*What book are you reading? (part 2)

[sojourner]

it is, he works through the trickster myths and then relates them to people like Picasso, Cage and that. Not quite sure where he's going for it, but he writes in a really winning way, it's a lot less dry than I expected.

Wow - that DOES sound interesting, like what he's doing with that

 

[DotCommunist]

Just finished Stardust. Gaiman does faery tales very well.

About to start Rushdies 'The Moors Last Sigh'

 

[han]

Currently reading 'First Overland' by Tim Slessor. An account of some blokes who drove from London to Singapore in a Landrover, in the '60s. Fab.

 

[Fictionist]

Dune is slow, very very very very very slow

 

[ringo]

1980 - David Peace. Part 3 of the Red Riding Quartet about the Yorkshire Ripper. Horrific but very well written and gripping. Good escapism for a change.

 

[May Kasahara]

it is, he works through the trickster myths and then relates them to people like Picasso, Cage and that. Not quite sure where he's going for it, but he writes in a really winning way, it's a lot less dry than I expected.

Cheers for this - I now know what to get Mr K for Christmas

I keep reading that as Noel Edmund's in conversation with Charles Manson.

Now THAT I would read.

Currently reading Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane. It's really very good indeed (although I think I have worked out whodunnit) and has shamed me into a writing standstill.

 

[Cheesypoof]

'I dont mean to be rude but...' Simon Cowell's autobiography, which im almost finished and is very funny.

 

[Orang Utan]

Andrew Marr's A History Of Modern Britain - great read

 

[foamy]

Cheers for this - I now know what to get Mr K for Christmas



Now THAT I would read.

Currently reading Mystic River, by Dennis Lehane. It's really very good indeed (although I think I have worked out whodunnit) and has shamed me into a writing standstill.

it is a good book, isn't it?
have you seen the film too?

 

[May Kasahara]

not yet, but reading the book has made me want to

 

[bluestreak]

The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman. Prompts more questions than it answers.

 

[sojourner]

The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman. Prompts more questions than it answers.

which is a good thing

 

[Nina]

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole.

Ignatius is atrocious! but makes for good reading

 

[Fictionist]

Approaching the Sunnah (Comprehension & Controversy) - Yusuf Al-Qaradawi
Al-Munajah (The Intimate Discourse) - Hasan al-Banna

 

[maya]

Fictionist, are all books you read about Islam?
(no offense, btw)

Could you perhaps point me towards a good introduction to Sufism?
I've been meaning to read more about Sufi thought for ages, but there are so many books out there, and I don't know where to start!

 

[ivebeenhigh]

lunar park - bret easton ellis

about halfway through. it's alright.

 

[sojourner]

Finished Daisy Fay and The Miracle Man earlier. Bum - have read all her stuff now

 

[sojourner]

Fictionist, are all books you read about Islam?
(no offense, btw)

Could you perhaps point me towards a good introduction to Sufism?
I've been meaning to read more about Sufi thought for ages, but there are so many books out there, and I don't know where to start!

Dilly's the chap to ask about that - he's well into the poetry

 

[DotCommunist]

reading Homage to Catalonia online. Have run out of unread real books.

 

[maya]

Dilly's the chap to ask about that - he's well into the poetry

I guess by 'Dilly' you're referring to the chap(?) also known as Dillinger4? *
(*...and, I think, someone who's clearly read a fair share of R.A.W.? )

Cool- I'll post up a question mark: ? , and hope somebody will soon pounce to the rescue with helpful facts

 

[Vintage Paw]

I'm reading Mao II, then I'm going to read Philadelphia Fire, then I need to re-read Apex Hides the Hurt (<--- I might change the order I read these 2 in), then I'm going to read the Zuckerman Bound Trilogy and Epilogue, followed by Exit Ghost.

 

[sojourner]

I guess by 'Dilly' you're referring to the chap(?) also known as Dillinger4? *

Yep, that's the chap

 

[Lea]

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer (book 3 in the Twilight Saga). Film of the first book is coming out on 19th December in the UK.

 

[colbhoy]

Round Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks, it's relatively amusing and an easy read.

 

[DexterTCN]

Great Apes by Will Self.

It's nuts....monkey nuts.

 

[Barking_Mad]

3/4 way through War and Peace.

 

[belboid]

just finished David Belbin - The Pretender, jolly good literary mystery type thing

will probably finally start Hilary Mantel's Beyond Black now

 

[The Octagon]

Just been away for the weekend and read Barack Obama's 'Dreams Of My Father'. Very well-written and quite emotional in places, although it does get a little OTT in his hyperbole at times.

 

[sojourner]

Sebastian Faulks - On Green Dolphin Street



Now, I liked Birdsong, so read Charlotte Grey, which was shite, but I thought I'd give him another go with this.

So far, it's insipid and verbose

 

[Biddlybee]

I'm still reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay... really enjoying it, but I'm a slow reader, and only read on the bus

I'm still reading this where does everyone get the time to read?

(I am reading about 4 ther books at the same time!)