This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

WoundedRhino

x_Ellie_x wrote: »

11.22.63 by Stephen King
Four to Score by Janet Evanovich

Ooh, how is that? I love Stephen King but haven't got round to picking this up yet.

Callan57

Well into The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde

Penny77

Rucks, mauls and Gaelic football by Moss Keane. really good so far

Cherry Blossom Girl

I've just finished Rabbit, Run by John Updike. I really liked it, going to read the rest of the series soon!
I'm currently about 2/3 of the way through White Noise by Don DeLillo.

triseke

The City and the City by China Mieville

wilkie2006

emeraldstar wrote: »

On Beauty by Zadie Smith

I enjoyed that one. I wonder when she's going to bring something new out.

Have just started "Everyman" by Philip Roth.

Read about 50 pages of "Game of Thrones" but I don't think it's for me. I'm not really interested in fantasy writing and 800-odd pages is a lot to commit to!

emeraldstar

wilkie2006 wrote: »

I enjoyed that one. I wonder when she's going to bring something new out.

There's a new novel coming in September.

On Beauty is the first Zadie Smith book I've read. A friend of mine is a huge fan and raves about her novels. I'm finding it okay; not quite so amazing as my friend would have me believe!

wilkie2006

emeraldstar wrote: »

There's a new novel coming in September.

On Beauty is the first Zadie Smith book I've read. A friend of mine is a huge fan and raves about her novels. I'm finding it okay; not quite so amazing as my friend would have me believe!

Yea, I would say it's good but not amazing. About the same as "The Autograph Man". Even if you're not really enjoying "On Beauty", I'd recommend you read "White Teeth", which really is very good.

Chinafoot

Just finished 'Plainsong' by Kent Haruf.

Beautiful book.

oeb

Still on my "Stuff I meant to read for ages but never got around to" buzz, I had meant to read the "The Accidental Time Machine" by Joe Haldeman since it came out a few years back (Being a massive fan of "The forever war") and I finally got around to it last night.

I very much enjoyed it.

x_Ellie_x

I've just started The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

tinyk68

I read "The Joy Luck Club" when it first came out and really enjoyed it. Just finished "August" by Gerard Woodward. Unsettling.

mickoregan

DAVID COPPERFIELD.

AnnyHallsal

I loved On Beauty.

A biography of Eugene O'Neill by Arthur and Barbara Gelb for me.

Callan57

The Woman Who Went To Bed For A Year by Sue Townsend

Monkeybonkers

Just starting The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne.

HavingCrack

Dracula and the Green Mile at the same time, slightly confusing actually .

T954

HavingCrack wrote: »

Dracula and the Green Mile at the same time, slightly confusing actually .

Both good books Had forgotten about the green mile really enjoyerd it when I read it along time ago now! Recently re read dracula....great book.

Callan57

Starting Hunting Unicorns by Bella Pollen

tim_holsters

wilkie2006 wrote: »

Yea, I would say it's good but not amazing. About the same as "The Autograph Man". Even if you're not really enjoying "On Beauty", I'd recommend you read "White Teeth", which really is very good.

I thought On Beauty was amazing, streets ahead of The Autograph Man which was good but not as good as White Teeth.

Snako

Just started Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman, Asweh, It's bo-styles

Callan57

Pulse by Julian Barnes

lindtee

Reading "Gone" by Michael Grant between doing assignments and study and enjoying it so far.

johnny_ultimate

Just finished The Corrections over two weeks of endless commutes. A rather brilliant and bewitching novel. Some slight flaws - especially the odd direction Chip's story takes - but it's so acute in its observations and so grand in its vision that it's hard to begrudge. Even the more absurd tangents tend to have a worthy end-point.

GusF

Started And Having Writ... by Donald R. Bensen yesterday.

eclectichoney

Chinafoot wrote: »

Just finished 'Plainsong' by Kent Haruf.

Beautiful book.

Eventide is similarly awesome.

Antibac

Just started The Abduction by Mark Jiminez. So far so good!

Pintoplain

Just finished The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco. Absolutely brilliant. A book dealer has suffered a particular type of memory loss: he doesn't remember or recognise his family, but remembers every book he's ever read. So as he re-acquaints himself with the world, all his experience is mediated through literary references. Then, through old school copybooks and comics, he gradually finds out about his boyhood in wartime Italy. The final line is devastating.

triseke

started "the fellowship of the ring" again this week. Love it.

x_Ellie_x

I've just started reading Second Glance by Jodi Picoult.

_petulia_

I'm practically racing through The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens. Love it.

highlydebased

The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest. Read through the first 2 books in the last month, pretty good going because I hit a reading slump that took quite an effort to get out of!

Callan57

The Hiding Place by Trezza Azzopardi

eire4

I am currently re reading "Oh Hampden in the Sun" by Peter Burns and Pat Woods. It is an interesting book not just for the indepth insight it gives on the 1957 League Cup Final. But also for the overall look at what life was like in general in the Glasgow of the 1950's.

emeraldstar

The House of the Seven Gables, Nathaniel Hawthorne

Gothic-y

Callan57

Started 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff today .... saw the movie years ago & loved it

triseke

Reading "Timequake" by Kurt Vonnegut as my commuting book

Callan57

The Lotus Eaters by Tatjana Soli

highlydebased

Finished the Millennium trilogy...now I have "The man from Beijing"- Henning Mankell, "The Draining Lake"- Arnaldur Indridason and "The hypnotist"- Lars Kepler on my desk having arrived from Awesomebooks this morning. Which to read first...

IvyTheTerrible

No and Me by Delphine Le Vigan. Great so far.

Huzzah!

Honey-ec wrote: »

Read The Hunger Games trilogy during the week, started "Skippy Dies" last night.

I enjoyed "Wolf Hall", although Mantel uses a very irritating narrative device throughout the book. I won't say what it is, or it'll annoy you even more, but I'll be interested to hear whether you notice it yourself.

I just finished Wolf Hall - yeah, it took me a while - I really enjoyed it. I noticed one or two "quirks" in her style but nothing too irritating.

I'm interested to see how you get on with Skippy Dies; I read it last year and, tbh, I wasn't blown away.

Just starting the God Delusion now by Richard Dawkins.

Kiva.D

Just starting to read The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes

OakeyDokey

Finished reading The Tales of Beedle and Bard last night and enjoyed it. Not sure what to start now.

old hippy

Jo Nesbo - The Redbreast.

Belle E. Flops

OakeyDokey wrote: »

Finished reading The Tales of Beedle and Bard last night and enjoyed it. Not sure what to start now.

Cannot wait to read that! I've it ordered so hopefully should arrive soon.

OakeyDokey

Belle E. Flops wrote: »

Cannot wait to read that! I've it ordered so hopefully should arrive soon.

It was such a sweet book! It's nice to have a bit of the Harry Potter world still living in other books. :D Hope you enjoy it

Necronomicon

Decided I'd like to start Ian Fleming's Bond books, so I'm going chronologically with Casino Royale first. Nearly finished it - a short but very enjoyable read.

triseke

finished "when your engulfed in flames" by David Sedaris yesterday. Loved it!

Started "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire today. Seems good so far.

Seifer

Finished the "His Dark Materials" trilogy last night. Up there with the best books I've ever read and the ending

Going to read "The Great Gatsby" next.

x_Ellie_x

I decided it's about time I started reading more classics so I've started reading Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.