Books - What are you reading?
Discussion
marcosgt said:
"The Goldfinch" - I recalled hearing an extract on R4 when this was book at bedtime, or whatever and thinking it sounded quite interesting and I picked it up in our local charity shop.
It's 770 pages long and I'm about 50% of the way through and, whilst it would be unfair to say nothing has happened, I have this overriding feeling that Donna Tart should have been told to edit about 50% of it out! I reckon there's a pretty good 300 page novel hiding in there.
M.
I've started that 3 times and put it down each time. I really like the writing, tone and subject of the book which is why I keep trying but it consistently failed to hold my attention. Report back will you?It's 770 pages long and I'm about 50% of the way through and, whilst it would be unfair to say nothing has happened, I have this overriding feeling that Donna Tart should have been told to edit about 50% of it out! I reckon there's a pretty good 300 page novel hiding in there.
M.
Just finished the Wayward Pines trilogy back to back. Not bad, will give the TV version a try.
Also read Run by the same author - ended rather abruptly with unanswered questions.
All adequate for mindless holiday reading though.
Have made a start on The Monopolists - the story of Monopoly. Haven't got past Old Kent Road yet.
Also read Run by the same author - ended rather abruptly with unanswered questions.
All adequate for mindless holiday reading though.
Have made a start on The Monopolists - the story of Monopoly. Haven't got past Old Kent Road yet.
DJRC said:
I've just finished The Shepherds Crown.
It means PTerry is dead and that just feels wrong somehow. Three people I hold as literary geniuses and three only:
Homer
Shakespeare
Pratchett
Bugger
It means PTerry is dead and that just feels wrong somehow. Three people I hold as literary geniuses and three only:
Homer
Shakespeare
Pratchett
Bugger
I haven't read Raising Steam or Sheperds Crown. I will be leaving one unread so I will always have a Pratchett to read.
DJRC said:
Raising Steam is good but almost suffers by being a rehash of themes before.
Making Money remains the most coruscating of the Moist books.
I would posit a question to lady readers though: Christian Grey, Jason Bourne, James Bond or Sam
Vimes?
You really have to ask? Making Money remains the most coruscating of the Moist books.
I would posit a question to lady readers though: Christian Grey, Jason Bourne, James Bond or Sam
Vimes?
Sam of course. He adores his wife, he will go to any lengths to protect his child, family and friends and he has unshakeable principles.Christian Grey is an emasculated weirdo, James Bond is an insecure playboy and Jason Bourne is a head-f
ked ex-military robot.HTH
A man who now stays sober because he has drunk his way through to the other side of alcoholism is a proper job!Not contributed for a while, a few books I've finished recently:
Well written (as expected) however I preferred Winters' account.
Enjoyed this. Insightful and interesting.
A classic I've not read before.
Good book but I felt the translation I read was a little awkward in places.
Undecided what I'll read next.
Well written (as expected) however I preferred Winters' account.
Enjoyed this. Insightful and interesting.
A classic I've not read before.
Good book but I felt the translation I read was a little awkward in places.
Undecided what I'll read next.
davepoth said:
Turn7 said:
I read Catcher in the rye when I was 15. Really should re read it again..
The greatness of Catcher in the Rye is that if you read it as a teenager you think "Wow, Holden really speaks to me.", but if you read it as an adult you think "Wow, Holden really is a tt." 
Finished, Raising Steam.
Great read, glad I finished it, the culmination of a story that started wayback in the Fifth Elephant, strands of which (Cherry) were sown way way back in Feet of Clay. Very clever, very epic. Sadly as a long time reader one could see how the 'embuggerance' had affected the writing. Which is a shame, but he finished it, and it was still a story that stands above many other storytellers who are not suffering from altzheimer's.
Now for the Shepherd's Crown.
Great read, glad I finished it, the culmination of a story that started wayback in the Fifth Elephant, strands of which (Cherry) were sown way way back in Feet of Clay. Very clever, very epic. Sadly as a long time reader one could see how the 'embuggerance' had affected the writing. Which is a shame, but he finished it, and it was still a story that stands above many other storytellers who are not suffering from altzheimer's.
Now for the Shepherd's Crown.
It's goodblindswelledrat said:
marcosgt said:
"The Goldfinch" - I recalled hearing an extract on R4 when this was book at bedtime, or whatever and thinking it sounded quite interesting and I picked it up in our local charity shop.
It's 770 pages long and I'm about 50% of the way through and, whilst it would be unfair to say nothing has happened, I have this overriding feeling that Donna Tart should have been told to edit about 50% of it out! I reckon there's a pretty good 300 page novel hiding in there.
M.
I've started that 3 times and put it down each time. I really like the writing, tone and subject of the book which is why I keep trying but it consistently failed to hold my attention. Report back will you?It's 770 pages long and I'm about 50% of the way through and, whilst it would be unfair to say nothing has happened, I have this overriding feeling that Donna Tart should have been told to edit about 50% of it out! I reckon there's a pretty good 300 page novel hiding in there.
M.
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