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This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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Fathom

"The Wolf Road" by Beth Lewis

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Mudbound by Hillary Jordan. It's about two families, one black one white, living on a farm in rural Mississippi during and after WW2. Really enjoying it so far.

ahlookit

Finished "I read the news today oh boy", Paul Howard's biography of Tara Browne, the man mentioned at the start of "A Day in the Life". He was a member of the Guinness family who rubbed shoulders with the Beatles and the Stones in 60s London. Fascinating read .

Now onto "All We Shall Know", Donal Ryan's latest.

Callan57

ahlookit wrote: »

Finished "I read the news today oh boy", Paul Howard's biography of Tara Browne, the man mentioned at the start of "A Day in the Life". He was a member of the Guinness family who rubbed shoulders with the Beatles and the Stones in 60s London. Fascinating read .

Now onto "All We Shall Know", Donal Ryan's latest.

All We Shall Know ... read it over Xmas, his best book IMO

Starting Conclave by Robert Harris

Gonzovision

A few more read from my Christmas list.

The Trial of Henry Kissinger - Christopher Hitchens, a decent read, but most had been covered in the previous book I'd read by Robert Dallek.

The Black Prince of Florence - Catherine Fletcher - Interesting subject, but really didn't enjoy this book, I thought it was poorly written. I was hoping for something along the lines of Montifiore's 'Catherine the Great', but it felt I spent most of my time reading about clothes during the Renaissance.

About half way through 'Mao's Great Famine' by Frank Dikötter. Enjoying this, well written but very dark subject matter.

Fathom

Tracer by Rob Boffard.

Callan57

Finished Conclave ... OK but not as good as Fatherland IMO

Next is The Trespasser by Tana French

SarahBM

Read Solar Bones. I really liked the story but the format wrecked my head! Why can't people just write a book with chapters, paragraphs and full stops! I get that it's supposed to be "stream of consciousness" but would paragraphs kill ya!
Anyway, on to holding by Graham Norton next.

Wyldwood

SarahBM wrote: »

Anyway, on to holding by Graham Norton next.

Three-quarters way through Holding and enjoying it. It does feel like a bit of a tongue-in-cheek send-up of rural Ireland but not a bad read at all.

Xofpod

I've gone back to a Brief History of Seven Killings after an extended break around the middle of the book, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it. Sometimes a bit of a breather can work wonders....

Callan57

Finished The Trespasser by Tana French
It was OK but not as good as Broken Harbour or Faithful Place

Next is Nothing On Earth by Conor O'Callaghan

Callan57

Finished Nothing on Earth .... what a strange, bizzare and oddly terrifying book.

Now it's on to Time Pieces by John Banville

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I'm giving "The Children's Act" by Ian McEwan another shot. Tried reading it about a year ago and I couldn't get past the first chapter. Have made it deep into chapter 2 now so it's going better than last time.

dappledden

Flann O'Brien's "At Swim- Two-Birds". I had always heard that he was one of our more neglected writers so I was looking forward to giving him a go. At the start the unconventional style threw me a bit ( I had been reading stodgy old english classics beforehand) but I must say it's gotten a few laughs out of me thus far, the alcoholic madness is endearing.

Aenaes

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. It's brilliant.

Lady is a tramp

I'm just finished reading Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman, it's very disturbing but I loved it, really well written!

Joe_ Public

dappledden wrote: »

Flann O'Brien's "At Swim- Two-Birds". I had always heard that he was one of our more neglected writers so I was looking forward to giving him a go. At the start the unconventional style threw me a bit ( I had been reading stodgy old english classics beforehand) but I must say it's gotten a few laughs out of me thus far, the alcoholic madness is endearing.

I dont think Flann/Myles is all that neglected to be honest, there's been an annual symposium in his name for quite a few years now. If you liked At Swim, i'd definitely recommend giving The Third Policeman a spin, its his masterpiece in my view.

Wyldwood

Finished S K Tremayne's The Ice Twins and apart from the beautiful descriptions of bleakest Northern Scotland it's a bizarre book. The plot is totally ridiculous, the characters are seriously annoying and the ending is disappointing. Waste of good reading time.

ivytwine

Wyldwood wrote: »

Finished S K Tremayne's The Ice Twins and apart from the beautiful descriptions of bleakest Northern Scotland it's a bizarre book. The plot is totally ridiculous, the characters are seriously annoying and the ending is disappointing. Waste of good reading time.

I enjoyed it but as a silly thriller rather than anything meaningful.

I'm reading Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and loving it so far.

Kurtosis

I'm about two thirds of the way through The Nix by Nathan Hill, really enjoyable read so far, liking the smattering of satire.

Xofpod

Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood. Loving it so far.

Callan57

Before The War by Fay Weldon

eire4

Finished James L Stokesbury's A Short History or World War 2. A concise but well put together account of the second World War.

Fathom

A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin

Birneybau

About a third through 'The Secret History' by Donna Tarrt. Good stuff so far.

Finished 'Ready Player One' by Ernie Cline over the weekend, recommend it as a light enough read for those into gaming culture/the 80s. Spielberg currently filming an adaptation.

Callan57

Birneybau wrote: »

About a third through 'The Secret History' by Donna Tarrt. Good stuff so far.

Finished 'Ready Player One' by Ernie Cline over the weekend, recommend it as a light enough read for those into gaming culture/the 80s. Spielberg currently filming an adaptation.

The Secret History is one of my all time favourites ... great read

eire4

Fathom wrote: »

A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin

I love the show but have not read the books yet. I think I am going to wait a while though and try and read them back to back which will be quite the project given the length of each of the books in the series.

ILikeBoats

Hard Road by JB Turner. OK so far

Jimmy Iovine

I'm two thirds of the way through "Open" by Andre Agassi.

One of the best written books I've ever read. Huge credit to the ghostwriter, J.R. Moehringer, and to Agassi for it. I can't imagine the amount of effort that went into writing the book. I would love to have the ability that some people have when it comes to words - written or spoken.

I love the style of writing used. As Mr Moehringer described it - "present tense, no quotation marks, sort of stream of consciousness."

implausible

Callan57 wrote:

The Secret History is one of my all time favourites ... great read

How does it compare to The Goldfinch? Looking for something to get my teeth into.