This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Ipso · 30-12-2017 08:34PM

Irish_rat wrote: »

Just finished The grapes of wrath. Very good insight into the dust bowl during 30's America.

A few chapters into catcher in the rye now. I know many don't like but enjoying it so far.

Asked for fiction book for Christmas and recieved Gooch autobiography wtf.

I myst check out Grapes of Wrath, I loved East of Eden. I enjoyed Catcher in the Rye, just didn't get the big fuss.

Oops69 · 31-12-2017 01:03PM

The double helix , by James Watson , his account of the discovery of the structure of DNA , It dates from 1968 but the reason he was disliked and remained so is pretty clear , he had a reputation for arrogance and obnoxiousness which shines through in this read , god knows what was edited out.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 31-12-2017 01:15PM

Oops69 wrote: »

The double helix , by James Watson , his account of the discovery of the structure of DNA , It dates from 1968 but the reason he was disliked and remained so is pretty clear , he had a reputation for arrogance and obnoxiousness which shines through in this read , god knows what was edited out.

Also, it was Rosalind Franklin that took the picture that confirmed the structure and Watson & Crick basically nicked all her work and took the credit.

Oops69 · 31-12-2017 01:17PM

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Also, it was Rosalind Franklin that took the picture that confirmed the structure and Watson & Crick basically nicked all her work and took the credit.

yes , the Nobel foundation should award prizes/ honours posthumously if possible.

The White Feather · 31-12-2017 06:47PM

Oops69 wrote: »

yes , the Nobel foundation should award prizes/ honours posthumously if possible.

It is not possible unfortunately as the Nobel Foundation states it cannot be awarded posthumously

Oops69 · 31-12-2017 08:42PM

The White Feather wrote: »

It is not possible unfortunately as the Nobel Foundation states it cannot be awarded posthumously

John Banville better stay alive so .

eire4 · 01-01-2018 12:18AM

Finished Harlan Coben's The Final Detail. A good thriller crime drama novel.

Arghus · 02-01-2018 12:11AM

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf - First time I read anything by Virginia Woolf. I'll probably seek out more after this. I wasn't necessarily blown away by the narrative of the novel, but I found it pretty amazing in terms of how it works as an example of highly experimental prose, but it still manages to have heart and a depth of feeling towards its characters. Her understanding - or at least how she conveyed that understanding on the page - of the issue of shell-shock feels very real and compassionate - as well as being terrifying. And her portrayal of a rigidly stratified society populated with people whose minds are a mess of living in the past and projecting themselves into the future reads like the work of an artist who had an appreciation of what it means to be human - and all the glory, sadness and madness that brings.

Callan57 · 02-01-2018 12:54AM

Mythos by Stephen Fry

marienbad · 02-01-2018 04:43PM

The Tain - Translated by Ciaran Carson

Vertigo : The Making of a Hitchcock Classic - Dan Auiler

Callan57 · 04-01-2018 02:46PM

Slowly working through the Xmas gifts .... Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

04-01-2018 02:52PM

Struggling to finish Mrs. Caliban..it's meh..

marienbad · 06-01-2018 11:40AM

Don Marcelino's Daughter - Tim Cunningham

Big Maggie - John B. Keane.

A Climate Of Fear - Fred Vargas

Oops69 · 06-01-2018 12:46PM

Callan57 wrote: »

Slowly working through the Xmas gifts .... Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

was dreading getting this , thankfully it never arrived , the theme is just a bit too forbidding for me now .

Wyldwood · 06-01-2018 12:56PM

Read The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne over Christmas and I quite enjoyed it. It's beautifully written and the pain and loneliness of the protagonist are very vividly portrayed. The dialogue is a little questionable at times, particularly between the young Cyril and Julian, I felt it was a bit too adult to be realistic. Overall though it's a good read.

Daisy78 · 06-01-2018 01:08PM

Great Expectations - Charles Dickens

Next up

A visit from the goon squad - Jennifer Egan

Callan57 · 06-01-2018 01:47PM

Oops69 wrote: »

was dreading getting this , thankfully it never arrived , the theme is just a bit too forbidding for me now .

I was a tad apprehensive of it after reading a couple of reviews but I am actually really enjoying it. Unusual writing style but once you get used to that it trips along very nicely and oddly, given the subject matter, some of it is quite funny .. or maybe that's just my weird sense of humour!

It reminded me of Cré na Cille by Máirtín Ó Cadhain which I read in translation, as The Dirty Dust, early last year.

Callan57 · 07-01-2018 10:15AM

The Golden Bowl by Henry James

eire4 · 07-01-2018 10:19PM

Finished Tim Pat Coogan's The 12 Apostles which is focused on The Squad as Michael Collins special unit become know. It is a great read with some crazy individual stories.

Xofpod · 08-01-2018 10:19AM

The Sympathiser, Viet Than Nguyen

eire4 · 08-01-2018 06:34PM

Finished Niamh O'Connor's crime thriller Taken. First book I have read from the author and was pretty average stuff I must say.

Callan57 · 09-01-2018 11:56PM

A Woman of Note by Carol M. Cram

Aenaes · 10-01-2018 12:03PM

Alone In Berlin by Hans Fallada.

Xofpod · 10-01-2018 07:01PM

Aenaes wrote: »

Alone In Berlin by Hans Fallada.

Great book

Fathom · 10-01-2018 07:20PM

Aenaes wrote: »

Alone In Berlin by Hans Fallada.

Reading this too.

New Home · 10-01-2018 07:36PM

I've only just started Fredrik Backman's "A man called Ove". Just a suggestion, don't start reading it in public places like public transport or waiting rooms, unless you like being looked at in a funny, slightly worried way by strangers. I started laughing on page one. By page three I was red in the face from trying not to laugh out loud. By page six I was breathless. Then I had to put the book down, 'cause there wasn't a toilet at hand and I was afraid of what might have happened if I had kept on reading. If the rest of the book is like this, I'll have abs of steel and permanent, Joker-like spasm to my face.

IvyTheTerrible · 10-01-2018 08:34PM

The Passage by Justin Cronin.
I'm only 5% in but I'm hooked already!

Wyldwood · 10-01-2018 08:58PM

Finished Kirstin Hannah's The Nightingale. WW11 and the French Resistance. Very good read.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 10-01-2018 09:10PM

Wyldwood wrote: »

Finished Kirstin Hannah's The Nightingale. WW11 and the French Resistance. Very good read.

I read this a while ago, was quite good. I believe they're making a film of it too.

The White Feather · 11-01-2018 12:03AM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

The Passage by Justin Cronin.
I'm only 5% in but I'm hooked already!

I have this book too.Be interested to see what you think of it when you read more or finish it!

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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