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This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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    #362
    Blobby George
    Closed Accounts Posts: 690 ✭✭✭Blobby George


    'Farewell My Lovely' by Raymond Chandler.


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    tazkatie
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭tazkatie


    Reading Dissolution by CJ Sansom, excellent. Historical fiction set in the time of Henry the 8th. Main cahracter is a lawyer called Shardlarke. About half way through and really enjoying it.


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    indough
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    Blobby George wrote: »
    'Farewell My Lovely' by Raymond Chandler.

    just started that today myself


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    Mink
    Registered Users Posts: 2,260 ✭✭✭Mink


    Nearly 1/2 way through Mystic River by Denis Lehane. Total page turner, absolutely brilliant writing, very well paced, characters are great.


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    Travel is good
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    I must try that one as I loved the movie. I also recently read Shutter Island & Any Given Day (by Dennis Lehane also), both excellent. I saw the film trailers for Shutter Island which made me go read the book.

    I am reading "The Pregnant Widow" by Martin Amis this week. Just read 140 pages. I only read one other book by Martin Amis, "London Fields", so I'm not an expert on him yet.

    Though I do love reading new authors that I haven't read before.


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    Travel is good
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    Mink wrote: »
    Ok I ended up getting Redemption Falls by Joseph O'Connor. Anyone have feedback on that before I get stuck in tonight?
    You're right, you should read "Star of the Sea" first. Very intersting period of history, set during the Famine. It documents the stories of Irish people emigrating to America on the boat named "Star of the Sea". Then "Redemption Falls" picks up the story when the family arrived in america. One of the daughters travels across america to search for her young brother, during the Civil War.

    I read both books a while ago so I'm a bit hazy on the details. I found Redemption Falls a tougher read, maybe it was the language used. To be fair, it was period language. However I did like both books, and now have another one of Joe O'Connor's earlier books to read.


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    BroomBurner
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    Travel is good wrote: »
    I must try that one as I loved the movie. I also recently read Shutter Island & Any Given Day (by Dennis Lehane also), both excellent. I saw the film trailers for Shutter Island which made me go read the book.

    I am reading "The Pregnant Widow" by Martin Amis this week. Just read 140 pages. I only read one other book by Martin Amis, "London Fields", so I'm not an expert on him yet.

    Though I do love reading new authors that I haven't read before.

    I've only read one of Martin Amis' books - Time's Arrow. Well worth a read if you get the chance.

    Currently reading the ever pragmatic and moral-free The Prince by N. Machiavelli.


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    Sergeant
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    BroomBurner wrote: »

    Currently reading the ever pragmatic and moral-free The Prince by N. Machiavelli.

    Fantastic book, the acquisition, and retention of political power has never been laid so bare.


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    BroomBurner
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,737 ✭✭✭BroomBurner


    Sergeant wrote: »
    Fantastic book, the acquisition, and retention of political power has never been laid so bare.

    Agree completely. His language is purposefully accessible aswell, which makes it all the more startling to read such cold facts laid bare.


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    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 79,999 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Still reading breaking dawn nearly finished it though,best book of the series.


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    Travel is good
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    I just started "The Lay of the Land" by Richard Ford. I have a couple of other books of short stories by him, so looking forward to catching up.


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    Paddy Samurai
    Registered Users Posts: 3,014 ✭✭✭Paddy Samurai


    Currently reading two books


    Homicide :A year on the killing streets by David Simon

    Enjoying this book big time.... ...............so far.

    Warriors by RR Martin,Robin Hobb,Steven Saylor.....etc,etc,etc.

    Collection of short stories ...........liked some more than others


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    Travel is good
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    Paddy Samurai wrote: »
    Currently reading two books


    Homicide :A year on the killing streets by David Simon

    Enjoying this book big time.... ...............so far.

    Oh...I recently bought that book by David Simon - another one to add to my pile of unread books! I'd be afraid to count them all.

    I must try to get to it soon, I loved "The Wire".


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    live.life
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9 ✭live.life


    Work's been really busy lately so I've only been in the mood/had the time to read light reads at the moment. I'm currently reading The Choice by Nicholas Sparks.


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    Censorsh!t
    Registered Users Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭Censorsh!t


    Beore I stopped to concentrate on my exams (haha, yeah right), I was reading The Holy City by Patrick McCabe. To be honest, I'm really iffy about it so far. I liked the Butcher Boy and Breakfast on Pluto...but...with this I just cant seem to get into it.

    After it, I have MANY books to read. Yay for summer


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    Cathy_C
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    Finished reading a proof i found last night, called Another Alice by Lia Mills.
    went to the library today and got the Irvine Welsh omnibus 'cause nothing else really jumped out at me... And I loved the movie Trainspotting!


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    Travel is good
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    Another one I forgot about:

    The Best of Everything by Rona Jaffe

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Best-Everything-Rona-Jaffe/dp/0143035290/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273098783&sr=1-1

    I don't like chick lit but I enjoyed this book - not chick lit at all! It's about a group of young women who come to work in a publishing house (a bit like Mad Men) in New York in the 50's. The story is really true to life, not much Hollywood glamour. It's a bit like Sex & the City but much more realistic story.

    I passed it on to other people & they enjoyed it also.


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    OxfordComma
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    I'm going to start Kafka on the Shore (hopefully) in about a week and a half... Damn exams eating up my spare time! :p


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    gino85
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    re reading a game of thrones from the song of ice and fire series


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    tazkatie
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭tazkatie


    Reading the second book in the Shardlarke series. It is called Dark Fire. It is set in the Tudor times and is about a lawyer called Matthew Shardlarke who is requested by Cromwell to seek out the mystery of the Greek Fire. It as a very enteraining read and a great example of historical fiction at its best. I have read the first book in the series (Dissolution) and am nearly finished the second Dark Fire, I have the next two books in the series ready to rock. I really like this author.. And would highly recommend it him to you all.


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    matrim
    Registered Users Posts: 7,515 ✭✭✭matrim


    Currently reading Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series. On book 2 The Well of Ascension at the moment and enjoying the series


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    Busi_Girl08
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    Currently reading The Green Mile, by Stephen King. I can hardly put it down, I love the character development.

    While King does have a tendancy to waffle or fluff up his prose a little bit sometimes, I found this struck a good balance.


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    FoxT
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    Just finished 'Any Old Iron', now re-reading 'Little Wilson, Big God'. Splendid.

    Yes I have read Clockwork Orange, seen the movie etc... good movie but not his finest literary work IMO.

    -FoxT


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    M.Pool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 185 ✭✭M.Pool


    Just finished The Gates by John Connolly. Picked it up by mistake not realising that it's a kids book but was really entertaining.


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    tman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,339 ✭✭✭✭tman


    Currently reading James Frey's "My friend Leonard"
    Picks up a bit after a fairly depressing opening (which admittedly I already knew was coming after reading the epilogue of the last book)

    Not as gripping as a million little pieces, but still well worth a read...


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    Eliot Rosewater
    Registered Users Posts: 3,745 ✭✭✭Eliot Rosewater


    FoxT wrote: »
    Just finished 'Any Old Iron', now re-reading 'Little Wilson, Big God'. Splendid.

    Yes I have read Clockwork Orange, seen the movie etc... good movie but not his finest literary work IMO.

    -FoxT

    Have you read Earthly Powers? I'm planning to read the Enderby novels some time, have you read those? :)


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    Travel is good
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    tman wrote: »
    Currently reading James Frey's "My friend Leonard"
    Picks up a bit after a fairly depressing opening (which admittedly I already knew was coming after reading the epilogue of the last book)

    Not as gripping as a million little pieces, but still well worth a read...
    Yes, I really enjoyed both those books. I only found out about all the contoversy afterwards. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0104061jamesfrey1.html

    I'm now reading "The Little Stranger" by Sarah Waters, about half way through.


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    Raspberries
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭Raspberries


    I'm reading American Psycho at the mo, at the recommendation of my OH. It's definitely an interesting read, but I'm not sure how I feel about it. Bateman disgusts me, but I can't stop reading it. Btw, for those that have read it, is there a connection with the subjects of the Patty Winter's show and his state of mind? Imo the more 'serious' subjects seemed to coincide with one of his 'episodes' so to speak. I'm only half-way though, maybe I'm getting the wrong end of the stick. :o


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    tim_holsters
    Registered Users Posts: 1,466 ✭✭✭tim_holsters


    Travel is good wrote: »
    Yes, I really enjoyed both those books. I only found out about all the contoversy afterwards. http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0104061jamesfrey1.html

    I'm now reading "The Little Stranger" by Sarah Waters, about half way through.

    Brill book, you won't be let down by the ending, very satisfying.


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    Blobby George
    Closed Accounts Posts: 690 ✭✭✭Blobby George


    The Good Women of China by Xinran.


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