This week, I are mostly reading....

turgon

Get a few books for xmas.

Finished Adventures of Tom Sawyer yesterday, Around the world in 80 days today and starting Kidnapped tomorrow. Then Ill start into some of the longer and heavier ones I have, like Crime and Punishment.

tHE vAGGABOND

Finished Night Watch, reading Day Watch and avoiding all sight and sound of the movies

A great series, I really enjoyed them and your right - avoid the movies at all cost..

The first one is a low budget russian movie [in the grand scheme of things], and terrible is not the world.

The second one had a bigger budget, and made more money in russia that any movie in history, and is a bit better, but its still crap IMHO and still makes ****e of the story

3rd one in production now, with Hollywood help I understand. But I wont be going to watch that either

SligoBrewer

I'm about a third through both The Grapes of Wrath and Regeneration.

Has anyone any thoughts on Regeneration? I'm only reading it because of the subject matter but overall, is it a good book?

pugwall

I've just started 'The Boys - A biography of Micheál MacLíammóir and Hilton Edwards' by Christopher Fitz-Simon. Excellent so far.

Lined up next:

Nell by Nell McCafferty
The Leavetaking by John McGahern
That they may face the Rising Sun by John McGahern

busted flush

"the big fat g spot" by Virginia spots
its a very compiling read for avid horticulturists

manicmonoliths

Just finished the Great Gatsby (was a bit underwhelmed to be honest)
Moving on to Fight Club and the Virgin Suicides.
An odd bit of non-fiction called Freakonomics too.

Zwillinge

Most recent book finished was The World According to Garp, a very enjoyable read, highly recommend it.

BroomBurner

manicmonoliths wrote: »

An odd bit of non-fiction called Freakonomics too.

Freakonomics is a good read, interesting stats.

Haven't been able to really get back in to Broken River for a bit, it has a bad effect on me, so leaving it for now.

Reading Passchendaelle, about the soldiers who fought there during the First World War.

Out of the frying pan, into the fire.

Calina

Travels with Herodotus by Ryszard Kapuscinski.

I have a new year's resolution called "buy and read a new book" every week.

I used to read a lot of non-fiction and travel stuff. Now I feel sort of lost because I haven't spent enough time in book shops lately.

Kur4mA

The Road by Cormac McCarthy.

orangecake

The Accidental - Ali Smith

Hermy

pugwall wrote: »

I've just started 'The Boys - A biography of Micheál MacLíammóir and Hilton Edwards' by Christopher Fitz-Simon. Excellent so far.

Lined up next:

Nell by Nell McCafferty
The Leavetaking by John McGahern
That they may face the Rising Sun by John McGahern

I'll be interested in your thoughts on the two McGahern books as I recently read one and will probably finish the other today.
I also finally got through John Banville's Doctor Copernicus and will probably read the Butcher Boy next although there is the small matter of When Giants Walked The Earth by Mick Wall to read as well.

cautioner

tHE vAGGABOND wrote: »

A great series, I really enjoyed them and your right - avoid the movies at all cost..

The first one is a low budget russian movie [in the grand scheme of things], and terrible is not the world.

The second one had a bigger budget, and made more money in russia that any movie in history, and is a bit better, but its still crap IMHO and still makes ****e of the story

3rd one in production now, with Hollywood help I understand. But I wont be going to watch that either

Any whiff of the last book in the series being translated/released here soon?

tHE vAGGABOND

Any whiff of the last book in the series being translated/released here soon?

Its on amazon.co.uk

I have not read it yet...

pugwall

Hermy wrote: »

I'll be interested in your thoughts on the two McGahern books as I recently read one and will probably finish the other today.
I also finally got through John Banville's Doctor Copernicus and will probably read the Butcher Boy next although there is the small matter of When Giants Walked The Earth by Mick Wall to read as well.

I read 'the dark' a few weeks back and really enjoyed it. Hopefully the above mentioned are just as enjoyable!

Hermy

McGahern is quickly becoming one of my very favourite authors and I've no doubt you will enjoy both The Leavetaking and That They May Face The Rising Sun.

theCzar

Narrow dog to Carcassonne. travel book about navigating the inland waterways of Britain and France, witty and erudite.

UpCork

"Foolish Mortals" by Jennifer Johnson.

An interesting read.

Blue-Eyed

I don't know how to translate it..but it's something like

"The female Wolf and the Girl"

It was originally in French and I'm reading it in Estonian. I don't think this is in English.

-Blue- :cool:

robo

"Blindsighted" - Karin Slaughter

growler

Anathem by Neal Stephenson , had really enjoyed his Baroque cycle series and cyrptonomicon, high hopes for this.

girlbiker

A Star called Henry by Roddy Doyle .....really good.

john77

The Damned Utd by David Peace... great read.

mickedm

what I Talk about when I talk about running - Murakami
so far not as good as his fiction

kaimera

Finished 'The Way Of The Shadows' - Brent Weeks

Book1 of the Night Angel Trilogy.

Book2 tonight I think.

stovelid

On Chesil Beach - Ian McEwan.

Valmont

The Wasp Factory. Far more disturbing than I thought it would be. It's creeping me out quite a bit. Especially when

he talks about pissing all over the Poles that have dead animal heads on them!!!

HalloweenJack

I'm on the Best of Myles at the mo. It can be pretty hilarious.

boidey

Gilead by Marilynne Robinson

gaf1983

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole and The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama.