This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Arlecchina · 21-10-2011 08:52AM

Currently reading Rosemary Sutcliff's The Eagle of the Ninth, and I'm mentally kicking myself for not having discovered this as a kid. Not that it's necessarily a kid's book, but I know I'd have devoured it. The prose is stunning.

MissFlitworth · 21-10-2011 12:40PM

Reread The Enterprise of Death by Jesse Bullington (3rd time this year, love that book)

Considering picking up Snuff this weekend but I've not been loving the most recent Discworld novels (since they've started being transcribed) and really, really hated the last Tiffancy Aching book. Probably should leave it for a little while, Scary Discworld Obsessive so it makes me sad when the books aren't right

flyaway. · 21-10-2011 01:03PM

The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld

Maximum 40 Characters · 21-10-2011 04:12PM

The Power Of The Dog- Don Winslow

Absolutely fantastic.A fictional account of the US war on drugs spread over 25 years.
Unputdownable

flyaway. · 22-10-2011 03:47AM

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

useurename · 22-10-2011 12:31PM

Just finished Darkness,Take My Hand and Sacred by Denis Lehane.Excellent page turners.

flyaway. · 22-10-2011 05:41PM

Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan

Miss Fluff · 22-10-2011 06:37PM

Lisha wrote: »

A friend lent me Room by Emma Donoghue today so about to start that shortly

Miss Fluff, enjoy Room its quite a read, it might take a bit to get into it but when you do you wont want to leave....

You were so right about that Lisha. Started it this morning and have just finished it

What a beautiful book, would highly recommend it!

Have Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann so going to start that now

AnnyHallsal · 22-10-2011 08:27PM

Just finished this:

A stunning adaptation.

epgc3fyqirnbsx · 22-10-2011 08:29PM

Just started Dune by Frank Herbert.
I've never read sci-fi but heard this is a but special

flyaway. · 23-10-2011 03:29AM

Doll by Nicky Singer

x_Ellie_x · 24-10-2011 05:35PM

The Shining by Stephen King

flyaway. · 25-10-2011 02:51AM

The Murder at the Vicarage by Agatha Christie

Mrs Ron Burgundy · 25-10-2011 04:12PM

Lisha wrote: »

A friend lent me Room by Emma Donoghue today so about to start that shortly

Miss Fluff, enjoy Room its quite a read, it might take a bit to get into it but when you do you wont want to leave....

Took me AGES to get into it, think that it was the wrong book to bring on hols. Only really got into it 3/4 of the way through. I wouldn't really recommend it myself.

The Passage is a fantastic book though, finished it late last year. Absolutely LOVED it, couldn't put it down. Have to wait til mid - late 2012 for the next installment though

(it's a trilogy) so i would recommend waiting a while before you read it cos I was so disappointed when I realised I had to wait so long. It's a monster of a book tho so if your a slow reader then get it now.

baconsarnie · 26-10-2011 07:20PM

Loved that. Really gripping

Maximum 40 Characters wrote: »

The Power Of The Dog- Don Winslow

Absolutely fantastic.A fictional account of the US war on drugs spread over 25 years.
Unputdownable

flyaway. · 27-10-2011 02:27AM

Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen

27-10-2011 09:58AM

Arianna Damp Zephyr wrote: »

Just started Dune by Frank Herbert.
I've never read sci-fi but heard this is a but special

It is, it's a classic

Giselle · 27-10-2011 10:01AM

bluewolf wrote: »

It is, it's a classic

My favourite sci-fi book of all time.

Never bother with the film though!

Mrs Ron Burgundy · 27-10-2011 10:50AM

Was doing my hdip last year and was only able to read literature related to the course (yawn), so this summer i made up for that bigtime by reading continuously. My standout books were:

A Thousand Splendid Suns
One Day
Skippy Dies
The Passage
Water For Elephants

Read some others which I found so mediocre that I can't remember there names.
Has anyone read The Boy In The Attic? Am considering buying it and want to know if it's worth the money.

IvyTheTerrible · 27-10-2011 11:18AM

Mrs Ron Burgundy wrote: »

Was doing my hdip last year and was only able to read literature related to the course (yawn), so this summer i made up for that bigtime by reading continuously. My standout books were:

A Thousand Splendid Suns
One Day
Skippy Dies
The Passage
Water For Elephants

Read some others which I found so mediocre that I can't remember there names.
Has anyone read The Boy In The Attic? Am considering buying it and want to know if it's worth the money.

I just read The Boy in the Attic and to be honest, I found it mediocre. Malone doesn't find out anything particularly new, he seems to "fluff out" the book with irrelevant asides about other murders and incidents (such as a suicide in St Patricks institution). The style of writing is not fantastic and he seems to have geared it towards an American audience (using American turns of phrase, longish explanations of aspects of Irish culture which are redundant for an Irish reader, and some patronising generalisation). Also, it made me very uncomfortable how this book was written without the cooperation of the murder victim's parents. Would not recommend.

Mrs Ron Burgundy · 27-10-2011 11:25AM

IvyTheTerrible wrote: »

I just read The Boy in the Attic and to be honest, I found it mediocre. Malone doesn't find out anything particularly new, he seems to "fluff out" the book with irrelevant asides about other murders and incidents (such as a suicide in St Patricks institution). The style of writing is not fantastic and he seems to have geared it towards an American audience (using American turns of phrase, longish explanations of aspects of Irish culture which are redundant for an Irish reader, and some patronising generalisation). Also, it made me very uncomfortable how this book was written without the cooperation of the murder victim's parents. Would not recommend.

I thought as much myself so I ordered The Shining (can't believe I've never read this OR seen the film :eek:) and A Game of Thrones instead. Talk about completely different books...hopefully the latter was a good choice for someone who never normally reads that genre (love the tv series though)

emeraldstar · 27-10-2011 11:57AM

Finished my last book yesterday so grabbed Wide Sargasso Sea as I was running out the door for the train this morning. It's been waiting to be read for a while. Jane Eyre is one of my favourite books so this should be interesting.

Callan57 · 27-10-2011 08:24PM

emeraldstar wrote: »

Finished my last book yesterday so grabbed Wide Sargasso Sea as I was running out the door for the train this morning. It's been waiting to be read for a while. Jane Eyre is one of my favourite books so this should be interesting.

I've had that on my list for a while ... would be interested in your opinion.

Just started One Good Turn by Kate Atkinson