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This thread seems a little dead lately but I'm gonna post anyways!
I've decided to write up a list of 30 books I want to read this summer! I'm already on the third book and I'm only two weeks in!
I read 'Kafka on the Shore' by Haruki Murakami at the suggestion of my debating teacher. It's an interesting read. The plot is quite strange but in a good way. There's parts of it that were difficult to follow but overall I actually enjoyed it! The ending killed me though. It left so many questions unanswered! Apparently the more you read the book, the more you understand. I might re-read it again at some point, to see if I can figure it out a bit better.
After that I read 'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown. I found it really easy to go through. I read the entire thing in two days. I thought the whole background to the story was really interesting. It's a lot of conspiracy stuff and religion comes into it a lot. I've been told that most of the story in it is complete bull, but regardless it's an interesting read. Has anyone read any more of Brown's books? I might give some a read in the future!
I'm reading 'Mysterious Skin' by Scott Heim now. My friend watched the movie on Netflix and told me a little bit about it. It sounded quite controversial, and then by chance I actually saw a copy of the book in the window of a charity shop! I picked it up and decided to have a read. I'm about a third of the way in and I have to say. I quite like it! It's quite adult and taboo but so far it's been dealt in a good way. I'll let you know how it turns out!
What has everyone else been reading/plans to read now that the summer months are upon us?
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This thread seems a little dead lately but I'm gonna post anyways!
I've decided to write up a list of 30 books I want to read this summer! I'm already on the third book and I'm only two weeks in!
I read 'Kafka on the Shore' by Haruki Murakami at the suggestion of my debating teacher. It's an interesting read. The plot is quite strange but in a good way. There's parts of it that were difficult to follow but overall I actually enjoyed it! The ending killed me though. It left so many questions unanswered! Apparently the more you read the book, the more you understand. I might re-read it again at some point, to see if I can figure it out a bit better.
After that I read 'The Da Vinci Code' by Dan Brown. I found it really easy to go through. I read the entire thing in two days. I thought the whole background to the story was really interesting. It's a lot of conspiracy stuff and religion comes into it a lot. I've been told that most of the story in it is complete bull, but regardless it's an interesting read. Has anyone read any more of Brown's books? I might give some a read in the future!
I'm reading 'Mysterious Skin' by Scott Heim now. My friend watched the movie on Netflix and told me a little bit about it. It sounded quite controversial, and then by chance I actually saw a copy of the book in the window of a charity shop! I picked it up and decided to have a read. I'm about a third of the way in and I have to say. I quite like it! It's quite adult and taboo but so far it's been dealt in a good way. I'll let you know how it turns out!
What has everyone else been reading/plans to read now that the summer months are upon us?
I liked the 'Da Vinci Code' too
It's been a long time since I read it though :pac:
Just finishing off Éamonn Dunphy's book, was kinda meh really to be honest. Bits were interesting but there was a lot of name dropping! Keith Gillespie's one I raid a week or two ago was better, was massively honest with his figures and gave quite a detailed description of the La Manga incident.
Finished 'A Year In Provence' by Peter Mayle a few weeks ago and re-read (for like the fifth time) 'A Season With Verona' by Tim Parks, both excellent books. There's a small enough Ross O'Carroll Kelly one I said I'd try for the laugh.
I do need to get back into reading fiction though, have read a lot of sport books in the last while0 -
Looking at my shelves of unread books atm, if I made a list it would go something like this
The Hobbit
LoTR series
1984
The Shining
GoT
RoCK series
and probably a tonne more, I don't know why but I can't seem to motivate myself to read.
SHARE YOUR WISDOM BAZINGA
The Hobbit, LOTR and 1984 are all on my reading list as well! I don't know how I get motivated tbh! Usually it just takes one good book (in this case it was the seven Harry Potter books that started me off!) to get you into it and then you just keep at it with different books! There's always going to be ones you don't like, but give them a go and try to find something you like!shefellover93 wrote: »I liked the 'Da Vinci Code' too It's been a long time since I read it though :pac:
Just finishing off Éamonn Dunphy's book, was kinda meh really to be honest. Bits were interesting but there was a lot of name dropping! Keith Gillespie's one I raid a week or two ago was better, was massively honest with his figures and gave quite a detailed description of the La Manga incident.
Finished 'A Year In Provence' by Peter Mayle a few weeks ago and re-read (for like the fifth time) 'A Season With Verona' by Tim Parks, both excellent books. There's a small enough Ross O'Carroll Kelly one I said I'd try for the laugh.
I do need to get back into reading fiction though, have read a lot of sport books in the last while
Yeah I thought the Da Vinci Code was actually quite good! A lot of people seemed to disagree with me though! :eek:
I'm not really a sports-guy so Sporty stuff wouldn't be really up my alley. Science/Conspiracy and any type of Fiction however and I'm all for it 0 -
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Oh good god...reading the Divergent trilogy, I've burned through the first two in three days and I have about 75 pages in the last one.
I've read the Divergent trilogy too! Allegiant is amazing! The plot gets really interesting and the ending is brilliant! No spoilers though
I recently just finished Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. It's a mystery/romance/crime/strange novel and it's quite good. The storyline and plot twist and the characters are all really well written and thought out. It's an interesting read. My only fault with it was the ending. I felt it just ends too abruptly and leaves you wanting to know more about the characters and what happens next. It's being made into a film with a release date of October 2014, so I'm excited for that. Ben Affleck's in it (which is not what I imagined Nick to look like at all!).
I'm reading the Hobbit at the moment and probably the rest of the LOTR books after that!
I'm considering reading the A Song of Fire and Ice series. I've never watched the Game of Thrones series but I've heard a lot about it! Can anyone tell me if they've read the series and let me know their thoughts on it? 0 -
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I am so annoyed at the ending of Allegiant, it kills me. I understand why it happened, and it was damn brave, but no. IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
The ending killed me as well! It's a real stab in the heart! Very well written though and I just felt it was one of those books were even though that's not how you wanted it to end, you just feel it was right or something! I loved it anyways!
What are you planning on reading next? 0 -
I'm considering reading the A Song of Fire and Ice series. I've never watched the Game of Thrones series but I've heard a lot about it! Can anyone tell me if they've read the series and let me know their thoughts on it?
I am currently on the fourth book of the series (it is the fourth book but since two were cut in half because of size it is actually the fifth). I watch the show also but read the books first (trying to finish the next few books before the next season).
My opinion?: Brilliant. They are absolutely fantastic. They are filled with so many different twists and turns but since each chapter is a PoV of a different character, you start to love and hate certain chapters. I find myself reaching particular character chapters and closing the book. It then takes me a number of days to pick it up again. I burned through the first three books (third is one cut in half so counts as four books) but the one I am on now, A Feast for Crows, is quite difficult as not much happens.
I really highly recommend reading the books if you have the time and a love of detail. There are A LOT of characters, places and different names and it can get quite thick at times but all in all, it is well-written and leaves you wanting more. I think it would be good to get into if you like medieval, lord of the rings type books
Hope that helped!
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What am I reading?
Lately I just finished No Country For Old Men for my FYP. It was great until that very boring, disappointing ending. It put me off writing about it really. I am now onto reading To Kill a Mockingbird for the second time as I am doing that for my FYP love it!
I have three chapters to go of A Song of Ice and Fire - A Feast for Crows, it has taken me a year and a half to get through it due to business and the fact it is the most difficult of the series to get through.
I also just bought myself A Fault in Our Stars as an easy summer read. It's not something I would usually read as I often pick heavier books. Who has read this and what are their opinions on it? Thank you! 0 -
The ending killed me as well! It's a real stab in the heart! Very well written though and I just felt it was one of those books were even though that's not how you wanted it to end, you just feel it was right or something! I loved it anyways!
What are you planning on reading next?
My sister got her hands on an ARC of the next Sarah Rees Brennan book (I'm rather upset she got one and I didn't, she hasn't even read the series) so possibly that. Or going through the pile of ebooks I bought, because I won a €100 amazon giftcard, so I went shopping.0 -
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A €100 Amazon gift card sounds like heaven!!My sister got her hands on an ARC of the next Sarah Rees Brennan book (I'm rather upset she got one and I didn't, she hasn't even read the series) so possibly that. Or going through the pile of ebooks I bought, because I won a €100 amazon giftcard, so I went shopping.
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