This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

hazydays · 02-01-2011 12:07AM

hi

i started the first one yesterday i found it hard to start as i couldn't picture where they were and stumbled over their names a bit but got kept going and on chapter 10 now and really enjoying it so glad i persevered with the beginning

tHE vAGGABOND · 02-01-2011 11:24AM

Just finished Hunt for Red October, perfect Christmas 'hungover' read

Started Freakonomics, been one of those I wanted to read for years...

KnifeWRENCH · 02-01-2011 09:57PM

Started reading Lolita this week.

Quite disturbing, but surprisingly enjoyable! Wasn't expecting to laugh this much at it...

AnnyHallsal · 03-01-2011 01:11PM

The Rachel Papers by Martin Amis. I keep finding myself reading Amis without having any particular affection for him. Though this one is quite funny.

Callan57 · 03-01-2011 08:04PM

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Tchaikovsky · 03-01-2011 08:17PM

Paraiso en la Otra Esquina (Paradise in the other corner) by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa; a Christmas gift from Spain.
It won the Nobel Prize for Literature last year so yeah, pretty good!

Blush_01 · 03-01-2011 11:42PM

hazydays wrote: »

has anyone read the girl with the dragon tattoo series of books i got them for christmas and haven't a clue what they're about so reluctant to start them

The first 40 or so pages of the first one are very dense in terms of economics, if I remember correctly, but read them, you won't be sorry. It's a very enjoyable (if sometimes a little graphic) read, sometimes a bit predictable, but really worth it.

Currently reading: The Road (Cormac McCarthy); The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco); Molly Fox's Birthday (Deirdre Madden)... can't settle on one yet, all pretty good.

Asphyxia · 05-01-2011 02:01PM

I'm reading a short book called Vampre my sister gave me me a loan of it. I'm not sure who the author is as it's all the way upstairs in the bedroom and I really don't want to walk up there to see. It's an Irish book and based in Skerries which I like

Only a few chapters in but it seems good.

AnnyHallsal · 05-01-2011 02:08PM

McCarthy The Road. Hard to disagree with consensus there.
Skippy Dies. Over-hyped, I feel.

flyaway. · 05-01-2011 03:40PM

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Callan57 · 05-01-2011 04:29PM

AnnyHallsal wrote: »

McCarthy The Road. Hard to disagree with consensus there.
Skippy Dies. Over-hyped, I feel.

Over-hyped really?? I thought it was a fantastic book ... miles ahead of Finkler IMO

AnnyHallsal · 05-01-2011 04:37PM

Callan57 wrote: »

Over-hyped really?? I thought it was a fantastic book ... miles ahead of Finkler IMO

This is a matter of opinion - I don't want to get into an argument and I know a lot of people agree with you!

I've found it ridden with cliches and some of the writing seems really leaden. I don't find the Americanisms convincing and think a lot of the dialogue given to the teenage boys strains credulity. To me it seems like a second-class Amis or David Lodge. I'm about a third the way through so I'll reserve judgement until I finish. I bought Finkler but haven't read it yet so can't directly compare the two. On the whole, I think Emma Donohue's Room the superior.

useurename · 05-01-2011 11:17PM

the complaints by ian rankin.not as good as the rebus books but still very good.

Asphyxia · 06-01-2011 03:38PM

Undone by Michael Kimball

Starting it tonight

J.Ball · 06-01-2011 03:45PM

The Divine comedy its actually not that bad wasnt expecting it to be as readable as it is

ordinary_girl · 08-01-2011 02:22AM

I'm currently reading Germania by Simon Winder. It's taken me a while to get into it but I find that with each chapter I'm getting more and more engrossed in the history of Germany. Definitely a worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in Germany.

AnnyHallsal · 08-01-2011 10:17AM

Toibin's Blackwater Lightship.
Jonathan Coe, The Closed Circle.

useurename · 09-01-2011 09:03PM

Andre Agassi - Open. I love this book.I'm not that much of a tennis fan but this book is brilliant. I'd recommend it for any sportsfan.

Callan57 · 12-01-2011 10:43PM

The Gladiator by Simon Scarrow

emeraldstar · 13-01-2011 10:57AM

Just finished The Great Gatsby; now reading The Secret Garden and it's lovely

AnnyHallsal · 13-01-2011 06:22PM

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Bigtoe107 · 13-01-2011 06:39PM

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Started reading Lolita this week.

Quite disturbing, but surprisingly enjoyable! Wasn't expecting to laugh this much at it...

Fantastic book imo, amazing how he manages to get the reader to feel sorry for what is a essentially a pedophile.

On topic... i'm reading Joyce's portrait of the artist this week.

WesternNight · 13-01-2011 10:37PM

Just finished The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Took a little while to get going but once it did it was good. Thought the ending was a small but drawn out too.

Bobby42 · 13-01-2011 10:58PM

the corrections by jonathan franzen.

flyaway. · 14-01-2011 07:21PM

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

useurename · 15-01-2011 11:37PM

Crime and Punishment.He's just done the crime...

Busi_Girl08 · 15-01-2011 11:48PM

useurename wrote: »

Crime and Punishment.He's just done the crime...

Sssh!! Don't spoil it!! :mad:

useurename · 16-01-2011 01:16AM

I'm not giving any more away until i finish it in about three weeks.The writing is flipping tiny.I'll be blind after it.Thats the punishment right there.

WesternNight · 16-01-2011 03:28AM

Re-reading the first book in the Black Magician trilogy, The Magician's Guild

Callan57 · 17-01-2011 12:24PM

Started Gene Kerrigan's 'Little Criminals' last night

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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