TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: » Something Is finally happening in The Woman in White. Only took half the bloody book. I might get it finished this month at this rate.
Mousewar wrote: » Finally read The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoot. I'm a massive David Mitchell fan but this book was the one of his that I found really difficult to get into. At the start he throws a lot of different characters at you without any of them forming a strong place in your mind and so the book doesn't really hook you. I initially gave up on it a few times but after reading The Bone Clocks I decided to go back and complete his catalogue. Really glad I did. It is, of course, an excellent book although ultimately would not feature at the top of his canon. He's clearly not quite as comfortable with the 3rd person narrative as he is with 1st person, which is the style for all his other books. Also, while his attention to detail in the historical setting is impressive I think ultimately more attention might have been paid to the story. It's a very strong second part but the third and final part just kind of fades away and is ultimately somewhat unsatisfactory. That said, reading it after The Bone Clocks was quite illuminating. In many ways, The Bone Clocks is a sequel to it.
Ice Storm wrote: » I actually really enjoyed it up until then and felt that was the point it started to go a little downhill.
eternal wrote: » I bought this but have yet to read it. Hopefully now I can give it a go. He does create some dense narratives alright.
eire4 wrote: » Finished a re read of Morgan Llwelyn's classic Lion of Ireland.
Callan57 wrote: » Finished The Robber Bride and now it's on toCapital by John Lanchester
Birneybau wrote: » Thought that was a decent book myself.
Callan57 wrote: » Finished The Robber Bride and now it's on to Capital by John Lanchester
ivytwine wrote: » I'm flying through The Virgin Suicides... I'd been putting it off cos I thought it would be horribly depressing but it's great! Not a feel-good book, natch, but very absorbing and readable.
Callan57 wrote: » Could never get anything out of that book, hated it I'm afraid.
TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: » Started The Girls at the Kingfisher Club last night. Very easy read after The Woman in White. It's a modern day retelling of a fairy tale about 12 dancing princesses, apparently, I've never heard of them. Set in the 1920's, I think, it's basically 12 sisters who are kept locked in their house by their father, he wanted a son, the mother gave up after the 12th daughter. The eldest sister, Jo, is left in charge of the rest of them and to stop the next eldest, Lou, from running away, they sneak out to a club to dance and one by one the other sisters join them as they're old enough. This carries on for years until suddenly the father decides he's going to marry them all off to whoever will have them. As I said it's a very easy read after The Woman in White but it's also very enjoyable. I'm flying through it. Should be back on my Goodreads schedule in no time.
ivytwine wrote: » We won't fall out over it finished it now. Although it was pretty short it dragged a bit towards the end. Could have worked better as a novella I think. I did like it though, knowing the end and working back never really bothers me. It was haunting for what it was, an elegy for lost youth. I'm taking a Pratchett break now. It's my habit after reading something depressing to read some Terry Pratchett, always cheers me up. Never got around to the Tiffany Aching ones so on A Hatful of Sky now.
Birneybau wrote: » I also liked it but then, I am a huge fan of Jeffrey Eugenides. You should check out his other books if you get a chance, not that many to be honest but I loved 'The Marriage Plot' and liked 'Middlesex'.
