What book are you reading atm??

Belle E. Flops

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Only a few chapters in and really enjoying it so far.

It's a fantasy,set in a medieval type city, and it's the story of a thief called Locke Lamora who becomes the leader of the Gentlemen Bastards, his group of fellow con-artists.

It's a book that I really look forward to reading at night.

baron von something

Belle E. Flops wrote: »

The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch. Only a few chapters in and really enjoying it so far.

It's a fantasy,set in a medieval type city, and it's the story of a thief called Locke Lamora who becomes the leader of the Gentlemen Bastards, his group of fellow con-artists.

It's a book that I really look forward to reading at night.

great book.all 3 in the series are great reads

Birneybau

Just finished "The Goldfinch" by Donna Tartt, kind of lost it's way towards the end (I did like it though).

Now to finish "One Summer:America 1927" by Bill Bryson and "Tenth of December" by George Saunders, 2 books I have been dipping into. Bryson always good when you need a break from a hefty tome.

eisenberg1

If you like Bryson, try "McCarthy's Bar", by Pete McCarthy (RIP)

I found it real laugh out loud funny, as was the "The Road to McCarthy" , the follow up

Vojera

*hops on the bandwagon*

Finally decided to give The Fault in Our Stars a go.

I love vlogbrothers and the lovely guy who served me couldn't have been more enthusiastic, so we'll see how it goes.

willmunny1990

Quick question regarding Stephen Kings IT, if anyone can answer it would be great.

I saw another copy down town today, a newer copy that had about 1300 pages, the one I have is only 1016...whats the story with that? Are there different versions or something?

Vojera

willmunny1990 wrote: »

Quick question regarding Stephen Kings IT, if anyone can answer it would be great.

I saw another copy down town today, a newer copy that had about 1300 pages, the one I have is only 1016...whats the story with that? Are there different versions or something?

It's probably just to do with font and margin size. Is the writing in yours particularly small?

willmunny1990

Vojera wrote: »

It's probably just to do with font and margin size. Is the writing in yours particularly small?

The writing is tiny alright.

300 pages just seemed a lot to me.

CL7

I have just started 'We are the Living' by Ayn Rand. It's too early to judge but I thought 'Atlas Shrugged' and 'The Fountainhead' were excellent, so hopefully 'We are the Living' is of similar quality.

Also reading 'The Chimp Paradox' by Dr Steve Peters. Already listened to the audiobook and reading the paperback now. I was familiar with most of the concepts before starting this book but Dr Peters mind management model is simple to apply and has already made a difference in my life.

GLaDOS

willmunny1990 wrote: »

Quick question regarding Stephen Kings IT, if anyone can answer it would be great.

I saw another copy down town today, a newer copy that had about 1300 pages, the one I have is only 1016...whats the story with that? Are there different versions or something?

I imagine if there was anything added it would make that obvious ("new extended addition" or such)

kerry4sam

Just finished reading The Book Thief.

It was tedious at times & difficult to maintain concentration, but I have alot going on right now so that could have did influenced my reading of this remarkable book.

"When Death tells a story, you pay attention."

It is beautifully written, wonderfully captivating once focused. In short, it tells a story in which books become treasures and that is something that could not be emphasised enough to me.

Would read The Book Thief again,
kerry4sam

salacious crumb

Just bought John Kennedy Toole's A Confederacy of Dunces. Haven't read it in at least ten years and just happened to catch my eye in Hogges Figgis while I was looking for something else. I think I may start reading it straight away

boobar

Reading 2 books at the moment...


Skagboys by Irvine Welsh .....pretty grim reading, but have always liked his style if writing. When I first read one of his novels it took me some time to get used to the Scottish dialect.

Already Dead by Charlie Huston. So far so good, I was looking for an author with a similar style to Lee Child and was pointed at this.

pharmaton

just read the way of the warrior from the young samurai books, kids book but just had to read so karate kid
I'm off on an adventure to seek out more of the same

gufnork

Finally finished 'IT - Stephen King'. My god, that's one novel in desperate need of a good editing. I could have cut great chunks of text from it and it would have been all the better for it. I constantly see it sailing high on 'best of...' lists, but it certainly wouldn't be a novel I'd recommend. Not to someone I liked anyway.

eisenberg1

"Flowers for Algernon", a great little read.............sniff sniff

py2006

gufnork wrote: »

Finally finished 'IT - Stephen King'. My god, that's one novel in desperate need of a good editing. I could have cut great chunks of text from it and it would have been all the better for it. I constantly see it sailing high on 'best of...' lists, but it certainly wouldn't be a novel I'd recommend. Not to someone I liked anyway.

Its a little long alright, but it is an excellent book. A must for any King fan and certainly worth reading as an introduction to his work. King is at his best when he is writing about the interactions of children and teens.

GLaDOS

It is my favourite SK book along with The Stand, it's perfect the way it is

Merkin

I'm reading Apple Tree Yard by Louise Doughty and it's thoroughly enjoyable. It's a psychological thriller and I have no idea what's going to happen but it's really getting under my skin, would recommend it.

baron von something

just finished Hyperion - Dan Simmons.brilliant book.i'm on a great run of books lately

next up. The Gospel of Loki - Joanne M. Harris

eisenberg1

"And the Mountains Echoed" - Khaled Hosseini, very good read. As was The Kite Runner.

conorhal

After seeing the movie I read 'Ender's Game', for a book written in the 80's long before the internet is was amazingly precient in it's use of technology. You have tablet computers 'desks' and political intregue by posters on the 'nets'.
It's damn good sci-fi, and I don't read much of the stuff as it's not a genre I'd be a fan of, it reminded me a bit of the only other sci-fi i've read, Ian M. Banks player of games.
Currently I've reading the sequel, Ender in Exile wich is really interesting. So far it revolves around colonization and space travel and deals with the subjects in a fashion thats I've never seen before, near light speed involves time relativity, so 2 years on an interstellar star ship is like 40ys on earth so characters and conversations become kind of wierd as sombody talks to another character over what is a matter of months to them, but an entire lifetime to the person at the other end of the conversation back on earth, wich is kind of mind bending.

RoboRat

Déjà Dead by Kathy Reichs, its a bit meh to be honest.

FouxDaFaFa

I've just finished "The Disaster Artist" by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell.

It's a book based on the filming of the (now infamous) film, "The Room". The Room is a spectacularly bad film but it somehow achieves unintentional "so bad it's good" status. Never has every element of a film gone so incredibly wrong. The acting is terrible. The writing is bizarre. The set looks ridiculous. The editing is nonsensical. The music...jesus.

The first time I watched the Room I felt like I'd been hit over the head with something. But I wanted to watch it again.
I've watched it alone, over skype with friends, at "The Room parties" I've hosted at my house, in packed cinemas and theatres where fans get together and yell quips and throw plastic spoons at the screen. It means a lot to me and is responsible for some great memories.

Greg Sestero was one of the actors in the film and the book is about his friendship with Tommy Wiseau, the writer/producer/actor/director (yes, really) of the film. Tommy is a bizarre individual who funded the film to the tune of 6 million dollars all by himself. (He bought a film camera AND a digital camera and filmed using both of them, side by side). Tommy is not American but refuses to dislose where he is from. He lies about his age and is vague about how he amassed such a fortune. People thought maybe the film was a front for a Mafia money-laundering operation.

I knew the story of how The Room came to be would be interesting but this book was something else. I laughed out loud regularly and got teary-eyed once or twice, which I definitely did not expect. It's terribly poignant at times.

The book itself has been picked up by James Franco to be made into a film so it's getting into a kind of Russian doll situation. (Film - Book - Film).
Highly recommended.

conorhal

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

I've just finished "The Disaster Artist" by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell.

It's a book based on the filming of the (now infamous) film, "The Room". The Room is a spectacularly bad film but it somehow achieves unintentional "so bad it's good" status. Never has every element of a film gone so incredibly wrong. The acting is terrible. The writing is bizarre. The set looks ridiculous. The editing is nonsensical. The music...jesus.

The first time I watched the Room I felt like I'd been hit over the head with something. But I wanted to watch it again.
I've watched it alone, over skype with friends, at "The Room parties" I've hosted at my house, in packed cinemas and theatres where fans get together and yell quips and throw plastic spoons at the screen. It means a lot to me and is responsible for some great memories.

Greg Sestero was one of the actors in the film and the book is about his friendship with Tommy Wiseau, the writer/producer/actor/director (yes, really) of the film. Tommy is a bizarre individual who funded the film to the tune of 6 million dollars all by himself. (He bought a film camera AND a digital camera and filmed using both of them, side by side). Tommy is not American but refuses to dislose where he is from. He lies about his age and is vague about how he amassed such a fortune. People thought maybe the film was a front for a Mafia money-laundering operation.

I knew the story of how The Room came to be would be interesting but this book was something else. I laughed out loud regularly and got teary-eyed once or twice, which I definitely did not expect. It's terribly poignant at times.

The book itself has been picked up by James Franco to be made into a film so it's getting into a kind of Russian doll situation. (Film - Book - Film).
Highly recommended.

Well it's not a book, but your post reminds me of listening to the commentary on 'Flesh Gordon', a cult porn (from which most all of the porn was exised by the US government in the 70's) parody of Flash Gordon. The film is one of those brilliantly bonkers cult clasics, but what's really worthwhile is the commentary.
The film's background, I'm convinced, inspired the movie 'Boogie Nights'. It was made with shady money by a bunch of amatuers that were off their heads on drugs for much of the making of the film.
The movie was siezed by the FBI and the resulting court case caused the legalization of oral sex in America. The commentary tells a tale of madness, paranoia, greed, coruption, theft, drugs, fraud, attempted murder, censorship,and the law.
The film is also notable for the huge number of movie nerds that worked on it and went on to become the leading lights of the special effects industry and several oscar winners (no, none of them were screen writers).

If you're a fan of 'so bad it's good', this is the ticket for you.

FouxDaFaFa

conorhal wrote: »

Well it's not a book, but your post reminds me of listening to the commentary on 'Flesh Gordon', a cult porn (from which most all of the porn was exised by the US government in the 70's) parody of Flash Gordon. The film is one of those brilliantly bonkers cult clasics, but what's really worthwhile is the commentary.
The film's background, I'm convinced, inspired the movie 'Boogie Nights'. It was made with shady money by a bunch of amatuers that were off their heads on drugs for much of the making of the film.
The movie was siezed by the FBI and the resulting court case caused in the legalization of oral sex in America. The commentary tells a tale of madness, paranoia, greed, coruption, theft,drugs, fraud, censorship,and the law.
The film is also notable for the huge number of movie nerds that worked on it and went on to become the leading lights of the special effects industry and several oscar winners (no, none of then were screen writers).

If you're a fan of 'so bad it's good', this is the ticket for you.

That sounds right up my street. Thanks!

baron von something

currently reading Heart Shaped Box - Joe Hill

Rhotheta

Just finished the Fountainhead, interesting read even if it was slow in places.

Anne Other

I'm reading Sophie Kinsella's I've Got Your Number

Light and funny, demands little concentration and is just perfect for me this week because I am overloaded with other things going on.

Anne Other

I'm reading Sophie Kinsella's I've Got Your Number

Light and funny, demands little concentration and is just perfect for me this week because I am overloaded with other things going on.