The Da Vinci Code is terrible. It has an insanely lurid, preposterous plot that depends on ludicrous coincidences. I managed to finish it, but I threw it across the room several times while I was reading it. Don't bother. On topic: I'm reading some of Willam Gass's essays on literature.
Across the Universe by Beth Revis I actually finished reading this book, but I'm curious if anyone's read it too. On an amazon.com scale, I'd give it a 3.5 out of 5, but what initially drew me in to the story was the opening when the character is preparing to be cryogenically frozen. Not a lot of detail is given about the process, but just enough is described and in a way that completely sucks you in to everything the character is experiencing. So well done.
Yeah. I read really quickly sometimes. Also, when I posted that I was near the end of one of those books.
My copy of the latest Paris Review arrived yesterday, so I'm reading interviews with Samuel R. Delany and William Gibson. I may read some other stuff in the magazine, but I subscribe for the interviews!
I am currently reading Simon Kernick. The Buisness of the dying. It's a very good story and it was his first published book.
Currently working on re-reading George RR Martin's Game of Thrones, read it when I was 14 and wasn't allowed to. Thought it was awesome then and still think it is to this day. Wanted to re-read through the series when I found out that the latest book is FINALLY coming out. I am also reading a romance novel called 'She Woke Up Married' by Suzanne MacPherson. It's a cute, light read. I finished Patrick Rothfuss's two books before that. I was wary at first, when the cover was comparing him to George RR Martin, but I was pleasantly surprised (enough to spend thirty bucks on the one that just came out immediately after finishing The Name of the Wind).
Just started reading The Spiderwich Chronicles. I felt like something light after just finishing a really depressing and just generally tough book.
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin. I'm up to chapter 7 now, and to be honest I'm finding it rather dull.
I'm reading the first book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series and although usually i'm not into vampire books, this ones pretty darn good!
It is? I always considered buying a copy to have a read. How is it dull? Is it his prose? His language useage?
I've don't have a problem with the prose or language. I guess it's because I've read a lot of Richard Dawkins I feel like I know a lot of this stuff already.
I would advise cutting your losses and heading straight for the conclusion..or, better yet, the concluding paragraph of the conclusion (which is where things get interesting). It is very dull but he did write something that is not dull: The Expression of the Emotions in Animals and Man - which is great. Unlike Lemex and Gigi, I am now reading what I was now reading last week.
For some reason I want to take your advice and I don't want to at the same time. But I honestly can't wait to finish this and start reading Murakami's Norwegian Wood. I should have Origin finished by the end of tomorrow.
I'm reading A Zombie Driven Life. My daughter enjoyed it and it's not too long--and pretty interesting. Fast moving with a bit of sick humor and flashes of gore. What would you expect for a zombie novel?
