DS Forums

 
 

What are you reading at the moment? (Part 4)


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 08-08-2012, 08:30
abigail1234
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 1,086
Lolita by Nabakov. SO difficult to read.
One of my favourites of all time. Stick with it
Yes, I listed it as one of my top 14 books (it was supposed to be top 10 books but found that impossible!). Well done for trying it anyway even if you find it isn't really for you
abigail1234 is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 08-08-2012, 11:30
Teddybleads
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2010
Posts: 6,116
Finished Half a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and loved it. It's quality writing but very readable, and is centred on the Nigerian-Biafra War of 1967-70. The half-sun is the Biafran emblem. There are strong characters whose lives you really care about, as well as an honest depiction of the war later on in the book. It describes how the characters are affected by it, and is unflinching without being gratuitous. I highly recommend it
An excellent read, I don't think I've ever heard a bad review of this one.

A film version will be out next year with Dominic cooper and Thandi Newton so I expect it to be everywhere then.
Teddybleads is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2012, 14:44
FearFactor
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 1,800
Of Mice and Men, really enjoying it so far.
FearFactor is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2012, 14:58
trinity2002
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 14,990
I'm struggling through Gunmetal Magic by IIona Andrews. It's a shame because I love her Kate Daniels series, but this one I've just found tedious.
trinity2002 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-08-2012, 10:45
Abcinthia
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 5
I'm currently reading Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Abcinthia is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-08-2012, 12:11
kira nerys
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: bristol
Posts: 888
I'm currently reading Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
I really enjoyed this book,how are you finding it?
kira nerys is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-08-2012, 16:06
Babycakes15
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 1,031
Kiss the Girls by James Patterson. Can't believe it's taken me so long to read these!
Babycakes15 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-08-2012, 16:27
Abcinthia
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2012
Posts: 5
I really enjoyed this book,how are you finding it?
I'm really enjoying it as well, I'm currently about a third of the way through.
Abcinthia is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-08-2012, 16:52
Buntym
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 77
'A Storm of Swords - Part 1' by GRR Martin - Just started re-reading this. Working my way through A Song of Ice & Fire again in the hope the next one will be out at some point in my lifetime!
Buntym is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2012, 00:36
shelleyj89
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Kent
Posts: 16,077
Broken by Karin Slaughter.
shelleyj89 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2012, 16:15
Jimmy Connors
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Home For The Bewildered
Posts: 86,510
It's Not A Rehearsal, The Autobiography ---- Amanda Barrie
Jimmy Connors is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2012, 16:17
Katie-Jane
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 861
Back from holiday - used the kindle a bit!

Read Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming (which I didn't enjoy as much as Casino Royale) and One Night Only by Sue Welfare (really enjoyed this and has a good twist).

Am now reading B is for Burglar by Sue Grafton.
Katie-Jane is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2012, 18:20
princesarock12
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: UK
Posts: 1,574
Just finished No Time For Goodbye by Linwood Barclay - it was quite a decent thriller. Starting Me Before You now in time for my holiday, it gets such a lot of hype about how 'feel-good' it is, I'm hoping at the very least it's funny
princesarock12 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2012, 18:24
TH14
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 11,543
Bloodline by Mark Billingham
TH14 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2012, 18:47
goldberry1
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Northern England
Posts: 2,596
I need cheering up so I've started reading Bill Bryson's 'Neither Here Nor There ' again.
goldberry1 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 10-08-2012, 19:00
Beautiful_Harv
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 8,861
Eliza Graham- The History Room
Beautiful_Harv is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-08-2012, 01:27
SecretLifeoBees
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Dorothy Fish Common Room
Posts: 31,206
Finished reading Restoration Lady by Sue Allan last night. Really enjoyed it, especially as it has many local connections. Hoping to read the first two in the trilogy soon, Mayflower Maid and Jamestown Woman.

Have just started reading Living in Hope, also by Sue Allan. She's a fabulous author and I had the pleasure of meeting her at a talk she gave last year about Lady Rose Hickman, the subject of her book Tudor Rose.
SecretLifeoBees is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-08-2012, 23:03
abigail1234
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 1,086
Broken by Karin Slaughter.
That's a tough read but good - I strongly recommend the sequel

An excellent read, I don't think I've ever heard a bad review of this one.

A film version will be out next year with Dominic cooper and Thandi Newton so I expect it to be everywhere then.
Oooh thank you - I didn't know. The book still haunts me - keep thinking about it

Of Mice and Men, really enjoying it so far.
I've still not got round to reading this so thank you for the nudge!

I've just finished reading Girl with the Pearl Earring by Tracey Chavalier. It is slow-paced and languid yet events move forwards almost without you noticing. She captures the atmosphere and cultural norms very well. I've not seen the film.
abigail1234 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-08-2012, 23:09
seansnotmyname@
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: exeter
Posts: 14,620
Catching Fire, about a third way through it, was weary because people keep on saying it's not as good as the first book. Obviously unlike when I read the first book I just Picture Jennifer Lawrence, Woody, Donald Sutherland and EB, as the characters, oddly enough, not the same with Katniss' love interests.
seansnotmyname@ is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-08-2012, 17:38
shelleyj89
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Kent
Posts: 16,077
That's a tough read but good - I strongly recommend the sequel
Have just bought the whole series. I read Fractured, then bought Broken, not realising there was a whole series! Have read the blurb for Fallen, and can't wait to read it! I'm really tempted to read that, then start them in order.
shelleyj89 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-08-2012, 17:46
kay23
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 294
The Tremor of Forgery by Patricia Highsmith

Nothing's really happened yet but I'm enjoying it.
kay23 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-08-2012, 17:48
GiraffeGirl
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 13,059
11.22.63 by Stephen King. Been a few years since I even attempted a King novel as Lissey's Story defeated me. Really enjoying this one though, got about 100 pages left to go.
GiraffeGirl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-08-2012, 18:10
Cellar_Door
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2011
Posts: 2,147
11.22.63 by Stephen King. Been a few years since I even attempted a King novel as Lissey's Story defeated me. Really enjoying this one though, got about 100 pages left to go.
I loved it, glad you're enjoying it.

I've jumped on the bandwagon and I'm about halfway through 'the Night Circus'. Not really enjoying it as such but I've read worse.
Cellar_Door is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 13-08-2012, 11:50
GiraffeGirl
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 13,059
I loved it, glad you're enjoying it.

I've jumped on the bandwagon and I'm about halfway through 'the Night Circus'. Not really enjoying it as such but I've read worse.
I've finished 11.22.63 now and I did enjoy it would like to try some other King at some point (I've read Carrie and The Shining before)
GiraffeGirl is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 13-08-2012, 17:44
Sue_C
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2005
Posts: 915
I've just finished listening to Neverwhere, written and read by Neil Gaiman. I much prefer to listen to audiobooks rather than read at the moment despite a having a pile of paperbooks and numerous books on my Kindle to get through.

I thought that the idea of "London Below" was original and I enjoyed all the London references. I also thought that the theme of the real-life invisibility of homeless people in London was good. The story itself was a bit predictable but enjoyable all the same. The one thing that jarred with me was Gaiman's constant references to sidewalks and elevators instead of pavements and lifts. We're talking about London and you're British for goodness sake! All in all I enjoyed Neverwhere more than American Gods and as much as Stardust.

My next listen is The Poison Tree by Erin Kelly. I chose this on the spur of the moment so I hope it's good.

I've downloaded The Golden Hour by William Nicholson to my Kindle, mainly because it keeps popping up at me whenever I go on the Amazon website, and it was cheap because it's in their Reading Marathon promotion. I'm a bit put off by the Simon Bates title but the first couple of chapters seem quite good and it's different to anything else I've read lately - the traumas of being middle class and living in leafy Middle England!
Sue_C is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 16:59.