This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Hells Belle

Was laid up this week so read American Gods, it flagged a bit for me in the middle but it's a good story with some great characters. Next came Good Omens, what a strange book, very funny in parts, would recommend.

To end I just finished Wool by Hugh Howey, one of the better dystopians I've read lately.

Callan57

Indelible Acts by A L Kennedy

girlonfire

The Grass is Singing, Doris Lessing

emeraldstar

girlonfire wrote: »

The Grass is Singing, Doris Lessing

Studied that in college and sorry to say I hated it so, so much.

Currently reading Wilkie Collins' The Haunted Hotel.

SarahBM

Finished the Casual Vacancy by JK Rowling. not a fan. I dont know if I will be able to go back and read Harry Potter again after that.

Started A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseni for book club. the friend that picked it has finished already and Im only on page 50

baconsarnie

"Mendelssohn is on the roof" by Jiri Weil

eire4

Finished a re read of Michael Connelly's debut novel The Black Echo. It was kind of funny with the pagers and using pay phones in it so much. Seems so long ago.

Busi_Girl08

Lolita. It may have gotten me a couple of odd looks on the bus :pac:

The language is amazing though, makes you kind of forget for a minute what's going on.

Callan57

Starting City of Bohane by Kevin Barry

adrian522

Just finished reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. I'm not going to lie I found it very tough to get through. He uses a lot of archaic language and the prose was difficult to understand at times.

It would probably require a second run through but to be honest I'm not interested in doing that at the moment.

For a complete change I've decided to read a sports autobiography this week, so I've went with Life, Death and Hurling by Michael Duignan.

Meathlass

I started Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh yesterday afternoon, nearly finished it.

Great read, lots of ancedotes, Irish interest and good writing style. Really enjoying it.

upstairs for coffee

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov - Very interesting book. Detestable main character that distracts you with his brilliant, manipulative use of language.

Down and out in Paris and London by George Orwell - Quick read but very insightful. Some brilliant descriptions and funny stories.

Tin Foil Hat

Just finished The Angel of the Streetlamps by Sean Moncrieff.
It's very, very good.

Ipso

Just started Bloodland by Irish author Alan Glynn, so far so good. I read another book of his called Winterland which was very good.

marienbad

Rereading everything by W.G.Sebald and have just finished The Rings Of Saturn. What a truly astonishing book it is.

The trouble with reading Sebald is that I find it is very difficult to get into anything else and now I have just Vertigo to go this time round plus the poems.

OakeyDokey

I've been reading mad over the last day or two I've finished two books..

Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Liked the story but think the ending was super rushed!)

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess (A bit slow to start, shocking as the ages of the boys involved towards the situations there in but slightly captivating. I read this years ago at a young age and never grasped it so I wanted to have another go it's an okay book)

Started reading The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald about an hour ago so going to read a bit more and see can it put me to sleep! It's so early.

Call Me Jimmy

Full Catastrophe Living
A mindfulness book. Although I haven't started disciplined practice, I find just reading the book a few pages at a time helps me relax and become aware of the physical world. Highly recommend it for anyone that wants to slow down their brain.

The Alchemist
Again reading it in drips and drabs but a very concise book that is optimistic throughout. The writing is nothing too spectacular but I'm in the minimalist camp when it comes to that anyway so it suits me.

Catherine!

The Lost Years by Mary Higgins Clark

Women And Children First by Gill Paul

OakeyDokey

Finished The Great Gatsby this morning and enjoyed it though it was tragic.

Also read and finished Of Mice and Men which I liked. It was simple and sad at the end.

Started Animal Farm by George Orwell today.

Callan57

Finished City of Bohane and now I'm on to What Becomes by A L Kennedy and at home I'm reading Casual Vacancy by J K Rowling - hardback so too heavy for commuting.

SarahBM

Callan57 wrote: »

Finished City of Bohane and now I'm on to What Becomes by A L Kennedy and at home I'm reading Casual Vacancy by J K Rowling - hardback so too heavy for commuting.

Id be interested to see what you thought about this.

I finished A Thousand Splendid Suns last night, no I dont know what to read next. Either
Along Came A Spider- James Patterson
The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde
Insurrection -Robyn Young -bought today (Chapters is just one of those shops that I cant walk past:D)
Plugged -Eoin Colfer - which I also just bought today
and sitting on my "to Read" shelf, The Man in the Iron Mask, Doctor Zhivago, The Kite Runner, The Appeal, etc.

oh decisions!
:rolleyes:

ScriptKittie

About a third of the way through Cloud Atlas, as I like to read books before seeing the movie.

It's rather strange, and I'm not sure I'm really enjoying it that much. I'll persevere.

Tom Joad

ScriptKittie wrote: »

About a third of the way through Cloud Atlas, as I like to read books before seeing the movie.

It's rather strange, and I'm not sure I'm really enjoying it that much. I'll persevere.

Its worth perservering with - I really enjoyed the Timothy Cavendish parts and Adam Ewing.

I didn't enjoy it other than that but was glda I stuck with it to the end.

Tom Joad

Just finished Wuthering Heights and started Wilkie Collins "The woman in white" which has already sucked me in..

a0ifee

ScriptKittie wrote: »

About a third of the way through Cloud Atlas, as I like to read books before seeing the movie.

It's rather strange, and I'm not sure I'm really enjoying it that much. I'll persevere.

i saw the trailer for this earlier I was going to read it, seems like an interesting book! You should post what you think of it when you finish it

I'm still reading les miserables (14% of it read! ) but I'm thinking of reading a virginia woolf book next..or one of the books I have out from the library.

Monkeybonkers

Just finished Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks. Excellent read, highly reconnended. Next, back to the always brillian Flashman series, this time Flashman and the Mountain of Light by George MacDonald Fraser

tyrion1234

Just finished Birdsong myself actually and I taught it was terribly boring, was relieved when it finally ended. Also finished Bleak House by Charles Dickens, very good read, and am now starting on David Copperfield.

adrian522

adrian522 wrote: »

Just finished reading Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. I'm not going to lie I found it very tough to get through. He uses a lot of archaic language and the prose was difficult to understand at times.

It would probably require a second run through but to be honest I'm not interested in doing that at the moment.

For a complete change I've decided to read a sports autobiography this week, so I've went with Life, Death and Hurling by Michael Duignan.

Moving on, I've now started The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt. I noticed some positive reviews earlier in this thread. It's incredibly easy to read, has a great pace about it and so far seems to be very interesting.

emeraldstar

Just finished The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker – a very slow-paced, apocalyptic tale. It was okay.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Still dying a slow death with Madame Bovary. I've already quit one book this year, I won't be defeated by another!

marienbad

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Still dying a slow death with Madame Bovary. I've already quit one book this year, I won't be defeated by another!

mais alors !! One of the great books !

Belle E. Flops

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

Still dying a slow death with Madame Bovary. I've already quit one book this year, I won't be defeated by another!

That book defeated me a few years ago. I thought it was a painful read. Might have another bash of it at some stage of my life if I run out of other books to read!

SarahBM

Just started The Picture of Dorian Gray. It's one of those books that you reall have to concentrate on when you read it. But its Oscar Wilde.

eire4

Finished an enjoyable re reading of Michael Connelly's The Black Ice.

eire4

SarahBM wrote: »

Just started The Picture of Dorian Gray. It's one of those books that you reall have to concentrate on when you read it. But its Oscar Wilde.

I enjoyed that one the last time I read it myself. Defintely a book I recommend to others.

Meathlass

emeraldstar wrote: »

Just finished The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker – a very slow-paced, apocalyptic tale. It was okay.

Nearly bought this at the weekend but couldn't justify carrying it home from London. Is it worth the read? I liked the jacket blurb and looked interesting but only ever saw it in Tescos.

Nearly finished 'Seven Deadly Sins, My persuit of Lance Armstrong' by David Walsh. Excellent book, really well written and just enough background information. Some funny bits too

"There are two types of people in Ireland. Those who have been on The Late Late Show and those that watch it. At this point in time it's hard to tell who's in the minority"

Sephiroth_dude

The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor by Robert Kirkman and Jay Bonansinga.

mickoregan

Just finished THE ROAD (Mc Carthy) preceded by BLEAK HOUSE (Dickens). Now attacking LONDON BELONGS TO ME (Norman Collins).

marienbad

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami, About 20% in ,gripping - seductive -disturbing. this could turn out to be a keeper.

baconsarnie

After finishing Mendellson is on the roof (genuinely superb) I decided to go for something lighter.

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis is hitting the spot in that regard.

Tom Joad

baconsarnie wrote: »

After finishing Mendellson is on the roof (genuinely superb) I decided to go for something lighter.

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis is hitting the spot in that regard.

Been a while since I read Lucky Jim but remember really enjoying it. Currently alternating between The Woman in White and Barry by Roy McCarthy. Really enjoying Barry - its a light read but would thoroughly recommend it especially to anyone that does a bit of running.

Loreida

The Road Home by Rose Tremain and Plato's Republic (for college, sitting on my shelf and sadly untouched).

Ipso

World War Z.

Callan57

Dark Lies the Island by Kevin Barry

a0ifee

Started mrs dalloway by virginia woolf today, looking forward to it as I've enjoyed other books I've read by her.

UpCork

Almost finished 'Wolf Hall'. I gave myself until the end of the month to read it (started it and the end of January) and I seem to have a bit of a 'love/hate' relationship with it. I had intended to read 'Bringing Up The Bodies' straight after it whilst characters were fresh in my mind however, I think I need a break from it.

Therefore going to change things completely and have 'The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry' lined up for when I'm finished

eire4

Enjoyed a re read of Michael Connelly's The Concrete Blonde.

Callan57

Starting The Conductor by Sarah Quigley

SarahBM

Finished The Picture of Dorian Gray last night. I thought it was ok, but I prefer Wilde's plays. perhaps I just didnt really "get it".

Going to start James Patterson's Along Came A Spider. Been meaning to read the Alex Cross series for years.

SarahBM

Finished The Picture of Dorian Gray last night. I thought it was ok, but I prefer Wilde's plays. perhaps I just didnt really "get it".

Going to start James Patterson's Along Came A Spider. Been meaning to read the Alex Cross series for years.

Edit: also going to try and finish Doctor Zhivago.