This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

flyaway. · 01-02-2012 05:06PM

Austenland by Shannon Hale

Callan57 · 01-02-2012 06:40PM

Half way into Simon Scarrow's 'The Eagle's Prophecy' ... really good

rainshowers82 · 01-02-2012 08:45PM

doriansmith wrote: »

One of my favourite books.

I started reading We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver last night. Have a big pile of Christmas/birthday present books to get through.

We need to talk about Kevin is a great book!

Finished water for elephants .... I really did not enjoy it as much as i had hoped

But LOVED The Girl Who Played With Fire !

Conzea · 01-02-2012 09:58PM

The 2nd of Shelby Foote's Civil War trilogy. C'mon confederates!

Just a suggestion for people looking for summit good. The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies.
The man is God.

emeraldstar · 01-02-2012 11:56PM

The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman

Busi_Girl08 · 02-02-2012 12:03AM

The Prestige by Christopher Priest.

doriansmith · 02-02-2012 01:13AM

rainshowers82 wrote: »

We need to talk about Kevin is a great book!

Yeah I loved it, thought it was excellent. I must give the film a watch now.

lestat21 · 02-02-2012 03:26AM

Even if you dont like fantasy books I would recommend Joe Abercrombies First Law trilogy to anyone who likes an action packed story with dodgy but interesting characters and twists you will never see coming... Im reading this series of books for the second time and Id forgotten how good it was!!

Bannasidhe · 02-02-2012 01:19PM

lestat21 wrote: »

Even if you dont like fantasy books I would recommend Joe Abercrombies First Law trilogy to anyone who likes an action packed story with dodgy but interesting characters and twists you will never see coming... Im reading this series of books for the second time and Id forgotten how good it was!!

+1

Great trilogy and very very funny.

eire4 · 02-02-2012 08:26PM

I am getting towards the end of Greg Bears Moving Mars. A little bit slow moving at times. But overall I like it.

de Faoite_girl · 02-02-2012 10:27PM

Just finished And then there were none by Agatha Christie (loved it). Now starting Roseanne by Sjöwall and Wahlöö.

spacecoyote · 02-02-2012 10:38PM

Just finished reading City of Bohane by Kevin Barry & God Is Not Great by Hitchins.

Very different books but both fantastic & highly recommended!

Malcolm Gladwell's What the Dog Saw is next on the list.

On the Road, 1984 & Uncle Tom's Cabin on the way in the post

AnnyHallsal · 03-02-2012 12:27AM

Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

SarahBM · 03-02-2012 07:50PM

doriansmith wrote: »

Yeah I loved it, thought it was excellent. I must give the film a watch now.

RE We Need to Talk About Kevin: I started that book after being recommended it by a friend but I got about a third of the way in and I had to put it down. I just thought it was rubbish.
Considering how so many people think its great, I might give it another go (or go watch the film

)

I need to get cracking and read the pile of books in my press. Started the Master and Margarita and Im liking it so far.

x_Ellie_x · 03-02-2012 11:14PM

I'm reading The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf

T954 · 04-02-2012 12:05AM

Dracula....need i say who wrote it? Really really enjoying it....tried it years and years ago and didn't take to it at all. Perhaps a little age and maturity has helped I really don't now but its a top notch novel.

Callan57 · 04-02-2012 03:20PM

Rereading Great Expectations in honour of the great man's bicentenary .... reading it as an adult is like a reading a totally new book

Belle E. Flops · 04-02-2012 06:02PM

Just started Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky!

wilkie2006 · 05-02-2012 11:39PM

Just started Julian Barnes's "The Sense of an Ending". So far it's fantastic; definitely one to be re-read.

Last night, I finished "Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse" by Philip O Ceallaigh. Wow, what an amazing series of short stories. I'd definitely recommend it.

wilkie2006 · 05-02-2012 11:45PM

grizzcol2 wrote: »

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre

How did you get on with that? I started it but gave up after about 100 pages. Is it worth persevering with?

meganj · 06-02-2012 10:55AM

wilkie2006 wrote: »

Just started Julian Barnes's "The Sense of an Ending". So far it's fantastic; definitely one to be re-read.

Loved The Sense of an Ending thought it was beautifully written. I will probably reread it in the not too distant future, the ending kind of sneaks up on you.

Started The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst. It's stunningly written, I'm so impressed with his turn of phrase. It's a bit of a nod to the good ole days of English literature, which is good in that it invokes some excellent use of language, but it's annoying sometimes as I can't help but shake the feeling that the author is more in love with the old English masters than the characters.

tannytantans · 06-02-2012 10:34PM

Read the three Hunger Games book in three days

Really enjoyed them but was a little disappointed with the ending. I'm not sure why but I was expecting more....

Also reading 'Holes' by Louis Sachaar with my class at school - great book!

Monkeybonkers · 06-02-2012 11:55PM

Reading 'The Hunger Games' on my new Kindle (trying to fit in everywhere that I have a new Kindle, lol)

cynder · 08-02-2012 02:54PM

Dont know what to read, got loads of ebooks to get through... Ive never read the lord of the rings, dont think its really me, but i think i will start there...

Belle E. Flops · 08-02-2012 11:00PM

grindelwald wrote: »

Dont know what to read, got loads of ebooks to get through... Ive never read the lord of the rings, dont think its really me, but i think i will start there...

You are in for a treat! They are fantastic!

x_Ellie_x · 09-02-2012 06:48PM

I'm reading Two For the Dough by Janet Evanovich and The Shakespeare Secret by J.L. Carrell.

kylith · 10-02-2012 04:00PM

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

The Prestige by Christopher Priest.

What did you think of it? I think that the movie blows the book out of the water.

I'm currently reading Mark Z Danielowski'd Only Revolutions. It's my second time reading it and I'm still not entirely sure what's going on.

Busi_Girl08 · 10-02-2012 04:29PM

kylith wrote: »

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

The Prestige by Christopher Priest.

What did you think of it? I think that the movie blows the book out of the water..

I'm not even half way through it yet

Damn college is taking up ask my reading time

I'm really enjoying it so far though. Haven't seen the movie though so I can't comment on that.

eire4 · 10-02-2012 09:53PM

I am almost done with Finbarr's Hotel. It is the second time I have read it and I must say it is a great read. Sometimes books like this don't work with a different Irish author writing each chapter but this one works briliantly.

SarahBM · 11-02-2012 02:36AM

grindelwald wrote: »

Dont know what to read, got loads of ebooks to get through... Ive never read the lord of the rings, dont think its really me, but i think i will start there...

Read the Hobbit first.

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