This Week I are mostly reading (contd)

Callan57

Finished Summertime Death .... gripping!

Now for something completly different Astray by Emma Donoghue

Swiper the fox

marienbad wrote: »

Germ of a discussion here, do you reread any books ? I too have noticed eire4 is on a Harry Bosch binge and I must confess I too have reread quite a few of Michael Connelly's books, particularly the early ones .

To be honest I would hardly ever re-read a book and if I do it's because I know it to be brilliant and have mostly forgotten it. A few weeks ago I read East of Eden for the second time but that was after almost twenty years, last year I re-read Strumpet City after a similar time gap, I've been meaning to do it with Star of the Sea but I always stop myself before I start.
I'm not big into crime fiction but recently I tried Michael Connolly(Lincoln Lawyer) and Denis Lehane(gone baby gone and Live by Night), of the three the only one that I thought was any good was Live by Night but I won't ever be reading it again, I just don't see the point when I know what happens and there are millions of other books in the genre.

I'm in the middle of Kate Atkinson's Life after Life which I am enjoying and I'm also making my way slowly through Con Houlihans non sports collection A Harvest.

Dibble

I'm reading Schindler's Ark by Thomas Keneally. Haunting but essential reading!

eire4

Finished a re read of Michael Connelly's Chasing The Dime which was a little different from his other novels so far but just as enjoyable.

Callan57

The Fall of the Stone City by Ismail Kadare

I'm currently reading Rubicon by Tom Holland. I've never really been into historical books before but I'm really enjoying this one.

Queen-Mise

Have started reading The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher, on the second one now. At the moment they are ok, seemingly they get a lot better 3/4 books in - will stick with them for now.

gerod76

I'm currently reading Kill The Dead by Richard Kadrey. It is book 2 of the Sandman Slim series

AnnyHallsal

Read the first volume of Kick Ass on Saturday. Really liked it, clever.

Now loling at A Confederacy of Dunces. Any 'overqualified' 'underemployed' readerly type office drone may identify

Callan57

Midwinter Sacrifice by Mons Kallentoft

vepyewwo

Stasiland by Anna Funder after a recent trip to Berlin. Interesting, but not as good as I hoped it would be.

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. Quite an odd read.

Meathlass

vepyewwo wrote: »

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. Quite an odd read.

Great film

Sephiroth_dude

The prince of thorns by mark Lawrence

eire4

Finished a re read of Michael Connelly's Lost Light. His first novel with Harry Bosch no longer on the LAPD. A good read.

OakeyDokey

Started this today One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

It's okay so far but I'm only on chapter 4.

a0ifee

Finished Mrs. Dalloway, loved it.
Going to start Life Of Pi next! Looking forward to it.

Monkeybonkers

Bill the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Bottled Brains by Harry Harrison

Tom Joad

Just finished Captain Coreli's Mandolin and really enjoyed it. Started Dangerous Liaisons and hope it picks up - am about 30 pages in and its wrecking my head.

MagicMarker

East of Eden.

Only 80 pages in and I love it already.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

MagicMarker wrote: »

East of Eden.

Only 80 pages in and I love it already.

My absolute favourite book. Loved it. Was watching the film earlier on RTÉ and felt inspired to do a massive Steinbeck re-read starting with East of Eden.

AnnyHallsal

Wedlock: How Georgian Britain's Worst Husband Met his Match

Callan57

Started my first Jo Nesbo today - The Redeemer

eire4

Finished a re read of Michael Connelly's The Narrows an interesting bringing together of various characters from his earlier books.Very well done and an enjoyable read.

SarahBM

Finished the Prodigal Daughter last night at like 3am, couldnt put it down. Cant wait to read the next book in the series.

Going to read The Appeal by John Grisham. I have only read one of his other books.

Next for book club its going to be East of Eden, thanks to the positive posts in this thread. I love this thread, its brilliant for suggestions of books, I normally would never have considered or maybe even heard of.

Wichita Lineman

'Brooklyn' by Colm Toibin. Young Wexford woman emigrates to New York in the 1950's. Much better than I anticipated.

AnnyHallsal

Ian McEwan, Sweet Tooth

MagicMarker

MagicMarker wrote: »

East of Eden.

Only 80 pages in and I love it already.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO wrote: »

My absolute favourite book. Loved it. Was watching the film earlier on RTÉ and felt inspired to do a massive Steinbeck re-read starting with East of Eden.

SarahBM wrote: »

Finished the Prodigal Daughter last night at like 3am, couldnt put it down. Cant wait to read the next book in the series.

Going to read The Appeal by John Grisham. I have only read one of his other books.

Next for book club its going to be East of Eden, thanks to the positive posts in this thread. I love this thread, its brilliant for suggestions of books, I normally would never have considered or maybe even heard of.

Just finished it now, I absolutely loved it!

Slattsy

Caved in and went for A Game of Thrones.

Swiper the fox

MagicMarker wrote: »

Just finished it now, I absolutely loved it!

East of Eden in under a week is good going, brilliant book that I read myself about a month ago, if you haven't read Grapes of Wrath yet you should go for that next, in my opinion it's better, possibly the best book I've ever read but I could say that about a few.
I don't think the East of Eden movie is great to be honest, possibly because I prefer the first half of the book or maybe just the usual that it's not as good as the book, don't really get Jimmy Dean either.

I also thought Brooklyn was brilliant even though it sound almost like chick lit it is brilliantly done,

longshanks

I'm about halfway through The Master and Margarita and really enjoying it.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Swiper the fox wrote: »

East of Eden in under a week is good going, brilliant book that I read myself about a month ago, if you haven't read Grapes of Wrath yet you should go for that next, in my opinion it's better, possibly the best book I've ever read but I could say that about a few.
I don't think the East of Eden movie is great to be honest, possibly because I prefer the first half of the book or maybe just the usual that it's not as good as the book, don't really get Jimmy Dean either.

I also thought Brooklyn was brilliant even though it sound almost like chick lit it is brilliantly done,

I've read a lot of Steinbeck but funnily enough struggled with Grapes of Wrath. I don't think I ever finished it. Maybe I read it too close to finishing EofE and it just didn't match up for me.
I love Cannery Row and Sweet Thursday. Less epic reads than Grapes or Eden but still enjoyable.

Callan57

The Accident by Ismail Kadare

Catherine!

White Death by Ken McClure

Swiper the fox

I'm reading The Gamal, a first novel by a young Cork writer, very enjoyable so far anyway, very interesting style, blurb on the cover compares it to Catcher in the Rye and I understand that.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

About half way through Plainsong by Kent Haruf. Enjoying it so far. Quite a slow pace but very atmospheric.

a0ifee

Didn't start Life Of Pi like I said I would, reading Deathless by Catherynne M.Valente instead - amazing book.

Ipso

Slattsy wrote: »

Caved in and went for A Game of Thrones.

I recommend going to A Forum of Ice and Fire, they have a chapter by chapter discussion. It will help you as there is so much you can miss, don't stray into spoiler areas though.

skeleton_boy

Finally finished Lord of the Flies once I got my exams done. Moving onto The Hobbit next.

SarahBM

skeleton_boy wrote: »

Finally finished Lord of the Flies once I got my exams done. Moving onto The Hobbit next.

What did you think of the Lord of the flies? for such a small book , it took me ages to read.

Enjoy the Hobbit, brilliant book

Callan57

The Last Dance & other stories by Victoria Hislop

thegreengoblin

SarahBM wrote: »

What did you think of the Lord of the flies? for such a small book , it took me ages to read.

Enjoy the Hobbit, brilliant book

One of the best compliments I could give Lord of the Flies is that when I was reading it in school for the Leaving Cert, we did a few pages in our last class of the day and I was so engrossed that I practically ran home to finish it off. It's a stunning novel and 24 years later it's definitely due a second read!

Callan57

The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue

AnnyHallsal

Teju Cole, Open City

Whatsernamex33

At First Sight, Nicholas Sparks.

eire4

Finished a re read of Michael Connelly's The Closers last night.

VanillaLime

Trying to get back into reading again - I used to read loads but have fallen out of the habit the past few years.
Just finished Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussmann, enjoyed it.

Meathlass

The Club by Christy O'Connor

Excellent book about a year in the life of a GAA club in Co Clare

Slattsy

After The Walking Dead fizzling out over the past 2 series', i've gone for World War Z to satisfy my blood lust

So far so good, i love the format, very interesting.

gramar

Nearly finished Jo Nesbo's Phantom.
Thatis them all read and honestly I wouldn't be rushing out to buy his next one.

TICKLE_ME_ELMO

Finished Plainsong by Kent Haruf this morning, moving straight on to it's "sequel" Eventide tonight.