for post-exam reading is Stephen King's Gerald's Game. Spotted it on my boyfriend's bookshelf a few weeks ago and got terribly excited as it's one of the very few King's I haven't read yet.

Just my opinion but 'Gerald's Game' is probably one of King's creepiest novels!


I'm reading 'Sister Queens: The Noble, Tragic lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile' by Julia Fox (jesus, that title is a mouthful) and 'Don't Mention the Wars' by Tony Connelly.

I've read 33 books so far this year but I just can't get into anything the past week or so. I think I'll need to give up on non-fiction for a while.

Callan57

I about 50% into Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann and enjoying it a lot

Wyldwood

Picked up Lars Kepler's The Hypnotist in the library based on the glowing recommendations here and really enjoyed it. It's a very intense thriller and, in spite of several holes in the plot, is probably one of the best Scandinavian detective books I've read. Thank you to those who recommended it. This thread is great for recommendations.

Now for something lighter, maybe The Silkworm as I liked The Cuckoo's Calling.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I read Translations by Brian Friel today. Very short play. It's set in the 1830's in Irish speaking Donegal. The English are mapping the area and are changing all the place names to English ones and are being met with a little bit of resistance from some locals. I know plays are limited by their nature to how much action can actually happen but this one hints at such a great story. It would be really great to have it fleshed out more in film, maybe, or even a novel.

crustybla

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. I'm enjoying it as an easy enough read.

SarahBM

crustybla wrote: »

The Red Tent by Anita Diamant. I'm enjoying it as an easy enough read.

My housemate raves about this book. If we are ever having a conversation about books, she always mentions this one. Look forward to hearing what you think.

I am not liking the Book of Evidence at all. I will finish it because I want to know how it ends but it is not an enjoyable read. I need to read something I like next, because I haven't liked the last few books I have read and I am getting annoyed!

Aenaes

I finished A Feast For Crows. The next book in the series, A Dance With Dragons takes place at the same time with characters split into different books. Which means I'll have to read A Dance With Dragons before I can start watching the current season of Game of Thrones. Slightly annoying approach to splitting the novels plus it meant re-visiting annoying characters sooner because there's less characters overall.


Anyway, now I'm reading Berlin: The Downfall 1945 by Antony Beevor. I really enjoyed Stalingrad by him so I'm hoping for the same amount of knowledge and detail. I'm heading there in May so I'm hopefully I can pick out some locations/landmarks.

IvyTheTerrible

Aenaes wrote: »

I finished A Feast For Crows. The next book in the series, A Dance With Dragons takes place at the same time with characters split into different books. Which means I'll have to read A Dance With Dragons before I can start watching the current season of Game of Thrones. Slightly annoying approach to splitting the novels plus it meant re-visiting annoying characters sooner because there's less characters overall.


Anyway, now I'm reading Berlin: The Downfall 1945 by Antony Beevor. I really enjoyed Stalingrad by him so I'm hoping for the same amount of knowledge and detail. I'm heading there in May so I'm hopefully I can pick out some locations/landmarks.

Here is a suggested reading order for the those two books in the series: http://boiledleather.com/post/25902554148/a-new-reader-friendly-combined-reading-order-for-a