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This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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Oops69

LionelNashe wrote: »

I haven't read this since I was a teenager, but I've just ordered it from BookDepository, along with Animal Farm. Was surprised that they were €11 or so in Easons & Chapters. I really don't like paying that much for books that were written 70 years ago. In the meantime I picked up 'Down and Out in Paris and London' 2nd hand - am about 5 chapters in - I like it so far.

Chapters tend to have a couple of editions of a lot of classics , the penguin modern classics tend to be 11 or 12 euro , prettier cover etc. but they often have other editions published by vintage for 5.99.
Hodges figgis , while good in variety , tends to be overpriced ...must be something to do with the southside of the city

Oops69

Slaughterhouse 5 , Kurt Vonnegut , had to read a couple of interpretations afterwards as I'm a little thick and didn't really' get it ', but i find I'm still thinking about poor Billy pilgrim a couple of days later , will read again to ' get it ' a bit more , I Think it's a wonderful thought - provoking novel, beautifully written .

LionelNashe

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Just finished reading 1984.

Blown away by how good this book is.

Is it worth reading his other books (other than animal farm as I already read that)?

I haven't read this since I was a teenager, but I've just ordered it from BookDepository, along with Animal Farm. Was surprised that they were €11 or so in Easons & Chapters. I really don't like paying that much for books that were written 70 years ago. In the meantime I picked up 'Down and Out in Paris and London' 2nd hand - am about 5 chapters in - I like it so far.

Missyelliot2

I am midway through 'Small, Great Things', by Jodi Picoult. I started reading this book before the awfulness of Trump really became apparent this week. Without giving the plot away, this book is so relevant to the issues facing people living under Trump and racism.

marienbad

All For Nothing - Walter Kempowski. January 1945 Prussia and a German family awaits the advancing Russian army. Enthralling ,compassionate , objective .

The Essex Serpent - Sarah Perry. 1890's Essex and London and a group of disparate people are brought together by tales of a serpent appearing on the beach in a village in Essex . Science , religion , superstition , mass delusion , love . What's not to like .

A Horse Walks Into A Bar - David Grossman . A stand Up Comic walks on to a stage in a run down venue in a rundown town in Israel and thus starts one of the most extraordinary 200 pages I have ever read . Simply magnificent .

I really am on a roll this year

miamee

Reading Arsenic for Tea at the moment, follow on from the previous Murder most Unladylike both by Robin Stevens.

Xofpod

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Tom Wolfe.

Kurtosis

Finished up War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans last week. It was quite good but think I found the style a bit difficult to get into.

Now on number9dream by David Mitchell. Liking it so far, Murakami-esque in parts.

Fathom

Journey of Crazy Horse
by Joseph Marshall

lindascribbler

sup_dude wrote: »

Is it bad that this actually causes me physical pain in my gut when I listen to it? Much like missing a loved one terribly...

I so totally agree with you...love love this theme music and while I don't long to read the books again I know exactly where youre coming from

LionelNashe

Two books at the moment:

The Big O, a modern noir/crime novel by Declan Burke.
Back from the Brink; Paul McGrath's autobiography, written with Vincent Hogan.

Also started an audiobook the other day, but then kind of forgot about it, but I'll return to it: The Fourth Monkey, by JD Barker: A serial killer/police procedural. This one starts with a body, but it's the killer's body. It's a nice touch. I read a couple of crime books by Howard Linskey recently, and he often presents the opening murder with an unusual angle as well, which is refreshing.

Callan57

The Givenness of Things by Marilynne Robinson

miamee

Currently reading a book aimed at children (8-12 year old girls), "Murder Most Unladylike". If it had been around when I was that age, I'd have loved it. I'm enjoying it nonetheless and have another of the series at home to read next.

Callan57

Echoland by Joe Joyce

LionelNashe

Just finished "Get Carter" by Ted Lewis. The film that was based on it is probably my favourite film ever.

The book is a 1st person noir. I flew through it very quickly, in about the same time it would take a young Michael Caine to cut a murderous swathe through Newcastle.

I liked it, but I know the film so well that it was hard for me to mentally separate the film from the book. There are a couple of sequels. I might read the 2nd one, which seems to be set in London. Kindle edition is £7.50, which I think is a bit steep for a 50-year old book that went out of print for decades.

lockman

Lord Jim, Joseph Conrad

Oops69

Primo Levi, The Periodic Table , wonderfully rich book , one where you wish you could read in the original language (Italian )To appreciate the depth.

Fathom

THE LYING GAME
by Ruth Ware

lockman

The Man Who Planted Trees, Jean Giono

Fathom

4Ad wrote: »

Sorry..
Very slow. It takes about 150 fairly boring pages before anything exciting happens. Alot of computer technical and scientific talk which is very confusing.
And it jumps all over the place with no flow...maybe thats just me.
And very little of one of the more interesting characters Lisbeth Salander,180 pages in.
Just my opinion.

Stieg Larsson's Millennium 3-book series were good reads. Larsson died 2004. I've not read David Lagercrantz's theme continuation 4th book The Girl in the Spider’s Web.

4Ad

Fathom wrote: »

4Ad wrote: »

Trying to finish The Girl In The Spiders Web..struggling..

Slow read? Plot? Character development?

Sorry..
Very slow. It takes about 150 fairly boring pages before anything exciting happens. Alot of computer technical and scientific talk which is very confusing.
And it jumps all over the place with no flow...maybe thats just me.
And very little of one of the more interesting characters Lisbeth Salander,180 pages in.
Just my opinion.

Fathom

4Ad wrote: »

Trying to finish The Girl In The Spiders Web..struggling..

Slow read? Plot? Character development?

4Ad

Trying to finish The Girl In The Spiders Web..struggling..

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Callan57 wrote: »

The book that introduced me to Joyce Carol Oates & I have recommended it to so many since ... superb read IMHO

It was overdue at the library and I very nearly just brought it back yesterday but I decided to persevere.

Callan57

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates.

It's about a family in 1970's up state NY and something happens to the teenage daughter that nobody talks about and the repercussions of that. When the book is actually talking about the girl and what happened to her it's pretty good but I'm 100 pages in and it's only just sort of revealed what happened. Most of the chapters before are filled with random stories about the other family members. I guess it's establishing the environment or whatever but at times it feels like she was struggling to hit her word count. I mean there's a whole page describing the various clocks the mother has in the house.

The book that introduced me to Joyce Carol Oates & I have recommended it to so many since ... superb read IMHO

marienbad

The Essex Serpent - Sarah Perry .

So far so good .

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

We Were The Mulvaneys by Joyce Carol Oates.

It's about a family in 1970's up state NY and something happens to the teenage daughter that nobody talks about and the repercussions of that. When the book is actually talking about the girl and what happened to her it's pretty good but I'm 100 pages in and it's only just sort of revealed what happened. Most of the chapters before are filled with random stories about the other family members. I guess it's establishing the environment or whatever but at times it feels like she was struggling to hit her word count. I mean there's a whole page describing the various clocks the mother has in the house.

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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen.
It's very good. And funny.

Fathom

House of Spies
by Daniel Silva

biZrb

EoghanIRL wrote: »

Just finished reading 1984.

Blown away by how good this book is.

Is it worth reading his other books (other than animal farm as I already read that)?

I really enjoy his essays