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This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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machiavelli99

American Pastoral by Philip Roth. Really enjoying it. I read Portnoy's Complaint last year, I mush prefer this though, it's a much more serious book which he wrote in his 60's, his own mortality was definitely on his mind as he wrote it but its not especially morbid. I'd highly recommend it.

Birneybau

Started reading 'The Shining', something not too taxing but it seems like it's long enough.

mejulie805

After 2 days of nothing finally chose 'Red Dragon', which will be directly followed by Silence of the Lambs- its a 2-in-1 edition..

Ipso

mejulie805 wrote: »

After 2 days of nothing finally chose 'Red Dragon', which will be directly followed by Silence of the Lambs- its a 2-in-1 edition..

Both are very good books.

ivytwine

Charlotte Gray, enjoying it.

Jijsaw

Lolita, beautifully written but I feel unnerved reading Humbert's desire for Lo. It's difficult to say that I'm "enjoying" it so far.

eire4

denis160 wrote: »

Love john connollys books, the charlie parker series. Deliciously scary, but a really good read.

I am a big fan as well. Very enjoyable thrill rides for sure.

giggii

Enjoyed Heartsick, bit of a twist on the typical serial killer/crime novels, I'll definitely check out some more of the series anyway!

Currently reading "Elizabeth is Missing" by Emma Healey, really enjoying it so far, it really gets into the mind of someone suffering from dementia, and is really heartbreaking in places. Going between that and "A girl is a half formed thing" by Eimear Mc Bride, which is beautifully written, it reminds me of The Road a little bit in its stream of consciousness, almost poetry- like prose, but it's very intense, I'll be needing something very light-hearted after these two! :P

Aenaes

I finished Albert Speer's Inside The Third Reich. Fascinating and surprising at times even if not wholly truthful.

I'm now reading The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas. D'Artagnan isn't one of them!

SarahBM

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August is on hold because I have to read Bridget Jones for book club. Can't say I was enjoying it though. Only read 20 pages of Bridget Jones and I was laughing out loud. ðŸ˜

Esterhase

I haven't had nearly enough time for reading over the last few weeks.

Finished Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki, which was like a breath of fresh spring air after reading Woman in White. Quick and simple, twas a lovely wee read.

My goal of getting through a few short books ended straight away after I picked up Wilbur Smith's River God. Fabulous book; the only real problem I have with it is the main character being a bit up himself at times. It was completely absorbing otherwise. I read Warlock when it first came out (10-15 years ago, I feel ancient now) so that's due a re-read now that I have some more background on the story.

For the moment I'm giving fiction a break and reading The Riddle of the Labyrinth, which is about the decoding of Linear B. Fascinating if you're into that kind of thing.

Fathom

Dune. Frank Herbert.

Swiper the fox

SarahBM wrote: »

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August is on hold because I have to read Bridget Jones for book club. Can't say I was enjoying it though. Only read 20 pages of Bridget Jones and I was laughing out loud. ðŸ˜

I started Harry August last night, read about 50 pages and I found it very hard to put down, I think I am going to absolutely love it.
I got it from the library as her new book sounds fascinating but I wanted to read this first.

Any other Ishiguro fans here? I love all of his books but I'm a ambivalent about the new one from what I've heard, I'd be interested to know if anyone has read itand what they think.

Callan57

Swiper the fox wrote: »

I started Harry August last night, read about 50 pages and I found it very hard to put down, I think I am going to absolutely love it.
I got it from the library as her new book sounds fascinating but I wanted to read this first.

Any other Ishiguro fans here? I love all of his books but I'm a ambivalent about the new one from what I've heard, I'd be interested to know if anyone has read itand what they think.

Haven't read the new one yet but it's on my list - I've loved all Ishiguro books but Remains of the Day is up there as one of my all-time favourite books.

crustybla

Finished Jesus Land by Julia Sheeres. It's a biopic about her life growing up in a religious household, her parents adopt two black boys but they're not the most caring parents, putting religion first. Really enjoyed it. Now I'm on Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. Enjoying it so far.

Callan57

Finished the absolutely brilliant Sea of Poppies.

Now for something light Two More Pints by Roddy Doyle should do the job

Birneybau

Finished 'The Shining' the other day, thought feck it, straight into 'Doctor Sleep'.

crustybla

Wasn't sure what to expect from Dr Sleep but really enjoyed it.

Callan57

Going to start Dominion by C J Sansom tomorrow

eire4

Finished a re read of Morgan Llwelyn's Bard this weekend. Very enjoyable.

Aenaes

I finished The Three Musketeers. I enjoyed it, found it funny at times. It was a children's edition so I'm not sure if it was an abridged/edited version..

Then I went on and read Going Solo by Roald Dahl. His adult memoirs from working in Africa to serving in the RAF during the Second World War. Easily readable and funny as always.

Currently reading A Burnt-Out Case by Graham Greene. It's set in a leproserie in the Belgian Congo in the 1950s.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

The Turning
Short story collection by Tim Winton. I loved every single story in this collection and could easily have read full novel sized versions of each story. They're all set in the same town and are loosely connected, some more than others. I've loved everything I've read from Tim Winton. Hard to get your hands on a lot of it in the shops though outside 3 or 4 books.

Fidge13

Finished my first reading of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (Steig Larsson) the other day. Thought it was very well plotted, maybe lost a little in translation though.

Now, i'm nearing the end of a little Stephen King book called The Rage - written as Richard Bachman. It's very good.

Been turning a few pages of Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit recently too - but it's a very old style of English and it's taking me a while to get my ear in tune with it.

Jijsaw

Fidge13 wrote: »

Now, i'm nearing the end of a little Stephen King book called The Rage - written as Richard Bachman. It's very good.

I've been looking for Rage for ages! Where did you get it?

I'm currently reading The Godfather, despite loving it- I'm too tired in the evenings to read more than 30 pages and seeing as it is almost 600 pages- I'll be reading for quite a long time.

Kalimah

Callan57 wrote: »

Going to start Dominion by C J Sansom tomorrow

Read that recently. Really enjoyed it.

Fathom

Girl with Dragon Tattoo.

Dibble

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk.

FaulknersFav

Americana by Don DeLillo.

FaulknersFav

And Darkness Visible by William Styron, which is incredible so far.

Birneybau

Still reading 'Doctor Sleep'.

Wish he hadn't wrote it to be honest, in no way reflects how good the original was.