This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

thegreengoblin

SarahBM wrote: »

What did you think of the Lord of the flies? for such a small book , it took me ages to read.

Enjoy the Hobbit, brilliant book

One of the best compliments I could give Lord of the Flies is that when I was reading it in school for the Leaving Cert, we did a few pages in our last class of the day and I was so engrossed that I practically ran home to finish it off. It's a stunning novel and 24 years later it's definitely due a second read!

Callan57

The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue

AnnyHallsal

Teju Cole, Open City

Whatsernamex33

At First Sight, Nicholas Sparks.

eire4

Finished a re read of Michael Connelly's The Closers last night.

VanillaLime

Trying to get back into reading again - I used to read loads but have fallen out of the habit the past few years.
Just finished Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann, enjoyed it.

Meathlass

The Club by Christy O'Connor

Excellent book about a year in the life of a GAA club in Co Clare

Slattsy

After The Walking Dead fizzling out over the past 2 series', i've gone for World War Z to satisfy my blood lust

So far so good, i love the format, very interesting.

gramar

Nearly finished Jo Nesbo's Phantom.
Thatis them all read and honestly I wouldn't be rushing out to buy his next one.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Finished Plainsong by Kent Haruf this morning, moving straight on to it's "sequel" Eventide tonight.

dee_mc

Andy Dunne11 wrote: »

'Brooklyn' by Colm Toibin. Young Wexford woman emigrates to New York in the 1950's. Much better than I anticipated.

I felt the same, finished it last night and loved that Eilis was such a consistent, ordinary Irish character; particularly liked the lack of overstated drama, the lack of 'overwhelmed at seeing Time Square for the first time' bull, and that the reader is kept guessing at the end, can't hack a book where all the loose ends are neatly sewn up!
Would you recommend his other books? Brooklyn was my first CT book.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

dee_mc wrote: »

I felt the same, finished it last night and loved that Eilis was such a consistent, ordinary Irish character; particularly liked the lack of overstated drama, the lack of 'overwhelmed at seeing Time Square for the first time' bull, and that the reader is kept guessing at the end, can't hack a book where all the loose ends are neatly sewn up!
Would you recommend his other books? Brooklyn was my first CT book.

I read The Blackwater Lightship after having read Brooklyn. I'm not sure I really liked either. I felt they were a little bit dull. I get what you're saying about the ordinary and all that but for me there was a little bit too much of it. However, if you enjoyed Brooklyn you'd probably enjoy Blackwater Lightship too.

They're making a film of Brooklyn, don't know if I said that already, will be interesting to see what they do with it because I'm not sure how it would translate if they keep everything as it is in the book.

Swiper the fox

I read the Heather Blazing also after reading Brooklyn, readable but quite slow and you wouldn't become emotionally invested in the characters like in Brooklyn. The Master is a great book but quite different.
If ye really enjoyed Brooklyn I would highly recommend Sebastian Barry's On Canaan's Side, in saying that I would highly recommend anything Seb Barry wrote.

adrian522

Meathlass wrote: »

The Club by Christy O'Connor

Excellent book about a year in the life of a GAA club in Co Clare

Been meaning to read this, I may give it a go pretty soon. Glad you enjoyed it, it does sound very good.

emeraldstar

Finished The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. It was alright.

Now reading The Summer of the Bear by Bella Pollen. Liking it so far.

marienbad

emeraldstar wrote: »

Finished The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. It was alright.

Now reading The Summer of the Bear by Bella Pollen. Liking it so far.

Loved 'The Song Of Achilles' , I though it was outstanding , definitely on the list for a re-read.

Callan57

Finished The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue & loved, loved it.

Next for me is one I've been meaning to read for a while & I picked it up in Oxfam today for 2.00 - Last Train from Liguria by Christine Dwyer Hickey

dee_mc

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

I read The Blackwater Lightship after having read Brooklyn. I'm not sure I really liked either. I felt they were a little bit dull. I get what you're saying about the ordinary and all that but for me there was a little bit too much of it. However, if you enjoyed Brooklyn you'd probably enjoy Blackwater Lightship too.

They're making a film of Brooklyn, don't know if I said that already, will be interesting to see what they do with it because I'm not sure how it would translate if they keep everything as it is in the book.

I don't know about a film version of Brooklyn, if they keep it the same it will be disappointing as a movie and if they change it it will be disappointing as a book-to-movie... Will read The Blackwater Lightship and see if I agree with you!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

dee_mc wrote: »

I don't know about a film version of Brooklyn, if they keep it the same it will be disappointing as a movie and if they change it it will be disappointing as a book-to-movie... Will read The Blackwater Lightship and see if I agree with you!

Rooney Mara is playing Eilis, which is worrying from the get go. Dodgy accents will put me right off.

dee_mc

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Rooney Mara is playing Eilis, which is worrying from the get go. Dodgy accents will put me right off.

Very strange choice, I immediately thought it would be Saoirse Ronan!!

MagicMarker

Started The Passage today, feels like it's going to be an apocalyptic epic, hopefully it won't disappoint.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

dee_mc wrote: »

Very strange choice, I immediately thought it would be Saoirse Ronan!!

Well, I just had a look on imdb and she's not listed on it any more. She definitely was though. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381111/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

Sergeant

The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolano. I loved 2666 when I read it a few years ago, but his novels aren't exactly light reads, so just getting around to reading something else by him now.

fruvai

Finished Skippy Dies by Paul Murray. Just starting Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow

Callan57

fruvai wrote: »

Finished Skippy Dies by Paul Murray. Just starting Pynchon's Gravity's Rainbow

What did you think of Skippy? Personally I loved it but some friends of mine absolutely hated it.

Swiper the fox

Skippy dies is a very funny book but is more than that also, I'm looking forward to his future work but haven't heard anything yet, my wife is reading it at the moment and she absolutely loves it, particularly the "Mario" character, bit too long in my opinion but that's not the worst thing in a book.

I just bought Colum McCann's new book a while ago, sound's similar to Let the great world spin in how he intertwines different stories and characters, looking forward to starting but I'm still reading "The Gamal" which is excellent if a little bit unsettling at times.

In reference to something on this thread earlier I was terribly disappointed with "The Club", Christy O'Connor's other hurling book "Last Man Standing" is a much better read.

AnnyHallsal

Levels of Life by Julian Barnes.

thegreengoblin

Finished Red Sky In Morning by Irish writer Paul Lynch. It's his first book and I was really impressed with it. His language is poetic and brutal. The story is very dark and is heavy going at times but well worth it in the end. Not dissimilar to Cormac McCarthy and Daniel Woodrell to name but two.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Tearing through Eventide by Kent Haruf. The sequel to Plainsong which I read last week. Loving it. Loving this nice weather too, always get more reading done in the sunshine

AnnyHallsal

Don Delillo, White Noise. Funny semi-campus fic.