This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

karaokeman · 10-09-2014 07:58AM

Reading a book of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Very intriguing writer with lots to say about life, ambition and spirituality. Definitely worth a read if prose with religious metaphors are your thing.

Callan57 · 10-09-2014 09:51AM

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood

Dibble · 10-09-2014 01:10PM

Such a Long Journey by Rohinton Mistry

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 11-09-2014 12:07AM

Been reading Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain. S'okay.

Esterhase · 11-09-2014 08:16AM

Began The Strain by Guillermo del Toro / Chuck Hogan. Cracking start so far, I was almost hoping my bus would get stuck in traffic so I could keep reading uninterrupted.

Callan57 · 11-09-2014 07:53PM

Starting Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

eire4 · 11-09-2014 08:03PM

Finished a re read of Brian Feeney's Sinn Fein A Hundred Turbulent Years. Well worth a read.

Dial Hard · 12-09-2014 11:51AM

Esterhase wrote: »

Began The Strain by Guillermo del Toro / Chuck Hogan. Cracking start so far, I was almost hoping my bus would get stuck in traffic so I could keep reading uninterrupted.

I'll be very interested to hear if you still feel like that by about a third of the way in.

catallus · 12-09-2014 08:17PM

Read Coetzee's The Childhood of Jesus last week, nice page-turner because of the excellent characters.

pavb2 · 12-09-2014 11:07PM

Just finished A Princess of Mars, Edgar Rice Burroughs

Now reading The House of the Four Winds, John Buchan

Esterhase · 15-09-2014 07:59AM

Dial Hard wrote: »

I'll be very interested to hear if you still feel like that by about a third of the way in.

If you're thinking what I think you're thinking... Then you're right.

I'm around the halfway point now and it has gone a bit downhill.

I did love the start when the plane was still out on the tarmac, but it completely ran out of steam once the surviving vamp-patients got out and about.

I'm still interested enough to keep reading but can't really root for any of the characters so far, so I'm not super invested in it.

SarahBM · 15-09-2014 11:02AM

Finished the Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, very nice book. Started the lost world by Arthur Conan Doyle

First_October · 15-09-2014 05:33PM

I'm about two-thirds of the way through the Luminaries. It really is an outstanding piece of work; it's been a long time since a novel enraptured me like this.

crustybla · 15-09-2014 09:38PM

Finished The Maze Runner last week. Was ok. Deffo geared for the teen market. It's the first of a series but I won't rush to read the next one iykwim.
After this I read The Kiss by Katherine Harrison. Crikey. Words almost fail me on this one. Fascinating in one way. It's a memoir. Not a long book. The author had a four year long affair with HER FATHER. Yes THAT kind of affair.
Now, thankfully I'm on to more intelligent fodder. One of my all time favourites, Bill Bryson's Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language. Excellent so far.

Censorsh!t · 16-09-2014 10:49AM

Reading Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates. I like it a lot, but I wish I hadn't seen the film, seen as it follows the book sooo closely and I know everything that's gonna happen! But there's some great inner monologue in the book which just can't be gotten across in the film.

lockman · 16-09-2014 05:59PM

Just finished Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust. Waugh has a wonderful style of writing and the book was most enjoyable.

Just started David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas. This is shaping up to be a fantastic read.

Callan57 · 16-09-2014 06:14PM

lockman wrote: »

Just finished Evelyn Waugh's A Handful of Dust. Waugh has a wonderful style of writing and the book was most enjoyable.

Just started David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas. This is shaping up to be a fantastic read.

Brilliant book, can't wait to get my hands on his new one. Enjoy!

Callan57 · 16-09-2014 08:01PM

Just starting Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver

Ice Storm · 16-09-2014 08:17PM

I'm reading Nicholas Nickleby. It didn't come recommended in this thread but I thought I'd give it a go anyway.

I don't have much time to read these days so I'm getting through it slowly. It took me a while to get into but I'm enjoying it now and look forward to my reading time. I will admit however, that it's probably my least favourite Dickens (so far!)

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 16-09-2014 08:31PM

Ice Storm wrote: »

I'm reading Nicholas Nickleby. It didn't come recommended in this thread but I thought I'd give it a go anyway.

I don't have much time to read these days so I'm getting through it slowly. It took me a while to get into but I'm enjoying it now and look forward to my reading time. I will admit however, that it's probably my least favourite Dickens (so far!)

I read this last year and I hated it! It took me about a month to get through it and it was the last book that I forced myself to finish even though I didn't like it.

Aenaes · 16-09-2014 08:54PM

I started Panzer Leader by Heinz Guderian last night.

Memoirs of a German General, describing his work in pioneering motorized tactics during the inter-war years, leading armoured commands during the invasions of Poland, France and Russia and staff positions such as Chief of Staff of the Army. Also includes interactions/arguments with other Generals and leading personalities of the Third Reich, including Hitler.

Daisy78 · 19-09-2014 09:45PM

How to build a girl by Caitlin Moran. Avoided reading her first one but picked this up and thought it might be worth a gander.....

fruvai · 20-09-2014 05:33PM

1/3 of the way through Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. Bat**** crazy as usual......

Swiper the fox · 20-09-2014 05:39PM

The new John Boyne book is excellent after 100 pages, slightly disturbing certainly at times but the main character is very human.

Finished Ian McEwans new book "The childrens act", not bad but he's fallen a long way since he put Amsterdam, Atonement, Saturday and On Chesil beach back to back (to back to back)

Wyldwood · 20-09-2014 07:23PM

Wilkie Collins The Woman in White. Love it.

I'm also experimenting with Amazon's Whispersync, alternating between reading and listening as it's a free kindle book. It's a useful feature, especially when sitting outdoors, but I don't think I'd pay extra for it.

Callan57 · 20-09-2014 10:20PM

Wyldwood wrote: »

Wilkie Collins The Woman in White. Love it.

I'm also experimenting with Amazon's Whispersync, alternating between reading and listening as it's a free kindle book. It's a useful feature, especially when sitting outdoors, but I don't think I'd pay extra for it.

I love Wilkie Collins

Daisy78 · 20-09-2014 11:35PM

Wyldwood wrote: »

Wilkie Collins The Woman in White. Love it.

It's a really great read, and a really strong female lead as well which is always good!

Belle E. Flops · 21-09-2014 11:42AM

Still reading Tess of the D'Urbervilles, kind of enjoying it but at the same time I'm looking forward to finishing it and starting something new.
I am getting the feeling that Tess will not have a happy ending. I'm finding her a bit annoying.

Censorsh!t · 23-09-2014 08:23PM

On Book 6 of the Dark Tower series by Stephen King, Song of Susannah.

So far, so good. Not looking forward to coming to the end of this series!

booklove72 · 23-09-2014 11:46PM

hi,

just joined. I am currently reading Dan Simmons - The Abdomiable. It is a first class foray into mountain climbling. very technical, when i finish reading it, may decide to try for Snowdon again

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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