What Are You Reading?

Ash_M

I'm almost finished The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I liked, but the ending seems to go on a lot longer than it needs to.

jefreywithonef

Danny Wallace's Yes Man. Quite amusing.

Jay P

I started reading 1984 again, because it's my favourite book of all time, like, ever?

Then yesterday in the library, I decided to get a collection of George Orwell's letters, essays and articles. He's a fantastic writer.

Arcade Panda

Jay P wrote: »

I started reading 1984 again, because it's my favourite book of all time, like, ever?

Then yesterday in the library, I decided to get a collection of George Orwell's letters, essays and articles. He's a fantastic writer.

My Dad has all those letters and essays, I've always meant to read them.

Fad

Corkfeen wrote: »

Actually anyone else read "A Clockwork Orange" its one of the oddest books to read.

Loved it, did not enjoy the film at all.

Xx_emma_xX wrote: »

I'm reading J.D Salinger - The Catcher In The Rye. I saw it today just dumped in some corner at a bookshop and said I'd see what all the hype is about. So far I'm not too impressed, to be honest, but it's early days yet.

Depends what age you are, it's one of those books that to properly relate to the main character, you have to be around 14/15 when you first read it.

Jay P

Corkfeen wrote: »

I'm enjoying it, Ulysses is supposed to be a bit of an extreme read that doesn't make much sense by the end of it. Actually anyone else read "A Clockwork Orange" its one of the oddest books to read.

I love it. It's hard to get into, but it's great once you do. I saw the movie shortly after I saw it and I was really disappointed with it...

Fad

Jay P wrote: »

I love it. It's hard to get into, but it's great once you do. I saw the movie shortly after I saw it and I was really disappointed with it...

What annoys me about it is how it's claimed to be one of the greatest movies of all time. It is NOTHING compared to the source material!

I'll concede that it is stylistically impressive, but I dont think it has aged well at all. Meh, I probably had too high an expectation.

Jako8

I have a backlog of 9 books to read

Jay P

Fad wrote: »

What annoys me about it is how it's claimed to be one of the greatest movies of all time. It is NOTHING compared to the source material!

I'll concede that it is stylistically impressive, but I dont think it has aged well at all. Meh, I probably had too high an expectation.

That's pretty much exactly what I thought. Loads of people I know recommended it, so I bought it (I wanted to see it anyway after I had read the book), and it was such a let-down, much more so than movie adaptations usually are.
It bored me tbh.

Slow Show

Fad wrote: »

.



Depends what age you are, it's one of those books that to properly relate to the main character, you have to be around 14/15 when you first read it.

Well, I'm 14.I haven't really given it a chance yet, I'll let you know how I get on.

Slow Show

Double post but anyway...scratch what I said. The Catcher in the Rye is actually fairly good once you get used to 'goddam' appearing in every second sentence. It's not like one of my favourite books ever but it was worth reading. I could sort of relate to the main character, like feeling so alone when surrounded by so many people but yeah, good enough book...

Insect Overlord

Xx_emma_xX wrote: »

The Catcher in the Rye.

Started reading this again Tuesday night. I read it back way back when (in 6th Year lol) and enjoyed it, but never fully appreciated it. I'm enjoying it more this time around.

Also, finished The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath on Sunday

Aoibheann

Love The Bell Jar. I find something new to appreciate about it every time I read it. Only read it a month or so ago, but I'm tempted to re-read it now!

Currently re-reading The Lovely Bones, planning to see the film soon hopefully. I don't know why I always make myself see the film version of a book, I'm usually horribly disappointed. Apparently Saoirse Ronan's excellent in it though, and I usually trust Peter Jackson.

jefreywithonef

I started reading 'The Catcher In The Rye' a couple of weeks ago as part of my course. Unfortunately it's now one of the many books that I've started to read in the last few months only to put it down after twenty pages or so. The library in college is just so full of books I've been wanting read for ages that my crap attention span has consistently prevented me from finishing books. In saying that, I picked up a brilliant book called 'A Story and its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction' that contains several quite brilliant short stories (that I can finish!). Alas, it's fecking huge (1000+ pages) so I couldn't bring it home with me.

Along with 'Yes Man', I'm reading Richard Ford's 'The Sportswriter'.

SligoBrewer

KnifeWRENCH

Started Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas the other night. It's.....different.

Seren_

Aoibheann wrote: »

Love The Bell Jar. I find something new to appreciate about it every time I read it. Only read it a month or so ago, but I'm tempted to re-read it now!

So true, The Bell Jar is my favourite book ever. I want to read it now, but it's at home argh.

Started reading Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi yesterday. It's really good so far

degausserxo

I just re-read The Perks of Being a Wallflower. That, and Catcher, are books you have to read when you're 14.

Next up, Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides.

Craguls

banjopaul

Just finished "The Green Fool - Patrick Kavanagh" for the second time, lovely book.

I now have a choice between:



and



Decide for me!

Craguls

Paul the same copy of "Fear and Loathing"'s on my bedside locker....
Good book although Catcher is my favourite book ever.

banjopaul

Craguls wrote: »

Paul the same copy of "Fear and Loathing"'s on my bedside locker....
Good book although Catcher is my favourite book ever.

You're no help
I'll have to flip a coin I think, they'll both be read at some stage anyway!

jumpguy

SligoBrewer wrote: »

I gotta read that, seriously! I've read a few exerpts from it and it was savage.

seriousfizz

I finished Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky yesterday, not sure what I can say! It's a classic for a reason :cool:

Going back and forth between different philosophic texts until I buy another Dostoyevsky novel


A lot of yis seem to be reading/have read Catcher In The Rye? My mate is reading it at the moment, not sure wether I should ask for a lend of it in the future or not :pac:

almostnever

If I can find it(I'm hopeless and lose everything...),I'm going to re read A Prayer For Owen Meany. Love that book.

Pygmalion

seriousfizz wrote: »

A lot of yis seem to be reading/have read Catcher In The Rye? My mate is reading it at the moment, not sure wether I should ask for a lend of it in the future or not :pac:

It's a great book, and I really wasn't expecting it to be.

A Neurotic

I read The Catcher in the Rye a couple of years ago, and was thoroughly underwhelmed. I must go back to it to try and do it justice.

Reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, because it was cheap (€5) yet suitably pretentious.

almostnever

A Neurotic wrote: »

I read The Catcher in the Rye a couple of years ago, and was thoroughly underwhelmed. I must go back to it to try and do it justice.

Reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, because it was cheap (€5) yet suitably pretentious.

I disliked The Catcher In The Rye, and I really, really thought I'd enjoy it.
As for Dorian Gray, love it. One of the first books I ever read. And it is rather pretentious, actually.

Cows Go µ

I just finished The Princess Bride, its such a lovely book. I love the sense of humour in it. I really love it. I'm not really sure what to read next, I'm thinking Wolf Hall, I have it and it just won the Man Booker prize so I might as well. I've heard good things about it

seriousfizz

A Neurotic wrote: »

I read The Catcher in the Rye a couple of years ago, and was thoroughly underwhelmed. I must go back to it to try and do it justice.

Reading The Picture of Dorian Gray, because it was cheap (€5) yet suitably pretentious.

Catcher in the Rye seems to be a bit hit-and-miss, from what I've heard of people's reactions.

I was hoping myself that I didn't sound too pretentious in my post on the last page. How did I do? :pac:

Rozabeez

'Belonging to the two Berlins' - An Ethnography done on people who lived during the cold war.

Insect Overlord

A Neurotic wrote: »

I read The Catcher in the Rye a couple of years ago, and was thoroughly underwhelmed. I must go back to it to try and do it justice.

That was my exact reaction when I first read it. Luckily enough, I picked up a copy of it recently and finished reading for the second time last week. It's actually brilliant. The style, the in-your-face subtlelty (yup, there's an oxymoron for ye...), the energy in the narrative, it's amazing.

As for this week, well, I'm almost half-way through American Psycho (thanks to all the recommendations in this thread.) Loving it.

almostnever

Insect Overlord wrote: »

As for this week, well, I'm almost half-way through American Psycho (thanks to all the recommendations in this thread.) Loving it.

I couldn't get through American Psycho. It was like reading one of those fashion magazines at times, and it drove me slightly crazy, despite my best efforts. I'm sure it's really good but the label dropping is irritating...

Yeah, I know it's a really silly reason for not reading a book/I'm way too critical of peoples' writing. And?

D4RK ONION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IUJNQdTxMk

One of my favourite excerpts of all time...

Fad

D4RK ONION wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IUJNQdTxMk

One of my favourite excerpts of all time...

Watched that last week again.

Always good to see John Green's face on the internet

anonymous_joe

Reading the Constitution. Again. Eugh.

And some fantasy book by some lad, something Abraham, which is... passable, and a biography of Caesar which is pretty good.

jefreywithonef

seriousfizz wrote: »

I finished Crime And Punishment by Dostoyevsky yesterday, not sure what I can say! It's a classic for a reason :cool:

Going back and forth between different philosophic texts until I buy another Dostoyevsky novel

It's a brilliant novel. I read The Idiot afterwards, it not very philosophic but quite enjoyable.

Currently reading Nineteen Eighty-Four. It's amazing so far. Finished Animal Farm last week, another classic.

KnifeWRENCH

I'm reading The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie. Wanted to read it because of all the controversy it caused (blasphemy, death threats and what have you...) But so far, it's all a bit meh. A lot stranger than I thought it would be, but not in a good way.
I'll definitely read it to the end though, because I've resolved to never give up on a book again, but it will probably take me a while.

fleeflyfloflum

I'm less than 1/2 way through the rather large Count of Monte Cristo and Im really enjoying it. It's a real 'shtory' in the old fashioned sense of the word I think - escaping prison, treasure, and all the elements after.

One of the best books I've read so far.

seriousfizz

Monzo wrote: »

It's a brilliant novel. I read The Idiot afterwards, it not very philosophic but quite enjoyable.

Currently reading Nineteen Eighty-Four. It's amazing so far. Finished Animal Farm last week, another classic.

I agree with ye on Crime And Punishment! I'm thinking of picking up The Brothers Karamazov next About to settle in 1984 myself, got a lend of my friends copy

almostnever

Planning to start Jane Eyre soon. Haven't read it in years!

Corkfeen

Nearly finished "Youth in Revolt", didn't expect it to be so strange. I thought American Psycho was a crazy book but this is odd in its own special way:eek:

Jay P

almostnever wrote: »

Planning to start Jane Eyre soon. Haven't read it in years!

Why would you choose to read that?

almostnever

Jay P wrote: »

Why would you choose to read that?

The ten year old version of myself enjoyed it.:o

ReacherCreature

Mostly Tacitus 'The Annals' Tacitus is an ancient Historian chroniclling the lives of the Emperors Augustus, Tiberius, Nero, Claudius, Caligula et al. Pretty decent but not the best. It's for a college assignment. :pac:

Also 'Eye of the Storm' about the Author Peter Ratcliffe's 25 years in the SAS (Special Air Service) Britians Elite Special Forces regiment. So far it's good: I'm obsessed with the SAS!

Jay P

almostnever wrote: »

The ten year old version of myself enjoyed it.:o

Sorry, I've just got awful memories from studying it for the Leaving Cert last year...


I got Romeo & Julliet from the library, so I'm really looking forward to getting into that.
Also, I just finished To Kill A Mockingbird for the first time a few weeks ago. Where has it been all my life?! Excellent book.

Arcade Panda

Jay P wrote: »

Why would you choose to read that?

I love Jayne Eyre....it's one of my favourite books!:)

Seren_

I'm reading The Poor Mouth by Flann O'Brien. It's really funny! That, or I have a strange sense of humour.

I'm going to read Crash by JG Ballard next, or I might read The Bell Jar for the thousandth time

FredBaby!

Just finished 'Stuff White People Like' by Christian Lander while wearing a vintage t-shirt, downloading Arcade Fire to my Apple I-pod and drinking ethically sourced coffee...

Pygmalion

FredBaby! wrote: »

Just finished 'Stuff White People Like' by Christian Lander while wearing a vintage t-shirt, downloading Arcade Fire to my Apple I-pod and drinking ethically sourced coffee...

I assume you've posted this to your twitter account already?