Hey, I'm new and all so first and foremost, Hi! I am currently reading Rant by Chuck Palanhuik, got about 40 pages to go. A great read if a little different. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a quirky, different novel.
I finished The Recollection (which was brilliant- for a more in-depth review take a look at my external blog) and Gary McMahon's In the Skin (which was disappointing- not bad, but nothing like McMahon's best. I think it would have worked much better as a short story than a novella. It felt stretched quite thin). at the weekend. I'm currently ploughing through John le Carre's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which so far is a lot less dense and impenetrable than I had expected. I'm quite enjoying it, though it's quite different to a lot of what I've been reading lately.
Reading The Rats by James Herbert. It's pretty creepy because It's set in London, and it's so plausible that it could happen. However, I'm not sure I like the way he builds up a whole characters' history and then just kills them, and all in the exact same ways to boot. Gets a bit tedius and makes you wonder what the point was in building the characters up when they aren't going anywhere. Gets a little samey. Other than that I've been reading the short stories in A Touch Of Dead by Charlaine Harris. It's a money-spinner collection branching off from the Trueblood books; I got it for £1 in a charity shop. My god it's awful. You can read my external blog to see what I think, but really...It's shameful that this got onto the shelves, even for a money-spinner.
The Road was pretty hardcore as well. McCarthy has some seriously depressing writing it seems. Writes beautifully though. "The child is my warrant, for if he is not the voice of God, then God never spoke."
I am reading “the smartest guys in the room” it’s nonfiction about Enron. Only a little way through but its an interesting read so far about the rise of Enron. The part I am on is about the characters that worked under skilling on the trading desks.
Ulysses by James Joyce - I'm reading it in hebrew, so I guess it's easier, but it's still very confusing (especially the almost unreadable third chapter...). My opinion on this book changes drastically every five minutes - sometimes I HATE it so much I want to invent a time machine and punch Joyce in the face, and sometimes it's not so bad, even quite interesting. Now I'm in chapter 6, and it's so boring... this book is an epic about nothing! and... Bloodsucking Fiends by Christopher Moore - I know, I know... The book is very nice and entertaining, and it's really funny (not hilarious, funny). Just a nice, light read. By the way, it's my first Moore book, and I might comeback for more (ha-ha.), do you have any recommendations?
I'm currently reading two books: Green Angel Tower I by Tad Williams, and Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I'm enjoying both quite well, although the series by Tad Williams did start quite slow. But it has picked up and I've found myself hooked. Ready Player One hits my nostalgic nerve, as a child of the 80s myself.
Right now I'm reading "As I lay Dying" by William Faulkner. I don't know about it yet though. I love the premise, but I can't get into the whole "Southern" thing. Chances are I'll finish it regardless. But to be honest, nothing looks good lately... is there such thing as a reader's slump?
Currently: Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk. I'm very nearly finished though. and Paradise Lost by John Milton.
Just finished Firelight by Sophie Jordan, and am now reading Secret of the Sirens by Julia Golding. After that? I think it will be Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer.
I’m currently reading ‘The Surgeons Mate’ by Patrick O’Brian. I’ve read all the previous books in the series and this one seems to be just as fantastic as the rest.
Reading 'That they may face the rising sun' by John McGahern, seems good so far, very photographic descriptions of the mundane things with great imagery! Finished Trainspotting recently too... visceral stuff, if every kid was made to read it (and watch the film) I don't think any of them would go near drugs!
When I have time I am reading The Time Machine by H.G Wells. It's a very interesting book so far and I can't wait to read more of it soon.
Mindy Kaling's Are My Best Friend's Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns). Yeah, I'm a sucker for these kind of books.
The Road of the Dead by Kevin Brooks. It's about two young brothers who travel to the moorlands to find the person who killed their sister. Very gritty and well written, good reading.
In addition to the stories posted here I am also reading... -Until the Wheels Fall Off: Life and Times in a 70's California Motorcycle Club, by Robert Clay Norman -The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak... this is the WF Book Club choice for Nov./Dec., just throwing it out there in case anybody else wants to join the discussion... a shameless plug it should be a lot of fun (yes, sadly this is my version of fun!)
I have just finished The Wise Mans Fear by Patrick Rothfuss. I just bought The Litigators by John Grisham (Can never have enough of him.) Once that is finished i will reread the Book Theif (since i read it six years ago) so i may join the WF Book Club discussion.
I'm about to start reading The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. I've already read The Hound of the Baskervilles, way back in 2004 for my GCSEs, so I get the feeling I'm reading through the Holmes series in entirely the wrong order. This evening I finished The Thing on the Shore by Tom Fletcher. As horror novels go, it was quite decent. I'll post a full review on my blog tomorrow when it's not half past one in the morning and I desperately need to go to sleep rather than make inane posts on forums.
One Day by David Nicholls, is fast reading, because its well written. Its a romance about two university graduate on offrelationship over 20 years, Its like... well reading about life really.
