*What book are you reading ?

[Guruchelles]

Lolita by Nabokov

 

[foo]

i'm still reading Hound Dog - Richard Blandford

i'm not sure why i'm still reading it - it's making me feel ill.

 

[tastebud]

6870 + 6871 are two of my favourite books ever.

i'm still reading the poisonwood bible.. great name, great book!

 

[bodach]

Decided that I liked Brookmyre, so I'm about to start "The Sacred Art of Stealing"

 

[rollinder]

Rachel North - Out Of The Tunnel

 

[Giles]

just started Bill Bryson: The life and times of the thunderbolt kid.

Read that one on holiday last week.

Funny and easy to read, good for lounging by the pool, or lying in bed trying to get to sleep when the dr*gs won't wear off.....

 

[chooch]

Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film, another Peter Biskind one. Liking it so far.

 

[chooch]

A Buyer's Market by Anthony Powell. Second in the Music of Time sequence.

Can't remember which of those I read a while back. Wasn't so impressed.

 

[foo]

Well i finished Hound Dog.

my tribute to Elvis' memory reading that.

i was nearly sick a couple of times, laughed my arse off and felt sick at the same time. and now it's over, i want to find Richard Blandford, look him in the eyes and ask 'why?'.

 

[Dubversion]

not heard of it, sounds odd...

 

[Citizen66]

I've been reading this thread....

 

[unusual_solid]

Well i finished Hound Dog.

my tribute to Elvis' memory reading that.

i was nearly sick a couple of times, laughed my arse off and felt sick at the same time. and now it's over, i want to find Richard Blandford, look him in the eyes and ask 'why?'.

who would win a fight out of elvis and buddy holly.

just finished
confessions of an english opium eater by thomas de quincey.
liked the description about his dreams but not enough for my liking. shudders at his reduction of the dose of laudanum and the effects comming off the stuff had.

 

[Dirty Martini]

Can't remember which of those I read a while back. Wasn't so impressed.

Finished this. Gale-force wind, but curiously interesting.

Now: The Willow Wand -- Some Cricket Myths Explored by Derek Birley.

 

[Dubversion]

ages ago started Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union, but it got left to one side in summer hecticness.

Back into it with a vengeance and it's absolutely brilliant. What writing!

 

[May Kasahara]

Just finished My Swordhand Is Singing by Marcus Sedgwick; pretty good, but it's no Dark Horse.

Will be starting on Pat Barker's Regeneration this evening

 

[KeeperofDragons]

Bout halfway through The Bible Unearthed by Israel Finkelstein & Neil Asher Silberman

 

[Dirty Martini]

Now: The Willow Wand -- Some Cricket Myths Explored by Derek Birley.

A very good book.

Now I don't know what to read.

 

[jeff_leigh]

Blood Meridian - Cormac McCarthy never read anything by this guy before taking a while to get used to his style of writing

 

[winterinmoscow]

"what we did on our holiday"

this book is hilarious

 

[Doctor Carrot]

I'm currently reading Marching Powder about a convicted drug traffiker's time in San Pedro prison Bolivia, it's by Rusty Young and it's a right good read I tell ya. It's also reminded me of how engrossing reading can be and how it improves your imagination, I should do it more often

 

[sparkling]

Just nearing the end of Half a Yellow Sun. Brilliant. This book has completely absorbed me I've even been dreaming of starvation.

 

[CharlieAddict]

undercover economist - a random buy.

 

[catrina]

Read that one on holiday last week.

Funny and easy to read, good for lounging by the pool, or lying in bed trying to get to sleep when the dr*gs won't wear off.....

hmm, I couldn't get into it. I've had it for a year and am only halfway through.

I just finished A Thousand Splendid Suns. Was too depressing for me, and didn't seem nearly as good as The Kite Runner.

I'm now reading Are men necessary? It's been a long time since I've read any feminist theory, I must say she seems very dated in her arguments, not really sure what the point is.

Someone please recommend me a good novel!

 

[Dubversion]

just finished the excellent Yiddish Policemens's Union - it kinda jumps the shark a little but I forgive him because the writing is SO strong.

Now onto You Don't Love Me Yet, the latest Jonathan Lethem. Suspect it's going to be a lighter, frothier effort than stuff like Fortress of Solitude but still totally looking forward to ti.

 

[5t3IIa]

just finished the excellent Yiddish Policemens's Union - it kinda jumps the shark a little but I forgive him because the writing is SO strong.

Now onto You Don't Love Me Yet, the latest Jonathan Lethem. Suspect it's going to be a lighter, frothier effort than stuff like Fortress of Solitude but still totally looking forward to ti.

I sensed you were going to mention Lethem, how queer

It's the first of his that I need to read again to check if it was arse or if it was OK.

 

[rollinder]

V For Vendetta

 

[Kid_Eternity]

The Audacity Of Hope by Barack Obama, so far it's boring as shit. Got yet another copy of The Watchmen today (I think it's my third over the years), gonna have a good read of that soon, figure I might as well enjoy it now before they finish the film and royally fuck the work up.

 

[Yelkcub]

Just finished this>

Moving and inspiring. Reminds how I'd like to be.

 

[Boogie Boy]

Just finished John Updike's 'The Terrorist', which I stupidly picked up thinking it might prove to be interesting (and I hadn't previously read any of his stuff). It is a very quick text to read, and therein lies the problem. It apparently purports to examine the development and emergence of a terrorist but the story is too light and fragile, there is absolutely no depth to any of the characters - no true exploration or consideration of motive, impact, reasoning - particularly so with the 'terrorist'. If this work is typical of Updike then I will be more than happy to steer clear.[/RIGHT]

BB

 

[Orang Utan]

Carter Beats The Devil by Glen David Gold. Strikes me as the sort of distraction I need - light, funny and pacy