Paranoid Android Posted July 17, 2011 Report Share Posted July 17, 2011 Agreed on Homocide being awesome.EDIT - The book that is, not the act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted July 19, 2011 Report Share Posted July 19, 2011 Just finished Raymond Carver's 'What We Talk About When We Talk About Love'. Always meant to read it but kept forgetting to pick up a copy until I saw it in the library on Friday. A delight. I like short stories. The title story kicks ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 It's also on my massive 'to read' list.Currently reading Stephen Chbosky's 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' and enjoying it. I don't quite know what to make of it yet since I'm only halfway through but I'm firing through it when I do pick it up. The style is quite interesting since the story is told through letters written by the main character Charlie in a way that's very easy to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 It's also on my massive 'to read' list.Currently reading Stephen Chbosky's 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' and enjoying it. I don't quite know what to make of it yet since I'm only halfway through but I'm firing through it when I do pick it up. The style is quite interesting since the story is told through letters written by the main character Charlie in a way that's very easy to read.That's on my list too. Started reading it at work on a particularly slow evening once but haven't got round to buying it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted August 2, 2011 Report Share Posted August 2, 2011 After Grapes of Wrath I fancied something easy going so read Joseph Finder's No Hiding Place. "Corporate Thriller" page turner. The thing I find with most page turners of this nature is that they always have a disappointing ending. I called the twist half way through and rode it out to the end with mild interest. Still, I keep going back to books like this so I must enjoy them in some way. In sticking with my respectable-shite-respectable pattern I'm now reading Richard Dawkin's The Greatest Show on Earth. A recent book of his which explains, in Layman's terms, the evidence for evolution. Not that far in but I really enjoy his style and can tell I'm going to get absorbed into this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted August 3, 2011 Report Share Posted August 3, 2011 'Of Mice and Men' was ace, quick read.Now onto 'The Redeemer' by Jo Nesbo. I love these books. I'm not usually one for crime type stuff but these are really enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Attempting to read all of Jon Ronson's books before seeing him at the Book Festival in Edinburgh at the end of the month. Have read Clubbed Class and am halfway through 'Them', so I've still four more (I think) to go, but he's so easy to read. Great writer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Gold Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Battering through Tracey Emin's Strangeland this week. Punchy read. Not entirely pleasant in places, but the juxtaposition of her cruel reality and dreamlike imagination is quite striking. She's very likeable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vega Posted August 6, 2011 Report Share Posted August 6, 2011 Attempting to read all of Jon Ronson's books before seeing him at the Book Festival in Edinburgh at the end of the month. Have read Clubbed Class and am halfway through 'Them', so I've still four more (I think) to go, but he's so easy to read. Great writer.I read 'The Men Who Stare At Goats' and thought it was mince. Recently finished 'Love In The Time of Cholera' by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Pretty good. Currently re-reading 'Moby Dick'. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 Finished 'Things The Granchildren Should Know'. What a lovely/sad book. Just made me want to listen to Eels and accomplish all of my goals, which I'd say make it pretty good.For my next read I want one from a female and one from a male (as to not look like an angry feminist, obvz). Can't decide between: Graham Greene 'Our Man in Havana', Kurt Vonnegut 'Timequake', Richard Yates 'Easter Parade', Virignia Woolf 'Mrs Dalloway' or Ali Smith 'The Whole Story and Other Stories'.Suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanette Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 Now onto 'The Redeemer' by Jo Nesbo. I love these books. I'm not usually one for crime type stuff but these are really enjoyable.I read 'Nemesis' whilst on holiday. It was great, I need to get some of his other's and get back to Harry Hole's adventures!Read another three books whilst I was away.'Alone In Berlin' by Hans Fallada. It's a true story of a German couple who wrote postcards denouncing Hilter and the rest of the Nazis. Wonderful book.'One Day' by David Nicolls and found it incredibly emotional. The tale of 2 people who met at their final day of university and their friendship over the next 20 years. Cried whilst sitting beside the swimming pool! Glad I had my sunglasses.And a re-read of 'The Tesseract' by Alex Garland which was as good as the first time I read it.Recommendations required please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 Finished 'Things The Granchildren Should Know'. What a lovely/sad book. Just made me want to listen to Eels and accomplish all of my goals, which I'd say make it pretty good.For my next read I want one from a female and one from a male (as to not look like an angry feminist, obvz). Can't decide between: Graham Greene 'Our Man in Havana', Kurt Vonnegut 'Timequake', Richard Yates 'Easter Parade', Virignia Woolf 'Mrs Dalloway' or Ali Smith 'The Whole Story and Other Stories'.Suggestions?Timequake is probably Vonnegut's weakest imo but if you're a big fan you'll get something out of it. Our man in Havana is very good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth Posted August 7, 2011 Report Share Posted August 7, 2011 Our Man... it is then....and between Woolf and Smith? I've never read any Woolf, but I know I like Smith. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Zero Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 I read 'Nemesis' whilst on holiday. It was great, I need to get some of his other's and get back to Harry Hole's adventures!Have you read 'The Redbreast' already? Although the separate storylines kind of stand up in their own right, there are narrative threads which run through the books which makes it better to read in sequencealthough annoyingly there are 2 books not released in the UK which precede all the available ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarmaTsunami Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 'Mrs Dalloway' is one of my favourite books of all time ever. It's also probably the most accessible novel Woolf ever wrote. If you read that and enjoy it then read 'Orlando' because it's also fucking brilliant. Ali Smith is another favourite. So I can't choose between them. At gunpoint, I'd go with Woolf though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanette Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 Have you read 'The Redbreast' already? Although the separate storylines kind of stand up in their own right, there are narrative threads which run through the books which makes it better to read in sequencealthough annoyingly there are 2 books not released in the UK which precede all the available ones.I haven't read any other the others. I think I got this on some kind of offer with another book. I got the impression whilst reading it that there was something before it so I'm going to start from the beginning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaki Posted August 12, 2011 Report Share Posted August 12, 2011 And a re-read of 'The Tesseract' by Alex Garland which was as good as the first time I read it.Recommendations required please.I read The Tesseract and thought it was reasonably good. It got totally slated at the time if I remember correctly. You might be the first re-reader of that! Recommendations: A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled HosseiniEast of Eden - John SteinbeckThe Given Day - Dennis Lehane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted August 13, 2011 Report Share Posted August 13, 2011 I read 'The Men Who Stare At Goats' and thought it was mince. .I thought it was a bit of a slow starter, but I eventually got into it. The chapters on the LSD suicides were pretty interesting. I preferred 'Them', though. Just about to start Ronson's 'Out of the Ordinary', then it'll be 'What I Do' and 'the Psychopath Test' hopefully before the 24th! Good job I have a lot of train journeys between now and then, so maybe I'll manage... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeanette Posted August 14, 2011 Report Share Posted August 14, 2011 I read The Tesseract and thought it was reasonably good. It got totally slated at the time if I remember correctly. You might be the first re-reader of that! Recommendations: A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled HosseiniEast of Eden - John SteinbeckThe Given Day - Dennis LehaneTo be honest it was my friend who borrowed it, but I'd finished all my other books so had to read something!I'll check out those recommendations you've posted. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoor Miner Posted August 17, 2011 Report Share Posted August 17, 2011 Started 'East of Eden' - don't know where it will go but it seems alright so far. I didn't really like 'Of Mice and Men' so was a bit unsure of Steinbeck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I've had Choke by Chuck Palahniuk in my bag for weeks now, I never have the motivation to get a book started but when I do I don't put em down till I'm finished.* Can someone tell me something good about this book that will make me wanna read it.*Unless the book is slow moving. I still haven't finished all of the Dan Brown ones I start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest E.C Posted August 18, 2011 Report Share Posted August 18, 2011 I'm reading a very stupid book called something like:The Tom Hanks EnigmaIt's about Tom Hanks, but I havent actually started reading it yet, so I was 100% lying when I said I was reading it.It's beside my bed atop the 'books to read' pile, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted August 21, 2011 Report Share Posted August 21, 2011 Finished Jon Ronson's 'Out of the Ordinary' and 'What I Do'. Both were hilarious and interesting. Onto his latest one, 'the Psychopath Test' now. I doubt I'll have it finished by his booh festival appearance on Wednesday, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirsten Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Hooray! Finished 'the Psychopath Test'. It was brilliant from start to finish and is probably now my favourite of all Ronson's books. Going back to reading Richard Feynman's 'Surely You're Joking, Mr Feynman!' as I started it about two years ago and never finished it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flights Posted August 27, 2011 Report Share Posted August 27, 2011 Just finished reading Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut. Superb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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