*What book are you reading? (part 2)

[MightyAphrodite]

Any good?

Yes. But i'm biased because i know/have known a lot of the people in the book over the years.


It's a good read for ANY bluegrass fan though. So, yes!


My tshirt may say 'never mind the bollocks' but my heart says 'foggy mountain breakdown'

 

[sojourner]

Yes. But i'm biased because i know/have known a lot of the people in the book.


It's a good read for ANY bluegrass fan though. So, yes!


My tshirt may say 'never mind the bollocks' but my heart says 'foggy mountain breakdown'

Nice one

We should really start some kind of urban-library you know. And I'm only saying that because I always want to read books people mention but am too skint to buy them

 

[Pavlik]

Deepak Chopra - The Path to Love

 

[Jon-of-arc]

Less Than Zero - Brett Easton Ellis. I don't "get" him. His writing is purposely soul-less and none-the better for it. I find it impossible to mentally flesh out his charecters, which doesn't make for enthralling reading.

 

[DotCommunist]

I'm sort of reading Robin Cook Chromosone 6 with open mouthed amazement. It's so bad, really technicaly deficient and badly written

 

[Rainingstairs]

"Twilight" it is ATROCIOUS. dunno what all the hoopla was about...

 

[Mrs Magpie]

The Plimsoll Sensation: The Great Campaign to Save Lives at Sea by Nicolette Jones.

Bloody brilliant.

 

[Vintage Paw]

I'm reading a section from The Phemonenology of Spirit

 

[QueenOfGoths]

I'm reading a section from The Phemonenology of Spirit

I don't even understand the title

 

[Dillinger4]

Hegel.



I feel for you, VP.

 

[idioteque]

'What I Talk About When I Talk About Running' by Haruki Murakami, and 'Persepolis' by Marjane Satrapi.

I gave up on 'Slam'; apparently Nick Hornby is coming to my university to discuss it, I'm thinking of going along to tell him what awful patronising shite it is.

 

[Dillinger4]

ooooooo is that Haruki Murakami one good? I have not read that one yet.

 

[idioteque]

ooooooo is that Haruki Murakami one good? I have not read that one yet.

It's his autobiography- basically a memoir of his relationship between running and writing over a few months. I've only read six pages so far, started it at half 4 this morning whilst quite stoned, but it's written with the same kind of tone as his other novels though so I'm sure it'll be good.

I'll let you know when I've finished it

 

[Fictionist]

Faith & Reason in Islam (Averroes' Exposition of Religious Arguments) - Averroes

(Translated by Ibrahim Najjar)

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Piercing by Ryu Murakami, very good so far, intense and disturbing. Also picked up a copy of Frankie Howerd's biography by Graham McCann which i am looking forward to.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Piercing by Ryu Murakami, very good so far, intense and disturbing. Also picked up a copy of Frankie Howerd's biography by Graham McCann which i am looking forward to.

I read "In the Miso Soup" a little while ago and it was excellent, very distubing but compelling. Didn't realise that he wrote "Audition", the novel the film is based on.

I have "Coin Locker Babies" on my bookshelf but haven't got round to it yet

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

Haven't come across him before, thoroughly enjoying this one and will prolly search out some other titles in due course.

 

[QueenOfGoths]

Haven't come across him before, thoroughly enjoying this one and will prolly search out some other titles in due course.

I only came across him last year before we went to Japan and was looking for some Japenese authors to read.

At the time "In the Miso Soup" was one of 'Waterstone's recommends' titles so I thought I'd get it. Not an easy read but worth it

 

[sojourner]

I gave up on 'Slam'; apparently Nick Hornby is coming to my university to discuss it, I'm thinking of going along to tell him what awful patronising shite it is.

Heckle the twat for me will ya?


I'm currently reading Collected Stories by Tennessee Williams, with an intro by Gore Vidal. Loving it

 

[Fictionist]

I have finished 'Moby Dick'!!!!

 

[El Jefe]

Bought a pile today -

From Anger To Apathy by Mark Garnett
A Pirate's Pocket Book
Trickster Makes This World by Lewis Hyde

which I'll dip it into while I plough through A Road To Wellville

 

[ringo]

Nigel Slater's Toast got better and better. Surprising how many times the young lad got his winky fiddled with by adults.

Now reading Already Dead - A Californian Gothic by Denis Johnson

 

[Fictionist]

Just in case anyone hadn't heard, I've finished 'Moby Dick'!!!!!

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

marvellous. did he get the whale?

i've finished piercing already. quite enjoyable, twisting and quite humourous in a very dark way. frankie howerd, here i come.

 

[Fictionist]

Well if you mean Ahab then that question is open to discussion,and what exactly do we mean by 'the whale'.............

I will NEVER read this book again

 

[sojourner]

Just in case anyone hadn't heard, I've finished 'Moby Dick'!!!!!

*round of applause*

jolly well done there - cup of tea to celebrate?

what's next, beating yourself up with a big stick?

 

[sojourner]

Nigel Slater's Toast got better and better. Surprising how many times the young lad got his winky fiddled with by adults.

Wasn't it just?

Great book that, in so many ways.

 

[vogonity]

Eating for England by Nigel Slater, which is a lot of fun.

The Golden Notebook by Doris Lessing - wonderful.

 

[DotCommunist]

Decline and fall of the roman empire


no, really. I've run out of fiction and have only this convoluted tome to read

That commudus was a right cunt

 

[Dillinger4]

I am really enjoying reading Norman Mailer atm.