This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

That_Guy · 07-12-2009 5:05pm

emeraldstar wrote: »

Hehe, me too. Liking it.

I'm liking it too. Not bad thus far. Actually managed to put it down for an hour to eat and post on boards.

Cadiz · 12-12-2009 3:24pm

Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky by Patrick Hamilton.

Love it, the dialogue, the detail on London in another era the spot-on observations of small details, the tenderness.

SarahBM · 13-12-2009 5:42pm

I started Rob Roy by Walter Scott last week, its tough, but I will get there!

mackthefinger · 13-12-2009 8:03pm

The Time travellers wife - didn't think I would enjoy it, but its surprised me. Lot of flitting around to begin with, but you get the hang of it.

Porkpie · 16-12-2009 11:19am

Finished reading Wild Swans last week, a very interesting insight in to the hardships experienced by three generations of family in China. A real eye opener and a great histroy lesson.

Currently reading The Poet by Michael Connelly, about two-thirds of the way through it. Pretty boring tbh, can't wait to just finish it and move on to something else!

Busi_Girl08 · 16-12-2009 9:25pm

Just started Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy. So far so good

knockane_ali09 · 17-12-2009 9:53pm

i just finished the lovely bones by alice seabold and i thought it was brillant i will go to see the film whe its out but it will probably be a disapointment books turned into films usually end in disaster

martoman · 25-12-2009 2:49pm

Books I've read over the past couple of months:

All Quiet on the Western Front -- Erich Maria Remarque
The Reader -- Bernhard Schlink
Homecoming -- Bernhard Schlink
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
If This Is a Man -- Primo Levi
The Truce -- Primo Levi
The Notebook -- Agota Kristof
The Proof -- Agota Kristof
The Third Lie -- Agota Kristof
Slaughterhouse-Five -- Kurt Vonnegut
The Passport -- Herta Müller
The Man in the High Castle -- Philip K. Dick
Regeneration -- Pat Barker
Mother Courage and Her Children -- Bertolt Brecht (play)
Rhinoceros -- Eugène Ionesco (play)
The Lesson -- Eugène Ionesco (play)
The Chairs -- Eugène Ionesco (play)

What's planned next:

The Plot Against America -- Philip Roth
Mother Night -- Kurt Vonnegut
Homage to Catalonia -- George Orwell
Heart of Darkness -- Joseph Conrad
Crash -- J. G. Ballard
My Childhood -- Maxim Gorky
First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers -- Loung Ung

.Nikorawr. · 28-12-2009 5:31pm

The Library of Shadows by Mikkel Birkegaard.

tHE vAGGABOND · 29-12-2009 1:58pm

Under The Dome, Stephen King

Sephiroth_dude · 29-12-2009 4:17pm

Jim butcher-Grave peril

scillaria · 31-12-2009 2:01am

The bonehunters-steven erikson its a reread.

pavb2 · 31-12-2009 12:19pm

The Stolen Village

The Persian Expedition - Xenophon

Seonad · 03-01-2010 10:07pm

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood

Very good so far

castle · 05-01-2010 7:20pm

Over Xmas I read Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 'Pure class' and also We need to talk about Kevin again by Lionel Shriver class read, both recommended here so I in turn am doing the same thing. Must reads

antomagoo · 06-01-2010 12:39pm

About 2/3 through Papillon, was absolutely engrossed in it up untill I read this yesterday http://www.coopertoons.com/caricatures/henricharriere_papillon_bio.html

MultiUmm · 06-01-2010 2:44pm

I just finished "At Swim, Two Boys" last night by Jamie O'Neill.

Really astounding book, couldn't give it enough praise.

Takes a while to get into it but it's well worth it, the ending was truly heart wrenching stuff.

tazkatie · 06-01-2010 2:51pm

Just had an epic readathon over christmas, read the secret scripture (Sebastian Barry) amazing has been on my to read list for a while. Then read Thriller edited by James Patterson ( collection of short stories). Got introduced to a number of new authors so looking forward to catching up with them - the first one will be James Rollins. I am currently reading the series of Stookie Stackhouse books on which the TV series True Blood is based I am on book four and I am loving the whole series -Twilight series with a kick! Will definately keep reading these books. Not sure what I will be reading after that but think it will be the new William Boyd one and then I have two Jonathon Kellermans to read also. Always looking for new reading experiences so have been enjoying all the posts here.

JesseCuster · 06-01-2010 7:34pm

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)

I admit was a little daunted by the size of it at first, but I'm almost finished now and don't want it to end!

randomguy · 06-01-2010 8:06pm

JesseCuster wrote: »

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (Michael Chabon)

I admit was a little daunted by the size of it at first, but I'm almost finished now and don't want it to end!

Really enjoyed it, but thought that The Yiddish Policeman's Union was even better - you should give it a try. Would also recommend Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen - both long american books in a similar style.

JesseCuster · 07-01-2010 3:55pm

randomguy wrote: »

Really enjoyed it, but thought that The Yiddish Policeman's Union was even better - you should give it a try. Would also recommend Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides and The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen - both long american books in a similar style.

Thanks for the heads up on Yiddish Policeman's Union, I'll definitely check it out.

I also have The Corrections gathering dust on my bookshelf, started it a few months back but couldn't get into it. Maybe I'll give it another whirl some time!

This_Years_Love · 08-01-2010 12:29am

Reading the True Blood books by Charlaine Harris... I'm reading Club Dead at the moment

That_Guy · 08-01-2010 3:29am

I'm currently reading 'Stardust' by Neil Gaiman. I've only really just started but a good start so far.

Neil Gaiman has an unbelievable way of describing the little things.

Sir Gallagher · 08-01-2010 4:23am

Almost finished The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga- Started off slow but really picks up momentum around the halfway point, i'm really enjoying it.

kerash · 08-01-2010 3:01pm

I'm reading The Damned United by David Peace. So far so interesting..

pavb2 · 08-01-2010 3:17pm

Also read Damned Utd enjoyed it a very unusual style of writing

medici · 08-01-2010 4:02pm

2666 by Roberto Bolano. Interesting book I'm going to follow with the Savage Detectives, also by Bolano.

Busi_Girl08 · 12-01-2010 2:37pm

Finished the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy series.

Now I've tucked into The Picture of Dorian Gray.

So far so good

Cadiz · 12-01-2010 6:40pm

The Book Thief. Cannot understand why so many people recommended it to me. It's not well written and the narrative (so far) is almost twee in spots.

randomguy · 12-01-2010 8:35pm

Cadiz wrote: »

The Book Thief. Cannot understand why so many people recommended it to me. It's not well written and the narrative (so far) is almost twee in spots.

Glad to hear this - read it before xmas and kept presuming it would get good, or interesting even, at some stage. It never did. I found the writing to be too clunky. Was almost as bad as that Striped Pajamas book that so many others seem to really like, but which I also found uninspiring.

knockane_ali09 · 12-01-2010 10:03pm

just finished 'The girl with the dragon tattoo' its really good if you like crime thrillers
of you dont then it might not be your cup of tea

Cadiz · 12-01-2010 11:01pm

randomguy wrote: »

Glad to hear this - read it before xmas and kept presuming it would get good, or interesting even, at some stage. It never did. I found the writing to be too clunky. Was almost as bad as that Striped Pajamas book that so many others seem to really like, but which I also found uninspiring.

Yeah, clunky is a very good word for it!

tazkatie · 15-01-2010 1:52pm

Have taken a break from the True Blood books ( read five in a row). Am reading Evidence by Jonathon Kellerman.. Really not enjoying him as much as I used too. Not sure what has changed but this book is in no hurry to get read. I also found that with his last installment (True Detectives) which i started but didn't finish... Maybe all good things do come to an end. I think I have read all he has published!!

SarahBM · 15-01-2010 8:11pm

I have started the first book in the sword of truth series by terry gookind
The wizards first rule. its really good. Im only on th 9th chapter though so we'll see how it goes

That_Guy · 19-01-2010 12:28pm

I've just started 'The Street Lawyer' by John Grisham. Exciting start to the book so I'm hoping for more of the same throughout.

JesseCuster · 19-01-2010 1:18pm

Just finished The Ask and The Answer by Patrick Ness, the second book in the Chaos Walking trilogy.

I know it's classified as Children's Fiction, but I would recommend this to readers of all ages.
Any one who liked Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials novels will certainly enjoy it.
It's the most exciting book I've read in quite a while and I cannot wait for the final instalment!!

Blush_01 · 21-01-2010 2:03am

Double Fault - Lionel Shriver

I might have to give We Need To Talk About Kevin another try after this - I found it insufferably boring the first time, but I'm really enjoying Double Fault.

SecondTime · 21-01-2010 11:30am

I've been a bit re-miss in my posting here for past few weeks:o Anyhooo..during that time I've finished:

God's Own Country by Ross Raisin - very good, really well written too

Enduring Love by Ian McEwan - a bit disappointing really cos I expect so much more from him. As always it's very well written and parts of it are excellent and the idea is great but the plot becomes a bit unsatisfactory towards the end. If you've not read anything else he's written then it'll be fine

The Other Hand by Chris Cleave - total ****e

And I'm currently reading Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie, so far excellent

Blush_01 · 23-01-2010 3:05am

SecondTime wrote: »

The Other Hand by Chris Cleave - total ****e

I wholeheartedly agree - it's shocking.

Getting back into Pride and Prejudice and Zombies!

Busi_Girl08 · 23-01-2010 9:33am

Finished Picture of Dorian Gray. LOVED IT. One of my favourite novels.

Also read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which I found really, really weird.

Now I've just started 100 Years of Solitude.

tHE vAGGABOND · 23-01-2010 1:41pm

Secret Scripture, by Sebastian Barry

JesseCuster · 24-01-2010 8:31pm

Finished Black Lands by Belinda Bauer.
Quality crime thriller, a very promising debut.

Cicero · 26-01-2010 11:55pm

Just Started The Guinesses- Joe Joyce

1/2 way through Ian Dury- Biography by Will Birch

That_Guy · 30-01-2010 4:38pm

I've just started Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman.

Evan93 · 31-01-2010 1:08am

Nearly finished Somewhere South Of Midnight by Stephen Laws
Starting The Stand by Stephen King

Cadiz · 01-02-2010 7:51pm

Who Killed Zebedee - a short story by Wilkie Collins. Would love to hear what anyone thought of The Woman In White?

Col!n · 05-02-2010 8:59pm

Halfway through The Resurrectionists by Michael Collins very good so far.
When I finish that it's on to Disgrace by Coetzee.

Cadiz · 05-02-2010 9:05pm

Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton. Love it but it's depressing the hell out of me.

SecondTime · 07-02-2010 6:50pm

Col!n wrote: »

Halfway through The Resurrectionists by Michael Collins very good so far.
When I finish that it's on to Disgrace by Coetzee.

Disgrace is excellent, I've liked everything I've ready by Coetzee. Hope you enjoy it!

herbieflowers · 07-02-2010 7:01pm

Just over a third of the way through Tolstoy's War and Peace. Excellent so far, interesting characters and themes yet it is surprisingly readable.

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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