Books - What are you reading?

Was curious about this one and read it in one sitting last night. Not a bad thriller. I am always slightly disappointed with the ending of these sort of books though; the intriguing build up to the climax pulls you through the book and then the bomb it drops at the end seems almost lacklustre.

I'll get back to Pride & Prejudice ...

Just started Nothing To Envy by Barbara Demick, real life stories of North Koreans

Richard Price - The Breaks

only 4 books this month

I enjoyed the Hemmingway, more that I thought I would - old brigadier in love with a countess
Stone Junction was great - I'd read Fup by this author. This was reminded me of a cross between Auster and American Gods
Ronson was entertaining, I will look out for more
Highsmith - i liked, kind of Roahl Dahl adult stories

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After Murakami I have The Circle by Dave Eggers (for our book club).

I'm liking some of the observations that Murakami has in Running but I'll admit to finding it a bit thin. Not sure what I expected I suppose.

I went off murukami after reading his books

How did you find the second and third books in the Wool trilogy?

I liked the first but heard that the others weren't as good so not got round to them yet.

I really enjoyed them, they delve in to who put the silo there and why, which I thought was cool.

The 3rd book is probably the weakest of the trilogy but still worth a read. I did read them all back to back though, I don't know if that made a difference.

Cheers, I've got some long journeys coming up so I'll add them to the kindle.

I've recently read two more things by Hugh Howey that I enjoyed too.

-Glitch - a short story about a robot that defies it's programming. It's essentially one chapter of a story. I'm hoping he expands it in to a full novel in the future.

-Sand - which has a similar vibe to Wool but a very different story, I got pretty hooked on it but it seemed to end so abruptly.

Just finished Richard Flanagan's The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Smith Henderson's Fourth of July Creek. The former was last years Booker prize winner. Both thoroughly recommended.

Cheers, I've added Sand to my wish list.

I'm liking some of the observations that Murakami has in Running but I'll admit to finding it a bit thin. Not sure what I expected I suppose.

Finished it, a light read but recommended.

Ordered Finding Ultra by Rich Roll which will be my reward for finishing my book club book before the deadline. Hoping it will be as motivational as Michael Bane's Over The Edge.

Hurrah for cheap used books on Amazon.

I'm re-reading Watership Down for the first time since I was small (I read it over and over a crazy number of times when I was a kid). I'm only 6% into the book according to my Kindle and it's made me cry, in public, at least 5 times so far.

ANYWAY! It turns out that Richard Adams is not only still alive but answering AMA threads on Reddit! What a legend: http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2pkttw/im_richard_adams_author_of_watership_down_shardik/

My favourite book.

I've just finished Shift by Hugh Howey, the 2nd in the Wool trilogy. I hated the writing style, seeming like a book written for teenagers but I really enjoyed the storyline, although not as much as the 1st. It seems like the 3rd is set up nicely as well. I'm now about halfway through Crash by JG Ballard and it's fucking mental.

Saw J.G Ballard at a few readings. He was a lovely man.

Whoever it was upthread who recommended John le Carre, thank you. Currently working my way through as many as I can find.
Read Atonement by Ian McEwan last week. First half is pretty poor, but the second half builds and builds, then kicks you in the gut. Excellent read.
Also gone back in time a little bit, read Don Quixote- surprisingly good, once I got used to the language- now working my way through Dumas.

Fear and loathing in Las Vegas ( very nice book)
“No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride...and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well...maybe chalk it off to forced conscious expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten.”

The Circle by Dave Eggers (for our book club).

Only recommended if you've done Silicon Valley life and want an easy distracting read with a poke at various SV celebrities. Not a serious read or a serious novel really.

Awaiting delivery of Finding Ultra which I've heard is quite good once you get used to ignoring his repeated sales pitches for the Vitamix blender.

Superb book. I look forward to reading it with my daughters.

My family on my dad's side are from very close to Watership Down and I could see it from my secondary school so it holds a special place in my heart.

Bright Eyes was playing on the radio the other day. Little bit of a lump in my throat.

bowlby's attachment and loss trilogy: painful holding mirror up stuff ;(

Went through that phase as well. Adam Phillips is a bit lighter.

I recently finished Nora Webster by Colm Toibin, which was excellent and has inspired me to want to read more by him, and I've just started Narrow Road to the Deep North.

Both of these books are cheating on A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor, which I started in December and which is now really dragging.