This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Asphyxia · 12-12-2010 12:06am

I started The Twilight Phenomenon by by Nicola Bardola my sister picked it up for me after we had a discussion about the books the other day. Very interesting read, I have about 50 pages left so will finish it tonight.

I would advise this book to be read after you finish the full saga as it would spoil it otherwise.

Blobby George · 12-12-2010 10:59pm

Bleak House by Dickens.

Callan57 · 13-12-2010 3:26pm

Starting Skippy Dies now

dr gonzo · 14-12-2010 2:07am

Study in Scarlet by Conan Doyle. My first foray into Sherlock Holmes and im really enjoying it. Its actually a terrible shame that the popular image of holmes is so off-putting because the actual literary character is fantastic

squeakyduck · 14-12-2010 8:21pm

Blobby George wrote: »

Bleak House by Dickens.

Good luck to you! I tried to read that in my undergrad and I couldn't get through it, Dickens goes into way too much detail within that book. Amazing story though especially for the time that was in it!

BBC television version with Gillian Anderson is absolutely amazing!

I bought The Dark by John McGahern today so I'm going to start that tonight or tomorrow. I studied him a little in my undergrad, so I'm excited now!

emeraldstar · 15-12-2010 10:52am

squeakyduck wrote: »

Good luck to you! I tried to read that in my undergrad and I couldn't get through it, Dickens goes into way too much detail within that book. Amazing story though especially for the time that was in it!

BBC television version with Gillian Anderson is absolutely amazing!

I did Bleak House for my undergrad also and absolutely LOVED it. Even though it's very long (obviously, being Dickens) but I found I flew through it because once I got into the story I just wanted to keep reading. It's one of my favourite books now.

I agree on the TV version though - amazing. Had to buy it on DVD too and watched most of it (8 hours long...) in one day

flyaway. · 17-12-2010 5:23pm

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

ElasticMan · 18-12-2010 3:00am

Methamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka
Sons and Lovers by DH Lawrence
Killer in the Rain by Raymond Chandler
The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald
The Diceman by Luke Rhinehart
Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
The Crimes of Love by Marquis de Sade
Necronomicon and Other Weird Tales by HP Lovecraft
The Complete Illustrated Works of Edgar Allen Poe

I didn't read much in my youth so I have a lot of catching up to do.

spongehaed · 20-12-2010 1:46am

squeakyduck wrote: »

Good luck to you! I tried to read that in my undergrad and I couldn't get through it, Dickens goes into way too much detail within that book. Amazing story though especially for the time that was in it!

BBC television version with Gillian Anderson is absolutely amazing!

I bought The Dark by John McGahern today so I'm going to start that tonight or tomorrow. I studied him a little in my undergrad, so I'm excited now!

That book is well named read it when i was 14 or 15 -Similar age as the main character - and it creeped me out. Great though.

EdgarAllenPoo · 20-12-2010 10:56pm

Moab is My Washpot by Stephen Fry.

Travel is good · 22-12-2010 3:46pm

Callan57 wrote: »

Starting Skippy Dies now

I think you will enjoy it. It was one of my favourites of all the Booker prize shortlist/longlist & I've read a lot of them now.

I have just started "Serena" by Ron Nash.

I just finished "Random Acts of Heroic Love" by Danny Scheinmann. That story sounds a bit like the new film out shortly with Colin Farrel & Saoirse Ronan, about a long trek through Siberia to escape from the gulag/camp.

Callan57 · 22-12-2010 5:14pm

Finished 'Skippy Dies' and absolutely loved it

Going to start Death in Tuscany by Michele Giuttari tonight

Busi_Girl08 · 22-12-2010 5:16pm

Finished Catch 22, LOVED IT. Brilliant ending.

I started The Great Gatsby last night. Not bad so far.

tHE vAGGABOND · 23-12-2010 1:46pm

Wanted to read some "easy" thriller/fiction - so I got the Hunt for Red October for my Kindle..

brilliant - but you all know that, as you saw the movie

UpCork · 23-12-2010 8:17pm

Callan57 wrote: »

Starting Skippy Dies now

Reading it now too. Love it. Although I do find some of the language quite coarse, but that could just be me.

Asphyxia · 24-12-2010 6:28pm

I'm reading Slaughterhouse 5 again as I got the book as a gift for Christmas

squeakyduck · 26-12-2010 9:32pm

I started Lucia Joyce: To dance in the wake this morning. It was a present from my mother for Christmas. Large book but I'm looking forward to getting into it!

bp1989 · 27-12-2010 12:53am

Just finished Let The Right One In, now onto The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Don't know why I'm reading so many Swedish works lately.

Callan57 · 27-12-2010 1:29am

Finished A Death in Tuscany and loved it

Picked up a P G Wodehouse 'Pigs Have Wings' in my mother's house today ... a bit of a laugh needed after all the bloody frost & snow.

Busi_Girl08 · 27-12-2010 11:41am

Finished he Great Gatsby, not bad.
Started Rebecca last night, love the atmosphere of it so far

Callan57 · 29-12-2010 12:45am

Starting 'Echoes from the Dead' by Johan Theorin

flyaway. · 30-12-2010 4:23pm

Reckless by Cornelia Funke

Callan57 · 30-12-2010 8:12pm

A Pair of Blue Eyes .... Thomas Hardy

Tesco Massacre · 31-12-2010 2:38am

A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace.

hazydays · 31-12-2010 11:06pm

has anyone read the girl with the dragon tattoo series of books i got them for christmas and haven't a clue what they're about so reluctant to start them

George83 · 31-12-2010 11:10pm

hazydays wrote: »

has anyone read the girl with the dragon tattoo series of books i got them for christmas and haven't a clue what they're about so reluctant to start them

I bought them but can't muster the inspiration to read them.

Am reading The Butcher Boy atm

hazydays · 31-12-2010 11:28pm

i heard thats very good.. think i'll just try get started on the books i havent seen the film either so i'll just dive in to it and see how it goes

George83 · 31-12-2010 11:42pm

Please let me know what you think of them.

Busi_Girl08 · 01-01-2011 12:05am

George83 wrote: »

I bought them but can't muster the inspiration to read them.

Am reading The Butcher Boy atm

Brilliant book

very disturbing though :eek:

Asphyxia · 01-01-2011 11:14pm

hazydays wrote: »

has anyone read the girl with the dragon tattoo series of books i got them for christmas and haven't a clue what they're about so reluctant to start them

Hey.

I was funny about reading them aswell but when I had a lazy day I decided I would try and I have to say I am delighted I did because I found them brilliant.

It's worth a try anyway.

hazydays · 02-01-2011 12:07am

hi

i started the first one yesterday i found it hard to start as i couldn't picture where they were and stumbled over their names a bit but got kept going and on chapter 10 now and really enjoying it so glad i persevered with the beginning

tHE vAGGABOND · 02-01-2011 11:24am

Just finished Hunt for Red October, perfect Christmas 'hungover' read

Started Freakonomics, been one of those I wanted to read for years...

KnifeWRENCH · 02-01-2011 9:57pm

Started reading Lolita this week.

Quite disturbing, but surprisingly enjoyable! Wasn't expecting to laugh this much at it...

AnnyHallsal · 03-01-2011 1:11pm

The Rachel Papers by Martin Amis. I keep finding myself reading Amis without having any particular affection for him. Though this one is quite funny.

Callan57 · 03-01-2011 8:04pm

Empire Falls by Richard Russo

Tchaikovsky · 03-01-2011 8:17pm

Paraiso en la Otra Esquina (Paradise in the other corner) by Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa; a Christmas gift from Spain.
It won the Nobel Prize for Literature last year so yeah, pretty good!

Blush_01 · 03-01-2011 11:42pm

hazydays wrote: »

has anyone read the girl with the dragon tattoo series of books i got them for christmas and haven't a clue what they're about so reluctant to start them

The first 40 or so pages of the first one are very dense in terms of economics, if I remember correctly, but read them, you won't be sorry. It's a very enjoyable (if sometimes a little graphic) read, sometimes a bit predictable, but really worth it.

Currently reading: The Road (Cormac McCarthy); The Name of the Rose (Umberto Eco); Molly Fox's Birthday (Deirdre Madden)... can't settle on one yet, all pretty good.

Asphyxia · 05-01-2011 2:01pm

I'm reading a short book called Vampre my sister gave me me a loan of it. I'm not sure who the author is as it's all the way upstairs in the bedroom and I really don't want to walk up there to see. It's an Irish book and based in Skerries which I like

Only a few chapters in but it seems good.

AnnyHallsal · 05-01-2011 2:08pm

McCarthy The Road. Hard to disagree with consensus there.
Skippy Dies. Over-hyped, I feel.

flyaway. · 05-01-2011 3:40pm

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See

Callan57 · 05-01-2011 4:29pm

AnnyHallsal wrote: »

McCarthy The Road. Hard to disagree with consensus there.
Skippy Dies. Over-hyped, I feel.

Over-hyped really?? I thought it was a fantastic book ... miles ahead of Finkler IMO

AnnyHallsal · 05-01-2011 4:37pm

Callan57 wrote: »

Over-hyped really?? I thought it was a fantastic book ... miles ahead of Finkler IMO

This is a matter of opinion - I don't want to get into an argument and I know a lot of people agree with you!

I've found it ridden with cliches and some of the writing seems really leaden. I don't find the Americanisms convincing and think a lot of the dialogue given to the teenage boys strains credulity. To me it seems like a second-class Amis or David Lodge. I'm about a third the way through so I'll reserve judgement until I finish. I bought Finkler but haven't read it yet so can't directly compare the two. On the whole, I think Emma Donohue's Room the superior.

useurename · 05-01-2011 11:17pm

the complaints by ian rankin.not as good as the rebus books but still very good.

Asphyxia · 06-01-2011 3:38pm

Undone by Michael Kimball

Starting it tonight

J.Ball · 06-01-2011 3:45pm

The Divine comedy its actually not that bad wasnt expecting it to be as readable as it is

ordinary_girl · 08-01-2011 2:22am

I'm currently reading Germania by Simon Winder. It's taken me a while to get into it but I find that with each chapter I'm getting more and more engrossed in the history of Germany. Definitely a worthwhile read for anyone with an interest in Germany.

AnnyHallsal · 08-01-2011 10:17am

Toibin's Blackwater Lightship.
Jonathan Coe, The Closed Circle.

useurename · 09-01-2011 9:03pm

Andre Agassi - Open. I love this book.I'm not that much of a tennis fan but this book is brilliant. I'd recommend it for any sportsfan.

Callan57 · 12-01-2011 10:43pm

The Gladiator by Simon Scarrow

emeraldstar · 13-01-2011 10:57am

Just finished The Great Gatsby; now reading The Secret Garden and it's lovely

This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

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