*What book are you reading? (part 2)

[seeformiles]

That's on my son's High School summer reading list. (There's 5 or 6 books listed and he has to read 2 of them.)

I'm trying to sell it to him by telling him that it's practically a novella.

Well it’s certainly more Hobbit than LOTR in length

 

[belboid]

That's on my son's High School summer reading list. (There's 5 or 6 books listed and he has to read 2 of them.)

I'm trying to sell it to him by telling him that it's practically a novella.

hopefully a copy other than the one with the introduction by a fascist!

 

[imposs1904]

hopefully a copy other than the one with the introduction by a fascist!

What introduction is that? You're not telling me someone got David Irving to do an introduction 'cos of his historical work on the bombing of Dresden?

PS - On the subject of fascism, one of the other books on the reading list is V for Vendetta.

 

[belboid]

What introduction is that? You're not telling me someone got David Irving to do an introduction 'cos of his historical work on the bombing of Dresden?

PS - On the subject of fascism, one of the other books on the reading list is V for Vendetta.

Yup. That was the classic edition for years. I’ve still got a copy I think.

 

[imposs1904]

Yup. That was the classic edition for years. I’ve still got a copy I think.

Jesus H. Christ.

 

[shifting gears]

Jesus H. Christ.

So it goes

 

[krtek a houby]

Jesus H. Christ.

I'd read his foreward!

 

[izz]

Bought Bridge of Clay by Zusak years ago but didn't get through it for some reason. Picked it up again today and already I know it's going to break my heart.

 

[Rompipalle]

I decided to read Ian Rankin's Rebus books in order. I had read a couple of them about 20+ years ago but without realising that I should have started with the first book in the series.

I'm currently near the end of Tooth and Nail (Book 3).

 

[Betsi]

Currently reading The Other Bennet Sister by Janice Hadlow. It’s gentle and so far I’m enjoying it.

Recently read Mockingbird Summer by Linda Rutledge. Copied a quote from the blurb ‘Mockingbird Summer is a powerful coming of age story detailing 13 year old Corky navigating the racial divide in Texas in the 60s.’ Very good.

But the book that caught my heart during the last three months or so is The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. It’s centred around a handwritten book list that finds it’s way to many and brings people of different backgrounds and experiences together. The Library where many of the characters meet is based on a real library in Wembley which I must have driven past many times as I worked in the area for years. Sadly I didn’t notice it but would love to return and visit it.

 

[Karl Masks]

I am about to crack open Game of Thrones (in kindle terms). I'm feeling confident about Ned, he looks to have a bright future embodying all our hopes and dreams

 

[Jammy smears]

I'm currently reading Bob Mortimer's The Satsuma Complex and absolutely loving it.

 

[T & P]

I was looking for free books on the Apple bookstore and I saw Dracula is free to download, so of course I had to. Not even 20% in, and already totally engrossed. Fantastically good, tense and chilling.

It has also made me want to rewatch Coppola’s 1992 film. I liked the film enough when I first saw it, but I am now appreciating it even more as a brilliantly faithful homage to the novel, so far at least.

 

[Wilf]

I decided to read Ian Rankin's Rebus books in order. I had read a couple of them about 20+ years ago but without realising that I should have started with the first book in the series.

I'm currently near the end of Tooth and Nail (Book 3).

I did something similar, read about the 7th one then back to the start. There were a few things about the Rebus character that weren't exactly fully formed in the first book. Iirc, he's some kind of ex special forces ninja type!

 

[izz]

I was looking for free books on the Apple bookstore and I saw Dracula is free to download, so of course I had to. Not even 20% in, and already totally engrossed. Fantastically good, tense and chilling.

It has also made me want to rewatch Coppola’s 1992 film. I liked the film enough when I first saw it, but I am now appreciating it even more as a brilliantly faithful homage to the novel, so far at least.

Dracula is a fantastic book, totally gripping. Subsequent vampire films etc haven't always been able to capture the same tension, Coppola's version being more faithful to the book (and still one of my favourites).

As an aside, and in case you hadn't heard of this already,many classics were typed in by volunteers working for the Gutenberg project and are available for free on various platforms, if you like Stoker you might like Wilkie Collins fr'instance.

 

[Orang Utan]

These:

 

[DotCommunist]

Let me know if the Keanu/China book is any good.


I'm on a bit of non fic atm, 'Revel, riot, and rebellion : popular politics and culture in England, 1603-1660' - David Underdown

 

[Orang Utan]

I was only supposed to bring two out.
I also brought these:

 

[Orang Utan]

BECAUSE I HAVE ADHD

 

[Dr. Furface]

I'm getting towards the end of Sly Stone's autobiography - like his life it started off great but the last bit not so much fun.

Also half way through Ian Penman's Fassbinder Thousands of Mirrors, a sort of personal biography of the problematic genius filmmaker.

 

[stockwelljonny]

Currently reading City Room by Arthur Gelb, about his 50 odd years working at the New York Times, from copyboy to managing editor. It’s great, love reading about Fleet Street etc back in the day and it’s also full of Runyonesque stories of New York after ww2

 

[stockwelljonny]

Been having a bit of a Hari Kunzru binge recently. Hadn’t read anything by him but enjoyed White Ruin and Red Pill and have ordered some others of his. Like the characterisation and sense of strangeness and lack of everything being tied up and resolved

 

[Chz]

Let me know if the Keanu/China book is any good.

I've been considering that one, too. Would appreciate a take on it.

 

[Jammy smears]

BECAUSE I HAVE ADHD

Does reading calm your mind? My daughter has ADHD and the only time she is still and calm is when she's fully immersed in a book.

 

[Orang Utan]

Does reading calm your mind? My daughter has ADHD and the only time she is still and calm is when she's fully immersed in a book.

Yes, intensely, from a very early age. Extreme hyperfocus

 

[Jammy smears]

Yes, intensely, from a very early age. Extreme hyperfocus

Yes she was the same, moved on from picture books to novels really early.

 

[seeformiles]

“Midnight’s Children” - Salman Rushdie

 

[izz]

“Midnight’s Children” - Salman Rushdie

How are you finding it ? I haven't read it thus far, am I missing out on something good ?

 

[seeformiles]

How are you finding it ? I haven't read it thus far, am I missing out on something good ?

It’s really good so far. Great writing that draws you in (with plenty of humour) to another world as the best books should. I decided to just take a chance and read something different - plus, given all the various controversies that have followed him - I wanted to ignore the hype and just read the guy’s work and it’s very accessible. Recommended

 

[frogwoman]

Just finished The Stranger in Her House by John Marrs. I loved The Marriage Act but this one was not as good as that I'm afraid.