This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Asphyxia

I started The Twilight Phenomenon by by Nicola Bardola my sister picked it up for me after we had a discussion about the books the other day. Very interesting read, I have about 50 pages left so will finish it tonight.

I would advise this book to be read after you finish the full saga as it would spoil it otherwise.

Blobby George

Bleak House by Dickens.

Callan57

Starting Skippy Dies now

dr gonzo

Study in Scarlet by Conan Doyle. My first foray into Sherlock Holmes and im really enjoying it. Its actually a terrible shame that the popular image of holmes is so off-putting because the actual literary character is fantastic

squeakyduck

Blobby George wrote: »

Bleak House by Dickens.

Good luck to you! I tried to read that in my undergrad and I couldn't get through it, Dickens goes into way too much detail within that book. Amazing story though especially for the time that was in it!

BBC television version with Gillian Anderson is absolutely amazing!

I bought The Dark by John McGahern today so I'm going to start that tonight or tomorrow. I studied him a little in my undergrad, so I'm excited now!

emeraldstar

squeakyduck wrote: »

Good luck to you! I tried to read that in my undergrad and I couldn't get through it, Dickens goes into way too much detail within that book. Amazing story though especially for the time that was in it!

BBC television version with Gillian Anderson is absolutely amazing!

I did Bleak House for my undergrad also and absolutely LOVED it. Even though it's very long (obviously, being Dickens) but I found I flew through it because once I got into the story I just wanted to keep reading. It's one of my favourite books now.

I agree on the TV version though - amazing. Had to buy it on DVD too and watched most of it (8 hours long...) in one day

flyaway.

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

ElasticMan

Methamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence
Killer in the Rain by Raymond Chandler
The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
The Diceman by Luke Rhinehart
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
The Crimes of Love by Marquis de Sade
Necronomicon and Other Weird Tales by HP Lovecraft
The Complete Illustrated Works of Edgar Allen Poe

I didn't read much in my youth so I have a lot of catching up to do.

spongehaed

squeakyduck wrote: »

Good luck to you! I tried to read that in my undergrad and I couldn't get through it, Dickens goes into way too much detail within that book. Amazing story though especially for the time that was in it!

BBC television version with Gillian Anderson is absolutely amazing!

I bought The Dark by John McGahern today so I'm going to start that tonight or tomorrow. I studied him a little in my undergrad, so I'm excited now!

That book is well named read it when i was 14 or 15 -Similar age as the main character - and it creeped me out. Great though.

EdgarAllenPoo

Moab is My Washpot by Stephen Fry.

Travel is good

Callan57 wrote: »

Starting Skippy Dies now

I think you will enjoy it. It was one of my favourites of all the Booker prize shortlist/longlist & I've read a lot of them now.

I have just started "Serena" by Ron Nash.

I just finished "Random Acts of Heroic Love" by Danny Scheinmann. That story sounds a bit like the new film out shortly with Colin Farrel & Saoirse Ronan, about a long trek through Siberia to escape from the gulag/camp.

Callan57

Finished 'Skippy Dies' and absolutely loved it

Going to start Death in Tuscany by Michele Giuttari tonight

Busi_Girl08

Finished Catch 22, LOVED IT. Brilliant ending.

I started The Great Gatsby last night. Not bad so far.

tHE vAGGABOND

Wanted to read some "easy" thriller/fiction - so I got the Hunt for Red October for my Kindle..

brilliant - but you all know that, as you saw the movie

UpCork

Callan57 wrote: »

Starting Skippy Dies now

Reading it now too. Love it. Although I do find some of the language quite coarse, but that could just be me.

Asphyxia

I'm reading Slaughterhouse 5 again as I got the book as a gift for Christmas

squeakyduck

I started Lucia Joyce: To dance in the wake this morning. It was a present from my mother for Christmas. Large book but I'm looking forward to getting into it!

bp1989

Just finished Let The Right One In, now onto The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Don't know why I'm reading so many Swedish works lately.

Callan57

Finished A Death in Tuscany and loved it

Picked up a P G Wodehouse 'Pigs Have Wings' in my mother's house today ... a bit of a laugh needed after all the bloody frost & snow.

Busi_Girl08

Finished he Great Gatsby, not bad.
Started Rebecca last night, love the atmosphere of it so far

Callan57

Starting 'Echoes from the Dead' by Johan Theorin

flyaway.

Reckless by Cornelia Funke

Callan57

A Pair of Blue Eyes .... Thomas Hardy

Tesco Massacre

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace.

hazydays

has anyone read the girl with the dragon tattoo series of books i got them for christmas and haven't a clue what they're about so reluctant to start them

George83

hazydays wrote: »

has anyone read the girl with the dragon tattoo series of books i got them for christmas and haven't a clue what they're about so reluctant to start them

I bought them but can't muster the inspiration to read them.

Am reading The Butcher Boy atm

hazydays

i heard thats very good.. think i'll just try get started on the books i havent seen the film either so i'll just dive in to it and see how it goes

George83

Please let me know what you think of them.

Busi_Girl08

George83 wrote: »

I bought them but can't muster the inspiration to read them.

Am reading The Butcher Boy atm

Brilliant book

very disturbing though :eek:

Asphyxia

hazydays wrote: »

has anyone read the girl with the dragon tattoo series of books i got them for christmas and haven't a clue what they're about so reluctant to start them

Hey.

I was funny about reading them aswell but when I had a lazy day I decided I would try and I have to say I am delighted I did because I found them brilliant.

It's worth a try anyway.