*What book are you reading ?

[spartacus mills]

Just starting 'London Orbital'. I seem to be reading loads of Iain Sinclair stuff lately.

 

[Orang Utan]

and i hated that.
didn't even finish it...

Me too.
Re Roth: I've never read ANY of his books, Updike and Bellow neither - never been attracted to their books - they seem to be, er, too American for my tastes - this may be a misconception, but I never think I'll be interested in the neuroses of white middle-class American academics.

 

[marty21]

len deighton - berlin : game

 

[oi2002]

Zia Sadar: Desparately Seeking Paradise - Journeys of a Sceptical Muslim

Excellent autobigraphical book. Very informative on the difficulties of being a progressive Muslim and rather funny.

 

[Echo Beach]

I've just finished Richard Morgan's ultra ultra violent 'Woken Furies'. Quite fun if you treat the book as the lit equivaent of a B movie.

Now I'm plugged into David Mitchell's 'The Cloud Atlas', and 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'. This is my first Conan-Doyle and I was not expecting Holmes to be such an arrogant arse, much less the opening phronology gags!

 

[tastebud]

Me too.

dreadful, dreadful style.
my then boyfriend told me i would hate it, and by christ he was right.
he said to read other books by him but i haven't bothered.
->you should definitely read portnoys complaint though. it is fantastic and flipping hilarious! great first thing in the morning on a depressing tube journey!

 

[liberty]

The camel in the courtyard

 

[Orang Utan]

dreadful, dreadful style.
my then boyfriend told me i would hate it, and by christ he was right.
he said to read other books by him but i haven't bothered.
->you should definitely read portnoys complaint though. it is fantastic and flipping hilarious! great first thing in the morning on a depressing tube journey!

I like his other books, it's just Money I hate. So he was right again!

 

[Iam]

I'm just getting to the end of Robin Hobb's Fool's Fate.

Also, I've just been getting started on Can't Stop, Won't Stop - A History of the Hip Hop Generation by Jeff Chang, which is really good.

 

[MightyAphrodite]

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Presents America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

(again) ....the man slays me...i cant help it .....

 

[onemonkey]

last night / this morning i read fup - jim dodge. what a funny, incredible, lovely book! although when it finished i almost threw it at the wall... i had just got myself wrapped up in it & it suddenly finished!

yup.. it is frustrating that so far jim dodge has only written 2 and bit novels and one vol of poems

fup is fucking good..
stone junction is good for stoners but nonetheless rocks

and not fade away will never fade away

Hello, baaaaby!
Yeah, this is the Big Bopper speakin'
Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, you sweet thing!
Do I what? Will I what?
Oh baby, you knoooow what I like!



Chantilly Lace had a pretty face
and a ponytail hangin' down
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk
Make the world go 'round
Ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl
To make me act so funny, make me spend my money
Make me feel real loose like a long necked goose
Like a--oh baby, that's a-what I like!



What's that, baby?
But... but... but... oh, honey!
Oh baby, you know what I like!

Chantilly Lace had a pretty face
and a ponytail hangin' down
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk
Make the world go 'round round round
Ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl
To make me act so funny, make me spend my money
Make me feel real loose like a long necked goose
Like a--oh baby, that's a-what I like!

 

[tastebud]

Originally Posted by The Big Bopper
Hello, baaaaby!
Yeah, this is the Big Bopper speakin'
Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, you sweet thing!
Do I what? Will I what?
Oh baby, you knoooow what I like!

Chantilly Lace had a pretty face
and a ponytail hangin' down
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk
Make the world go 'round
Ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl
To make me act so funny, make me spend my money
Make me feel real loose like a long necked goose
Like a--oh baby, that's a-what I like!

What's that, baby?
But... but... but... oh, honey!
Oh baby, you know what I like!

Chantilly Lace had a pretty face
and a ponytail hangin' down
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk
Make the world go 'round round round
Ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl
To make me act so funny, make me spend my money
Make me feel real loose like a long necked goose
Like a--oh baby, that's a-what I like!

i like it!

 

[lucky_7]

I just finished Henry Millers Tropic of Cancer & was fascinated by it. I wish I'd read it when I was 16 or something - its opens up new understanding and is a involving read.

About to start Tender is the Night by Fitzgerald.

 

[walktome]

My dad brought home a biography on Janis Joplin today, Scars of Sweet Paradise, and I'm excited to read it. Tomorrow I start commuting to university so this book came just in time. Plus, I love biographies to death, I find them so interesting most of the time.

 

[oneflewover]

Just flying through Wilt In Nowhere - Tom Sharpe

Bit formulairic (sp?) but still fun

 

[IntoStella]

I'm reading Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, which I bought for the ridiculous price of £3.76 in Tescos.

Neil Gaiman has hailed it as the greatest novel about magic for 70 years. I don't know about that* but I am thoroughly enjoying it and will be doing so for some time as it is over 1000 pages long! After a weekend spent mostly reading (again) I'm halfway through.

If you like Neil Gaiman, you are pretty much guaranteed to like this.

*I'm sure Mr Model will have something to say on the subject.

 

[dynamicbaddog]

Just getting stuck into John Irving's melancholic 700+ page 'Until I Find You' .I'll tell you what I think of it when I've finished it, (around Christmas time I expect )

 

[maya]

I'm reading Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell,

- wha...i've just started reading that, last week!
IS, you must be my telepathic/british literary twin!

and i read mitford last summer! ( )
- ooh, spooky!

 

[Orang Utan]

Hello Queen maya!

 

[golightly]

'How to become a virgin' by Quentin Crisp. Curiously a couple of people remarked on it when I was reading at work during my lunch break. Who knows, maybe they think I'm gay now.

 

[maya]

Hello Queen maya!

hello my glorious king!


(-what's the mood in fair london today?
we're a bit freezing, a bit drunk, but okay- *hic* )

 

[Orang Utan]

I still be drunk from last night - I have lovely bloodshot eyes - I went to some cricket freebies last night and got destroyed - woke up in a strange bed

 

[maya]

I still be drunk from last night - I have lovely bloodshot eyes - I went to some cricket freebies last night and got destroyed - woke up in a strange bed

nice

- well, WE got rid of our despickable prime minister!- yay!
*hic*

 

[tastebud]

woke up in a strange bed

tell us more...

 

[rennie]

Brick lane... a suprisingly good read.

 

[Orang Utan]

tell us more...

There's nothing juicy about it, I'm afraid

 

[tastebud]

There's nothing juicy about it, I'm afraid

right you are...

 

[Boogie Boy]

Having a wee break from the 'Arabian Nights', thought I would give 'Satanic Verses' another read. So far so good, much better as a second read.

BB

 

[Orang Utan]

right you are...

Is that because I didn't pull, or because you're not getting any juicy goss?

 

[Orang Utan]

1974 - David Peace
Salt - A World History - Mark Kurlansky
The Iron Dream - Adolf Hitler AKA Norman Spinrad