'Date a girl who reads'

Morag · 01-03-2011 04:15PM #1

http://themonicabird.com/post/3273155431/date-a-girl-who-reads-date-a-girl-who-spends-her

So ladies what are you reading atm?

I am reading Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox and The Mercy Thompson book: Silver Borne.

liliq · 01-03-2011 04:32PM

Love that link

Just finished The Island by Victoria Hislop.
Didn't think I'd enjoy it as much as I did. :rolleyes:

Ickle Magoo · 01-03-2011 04:34PM

I'm reading The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ and Even the Stars Look Lonesome...

Cat Melodeon · 01-03-2011 04:48PM

Love the link! I too have a wardrobe full of books, walls lined with them. One day there'll be an avalanche and I'll die by the pen, not the sword.

This week I'm reading The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes by Jonathon Rose and Carter Beats the Devil by Glen David Gold. Enjoying both.

Links234 · 01-03-2011 04:57PM

still plodding through God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens at the moment

Malari · 01-03-2011 05:03PM

Didn't like that link at all.

How-and-ever, I've just finished Ian McEwan's Solar, and think I will take up The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins this evening.

Maple · 01-03-2011 05:07PM

I'm reading Haruki Murakami "The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle". I've got John Irving's latest waiting for me next.

I was also reading something by Karin Slaughter but i've finished it, wasn't really memorable tbh.

My happiest Saturday afternoons are spent browsing Chapters Bookstore on Parnell Street.

it.

cdaly_ · 01-03-2011 05:22PM

"The Children's Book" by A. S. Byatt.
Jasper Fforde's "First Among Sequels", "Shades of Grey" and "The Last Dragonslayer" are in the queue along with another Fiona Mackintosh Trilogy and Terry Pratchett's "I Shall Wear Midnight" (Tiffany Aching is cool)...

baby and crumble · 01-03-2011 05:24PM

I'm reading a history of intellectual disability in the UK. Not for pleasure, I might add. I have Stephens Fry's autobiography (signed and everything!!!) waiting for me since Christmas but I don't have the time. My list of 'to read' is getting longer by the day. :mad::mad::mad:

God I wish I was 14 again. Getting through 3 books a week. Good times.

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nicowa · 01-03-2011 05:51PM

zoegh wrote: »

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I know the feeling. Since starting college when I was 19 I've hardly had the time or money to crack a book - with college and everything I always end up with late fines from the library so I've stopped bothering with them. Currently if I want to read something new I borrow from a friend or himself.

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Condescending![/QUOTE]

Considering that very few people can even read it from start to finish, never mind understand the stream of thought method in which it's written, it's fairly accurate...

Currently reading "To the Actor" by Michael Chekhov... not my usual flavour...

michelledoh · 01-03-2011 06:01PM

Far more of a fact than fiction gal!
Love an auld biography to sink my teeth into!

LittleBook · 01-03-2011 06:09PM

zoegh wrote: »

My list of 'to read' is getting longer by the day.

My Dad got a gift of a second-hand Sony Personal Reader from a friend in work who'd upgraded to an iTouch or something.

It has over 700 books on it by authors ranging from Anthony Burgess to Agatha Christie, Charles Dickens to Orson Scott Card.

I've just finished "Under the Dome", "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" and "A Clockwork Orange" and am happily trying to decide what to move on to next .... the entire "Discworld" series is on it, I think I'll go there.

My poor Dad will get this device from my cold, dead hand

Novella · 01-03-2011 06:13PM

I'm currently reading Room by Emma Donoghue. I actually just bought it today and have only read about forty pages, but it seems good.

who the fug · 01-03-2011 06:16PM

But but, she might start reading one of the books that I was reading

Malari · 01-03-2011 06:21PM

Novella wrote: »

I'm currently reading Room by Emma Donoghue. I actually just bought it today and have only read about forty pages, but it seems good.

Read that a week or so ago! Would be interested to hear what you think

I found the child irritating in the extreme, but an interesting book.

rain on · 01-03-2011 06:38PM

I actually hadn't read a book in ages until recently - the internet has made ribbons of my attention span. But I got some book tokens for Christmas so I went out and bought 'So Much For That' by Lionel Shriver and 'The Tell-Tale Brain' by VS Ramachandran - both authors I used to love when I read a lot. It's slow going though because my brain keeps wandering off in different directions every five minutes - ironically I have a book on my desk in work called 'The Art of Concentration' which I started last April and still haven't finished

wireyj · 01-03-2011 06:42PM

I have swopped the vampires, werewolves and shifters for Marian Keyes, the Brightest Star in the Sky this week... Nice read so far

Novella · 01-03-2011 06:43PM

Malari wrote: »

Read that a week or so ago! Would be interested to hear what you think I found the child irritating in the extreme, but an interesting book.

Tbh, I'm not a fan of reading in child speak - ya know, all the "I feeled" and "What's my tall?" stuff, but I do think I'll like the book! I'll get back to you when I'm finished reading it.

Aishae · 01-03-2011 06:51PM

im reading how to marry a millionaire vampire - its fiction - i got free on amazon for kindle (its not free now - i got lucky!) im really enjoying it too.
also dipping in and out of the beaders bible (jewellery making thing)

i got a kindle e reader for my birthday in a few weeks. i LOVE it.

Azureus · 01-03-2011 07:24PM

I'm reading The Lucifer Effect by Philip Zimbardo at the moment. Love it; had heard about the Stanford Prison Experiment before but this is from the guy who came up with the whole idea and its just so interesting, expecially with all the crazy shiz going on in the world at the moment.

Im an avid reader and go through phases of different types of book, loving Lee Childs Jack Reacher series at the moment aswell.

01-03-2011 07:28PM

I'd find it really weird if someone didn't read. While we're on the subject, can someone explain the Vampire/supernatural romance fascination lately? Bookshops seem to be saturated with them.

Aishae · 01-03-2011 07:32PM

I'd find it really weird if someone didn't read. While we're on the subject, can someone explain the Vampire/supernatural romance fascination lately? Bookshops seem to be saturated with them

its the Twilight effect

Sanjuro · 01-03-2011 07:33PM

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

I'm reading The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ and Even the Stars Look Lonesome...

How is it? It's next on my list.

Kya1976 · 01-03-2011 07:41PM

I'm reading The lion, the witch and the wardrobe, love that book:)

metrovelvet · 01-03-2011 07:45PM

I am reading Let The Great World Spin. Cute link but I dont really like it that much because I dont want a man to spin me tales. I've had enough of that to make Proust blush.

Twee. · 01-03-2011 07:53PM

I'm reading AA Gill's Table Talk. I love his writing, so funny! And it's all about food

I like non-fiction books, mostly biographies and history.

parker kent · 01-03-2011 07:55PM

Aishae wrote: »

its the Twilight effect

The effect is that big that they re-issued Romeo and Juliet, the Brontes and Jane Austen's novels with Twilight-alike covers. I guess if it means a few more read them, it is a good thing.

Edit: Oh and on topic, the girl I marry someday will be a girl who reads!

TheNewMee · 01-03-2011 08:01PM

Kya1976 wrote: »

I'm reading The loin, the witch and the wardrobe, love that book:)

Is that the soft porn version? :P

grungepants · 01-03-2011 08:08PM

I dont mean to trample in on the ladies lounge but wasent that article really just saying:

"Date me! I read! But i am capable of love!"

Censorsh!t · 01-03-2011 08:11PM

Well I'm currently swamped by books for college:

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Joyce. I do like it, but it's not the easiest of reads and it is taking a while to get through

Murphy - Samuel Beckett. Only just starting this. Also definitely not a light read!

Also reading Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams when I have the time

'Date a girl who reads'

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