This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Monkeybonkers · 22-04-2012 11:07PM

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

WickedWest · 23-04-2012 08:51AM

emeraldstar wrote: »

Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck

How's that going? I find Steinbeck to be incredibly dull.

Callan57 · 23-04-2012 11:27AM

Starting Daydream Girl by Bella Pollen

emeraldstar · 23-04-2012 01:21PM

American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis

meganj · 24-04-2012 11:36AM

Just finished Jo Nesbo's Phantom - really enjoyed it, had been waiting for it to come out and I'm a huge Nesbo fan so it was great!

Hunger Games trilogy is in the Post Office waiting for me, hope it lives up to the hype!

Cokeistan · 24-04-2012 02:39PM

A Storm of Swords, George R.R. Martin

Sleazy Rider · 24-04-2012 03:26PM

Just finished A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry, which has easily made it into my all time top ten.

Currently reading World War Z by Max Brooks which is OK.

MagicMarker · 25-04-2012 01:14PM

Started 'The Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafón this morning, really enjoying it so far.

Mahna Mahna · 25-04-2012 04:04PM

Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse then hopefully onto Life by Keith Richards

Squ · 25-04-2012 05:16PM

Sleazy Rider wrote: »

Just finished A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry, which has easily made it into my all time top ten

Just bought it on the back of your post

Callan57 · 26-04-2012 11:37AM

Starting The Paris Wife by Paula McLain

mikemac1 · 27-04-2012 07:16PM

The Litigators

Usual top class from John Grisham

highlydebased · 27-04-2012 11:17PM

Steve Jobs' Autobiography. Very interesting.

MagicMarker · 28-04-2012 07:43PM

The Wasp Factory - lain Banks

Only read the first third, can someone please tell me if it's worth going on because so far it's pretty crap tbh.

eclectichoney · 28-04-2012 08:24PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

The Wasp Factory - lain Banks

Only read the first third, can someone please tell me if it's worth going on because so far it's pretty crap tbh.

A very good book imo - a little disturbing mind you!

Callan57 · 28-04-2012 11:18PM

Finished The Paris Wife by Paula McLain ..... a great read & highly recommended for anyone interested in Ernest Hemingway & his writings. Really loved it.

Now I need a short story fix so I'm starting Field Study by Rachel Seffert

eclectichoney · 29-04-2012 09:59AM

Callan57 wrote: »

Now I need a short story fix so I'm starting Field Study by Rachel Seffert

Just finished Landed by Tim Pears - excellent stuff, and just starting Robin Black's If I loved you I would tell you this: also in need of a short fiction fix!

Callan, interested to see what you think of Field study, I remember finding it v disappointing after the excellent Dark Room but it was a long long time ago now that I read it.

Seifer · 29-04-2012 10:35PM

Just finished The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. Can't say I've read anything like it before. It's quite a heavy read but definitely worth it. He does some very clever things with language that often cracked a smile.

Will probably devour the copy of Philip Pullman's, Once upon a time in the North, I managed to track down before moving onto something else with more meat.

Monkeybonkers · 30-04-2012 12:03AM

MagicMarker wrote: »

The Wasp Factory - lain Banks

Only read the first third, can someone please tell me if it's worth going on because so far it's pretty crap tbh.

Don't know if you've gone any further with this book. I was completely underwhelmed by it. Didn't find it at all disturbing either. I'd still say continue on with it and see what you think but it did nothing for me

SarahBM · 30-04-2012 08:35AM

Finally finished the Master and Margarita last night. Weirdest book I ever read. Didn't really like it. Started the Missing by Jane Cassidy.

Callan57 · 30-04-2012 11:27AM

eclectichoney wrote: »

Just finished Landed by Tim Pears - excellent stuff, and just starting Robin Black's If I loved you I would tell you this: also in need of a short fiction fix!

Callan, interested to see what you think of Field study, I remember finding it v disappointing after the excellent Dark Room but it was a long long time ago now that I read it.

Almost finished Field Study and really liked it .... especially Dimitroff & The Late Spring ... also The Crossing I thought was beautifully observed.
Agree with you The Dark Room was brilliant but different genre so you can't really compare. Also her Afterwards was a good read.

cynder · 30-04-2012 08:21PM

Finished legend by Marie Lu and also read fallen, torment and fallen.

Getting insurgent first thing tomorrow.

Sleazy Rider · 01-05-2012 01:34PM

Squ wrote: »

Just bought it on the back of your post

Hope you enjoy it.

wilkie2006 · 01-05-2012 01:51PM

Snako wrote: »

Just started Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman, Asweh, It's bo-styles

How are you getting on with it? I thought that was an amazing, amazing novel. I enjoyed it a lot more than Barnes's Booker Prize winner.

However, I wonder if "Pigeon English" has made such an impression on me because it's set in the kind of place I live in London. I'd be interested to hear your opinion of it.

Squ · 01-05-2012 02:53PM

Sleazy Rider wrote: »

Hope you enjoy it.

Wipping through it, very hard to put down. It's one of those reads, where I'm looking at the amount of pages left and sorry there's not more!

bullpost · 01-05-2012 02:59PM

Just finished the Master and Margarita recently as well. Found it quirky but original and enjoyable.

SarahBM wrote: »

Finally finished the Master and Margarita last night. Weirdest book I ever read. Didn't really like it. Started the Missing by Jane Cassidy.

Sleazy Rider · 01-05-2012 03:47PM

Squ wrote: »

Wipping through it, very hard to put down. It's one of those reads, where I'm looking at the amount of pages left and sorry there's not more!

Yeah I was exactly like that too.

Achillles · 01-05-2012 07:04PM

Just finished Fight Club today. Excellent read and brilliantly written, but the film followed it so closely it took away from my enjoyment of the book having seen the film first.

Also finished Steven Erikson's 'Crippled God' earlier on in the week. Finally after ten confusing yet brilliant books, I finished the saga. For anyone struggling to get through the earlier books, keep going they're definitely worth it!

Starting 'Drive' tonight. Haven't seen the film so can't wait to sink my teeth into it!

perri winkles · 01-05-2012 10:23PM

I'm still reading Birdsong and my god I am struggling.

I think the fact that it seems like a love story has really put me off. I'm not big into romance novels and it is moving painfully slow.

Anyone read it and thought it was amazing? I'm reluctant to give up but I don't actually look forward to reading it, I have to force myself to pick it back up again.

x_Ellie_x · 01-05-2012 11:29PM

I'm now reading Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.

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