This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Hells Belle · 06-02-2013 01:08PM

Was laid up this week so read American Gods, it flagged a bit for me in the middle but it's a good story with some great characters. Next came Good Omens, what a strange book, very funny in parts, would recommend.

To end I just finished Wool by Hugh Howey, one of the better dystopians I've read lately.

Callan57 · 07-02-2013 11:21PM

Indelible Acts by A L Kennedy

girlonfire · 10-02-2013 09:50PM

The Grass is Singing, Doris Lessing

emeraldstar · 10-02-2013 10:35PM

girlonfire wrote: »

The Grass is Singing, Doris Lessing

Studied that in college and sorry to say I hated it so, so much.

Currently reading Wilkie Collins' The Haunted Hotel.

SarahBM · 10-02-2013 11:44PM

Finished the Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling. not a fan. I dont know if I will be able to go back and read Harry Potter again after that.

Started A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseni for book club. the friend that picked it has finished already and Im only on page 50

baconsarnie · 11-02-2013 10:41AM

"Mendelssohn is on the roof" by Jiri Weil

eire4 · 11-02-2013 08:50PM

Finished a re read of Michael Connelly's debut novel The Black Echo. It was kind of funny with the pagers and using pay phones in it so much. Seems so long ago.

Busi_Girl08 · 11-02-2013 10:24PM

Lolita. It may have gotten me a couple of odd looks on the bus :pac:

The language is amazing though, makes you kind of forget for a minute what's going on.

Callan57 · 12-02-2013 12:30AM

Starting City of Bohane by Kevin Barry

adrian522 · 12-02-2013 01:57PM

Just finished reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. I'm not going to lie I found it very tough to get through. He uses a lot of archaic language and the prose was difficult to understand at times.

It would probably require a second run through but to be honest I'm not interested in doing that at the moment.

For a complete change I've decided to read a sports autobiography this week, so I've went with Life, Death and Hurling by Michael Duignan.

Meathlass · 12-02-2013 02:05PM

I started Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh yesterday afternoon, nearly finished it.

Great read, lots of ancedotes, Irish interest and good writing style. Really enjoying it.

upstairs for coffee · 13-02-2013 05:08PM

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - Very interesting book. Detestable main character that distracts you with his brilliant, manipulative use of language.

Down and out in Paris and London by George Orwell - Quick read but very insightful. Some brilliant descriptions and funny stories.

Tin Foil Hat · 13-02-2013 11:41PM

Just finished The Angel of the Streetlamps by Sean Moncrieff.
It's very, very good.

Ipso · 14-02-2013 07:50PM

Just started Bloodland by Irish author Alan Glynn, so far so good. I read another book of his called Winterland which was very good.

marienbad · 15-02-2013 12:28AM

Rereading everything by W.G.Sebald and have just finished The Rings Of Saturn. What a truly astonishing book it is.

The trouble with reading Sebald is that I find it is very difficult to get into anything else and now I have just Vertigo to go this time round plus the poems.

OakeyDokey · 16-02-2013 04:29AM

I've been reading mad over the last day or two I've finished two books..

Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Liked the story but think the ending was super rushed!)

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (A bit slow to start, shocking as the ages of the boys involved towards the situations there in but slightly captivating. I read this years ago at a young age and never grasped it so I wanted to have another go it's an okay book)

Started reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald about an hour ago so going to read a bit more and see can it put me to sleep! It's so early.

Call Me Jimmy · 16-02-2013 04:57AM

Full Catastrophe Living
A mindfulness book. Although I haven't started disciplined practice, I find just reading the book a few pages at a time helps me relax and become aware of the physical world. Highly recommend it for anyone that wants to slow down their brain.

The Alchemist
Again reading it in drips and drabs but a very concise book that is optimistic throughout. The writing is nothing too spectacular but I'm in the minimalist camp when it comes to that anyway so it suits me.

Catherine! · 16-02-2013 04:53PM

The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark

Women And Children First by Gill Paul

OakeyDokey · 17-02-2013 12:18AM

Finished The Great Gatsby this morning and enjoyed it though it was tragic.

Also read and finished Of Mice and Men which I liked. It was simple and sad at the end.

Started Animal Farm by George Orwell today.

Callan57 · 17-02-2013 01:00AM

Finished City of Bohane and now I'm on to What Becomes by A L Kennedy and at home I'm reading Casual Vacancy by J K Rowling - hardback so too heavy for commuting.

SarahBM · 17-02-2013 05:16PM

Callan57 wrote: »

Finished City of Bohane and now I'm on to What Becomes by A L Kennedy and at home I'm reading Casual Vacancy by J K Rowling - hardback so too heavy for commuting.

Id be interested to see what you thought about this.

I finished A Thousand Splendid Suns last night, no I dont know what to read next. Either
Along Came A Spider- James Patterson
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Insurrection -Robyn Young -bought today (Chapters is just one of those shops that I cant walk past:D)
Plugged -Eoin Colfer - which I also just bought today
and sitting on my "to Read" shelf, The Man in the Iron Mask, Doctor Zhivago, The Kite Runner, The Appeal, etc.

oh decisions!
:rolleyes:

ScriptKittie · 17-02-2013 08:23PM

About a third of the way through Cloud Atlas, as I like to read books before seeing the movie.

It's rather strange, and I'm not sure I'm really enjoying it that much. I'll persevere.

Tom Joad · 17-02-2013 09:22PM

ScriptKittie wrote: »

About a third of the way through Cloud Atlas, as I like to read books before seeing the movie.

It's rather strange, and I'm not sure I'm really enjoying it that much. I'll persevere.

Its worth perservering with - I really enjoyed the Timothy Cavendish parts and Adam Ewing.

I didn't enjoy it other than that but was glda I stuck with it to the end.

Tom Joad · 17-02-2013 09:24PM

Just finished Wuthering Heights and started Wilkie Collins "The woman in white" which has already sucked me in..

a0ifee · 17-02-2013 09:28PM

ScriptKittie wrote: »

About a third of the way through Cloud Atlas, as I like to read books before seeing the movie.

It's rather strange, and I'm not sure I'm really enjoying it that much. I'll persevere.

i saw the trailer for this earlier I was going to read it, seems like an interesting book! You should post what you think of it when you finish it

I'm still reading les miserables (14% of it read!

) but I'm thinking of reading a virginia woolf book next..or one of the books I have out from the library.

Monkeybonkers · 18-02-2013 02:20AM

Just finished Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. Excellent read, highly reconnended. Next, back to the always brillian Flashman series, this time Flashman and the Mountain of Light by George MacDonald Fraser

tyrion1234 · 18-02-2013 04:34AM

Just finished Birdsong myself actually and I taught it was terribly boring, was relieved when it finally ended. Also finished Bleak House by Charles Dickens, very good read, and am now starting on David Copperfield.

adrian522 · 18-02-2013 11:14AM

adrian522 wrote: »

Just finished reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. I'm not going to lie I found it very tough to get through. He uses a lot of archaic language and the prose was difficult to understand at times.

It would probably require a second run through but to be honest I'm not interested in doing that at the moment.

For a complete change I've decided to read a sports autobiography this week, so I've went with Life, Death and Hurling by Michael Duignan.

Moving on, I've now started The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt. I noticed some positive reviews earlier in this thread. It's incredibly easy to read, has a great pace about it and so far seems to be very interesting.

emeraldstar · 18-02-2013 04:00PM

Just finished The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker – a very slow-paced, apocalyptic tale. It was okay.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 18-02-2013 04:07PM

Still dying a slow death with Madame Bovary. I've already quit one book this year, I won't be defeated by another!

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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