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*What book are you reading? (part 2)

ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
I was reading the last bit last night and out of all the comic books in the world this is about the easest to follow. There are no strange box formations. Read from left to right, top to bottom. Like words in books.
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Yes, but - do you look at the picture first, and then read the text? Or the other way round? Is there a consistent way you read it?
 
sojourner said:
Yes, but - do you look at the picture first, and then read the text? Or the other way round? Is there a consistent way you read it?
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Interesting. I have never even considered that. As far as I am concerned they happen simultaneously. I think I go for the words but can't help seeing the picture while I am at it.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
Interesting. I have never even considered that. As far as I am concerned they happen simultaneously. I think I go for the words but can't help seeing the picture while I am at it.
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I only started considering it when I got frustrated with how to read it :D Gave myself a headache in the end, and the way of trying to read it completely obstructed any joy gained from the actual reading

Btw - Tales of Ordinary Madness is a collection of short stories, not a novel. Just mentioned it in case you're not a fan of short stories
 
Finished Operation Heartbreak yesterday and it was bittersweet. I liked that book.

Next I'm reading The Making Of A Marchioness by Fracnes Hodgson Burnett
 
The Subtle Knife.

I am reading it very quickly for me. Its just what I needed for the January blues.

I have The Amber Spyglass ready to go straight after too. :)
 
sojourner said:
Btw - Tales of Ordinary Madness is a collection of short stories, not a novel. Just mentioned it in case you're not a fan of short stories
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Humm, I haven't read many but it might be a good starting point. Might even be a darn good idea, I seem to be jumping from book to book at the moment.
 
Finished Fear and Loathing in Fitzrovia, being the life of Julian Maclaren-Ross and a salty account of Soho literary pub life in the 40s and 50s. A very fine read, though it could have done with pruning and a bit more editorial attention to make it read more smoothly.

Now, another Victorian classic I started once and got waylaid on: Jane Eyre.
 
ATOMIC SUPLEX said:
Humm, I haven't read many but it might be a good starting point. Might even be a darn good idea, I seem to be jumping from book to book at the moment.
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He's a bit provocative, has to be said. I have to keep maintaining an objective perspective, as he's a total cunt if you have any feminist principles at all! Very funny in parts, and I like a lot of his attitudes - but yeh - worra cunt :D:mad::D
 
Dirty Martini said:
Finished Fear and Loathing in Fitzrovia, being the life of Julian Maclaren-Ross and a salty account of Soho literary pub life in the 40s and 50s. A very fine read, though it could have done with pruning and a bit more editorial attention to make it read more smoothly.
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I've got Of Love and Hunger on my wishlist, ready for when I get paid next week :)

and Ham on Rye, Bukowski's book about his shit childhood and development of love of booze.
 
sojourner said:
He's a bit provocative, has to be said. I have to keep maintaining an objective perspective, as he's a total cunt if you have any feminist principles at all! Very funny in parts, and I like a lot of his attitudes - but yeh - worra cunt :D:mad::D
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I am aware of what a dilsnick he is from what I have read about him, but I am intrigued.
 
Dirty Martini said:
:cool:

'The new bloke's name was Roper. Soon as I set eyes on him I knew he'd never make a salesman'

Best opening to a novel ever.
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:D Yeh, had a flick through the first few pages - I love that facility on Amazon :cool: Should be able to put it on all the books - prob a copyright issue though
 
Finshed the HP Lovecraft collection, now reading Thunderball. Originally intended to be the first James Bond film, it opens with a thrilling sequence in which agent 007... goes to a health farm. What was Fleming thinking?
 
I'm about 150 pages into Bedroom Secrets Of The Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh. Haven't read anything by Welsh in ages after that thoroughly mediocre book of new short stories he did a few years ago. But this is pretty absorbing stuff albeit stuffed with the usual Welsh obsessions (drugs, booze, football, swearing, sex and violence).
 
elevendayempire said:
Finshed the HP Lovecraft collection, now reading Thunderball. Originally intended to be the first James Bond film, it opens with a thrilling sequence in which agent 007... goes to a health farm. What was Fleming thinking?
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There is whole chapter in Goldfinger where he's playing a game of golf.
 
Given that I'm prone to over-romanticising at the best of times it was probably silly of me to read two sweet and romantic books back to back. To compensate I'm going to read Melancholy by Jon Fosse which promises some twisted, dark prose. Might read some poetry before I settle into that book though as I quite the view atop the crest of this sentimental wave...
 
I wasn't gonna launch into another Dee Brown book, but it appealed over the rest of the books hanging round waiting to be read - so am now reading Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, and am in tears approximately every 5 minutes :(:(
 
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