This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

tHE vAGGABOND · 27-02-2011 07:00PM

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen - Chris McDougal

Brilliant [but I have gotten into running in a big way, if you had zero interest in running you may not love it quite so much].

emeraldstar · 27-02-2011 08:23PM

Just starting Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love. Have just finished Wigs on the Green by the same author and enjoyed it. Her books are short and fun.

Up-n-atom! · 27-02-2011 11:18PM

Have made a second attempt at Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, and it's not looking good - I'm doing most of my reading late at night these days and this just requires too much concentration than I can muster at late hours - which is why I've picked up One Day by David Nicholls instead. Usually don't read a lot of more commercial fiction, but this is more managable when I'm tired and I'm really getting into it.

Busi_Girl08 · 27-02-2011 11:19PM

After hearing all the good about it here, I started Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell this week.

So far...a little slow $:\$ I'll keep at it though, because even though not much has really happened, I still want to know what happens next.

OakeyDokey · 28-02-2011 02:23PM

Reading Star girl now... great book

AnnyHallsal · 28-02-2011 02:24PM

Crime and Punishment

flyaway. · 28-02-2011 11:03PM

Looking for Alaska by John Green

BopNiblets · 01-03-2011 02:48AM

I'm reading a book written by a lot of webcomic artists/writers called Machine Of Death

A bunch of short stories about a machine that accurately predicts how someone is going to die from a sample of their blood, printing out a vague few words on a piece of paper like CANCER or OLD AGE.
They get interesting like the one I just finished of a guy who got ELECTRIC CHAIR, turns delightfully evil.

bigsmokewriting · 01-03-2011 04:02PM

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami.

been waiting to read Murakami for years now, just never gotten around to it. Thankfully the hype hasn't ruined it for me, it's still a wonderful read!
- Ciaran, Big Smoke Writing Factory

joeyshabadoo · 02-03-2011 05:15PM

Loved Cloud Atlas. Currently reading Roberto Bolaño - 2666.

clouds · 02-03-2011 09:41PM

Moved onto a bit of Fantasy now, a new area for me.
Am reading Ursula Le Guin's Earthsea Quartet. So far don't see why fantasy is so looked down upon, excellent writing. Though AFAIK she is considered a cut above your usual robe&dragon fare.

If I had a pub I think I'd call it The Robe & Dragon

tHE vAGGABOND · 03-03-2011 02:10PM

finished Enigma by Robert Harris

Since its world book day, Im making another stab at War and Peace, but on kindle this time, so I dont have to carry around the monster

Hermy · 03-03-2011 07:56PM

Haven't posted here for a while but I'm still reading.
Just finished Post Office by Charles Bukowski and currently reading The Poorhouse Fair by John Updike.

Callan57 · 04-03-2011 10:13PM

Edna O'Brien's new book of short stories 'Saints & Sinners'
She has such a beautiful way with words.

Belle E. Flops · 05-03-2011 12:34AM

Emma by Jane Austen.

I'm thinking Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or Mr. Nice next!

sxt · 07-03-2011 01:10AM

Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar , which focuses on the viewpoint and mindset of Stalin, his family and his clique before, during and after the war. Very well researched and written. Hardcover in chapters for 5.99, worth a look if you are anyway interested in that period in history

Callan57 · 07-03-2011 11:26AM

The Legion by Simon Scarrow ...roughly half way in & enjoying it a lot

AnnyHallsal · 07-03-2011 11:42AM

Mariama Ba, So Long a Letter

tHE vAGGABOND · 07-03-2011 02:27PM

gave up on War and Peace - again...

Now reading Salems Lot - as its just something I have wanted to read for a while.

[Annoyingly, its for sale for Kindle on Amazon.Com and Amazon.co.uk - but I cant buy it for Kindle as the publishers have only licensed it for those territories, not Ireland!]

Busi_Girl08 · 07-03-2011 11:09PM

So I'm about half way through Cloud Atlas. Did anyone else have trouble understanding the language in the Sloosha story?

AnnyHallsal · 08-03-2011 06:48PM

Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Deceptively simple, absorbing, moving.

Nhead · 08-03-2011 07:25PM

Matterhorn- Karl Marlantes. Flawed in parts but beautiful in many ways.

Rhalliord · 08-03-2011 09:58PM

A Crown of Swords Wheel of Time Book 7 by Robert Jordan. I am determined to finish this series of books this year if it kills me. I have never made it past book seven yet!

Callan57 · 09-03-2011 08:08PM

Just started 'Secret' by Philippe Grimbert ... I thought the movie was sublime so I had to get my hands on the book.

Blobby George · 11-03-2011 09:11PM

John Giles autobiography. What a man.

AnnyHallsal · 11-03-2011 09:13PM

Bessie Head, When Rain Clouds Gather.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 11-03-2011 10:20PM

Slow down AnnyHallsall!

finished Skippy Dies, very good, seems bizarre at first but is actually about so much. Especailly relevant for todays young male I think.

Reading Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad now

AnnyHallsal · 11-03-2011 10:23PM

Arianna Damp Zephyr wrote: »

Slow down AnnyHallsall!

finished Skippy Dies, very good, seems bizarre at first but is actually about so much. Especailly relevant for todays young male I think.

Reading Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad now

Heh heh

I'm doing some marking for the Baccalaureat and had to do a rake of reading for it. They're all quite short too

Thumbs up for the current reading, I think it's superb.

staker · 11-03-2011 10:27PM

Blobby George wrote: »

John Giles autobiography. What a man.

Read it too, very good read.

Golf is not a game of perfect by Bob Rotella, hints and tips about improving the mental side of your golf game..

Callan57 · 12-03-2011 12:11AM

Almost finished 'Sinema: The Northumberland Massacre' by Rod Glenn.
Got it on my Kindle for less than a EUR ... great read especially at that price

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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