This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Isard

I'm reading Margaret Atwood's "A Handmaid's Tale". Well... Wonderful. Simply wonderful. The language is very interesting and there are lots of new images - not even new but looked at from a completely different angle.

AnnyHallsal

Watchmen (second time)

Callan57

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Only a couple of pages in but loving it already

AnnyHallsal

Callan57 wrote: »

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

Only a couple of pages in but loving it already

Oooh. Been dying to read this since it came out, loved Arthur & George.

Funglegunk

Neil Gaiman - Neverwhere

I preferred this to American Gods.

emeraldstar

Agreed. Neverwhere is far better. AG dragged just a bit.

KnifeWRENCH

NapoleonInRags wrote: »

The Death of Bunny Munro by Nick Cave

I'm a huge fan of the man, but I really thought this was a load of nonsense.

I felt like that a little at the start but I think the book got better as it went on.

I think Cave tried to make Bunny as shocking and repulsive as possible early on, which is to the novel's detriment, but once him and his son hit the road and you see his human side a bit more I think it gets a lot better. Also really liked the ending.

Callan57

AnnyHallsal wrote: »

Oooh. Been dying to read this since it came out, loved Arthur & George.

Loved it ... it's actually a very short read, could have read it in one go but had to get some sleep. Really enjoyed it & I'd highly recommend it.


My next book lined up is 'The Elegance of the Hedgehog' by Muriel Barbery

Travel is good

tim_holsters wrote: »

Yes I like it, I'll finish it later on. The style and structure won't be to everyone's taste. That whole era appeals to me also.

I loved Bad Science btw.

You would probably like this book :
"Free Radicals" by Michael Brooks. I'm about 100 pages in and it's good so far.

All my old school science classes are coming back to me now....

KnifeWRENCH

Started this last night:


It's......different.

AnnyHallsal

Belinda McKeon's Solace.

She loses me, then wins me back. She definitely has talent but this seems not quite the finished article. Not a must read but you could do far worse.

emeraldstar

Snobs by Julian Fellowes

x_Ellie_x

I've just started reading Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh

WesternNight

Just started A Clash of Kings - G. R. R. Martin.

Callan57

Little Bird of Heaven by Joyce Carol Oates

tHE vAGGABOND

Moscow - Dec 25th 1991 by Conor Cleary

crotalus667

My Dad Is Ten Years Old by Mark O'Sullivan

Hermy

Felicia's Journey by William Trevor - creepy

NapoleonInRags

A Short History of Tractors in Ukranian by Marina Lewycka

Really enjoying this - very easy and amusing read. I could see this being made into a very funny movie - the characterisation and dialogue is great - particularly the father.

p to the e

Recently finished Brian Wilson's (of The Beach Boys fame) autobiography. One of the best biographys I've read in a while. His plunge into mental illness is brilliantly documented while his "therapy" is quite controversial.

Started reading Mr. Nice the other day and think I might give up even though I rarely do it. Howard Marks thinks he's the most intelligent human being to grace a prison and his disillusioned anecdotes really grate on me after a while.

AnnyHallsal

Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know

Callan57

AnnyHallsal wrote: »

Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know

Loved that book

flyaway.

Notes on a Scandal by Zoe Heller

KnifeWRENCH

mrs dalloway, and the warrior prophet http://www.sffworld.com/brevoff/12.html

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Started this last night:

It's......different.

I have to say I'm not a fan of him at all

tim_holsters

The People's Act of Love by James Meek. I'm engrossed.

jethro081

Buddah wrote: »

I read The Left Hand of God by Paul Hoffman. Has anyone else read it? Or the follow up which I have not located yet due to the slings and arrows of........... I got it for the young fellow but I will wait untill he's a bit older. Clerical favoured pastimes feature!

I have just blown through both the left hand of god, and the second installment, "the last four things".

I have to say these are great books, Thomas Cale is an engaging protagonist, and I really enjoyed the world in which they were set, and how it seems like some paralell version of our own world, in a manner that slightly reminds me of Philip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy.

All in all ,i would reccomend these books but would agree with keeping them away from your young lad till he is older, as they are quite grim in places.

AnnyHallsal

Madame Bovary, for a second time. Interested to see how it reads ten years later.

Callan57

The Gravedigger's Daughter by Joyce Carol Oates

emeraldstar

The Betrayal by Helen Dunmore. Not too far in but enjoying it so far.

x_Ellie_x

I'm about to start Stephen King's Christine