This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Callan57

A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

Oops69

Finally got round to reading Arthur Miller's 'Death of a salesman' last weekend , it blew me away, intense and profound , went out today and bought 'All of my sons ' and 'The crucible ' for second hand in chapters , looking forward..

Hagseed by Margaret Atwood.

What other Margaret Atwood would people recommend?..Maybe apart from Alias Grace and the handmaids tale?..

marienbad

A Sport and a Pastime - James Salter

The Shadow of a Gunman - Sean O'Casey

On Fiction - Sebastian Faulks

wally1990

Decided to start reading American Gods
1/3 the way through now
Reviews were excellent
I think it's only ok so far
I haven't seen the TV show

LionelNashe

"How to Stop Time" by Matt Haig.

eire4

Finished Harlen Coben's Darkest Fear a decent thriller crime drama.

Xofpod

Deleted User wrote: »

Hagseed by Margaret Atwood.

What other Margaret Atwood would people recommend?..Maybe apart from Alias Grace and the handmaids tale?..

Oryx and Crake is fantastic.

Xofpod

Xofpod wrote: »

Oryx and Crake is fantastic.

Thanks..I'll pick it up..had a look at it but the reviews seemed iffy, but, seeing as you recommend it..yeah, I quite enjoyed hagseed..

Callan57

Xofpod wrote: »

Oryx and Crake is fantastic.

I agree Oryx & Crake, and The Year of the Flood, are brilliant but I thougt the third book, MaddAddam, wasn't quite the same standard ... but maybe by then I was ready for something different.

Wyldwood

Callan57 wrote: »

I agree Oryx & Crake, and The Year of the Flood, are brilliant but I thougt the third book, MaddAddam, wasn't quite the same standard ... but maybe by then I was ready for something different.

Agree totally, the first two are great reads the third is a let down

Xofpod

I thought the first was outstanding but the second was weaker, mainly retreading the same ground. I took a conscious decision to hold off on reading the third, hoping that distance would make it fresh again.

All that said, the first works brilliantly in a standalone capacity (and maybe should have been left at that...)

Callan57

World Gone By by Dennis Lehane

Fathom

THE PEOPLE VS. ALEX CROSS
by James Patterson

kirk buttercup

Fathom wrote: »

THE PEOPLE VS. ALEX CROSS
by James Patterson

wow is he still writing Alex Cross books? Alex cross must be about 80 by now

ILikeBoats

Are they any good? (The Alex Cross books)

Callan57

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Are they any good? (The Alex Cross books)

Writing by numbers IMO

kirk buttercup

Callan57 wrote: »

Writing by numbers IMO

some of them were very good
along came the spider
kiss the girls
jack and Jill
the big Bad wolf
but after so many I agree it became writing by numbers like a lot of his books. and he has a lot of co-writers which begs the question is he writing them at all . it feel like he releases a book every other week

neris

Started reading a book called "The Innovators Dilema" last week and only about 50 pages into it and I think it,s heading back onto the book shelf as is

Ipso

ILikeBoats wrote: »

Are they any good? (The Alex Cross books)

Like Chinese take away, sounds like a good idea at the time but when you've finished you wonder why you bothered.

Callan57

A Drink Before The War by Dennis Lehane

Fathom

Callan57 wrote: »

Writing by numbers IMO

Many fictional franchises template what sells. The market decides. It's a cool mindless break from reading university textbooks, which, of course, use an Ivory Tower template.

marienbad

Fathom wrote: »

reading university textbooks, which, of course, use an Ivory Tower template.

Any examples in mind ?

Fathom

marienbad wrote: »

Any examples in mind ?

Statistics texts. More similar than different in content & context & format. Students buried in esoteric mathematical details. All terribly boring. Too often impractical when attempting to analyze real world problems. Fortunately, I took data analysis from a prof that doesn't use a stat text (To the horror of her colleagues!). She teaches conceptual stat from notes and actual research published in journals. Experiential too. Interactively we reviewed and critiqued the journal analyses. Additionally, we were to analyze a research problem of interest. Not some generic textbook problems. I actually got excited crunching numbers, reporting, and defending my results before classmates and prof!

marienbad

Fathom wrote: »

Statistics texts. More similar than different in content & context & format. Students buried in esoteric mathematical details. All terribly boring. Too often impractical when attempting to analyze real world problems. Fortunately, I took data analysis from a prof that doesn't use a stat text (To the horror of her colleagues!). She teaches conceptual stat from notes and actual research published in journals. Experiential too. Interactively we reviewed and critiqued the journal analyses. Additionally, we were to analyze a research problem of interest. Not some generic textbook problems. I actually got excited crunching numbers, reporting, and defending my results before classmates and prof!

Thanks for your reply , I wouldn't know too much about statistics but it is a an area often thought of studying more in depth but alas time flies .

I was afraid just for a minute you meant literary texts , but alas I believe they have gone the same way .My favourite poet is Dante and I believe you can now get a degree in Dante Studies in some US Universities and need never read a line by poor Dante !

Fathom

marienbad wrote: »

My favourite poet is Dante and I believe you can now get a degree in Dante Studies in some US Universities and need never read a line by poor Dante !

Diploma mills. Not flagships.

marienbad

Fathom wrote: »

Diploma mills. Not flagships.

I truly hope so

Fathom

THE WIFE BETWEEN US
by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

Callan57

One Of Us Is Sleeping by Josefine Klougart

marienbad

Travellers In the 3rd Reich : The Rise of Fascism through the Eyes Of Everyday People - Julia Boyd

Unwinnable ; Britain's War in Afghanistan 2001-14 - Theo Farrell

A Book of Book Lists - Alex Johnson

The Veil - Conor McPherson