This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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.

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..

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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

Going to start Dominion by C J Sansom tomorrow

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.

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.

Callan57 wrote: »

Going to start Dominion by C J Sansom tomorrow

Read that recently. Really enjoyed it.

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk.

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