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This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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  • #7202
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    The Manhattan Project, a thriller by Peter McNeive.


  • #7203
    Irish_rat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,576 ✭✭✭Irish_rat


    Just starting A Clockwork Orange only to find I need to find another dictionary to understand some of the words. :)


  • #7204
    Oops69
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Oops69


    Truman capote , In cold Blood , have been semi- dreading it looking at me in my pile of ' to be read' book but I feel i'll cope right now .... Gulp.


  • #7205
    Callan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Two Lives by William Trevor


  • #7206
    Irish_rat
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    Irish_rat wrote: »
    Just starting A Clockwork Orange only to find I need to find another dictionary to understand some of the words. :)

    Ended up starting handmaids tale instead. So far so good


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  • #7207
    eire4
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,904 ✭✭✭eire4


    Finished The People vs Democracy by Yascha Mounk. A very interesting look at the rise of authoritarian style populists and the threat they pose to the future of democracy. Mostly focused on the US but does bring Europe into the discussion as well.


  • #7208
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,097 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Currently reading Donal Ryan's "The Spinning Heart", excellent so far. Also, I just borrowed Philip Pullman's "The Book of Dust" from the library, can't wait!

    By the way, a while back I read Fredrik Backman's "A man called Ove", and I loved it - it's like a book version of "Up", only better. :)


  • #7209
    Kunkka
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 793 ✭✭✭Kunkka


    Beginning the Outsider by S King now. Looking forward to it!


  • #7210
    Callan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis


  • #7211
    Callan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    The Blood Miracles by Lisa McInerney


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  • #7212
    Wyldwood
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,163 ✭✭✭Wyldwood


    Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire. Based on Sophocles' Antigone it's a beautifully told story of a British Muslim family. It's well worth a read. Without giving any spoilers I have to say the ending holds a powerful punch.


  • #7213
    TICKLE_ME_ELMO
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 23,997 Mod ✭✭✭✭TICKLE_ME_ELMO


    I've been reading The Good People by Hannah Kent.

    Can't really get into it. I read Burial Rites a while ago and loved it but this one isn't grabbing me yet.


  • #7214
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,097 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    Wyldwood wrote: »
    Kamila Shamsie's Home Fire. Based on Sophocles' Antigone it's a beautifully told story of a British Muslim family. It's well worth a read. Without giving any spoilers I have to say the ending holds a powerful punch.

    I ADORE Kamila Shamsie, she's wonderful. If you can get hold of them, read her "Salt and Saffron" and "Kartography". :)


  • #7215
    Xofpod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler


  • #7216
    Sheridan81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Sheridan81


    Oops69 wrote: »
    Truman capote , In cold Blood , have been semi- dreading it looking at me in my pile of ' to be read' book but I feel i'll cope right now .... Gulp.
    I really liked it. I have a copy for sale for cheap.

    I am reading The Colditz Story, The Lair of The White Worm (Stoker) and The Woman In White (W.Collins)


  • #7217
    Callan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Finished The Blood Miracles by Lisa McInerney ... can't say I liked it, just didn't do it for me at all.

    Now it's on to From a Low & Quiet Sea by Donal Ryan


  • #7218
    LionelNashe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭LionelNashe


    Just finished 'A June of Ordinary Murders' by Conor Brady. The exposition was shoe-horned clumsily into the text, but about 4 chapters in I was gripped enough by the story to keep reading and finish it in less than 3 days.


  • #7219
    Callan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng


  • #7220
    branie2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭branie2


    The Forbidden, a horror novel set in France during the late 19th century


  • #7221
    Kurtosis
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    The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. I'd lost the joy of reading with the last few books I've read, but really enjoying this so far.


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  • #7222
    Callan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    Finished Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng .... an immensely enjoyable read

    Not Untrue & Not Unkind by Ed O'Loughline is next


  • #7223
    eire4
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    Finished Tana French's Faithful Place a crime thriller set in Dublin centered around a dysfunctional inner city family which was a fun read.


  • #7224
    Daisy78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,052 ✭✭✭Daisy78


    Elefant by Martin Suter.


  • #7225
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    Just started Archangel by Robert Harris, very engaging so far.


  • #7226
    Sheridan81
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,429 ✭✭✭Sheridan81


    Kurtosis wrote: »
    The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro. I'd lost the joy of reading with the last few books I've read, but really enjoying this so far.

    Never Let You Go by Kazuo is great.

    I am reading Lady Chatterly's lover.


  • #7227
    Callan57
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,160 ✭✭✭Callan57


    A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving


  • #7228
    Wyldwood
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    Anne Bronte's Agnes Grey, a lovely gentle read.

    Next up is Paul Auster's 4 3 2 1, all 800+ pages


  • #7229
    Kurtosis
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    Finished The Buried Giant, hugely enjoyed it, a beautiful, nuanced and emotional book. Now onto Montpelier Parade by Karl Geary.


  • #7230
    Xofpod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 792 ✭✭✭Xofpod


    Just started Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff. 1950s US racial politics mixed with pulp horror. I've been looking forward to reading this for quite a while.


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  • #7231
    LionelNashe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,961 ✭✭✭LionelNashe


    LionelNashe wrote: »
    Just finished 'A June of Ordinary Murders' by Conor Brady. The exposition was shoe-horned clumsily into the text, but about 4 chapters in I was gripped enough by the story to keep reading and finish it in less than 3 days.

    Finished the 2nd and 3rd books in this series: 'The Eloquence of the Dead', and 'A Hunt in Winter'. The story, the setting, and the characters are very good.


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