This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

baconsarnie · 20-03-2013 12:11pm

Finished I, Claudius at the weekend and to be honest, it didn't do it for me. Historical fiction is a difficult genre to be honest and I felt that a non fiction book would have done more for me

Moved onto "Sabbath's Theatre" by Philip Roth.

Slattsy · 20-03-2013 12:15pm

Courtesy Flush wrote: »

Reading "The White Tiger" by Aravind Adiga

Excellent book.

Monkeybonkers · 20-03-2013 8:20pm

When You are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris.
The blurb says he's "a humorist par excellence" but I have to say I'm not finding it myself. Still, I'm only 50 pages in so I'll give it a chance.

Tom Joad · 20-03-2013 9:39pm

Just finished Wilkie Collins "The Woman in White" - took me ages but really enjoyed this. Starting on Uncle Tom's Cabin next..

Callan57 · 20-03-2013 11:55pm

Starting William Boyd's Stars and Bars

Censorsh!t · 21-03-2013 1:57pm

Reading Isaac Asimov's I, Robot. Really like it so far.

mackthefinger · 21-03-2013 3:01pm

Skippy dies by Paul Murray

Halfway through this for our book club this month. Really
enjoyable read so far, very funny but with a bit of a dark undercurrent.
Set in a Dublin boarding school, highly recommended.

TommieBoy · 22-03-2013 7:22am

I picked up a few poetry books and Lady Chatterley's Lover from the library.

marienbad · 22-03-2013 7:55am

TommieBoy wrote: »

I picked up a few poetry books and Lady Chatterley's Lover from the library.

What are the poetry books ?

TommieBoy · 23-03-2013 5:11am

marienbad wrote: »

What are the poetry books ?

I'm sorry for not saying

......The Poetry and Prose of Shelley, Dear Ghosts by Tess Gallagher and Lisa Robertson's Magenta Soul Whip (which I am enjoying very much).

Callan57 · 23-03-2013 5:19pm

Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel García Márquez

Any key? · 23-03-2013 5:33pm

mackthefinger wrote: »

Skippy dies by Paul Murray

Halfway through this for our book club this month. Really
enjoyable read so far, very funny but with a bit of a dark undercurrent.
Set in a Dublin boarding school, highly recommended.

I ADORED this, best book I read so far this year. Just finished it last week, picked it up in a book swap in The Philippines of all places ha!

Just started Shutter island by Dennis Lehane, I've heard good things.

eire4 · 23-03-2013 10:26pm

Finished a re read of Michael Connelly's Blood Work this morning.

Swiper the fox · 24-03-2013 3:54pm

I also enjoyed Skippy dies but thought it was at least one hundred pages too long, there was an awful lot of needless crap about the video game(at least I think that's what it was, if you read it you'd know what I mean).

I just finished "The Fields" a new Irish book which is very enjoyable to read but ultimately quite dissapointing, for anyone who grew up in the 80s their is a lot of laughs in his observations of the time, almost worth reading for this alone.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 24-03-2013 4:05pm

Swiper the fox wrote: »

I also enjoyed Skippy dies but thought it was at least one hundred pages too long, there was an awful lot of needless crap about the video game(at least I think that's what it was, if you read it you'd know what I mean).

I enjoyed it too but thought that maybe there were a few too many characters in it. Or too much time given over to some of them.

Monkeybonkers · 24-03-2013 10:14pm

Had a mad reading spurt at the weekend, finished the David Sedaris book and then read Bankok 8 by John Burdett. Next up is World Without End by Ken Follett. That should slow me down a bit!

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 24-03-2013 11:23pm

I just finished Shall We Gather At The River by Peter Murphy. Thought it was awful. Really awful.

Callan57 · 25-03-2013 11:58am

This morning I started The Quarry by Johan Theorin .... I loved Echoes From The Dead & The Darkest Room so I have high hopes for The Quarry

Slattsy · 26-03-2013 1:18pm

Just finished Gone Girl. Not for me but i can see why some people would enjoy it.

Picked up my first ever Stephen King book. I went for Cell.
Didnt fancy getting into IT or The Stand just yet. (ease myself in)

Tom Joad · 26-03-2013 2:27pm

Slattsy wrote: »

Picked up my first ever Stephen King book. I went for Cell.
Didnt fancy getting into IT or The Stand just yet. (ease myself in)

Don't judge King by Cell, one of his poorest efforts imho..

juicyduckie · 26-03-2013 2:43pm

Slattsy wrote: »

Just finished Gone Girl. Not for me but i can see why some people would enjoy it.

Picked up my first ever Stephen King book. I went for Cell.
Didnt fancy getting into IT or The Stand just yet. (ease myself in)

Finished Gone Girl a few weeks ago. I wasn't too impressed.
The plot had potential, I enjoyed some of the twists yet I really didn't connect with the writer's style at all.
I have no idea how it's so popular!

Gamayun · 26-03-2013 5:08pm

Just finished David Mitchell's The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, loved it,

Moving on to Simon Pegg's Autobiography Nerd Do Well.

Ipso · 26-03-2013 10:05pm

I'm reading Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane which isbthe follow up to Gone Baby Gone. Very good so far.

honeybear · 26-03-2013 10:11pm

Didn't like Gone Girl.

SarahBM · 27-03-2013 12:15am

honeybear wrote: »

Didn't like Gone Girl.

I was going to read it, because 2 of my friends have read it, and I have seen 3 people today reading it! might give it a miss though.

Just finished Along Came A Spider by James Patterson. Not what I was expecting at all. My Mam has read all his books, she thinks he is great. I loved the film with Morgan Freeman playing Alex Cross. I was so disappointed. I thought the writing wasnt great, the story was a bit predictable and I just didnt like any of the characters.

Next is To Kill a Mocking Bird. Im half reading the Wonders of the Solar System at the moment too.

Swiper the fox · 27-03-2013 12:25pm

SarahBM wrote: »

I was going to read it, because 2 of my friends have read it, and I have seen 3 people today reading it! might give it a miss though.

Just finished Along Came A Spider by James Patterson. Not what I was expecting at all. My Mam has read all his books, she thinks he is great. I loved the film with Morgan Freeman playing Alex Cross. I was so disappointed. I thought the writing wasnt great, the story was a bit predictable and I just didnt like any of the characters.

Next is To Kill a Mocking Bird. Im half reading the Wonders of the Solar System at the moment too.

I often find movies predictable when I've read the book, it's just happened to you in reverse;)

juicyduckie · 27-03-2013 2:47pm

SarahBM wrote: »

I was going to read it, because 2 of my friends have read it, and I have seen 3 people today reading it! might give it a miss though.

Just finished Along Came A Spider by James Patterson. Not what I was expecting at all. My Mam has read all his books, she thinks he is great. I loved the film with Morgan Freeman playing Alex Cross. I was so disappointed. I thought the writing wasnt great, the story was a bit predictable and I just didnt like any of the characters.

Next is To Kill a Mocking Bird. Im half reading the Wonders of the Solar System at the moment too.

Gone Girl is worth the read if you've nothing better to be at, just don't expect too much.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 27-03-2013 4:49pm

Bright's Passage by Josh Ritter.

Really enjoying it so far. Quite a simple story I guess, and a bit odd maybe too, but it's working for me.

marienbad · 27-03-2013 7:10pm

The Age Of Doubt , by Andrea Camilleri , the latest Commissario Montalbano mystery. Great series if you like that kind of thing.

MaggieNF · 27-03-2013 9:26pm

New to this forum, currently reading 1984, have high hopes!

SarahBM · 27-03-2013 11:42pm

MaggieNF wrote: »

New to this forum, currently reading 1984, have high hopes!

welcome. Just bought 1984 the other day, its next on my list. Hope it lives up to the hype.

Monkeybonkers · 28-03-2013 7:45pm

Badfellas by Paul Williams

Callan57 · 28-03-2013 9:05pm

Staring at Lakes by Michael Harding

AnnyHallsal · 29-03-2013 1:19pm

John Lanchester, Capital. Enjoying it a lot. An expansive vision of life in London just before the crash. Moreish .

MaggieNF · 31-03-2013 3:18pm

Found myself a bit let down by 1984, still glad I read it though. Currently reading Night by Elie Wiesel, looking forward to this

Callan57 · 31-03-2013 10:15pm

Half Blood Blues By Esi Edugyan

eire4 · 01-04-2013 5:01pm

Finished a re read of Michael Connelly's Void Moon last night.

AnnyHallsal · 03-04-2013 6:50pm

Starting Coetzee's Disgrace

Monkeybonkers · 03-04-2013 7:10pm

Bill, the Galactic Hero by Harry Harrison

highlydebased · 03-04-2013 7:27pm

Now reading Don Delillo's White Noise

SarahBM · 03-04-2013 11:00pm

Finished to Kill a Mocking-bird. Absolutely loved it. great book.
Now on to 1984 by George Orwell.

Merkin · 04-04-2013 10:32am

Engrossed by Noel Hawley's The Good Father at the moment, would highly recommend!

implausible · 04-04-2013 11:45am

The People of Forever Are Not Afraid by Shani Boianjiu. Really getting into it - the contrast of teenage girls' angst and Israeli military service is jarring.

baconsarnie · 04-04-2013 11:53am

highlydebased wrote: »

Now reading Don Delillo's White Noise

Read that last year. Had high hopes post-Underworld, but this really disappointed me. I spoke to a friend who was also underwhelmed by this, so would be interested in seeing how this goes for you.

Now reading Elias Khoury's "As though she were sleeping" and its shifting narrative, "open" structure and shifts from time periods and perspective, while beguiling at first, is starting to grate on me at the moment.

:o

TICKLE_ME_ELMO · 04-04-2013 12:16pm

I'm reading Angelmaker by Nick Harkaway.

It's..... um.... wordy.

Callan57 · 04-04-2013 1:07pm

Finished Half Blood Blues ... superb

Now starting Waiting For Sunrise by William Boyd

Meathlass · 04-04-2013 2:04pm

Just started Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Very interesting.

Monkeybonkers · 04-04-2013 6:25pm

Flashman and the Angel of the Lord by George MacDonald Fraser

Adolescenteen · 05-04-2013 12:56am

Polished off Malcolm Gladwell's 'Tipping Point' and Christopher Hitchens' 'Letters To A Young Contrarian" this week. Moving on to 'The Decisive Moment' by Jonah Lehrer now.

Tom Joad · 05-04-2013 8:28pm

Nearly finished Lolita by Nabokov - amazing book despite the subject matter. Incredible use of language by a non-native English speaker - its incredible that at times despite being such an odious character that I actually felt sorry for Humbert.

Only a few pages to go and will then tackle Love in the time of Cholera - interested to see how this goes as I detested 100 year of solitude..

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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