What Are You Reading?

Jesus Juice · 13-07-2010 2:34pm

Fad wrote: »

Just starting Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut.

I want to read that, its on my list.

Pygmalion · 16-07-2010 9:10pm

Fad wrote: »

Just starting Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut.

It's pretty good. I also liked Cat's Cradle by him.

Don't ever attempt to read Timequake though.
It's the most boring piece of **** I've ever seen, like to the extent that there literally isn't any plot or major events, I'm pretty sure he just set out to write the most boring, uneventful book ever just to see if the critics would still fellate him.

Jay P · 16-07-2010 10:23pm

I'm coming to the end of The Picture of Dorian Gray. It's absolutely brilliant. I like books that project a different view of life, and Lord Henry certainly does this. I like debating with characters in my head

I like the darkness of the story as well.

Frickin fantastic. I highly recommend it.

Seren_ · 16-07-2010 10:37pm

Jay P wrote: »

I'm coming to the end of The Picture of Dorian Gray. It's absolutely brilliant. I like books that project a different view of life, and Lord Henry certainly does this. I like debating with characters in my head
I like the darkness of the story as well.

Frickin fantastic. I highly recommend it.

That book has been sitting on my shelf forever, think I'll read it next due to your glowing reference :pac:

I'm reading American Pastoral by Philip Roth right now, really liking it so far.

Jackobyte · 16-07-2010 11:51pm

Jackobyte wrote: »

I started Catcher in the Rye last night. Not sure about it yet, but I definitely cannot understand why it was banned.

Finally finished this. I kind of dropped it for about a fortnight because I was too tired by the time I was ready to read.

I really liked it. My similarities to Holden scared me at times.

owned · 17-07-2010 10:01am

I'm reading Breaking Dawn, written by Stephenie Meyer.

highlydebased · 17-07-2010 11:15am

Just finished False Memory by Dean Koontz....took a while to get through. Having read 35+ of his books now they are getting far too predictable!

I bought catcher in the rye so might read that next.

Ally7 · 17-07-2010 5:37pm

Halfway through The Bell Jar now, I'm not really enjoying it as much as I thought I would

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Censorsh!t · 17-07-2010 8:50pm

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Quite like it so far anyway.

SarahBeep! · 18-07-2010 2:46am

Jay P wrote: »

I'm coming to the end of The Picture of Dorian Gray. It's absolutely brilliant. I like books that project a different view of life, and Lord Henry certainly does this. I like debating with characters in my head
I like the darkness of the story as well.

Frickin fantastic. I highly recommend it.

I recommend ANYTHING Oscar Wilde

he's amazing

especially his stories for children.

I started The Lovely Bones the other day. It's reeeeeally good. But something really severe (Anyone who knows the plot will know what I mean)

I knew the girl was murdered but I never knew she'd been raped

and it happened so soon into the book, it kinda caught me off guard. I like that though as usually my mind can see ten pages ahead of my eyes.

whadabouchasir · 18-07-2010 6:37pm

Just finished The road by cormac McCarthy.Bit of a slow starter but once you get in a bit it really is hard to put down.I really like how it doesn't really explain what has happened that leads to the situation that the main characters find themselves in.It just gives you some flashbacks from the fathers past.

Redlion · 18-07-2010 7:17pm

Pendulum of War: The Three Battles of El Alamein by Niall Barr

Always found WW2 an interesting subject, don't know why though :rolleyes:

almostnever · 18-07-2010 7:42pm

I finished Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Piccoult the other day, enjoyed it quite a bit.

Going to re-read The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe soon.

wayhey · 21-07-2010 6:49pm

Neon-Circles wrote: »

I bought catcher in the rye so might read that next.

Finally finished this the other day! It's pretty good.. I'm sure I'll read it in a few years and appreciate it a bit more. Is it time to read "Tuesdays with Morrie" yet? I've always been told to wait but it's in my room...

Started "How the Mind Works" by Steven Pinker. Absolutely brilliant!

almostnever · 21-07-2010 7:18pm

"50 Economics Ideas You Have To Know."

norwegianwood · 21-07-2010 9:55pm

Just finished The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block, and about to start The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, hoping its as good as everyone says it is..

EuropeanSon · 21-07-2010 10:16pm

norwegianwood wrote: »

Just finished The Story of Forgetting by Stefan Merrill Block, and about to start The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, hoping its as good as everyone says it is..

It is!!

KnifeWRENCH · 23-07-2010 2:34pm

Started reading Catcher in the Rye.....I'm only a few chapters in but it all seems a bit underwhelming so far. Hopefully it'll get better.
Maybe it's the type of book you're supposed to read as an angsty teen (as opposed to semi-angsty twenteen)

Arcade Panda · 23-07-2010 4:52pm

I got the most beautiful hardback of Great Expectations in Chapters for €4. It's gorgeous, red hardback with gold design in the front.

pretty old books.

Colm! · 23-07-2010 6:08pm

whadabouchasir wrote: »

Just finished The road by cormac McCarthy.Bit of a slow starter but once you get in a bit it really is hard to put down.I really like how it doesn't really explain what has happened that leads to the situation that the main characters find themselves in.It just gives you some flashbacks from the fathers past.

It's quite powerful... a bit depressing, even. But I kind of thought that the ending was a bit out of place.

Redlion · 23-07-2010 7:06pm

Went to the aul library today and picked up the following:

A biography of Kurt Cobain
The Man in the High Castle
Child 44
Dublin 1916 book (can't remember the name at the moment)