This week, I are mostly reading....

BaZmO*

YogiBear wrote:

Love that book. Hope you enjoy it.

So far so good.

YogiBear wrote: »

To give an example: "1000 Great Lives" Men and women who shaped the modern world, it's like a dictionary with a paragraph each on people like Confucius, Karl Marx, Socrates, Marx brothers, Mao Tse-Tung etc.

Or even an Encyclopaedia

kittensoft1984

High Soceity.

started this last week and so far so good

its quite shocking though!

YogiBear

BaZmO* wrote: »

Or even an Encyclopaedia

Just over 500 pages. An excellent bathroom read!

Delirium

The Darkest Evening of the Year - Dean Koontz.

Quality

Gonna start catch 22 tonight.

Psychedelic

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

about half way through it now, not enjoying it a whole lot, the style is a bit annoying and not much happening plot wise.

Sconsey

The Blade Itself - Joe Abercrombie.... no brainer, easy reading, fantasy novel, I like it

...loved Vernon God Little btw, hope you enjoy it.

Silent Partner

Psychedelic wrote: »

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

about half way through it now, not enjoying it a whole lot, the style is a bit annoying and not much happening plot wise.

I finished that very recently and thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought it was interesting to have Death as narrator throughout. It's a little different.

theCzar

Quality wrote: »

Gonna start catch 22 tonight.

Its been almost a year since I last devoured that book, must get out again.

Wasp Factory next up on the block

BaZmO*

theCzar wrote: »

Wasp Factory next up on the block

God, just thinking there, it's been about 13 years since I read that book. I feel old. Just looked it up on Wiki and the description seems nothing like how I remembered it, although I do remember enjoying it.

YogiBear

theCzar wrote: »

Wasp Factory next up on the block

I'd forgotten about that book & I only read it last year. Great read!

crotalus667

The subtle knife , and slaughter house five , so now im pondering what to read next the amber spyglass or Middlesex or indeed any of the many unread books that adorn my book shelves :rolleyes:

BossArky

To quote Adrian Mole (badly) "I'm not reading much these days. I'm spending my time living life rather than reading about it".

Have a stack of books at home waiting for the right moment.

crotalus667

BossArky wrote: »

Have a stack of books at home waiting for the right moment.

Dont we all ??
Buying books is like ordering Chinese food you always order more than you can get threw

Kold

Kurt Vonnegut - The Sirens of Titan


Working my way through his catologue as you may see from my last few posts. Hoping to procure a copy of Slaughterhouse Five next though.

vivadeadponies

Kold wrote: »

Kurt Vonnegut - The Sirens of Titan


Working my way through his catologue as you may see from my last few posts. Hoping to procure a copy of Slaughterhouse Five next though.

not sure what to make of vonnegut, i've read cats cradle and slaughterhouse five.

loved cats cradle at the start but it descended as i read it.
then didn't particularly like slaughterhouse until i was looking back on it afterwards.

just bought breakfast of champions, have high hopes.







currently reading: third policeman, nick kent's the dark stuff, Kafka's complete short stories

Kold

vivadeadponies wrote: »

just bought breakfast of champions, have high hopes.

Breakfast of Champions is beautiful. As funny and intelligent as Vonnegut is, he lets this air of desperation through his writing and although I've only read 4 books, I can't imagine you'd get near to the revelations of his mental state as BofC. It's my favourite of his so far.

crotalus667

Kold wrote: »

Hoping to procure a copy of Slaughterhouse Five next though.

I liked it but I do think that some people tend to over hype it (it happens with so many books) dont expect a master peice and you will be pleseantly surprised

tHE vAGGABOND

The Road, by Cormac McCarthy

Happy, feel good stuff

stink_fist

james joyce - ulysses

theCzar

Pickwick Papers by Dickens. I love him. 'pon my honour milord

AJG

'The Western Lands' - William S. Burroughs.

Steak

Bringing Down The House - Ben Mezrich

Steak

soon to start reading 'Freakonomics' - Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner.

YogiBear

Read both of those Steak. I enjoyed Bringing Down The House but Freakonomics was a bit disappointing as I had read "Enron" by Loren Fox before that and a Dave McWilliams book and other economics type books. Very light entertainment (Freakonomics).

Steak

YogiBear wrote: »

Read both of those Steak. I enjoyed Bringing Down The House but Freakonomics was a bit disappointing as I had read "Enron" by Loren Fox before that and a Dave McWilliams book and other economics type books. Very light entertainment (Freakonomics).

yeah I thought Bringing Down The House was great. I really wanna see the movie now, even though it hasn't been getting the best of reviews.

probably gonna start Freakonomics tonight, I've heard people say that you need to take it with a pinch of salt alright. it'll be something new and different for me anyway.

Capt'n Midnight

The City and the Stars (1956) is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke

garth-marenghi

just started into In Cold Blood by Truman Capote, really excellent stuff so far, got it in the classics section for sod all, well recommended

Miss Fluff

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Montgomery - every woman in the world should read this book - it's oustanding.

AJG

'My Education' (A Book Of Dreams) - William S. Burroughs.