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This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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marienbad wrote: »

The Veil - Conor McPherson

I'm envious, I ADORE Conor McPherson's works.

marienbad

New Home wrote: »

I'm envious, I ADORE Conor McPherson's works.

Yes he is quite something isn't he ! I am hoping to get over to London and get a ticket for The Girl From The North Country but only a slim chance .

The White Feather

marienbad wrote: »

Travellers In the 3rd Reich : The Rise of Fascism through the Eyes Of Everyday People - Julia Boyd

Unwinnable ; Britain's War in Afghanistan 2001-14 - Theo Farrell

A Book of Book Lists - Alex Johnson

The Veil - Conor McPherson

Do you (and other people here!) read more than one book at once?

I read one at a time always. I like to follow one book to its conclusion and move on!!

New Home

Personally, I seldom have only one book on the go, I've partially read books all over the house, then depending on what mood I'm in I read one or the other. Usually, though, I've either two or three that I'm reading at the same time.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

I prefer to read one book at a time because I feel like I'm not giving it my full attention if I have 2 or 3 on the go. It's funny though because I'm sure nobody thinks about TV programs like that. And it's the same thing, really.

marienbad

The White Feather wrote: »

Do you (and other people here!) read more than one book at once?

I read one at a time always. I like to follow one book to its conclusion and move on!!

I always have 3 or 4 on the go , but they are radically different from each other , usually a couple of history books from different centuries , a novel and a poetry book or play . That way there is no diminution of attention and mixing up.

I must confess that it is easy for me though as I am now retired and all I do is read and listen to music .

eire4

Finished Harlan Coben's Tell No One. Very good thriller/crime drama.

Xofpod

The White Feather wrote: »

Do you (and other people here!) read more than one book at once?

I read one at a time always. I like to follow one book to its conclusion and move on!!

I'd usually have one fiction and one non-fiction on the go at a time. Plus maybe another in my bag for reading at lunchtime at work, if my main books are too bulky to carry around.

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marienbad wrote: »

I must confess that it is easy for me though as I am now retired and all I do is read and listen to music .

Tis well for ya..

Kurtosis

Finished All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai yesterday. It was an easy read but a bit disappointing to be honest, I found the sci-fi stuff was a bit overegged at times.

Belle E. Flops

I finished 'The Book of Dust' by Phillip Pullman yesterday. Really enjoyed it. Must read the His Dark Materials trilogy again at some stage.

Last night I started 'Mansfield Park' by Jane Austen. I know it wouldn't be as well loved as some of her others but I'm looking forward to reading it all the same.

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Started 'A man called Ove' by Frederick something..
Got about 3 chapters in. Stopped. I dunno is it that it's a bad translation or what, but I looked up the 2 star reviews on Amazon, and I'm just gonna save myself the frustration and not read it..

New Home

I love that book!

marienbad

eire4 wrote: »

Finished Harlan Coben's Tell No One. Very good thriller/crime drama.

Made into an outstanding French thriller movie also

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Yeah, I thought I was going to like it, but no. The writing style was going to annoy me. Maybe I'm just a little too like Ove, but I've read a few books lately where I'm just forcing myself to finish it, and I'm just gonna spare myself the heartache..

Callan57

Live By Night by Dennis Lehane

Fathom

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
by A.J. Finn

Arghus

Agent ZigZag by Ben Mcintyre

adox

Fathom wrote: »

THE WIFE BETWEEN US
by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

Read this a while back and was underwhelmed. Interesting premise but too many “twists”. I was bored by the end.

Callan57

Fathom wrote: »

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
by A.J. Finn

Heard the interview with the author this morning ... sounds good, I put it on my list.

Peaches for Monsieur le Curé by Joanne Harris

Oops69

Virgina Wolff is on the google doodle today , a reminder to try ' to the lighthouse ' .....again .

Fathom

Callan57 wrote: »

Heard the interview with the author this morning ... sounds good, I put it on my list.

THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW
by A.J. Finn

It's a good read.

Callan57

Dying a Memoir by Cory Taylor

marienbad

You Can't Read This Book - Nick Cohen

A Day In Our Life - Sean O'Crohan

The End Of the Modern World - Anthony Cronin

eire4

Finished Harlan Coben's crime thriller The Innocent and enjoyed it a good read.

Joe_ Public

marienbad wrote: »

You Can't Read This Book - Nick Cohen

A Day In Our Life - Sean O'Crohan

The End Of the Modern World - Anthony Cronin

Must look up that Cronin book, it had totally escaped my attention. Reread Dead as Doornails and The Life of Reilly over the holidays. The latter is one of those rare things in literature - a comic novel that is actually funny.

Callan57

Babylon Berlin by Volker Kutscher

marienbad

Oblomov - Ivan Goncharov

Twenty Years A-growing - Maurice 0'Sullivan

A Tale of Four Houses : LaScala ROH Vienna & The Met since 1945 - Susie Gilbert & Jay Shir

Observe The Sons Of Ulster Marching Towards The Somme - Frank McGuiness

Wyldwood

Finally finished John Banville's Mrs Osmond. The prose is absolutely beautiful and the descriptive passages are very evocative but it a painfully slow book. The story is long drawn out and several times I nearly gave up but stuck it to the end.

Next up is Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, hoping for a bit more life in this book.

marienbad

Wyldwood wrote: »

Finally finished John Banville's Mrs Osmond. The prose is absolutely beautiful and the descriptive passages are very evocative but it a painfully slow book. The story is long drawn out and several times I nearly gave up but stuck it to the end.

Next up is Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng, hoping for a bit more life in this book.

I have tried Banville a few times now going right back to The Book Of Evidence and I always found him hard going , I am a great Henry James fan and I was going to read Mrs Osmond because of that , but now you are causing me doubts .

As for him being the great stylist , how unique really is that and how true is it ? There are some astonishing writers out there right now , Saunders , McGregor , McPherson etc . Is it heresy to say that style in just not enough ?

Maybe I am just getting cranky in my old age