This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

vepyewwo · 01-05-2013 01:15AM

Stasiland by Anna Funder after a recent trip to Berlin. Interesting, but not as good as I hoped it would be.

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. Quite an odd read.

Meathlass · 01-05-2013 09:10AM

vepyewwo wrote: »

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. Quite an odd read.

Great film

Sephiroth_dude · 01-05-2013 12:23PM

The prince of thorns by mark Lawrence

eire4 · 01-05-2013 04:27PM

Finished a re read of Michael Connelly's Lost Light. His first novel with Harry Bosch no longer on the LAPD. A good read.

OakeyDokey · 02-05-2013 11:03PM

Started this today

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

It's okay so far but I'm only on chapter 4.

a0ifee · 03-05-2013 05:43PM

Finished Mrs. Dalloway, loved it.
Going to start Life Of Pi next! Looking forward to it.

Monkeybonkers · 03-05-2013 06:54PM

Bill the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Bottled Brains by Harry Harrison

Tom Joad · 04-05-2013 09:58PM

Just finished Captain Coreli's Mandolin and really enjoyed it. Started Dangerous Liaisons and hope it picks up - am about 30 pages in and its wrecking my head.

MagicMarker · 05-05-2013 08:59PM

East of Eden.

Only 80 pages in and I love it already.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 05-05-2013 09:10PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

East of Eden.

Only 80 pages in and I love it already.

My absolute favourite book. Loved it. Was watching the film earlier on RTÉ and felt inspired to do a massive Steinbeck re-read starting with East of Eden.

AnnyHallsal · 07-05-2013 08:57PM

Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met his Match

Callan57 · 07-05-2013 09:00PM

Started my first Jo Nesbo today - The Redeemer

eire4 · 08-05-2013 04:07PM

Finished a re read of Michael Connelly's The Narrows an interesting bringing together of various characters from his earlier books.Very well done and an enjoyable read.

SarahBM · 09-05-2013 12:00AM

Finished the Prodigal Daughter last night at like 3am, couldnt put it down. Cant wait to read the next book in the series.

Going to read The Appeal by John Grisham. I have only read one of his other books.

Next for book club its going to be East of Eden, thanks to the positive posts in this thread. I love this thread, its brilliant for suggestions of books, I normally would never have considered or maybe even heard of.

Wichita Lineman · 10-05-2013 04:53PM

'Brooklyn' by Colm Toibin. Young Wexford woman emigrates to New York in the 1950's. Much better than I anticipated.

AnnyHallsal · 10-05-2013 05:19PM

Ian McEwan, Sweet Tooth

MagicMarker · 10-05-2013 10:03PM

MagicMarker wrote: »

East of Eden.

Only 80 pages in and I love it already.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

My absolute favourite book. Loved it. Was watching the film earlier on RTÉ and felt inspired to do a massive Steinbeck re-read starting with East of Eden.

SarahBM wrote: »

Finished the Prodigal Daughter last night at like 3am, couldnt put it down. Cant wait to read the next book in the series.

Going to read The Appeal by John Grisham. I have only read one of his other books.

Next for book club its going to be East of Eden, thanks to the positive posts in this thread. I love this thread, its brilliant for suggestions of books, I normally would never have considered or maybe even heard of.

Just finished it now, I absolutely loved it!

Slattsy · 10-05-2013 10:11PM

Caved in and went for A Game of Thrones.

Swiper the fox · 11-05-2013 08:54AM

MagicMarker wrote: »

Just finished it now, I absolutely loved it!

East of Eden in under a week is good going, brilliant book that I read myself about a month ago, if you haven't read Grapes of Wrath yet you should go for that next, in my opinion it's better, possibly the best book I've ever read but I could say that about a few.
I don't think the East of Eden movie is great to be honest, possibly because I prefer the first half of the book or maybe just the usual that it's not as good as the book, don't really get Jimmy Dean either.

I also thought Brooklyn was brilliant even though it sound almost like chick lit it is brilliantly done,

longshanks · 11-05-2013 09:01AM

I'm about halfway through The Master and Margarita and really enjoying it.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 11-05-2013 12:38PM

Swiper the fox wrote: »

East of Eden in under a week is good going, brilliant book that I read myself about a month ago, if you haven't read Grapes of Wrath yet you should go for that next, in my opinion it's better, possibly the best book I've ever read but I could say that about a few.
I don't think the East of Eden movie is great to be honest, possibly because I prefer the first half of the book or maybe just the usual that it's not as good as the book, don't really get Jimmy Dean either.

I also thought Brooklyn was brilliant even though it sound almost like chick lit it is brilliantly done,

I've read a lot of Steinbeck but funnily enough struggled with Grapes of Wrath. I don't think I ever finished it. Maybe I read it too close to finishing EofE and it just didn't match up for me.
I love Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday. Less epic reads than Grapes or Eden but still enjoyable.

Callan57 · 11-05-2013 03:48PM

The Accident by Ismail Kadare

Catherine! · 12-05-2013 03:05PM

White Death by Ken McClure

Swiper the fox · 12-05-2013 03:45PM

I'm reading The Gamal, a first novel by a young Cork writer, very enjoyable so far anyway, very interesting style, blurb on the cover compares it to Catcher in the Rye and I understand that.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 12-05-2013 04:00PM

About half way through Plainsong by Kent Haruf. Enjoying it so far. Quite a slow pace but very atmospheric.

a0ifee · 12-05-2013 10:32PM

Didn't start Life Of Pi like I said I would, reading Deathless by Catherynne M.Valente instead - amazing book.

Ipso · 13-05-2013 04:17PM

Slattsy wrote: »

Caved in and went for A Game of Thrones.

I recommend going to A Forum of Ice and Fire, they have a chapter by chapter discussion. It will help you as there is so much you can miss, don't stray into spoiler areas though.

skeleton_boy · 13-05-2013 05:11PM

Finally finished Lord of the Flies once I got my exams done. Moving onto The Hobbit next.

SarahBM · 13-05-2013 07:27PM

skeleton_boy wrote: »

Finally finished Lord of the Flies once I got my exams done. Moving onto The Hobbit next.

What did you think of the Lord of the flies? for such a small book , it took me ages to read.

Enjoy the Hobbit, brilliant book

Callan57 · 13-05-2013 09:37PM

The Last Dance & other stories by Victoria Hislop

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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