This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Monkeybonkers

Monkeybonkers wrote: »

House of Holes by Nicholson Baker

Pure, unadulterated filth!! :eek:


Next up: Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco

x_Ellie_x

I'm just about to start A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith.

Callan57

The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright

Miguel_Angel

I started last night "1Q84", since I love Murakami's books, this one seems to be the easiest one among them all (in order to read it, of course).

It's really good and it's a very good initation book to enter Murakami's world.

Cheers!.





Corrections in grammar are really welcome!.

SarahBM

Finshed the Great Gatsby. dont know what all the hype is about. I thought it was crap.

no idea what to read next.

suggestions. something exciting. and not overly complicated.

Miguel_Angel

SarahBm
The Great Gatsby is fantastic .

I would recommend you read The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster, if you haven't read it already.


Cheers!.

Don Booker

Fear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72
Hunter S. Thompson

Not quite as vile as the current campaign, but you would miss Hunt about the place.

SarahBM

Miguel_Angel wrote: »

SarahBm
The Great Gatsby is fantastic .

I would recommend you read The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster, if you haven't read it already.


Cheers!.

If the New York Trilogy is anything like the Great Gatsby I dont think I would like it. What did you like about it? I thought it was very boring. not much happens really. I found the characters very superficial and didnt like any of them.

snoreborewhore

Has anyone else read "How to be a Woman" by Caitlin Moran? Absolutely phenomenal!

emeraldstar

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

IvyTheTerrible

snoreborewhore wrote: »

Has anyone else read "How to be a Woman" by Caitlin Moran? Absolutely phenomenal!

Yeah, I just loved it. It's the first book in a long time where I laughed out loud literally, and she articulated a lot of what I feel about feminism but hadn't been able to say.

Callan57

snoreborewhore wrote: »

Has anyone else read "How to be a Woman" by Caitlin Moran? Absolutely phenomenal!

Yea, I enjoyed it but I certainly would not say 'Absolutely phenomenal' .. out of 10 I would probably give it a 7

tim_holsters

SarahBM wrote: »

If the New York Trilogy is anything like the Great Gatsby I dont think I would like it. What did you like about it? I thought it was very boring. not much happens really. I found the characters very superficial and didnt like any of them.

I don't think you'll like the New York Trilogy Sarah. It's a hard read, for me anyway, I find Auster a bit dense.

If you're gonna be there next monday, I'll bring you a surprise book, since I see from your post you're looking for something to read next.

SarahBM

tim_holsters wrote: »

I don't think you'll like the New York Trilogy Sarah. It's a hard read, for me anyway, I find Auster a bit dense.

If you're gonna be there next monday, I'll bring you a surprise book, since I see from your post you're looking for something to read next.

Your grand, Im starting the Master of Margarita - recommended by some of the girls at work.

tim_holsters

SarahBM wrote: »

Your grand, Im starting the Master of Margarita - recommended by some of the girls at work.

Right, never heard of that one.

Dibble

Solar by Ian McEwan

doriansmith

A Land of Two Halves by Joe Bennett. Combines two of my loves: travel & New Zealand

Viral Vector

Alan Partridge's autobiography....AHA!

The only best autobiography i've ever read!

Oh and coincidentally Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton!

Bannasidhe

Just finished Umberto Eco's The Prague Cemetery -now there's time I'm never getting back .
I found it tough going to be honest and it assumes the reader already knows about The Protocols of the Elders of Zion and The Dreyfus Affair - which I did but then I am a historian.
I could be kind and say it was a translation issue but I abandoned reading Eco's Baudolino when it came out - even though I have an understanding of Medieval 'geography myths' I found that work disjointed, over complicated and badly written (translated?) too - characteristics I feel The Prague Cemetery shares.

Miguel_Angel

SarahBm
Well, what I do love most of The Great Gatsby is how the author tells the story and how he writes about that world full of glitter and envies.
The main character is rather incredible too, how he is looking for what he is looking for, how he has to manage with the society is involved wherein..

There are a lot of things I like in that book.

By the way, Paul Auster is not as dense as Tim states, in fact, The New York Trilogy is his easiest novel, even though the three stories are interconnected with very tiny points.

Paul Auster's style is that kind of style called "Realismo Magico" in Spanish (I suppose you can call it "Magic Realism" in English ) and it comes from Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his book Cien Años de Soledad (100 years of solitude), and I have to say that that book is dense (and thick) not Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy.

In fact, if I can read any book in English (even Shakespeare) you can do it!.

However, if you can tell us your favourite books (I've missed some pages of this thread) I can recommend you something interesting .

Cheers!.


Corrections in grammar are welcomed!.

flyaway.

Austenland by Shannon Hale

Callan57

Half way into Simon Scarrow's 'The Eagle's Prophecy' ... really good

rainshowers82

doriansmith wrote: »

One of my favourite books.

I started reading We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver last night. Have a big pile of Christmas/birthday present books to get through.

We need to talk about Kevin is a great book!

Finished water for elephants .... I really did not enjoy it as much as i had hoped But LOVED The Girl Who Played With Fire !

Conzea

The 2nd of Shelby Foote's Civil War trilogy. C'mon confederates!

Just a suggestion for people looking for summit good. The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson Davies.
The man is God.

emeraldstar

The Amber Spyglass, Philip Pullman

Busi_Girl08

The Prestige by Christopher Priest.

doriansmith

rainshowers82 wrote: »

We need to talk about Kevin is a great book!

Yeah I loved it, thought it was excellent. I must give the film a watch now.

lestat21

Even if you dont like fantasy books I would recommend Joe Abercrombies First Law trilogy to anyone who likes an action packed story with dodgy but interesting characters and twists you will never see coming... Im reading this series of books for the second time and Id forgotten how good it was!!

Bannasidhe

lestat21 wrote: »

Even if you dont like fantasy books I would recommend Joe Abercrombies First Law trilogy to anyone who likes an action packed story with dodgy but interesting characters and twists you will never see coming... Im reading this series of books for the second time and Id forgotten how good it was!!

+1

Great trilogy and very very funny.

eire4

I am getting towards the end of Greg Bears Moving Mars. A little bit slow moving at times. But overall I like it.

de Faoite_girl

Just finished And then there were none by Agatha Christie (loved it). Now starting Roseanne by Sjöwall and Wahlöö.

spacecoyote

Just finished reading City of Bohane by Kevin Barry & God Is Not Great by Hitchins.

Very different books but both fantastic & highly recommended!

Malcolm Gladwell's What the Dog Saw is next on the list.

On the Road, 1984 & Uncle Tom's Cabin on the way in the post

AnnyHallsal

Wilkie Collins, The Woman in White

SarahBM

doriansmith wrote: »

Yeah I loved it, thought it was excellent. I must give the film a watch now.

RE We Need to Talk About Kevin: I started that book after being recommended it by a friend but I got about a third of the way in and I had to put it down. I just thought it was rubbish.
Considering how so many people think its great, I might give it another go (or go watch the film )

I need to get cracking and read the pile of books in my press. Started the Master and Margarita and Im liking it so far.

x_Ellie_x

I'm reading The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf

T954

Dracula....need i say who wrote it? Really really enjoying it....tried it years and years ago and didn't take to it at all. Perhaps a little age and maturity has helped I really don't now but its a top notch novel.

Callan57

Rereading Great Expectations in honour of the great man's bicentenary .... reading it as an adult is like a reading a totally new book

Belle E. Flops

Just started Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky!

wilkie2006

Just started Julian Barnes's "The Sense of an Ending". So far it's fantastic; definitely one to be re-read.

Last night, I finished "Notes from a Turkish Whorehouse" by Philip O Ceallaigh. Wow, what an amazing series of short stories. I'd definitely recommend it.

wilkie2006

grizzcol2 wrote: »

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carre

How did you get on with that? I started it but gave up after about 100 pages. Is it worth persevering with?

meganj

wilkie2006 wrote: »

Just started Julian Barnes's "The Sense of an Ending". So far it's fantastic; definitely one to be re-read.

Loved The Sense of an Ending thought it was beautifully written. I will probably reread it in the not too distant future, the ending kind of sneaks up on you.

Started The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst. It's stunningly written, I'm so impressed with his turn of phrase. It's a bit of a nod to the good ole days of English literature, which is good in that it invokes some excellent use of language, but it's annoying sometimes as I can't help but shake the feeling that the author is more in love with the old English masters than the characters.

tannytantans

Read the three Hunger Games book in three days Really enjoyed them but was a little disappointed with the ending. I'm not sure why but I was expecting more....

Also reading 'Holes' by Louis Sachaar with my class at school - great book!

Monkeybonkers

Reading 'The Hunger Games' on my new Kindle (trying to fit in everywhere that I have a new Kindle, lol)

cynder

Dont know what to read, got loads of ebooks to get through... Ive never read the lord of the rings, dont think its really me, but i think i will start there...

Belle E. Flops

grindelwald wrote: »

Dont know what to read, got loads of ebooks to get through... Ive never read the lord of the rings, dont think its really me, but i think i will start there...

You are in for a treat! They are fantastic!

x_Ellie_x

I'm reading Two For the Dough by Janet Evanovich and The Shakespeare Secret by J.L. Carrell.

kylith

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

The Prestige by Christopher Priest.

What did you think of it? I think that the movie blows the book out of the water.

I'm currently reading Mark Z Danielowski'd Only Revolutions. It's my second time reading it and I'm still not entirely sure what's going on.

Busi_Girl08

kylith wrote: »

Busi_Girl08 wrote: »

The Prestige by Christopher Priest.

What did you think of it? I think that the movie blows the book out of the water..

I'm not even half way through it yet Damn college is taking up ask my reading time

I'm really enjoying it so far though. Haven't seen the movie though so I can't comment on that.

eire4

I am almost done with Finbarr's Hotel. It is the second time I have read it and I must say it is a great read. Sometimes books like this don't work with a different Irish author writing each chapter but this one works briliantly.

SarahBM

grindelwald wrote: »

Dont know what to read, got loads of ebooks to get through... Ive never read the lord of the rings, dont think its really me, but i think i will start there...

Read the Hobbit first.