This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

girlonfire

Ulysses.
I've to read it for college. I wasn't looking forward to it given it's notorious reputation as a difficult book to read. So far, I'm enjoying it.

Callan57

girlonfire wrote: »

Ulysses.
I've to read it for college. I wasn't looking forward to it given it's notorious reputation as a difficult book to read. So far, I'm enjoying it.

Finished it earlier this year ... not as difficult as it's reputation suggests.

OakeyDokey

Going to give Bleak House a go

fitz0

girlonfire wrote: »

Ulysses.
I've to read it for college. I wasn't looking forward to it given it's notorious reputation as a difficult book to read. So far, I'm enjoying it.

This is top of my list for the summer. I've read A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and loved it so I have high hopes for Ulysses.

I'm reading 'God and the State' by Mikhail Bakunin, mainly out of curiosity. So far it's either a dreadfully translated version of a decent book or a dreadfully written book made even worse by the translation. It drops off mid thought, leaves sentences hanging and jumps around quite a bit.

emeraldstar

OakeyDokey wrote: »

Going to give Bleak House a go

One of my utmost favourites! Hope you love it

certifiedcrepe

Just starting "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green.

Monkeybonkers

Taking a break from the Flashman series to read Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

MagicMarker

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry

AnnyHallsal

The Spy who Came in from the Cold

UnderMyThumb

Ocean sea by Alessandro Baricco. It's brilliant.

Callan57

Limassol by Yishai Sarid

TheEscapist

I read A Visit From a Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, incredibly easy to read and a good change of pace from the Game of Thrones I've been reading. Into the second part of Storm of Swords now.

eire4

I finished re reading Eon by Greg Bear over the weekend and am now reading the sequel Eternity again. Very enjoyable so far.

Hope O_o

Almost finished reading 'Pilots, the romance of the air' by William Neely
...it's very engaging.

nicowa

The Once and Future King - T.H. White. Haven't read much in ages and this is definatly the cure!

OakeyDokey

emeraldstar wrote: »

One of my utmost favourites! Hope you love it

Enjoying it very much actually Still a bit to go yet

Brinimartini

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I just finished "A prayer for Owen Meany". Major disappointment and a very irritating story.

That seems a shame because for me the irritation was part of the overall experience
Yes, it was irritating but I stlil thought it was compelling

emeraldstar

OakeyDokey wrote: »

Enjoying it very much actually Still a bit to go yet

Yeah, it's a bit of a beast size-wise, but not one that's a struggle to get through.

Callan57

Started Madeleine Albright's Prague Winter last night

skeleton_boy

Just finished off Between A Rock And A Hard Place this morning.

OakeyDokey

skeleton_boy wrote: »

Just finished off Between A Rock And A Hard Place this morning.

Is that the Aaron Ralstone one? Absolutely loved that book, very inspiring

skeleton_boy

Indeed. Not alone what he done but reading about his "out of body experiences" and how they kept him alive really shows how extraordinary the mind can be.

JB90

TheEscapist wrote: »

I read A Visit From a Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan, incredibly easy to read and a good change of pace from the Game of Thrones I've been reading. Into the second part of Storm of Swords now.

just finished it also - liked it on so many levels!

Travel is good

Brinimartini wrote: »

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I just finished "A prayer for Owen Meany". Major disappointment and a very irritating story.

That seems a shame because for me the irritation was part of the overall experience
Yes, it was irritating but I stlil thought it was compelling

One of my favourite books!

I'm half way through "Posession" by A.S. Byatt. Also reading "The Great Gatsby". I love American literature from that era.

Huzzah!

Just finished Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. I found it a thoroughly enjoyable read. Starting into Pure by Andrew Miller for my book club now. Let's just say it has a tough act to follow!

MagicMarker

Started reading "The Steps to the Empty Throne" by Nigel Tranter, which is the first book in the "Robert the Bruce Trilogy", and I must admit that it's frightfully engrossing.

started reading "the magic mountain"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Mountain

enjoying it very much

Callan57

Picked up The Apartment by Greg Baxter today ...

wilkie2006

Am a bit of the way into Kingsley Amis's "Jake's Thing" (would really recommend Amis to anyone who enjoys good, comedy writing. He's very funny, particularly in "Lucky Jim")

sproggy13

Reading Lidl Leaflet, very interesting