This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Birneybau · 26-05-2017 12:49PM

Xofpod wrote: »

I'm curious about this one. Interested to hear how you get on.

Cracking thriller from a very talented man. Can also throw in my love for 'The Spinning Heart'.

Still reading the last Paula Hawkins one, it's ok, I'm looking forward to finishing it and moving on.

ahlookit · 26-05-2017 01:30PM

Thoroughly enjoyed Jon McGregors "Reservoir 13" - a 13 year old girl goes missing in the peak district while on holiday, instead of being a mystery or thriller the book focuses on the village coming to terms with her disappearance. It gradually follows the lives of the villagers over the next number of years, its repetitive at times, but that's part of the story, people going about their lives, year after year. Not one to pick up if you're after a blockbusting action thriller, but a great book about the passage of time.

Next up The Hurley Makers Son by Patrick Deely

LionelNashe · 26-05-2017 03:42PM

Just finished Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz. There's a full book within the book; an Agatha Christie style murder mystery that you have to slog through for the first 200 pages. I was reading fast mainly to get to the 'good bit', but it didn't really get going for me until about 300 pages in.

PMBC · 27-05-2017 02:11PM

Just about to restart GG Marquez that I picked up/free loan in Nutgrove SC called One hundred years of Solitude. Easy to read, unreal magic.

Kurtosis · 29-05-2017 06:36PM

Finished reading Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith over the weekend, enjoyed the book and it really gives a sense of the desperation and constant suspicion of living in Soviet Russia. I've started Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett for something completely different.

Fathom · 29-05-2017 06:54PM

The Lessons of History
by A Durant & W Durant

Wyldwood · 29-05-2017 07:18PM

Kurtosis wrote: »

Finished reading Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith over the weekend, enjoyed the book and it really gives a sense of the desperation and constant suspicion of living in Soviet Russia. I've started Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett for something completely different.

I loved Child 44 also. Just finished reading the dystopian novel Fatherland by Robert Harris.. an excellent read, set in a Germany dominated by Hitler after he won the war. terrifying thought.

Right now I'm reading Elena Ferrante's My Brilliant Friend and I'm struggling a bit. The story is slow and the translation from Italian is terrible, some of the sentences are very clumsy, not loving it yet.

marienbad · 29-05-2017 07:28PM

The White Guard by Mikail Bulgakov in a dramatized version by Andre Upton

Xofpod · 30-05-2017 09:39AM

Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders. Really enjoying it so far.

Callan57 · 30-05-2017 10:12AM

The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena

marienbad · 30-05-2017 01:06PM

Xofpod wrote: »

Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders. Really enjoying it so far.

I have that coming up in the next few weeks - really looking forward to it .

Birneybau · 30-05-2017 02:09PM

Xofpod wrote: »

Lincoln in the bardo, George Saunders. Really enjoying it so far.

I have both that and the audiobook version. The cast is amazing.

About a third of the way through.

http://time.com/4631970/george-saunders-lincoln-in-the-bardo/

Fathom · 30-05-2017 05:12PM

Fathom wrote: »

The Lessons of History
by A Durant & W Durant

Fast read. 100 pp. Heavy thoughts! Fosters daydreams.

marienbad · 31-05-2017 10:08PM

Ivanov- Chekhov

Fathom · 01-06-2017 04:00PM

A FEAST OF CROWS
by George Martin

Fathom · 02-06-2017 05:06PM

Fathom wrote: »

A FEAST OF CROWS
by George Martin

Good as first three.

Ipso · 02-06-2017 09:26PM

Fathom wrote: »

Good as first three.

I think it takes a second read to appreciate it.
On the first read it seems like everything would collapse under its own weight.

marienbad · 02-06-2017 11:09PM

Lincoln In The Bardo - George Saunders

Fathom · 03-06-2017 06:49PM

Ipso wrote: »

I think it takes a second read to appreciate it.
On the first read it seems like everything would collapse under its own weight.

I've read first three. Now 4th. Fast reads. But many pps. Doubtful I'll have reread time. Still have more after 4th.

marienbad · 03-06-2017 07:14PM

marienbad wrote: »

Lincoln In The Bardo - George Saunders

I must confess this left me underwhelmed .

Wyldwood · 03-06-2017 09:42PM

Finished My Brilliant Friend and... meh, won't bother with the rest of the series.

Now onto Mr Penumbra's 24 hour Bookstore

lockman · 04-06-2017 05:39PM

Just read Against Nature (À Rebours) by Joris-Karl Huysmans over the weekend. There is only one character, no plot and pretty much nothing happens in it. In saying that, it is a sublime read.

For anyone interested in Michel Houellebecq, this is well worth a read as Huysmans is a huge influence on Houellebecq; especially evident in Houellebecq's Atomised and The Map and the Territory.

Callan57 · 05-06-2017 03:52PM

Finished The Wonder by Emma Donoghue ... superb & gripping read.

Now it's on to Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty

eire4 · 05-06-2017 04:52PM

Finished Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell a really insightful and interesting look into what makes certain people successful.

marienbad · 05-06-2017 05:44PM

Plays Anton Chekhov

confusticated · 05-06-2017 05:55PM

Finished Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki Murakami. Really don't get the hype over his books, based on this one...the characters were all a bit irritating, I didn't care what happened to any of them, and the plot was at the same time unbelievable and boring. Just not my thing I guess.

Read HHhH the week before, that was excellent, about the assassination of a high-ranking Nazi in Prague during WWII. The author describes his writing process during the book, which was a bit odd but ended up working quite well. Unusual book but i'd recommend it!

Fathom · 05-06-2017 08:28PM

marienbad wrote: »

Plays Anton Chekhov

Cool read!

Kurtosis · 06-06-2017 12:28AM

Started and finished The Golem and the Djinni by Helene Wecker over the course of the weekend, a but of a page turner. Really enjoyed it, despite the fantasy/historical storyline, it's mainly character driven and very well written.

Xofpod · 07-06-2017 10:11AM

7 Brief Lessons on Physics, Carlo Rovelli - a lovely little book.

Fathom · 07-06-2017 05:29PM

Stranger and Friend
by Hortense Powdermaker

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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