What are you currently reading?

[Piyush]

Sure Sharadha; though unlike my Shelf at LT, my shelf here is not tagged genre-wise, but if you want recommendations with regard to fantasy or any other genre (other than (auto)biographies and romances, paranormal or otherwise), I will be happy to help :)

HP is quite a decent series and has played an important role in introducing many people to Fantasy.

[Prakhar]

Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage

[Prosenjit]

i am reading "Lions of Lucerne", a thriller by Brad Thor. The first 70 pages have been great, hopefully it will turn out to be a good book. There are 7 books in the series, if the first turns out well will target the series!

[Sharadha]

Prosenjit wrote: "i am reading "Lions of Lucerne", a thriller by Brad Thor. The first 70 pages have been great, hopefully it will turn out to be a good book. There are 7 books in the series, if the first turns out w..."

Prosenjit - for sure, we could BR a thriller after a few lit fics that we have read so far :) Let us know!

[Lenny]

Piyush wrote: "Currently reading:-
1. The Invisible Man - H. G. Wells
2. Answered Prayers - Truman Capote
3. Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser

Currently re-reading:-
1. Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Dou..."

Whoa! I've only in the last couple of years learned to read 2 books simultaneously. How do you juggle 5?!

[David]

I have been reading -
1. 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke: Book 3 of the Odyssey series. Seems not so well-rated. But I am about a third into it, and loving it. :)
2.Himalaya by Michael Palin: A travelogue based on his TV documentary. This one is okay/good. No need to read the book, honestly, after viewing the series. Although the book does contain some information that is unavailable in the series.
3. The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas L. Friedman: A great book to explain Globalization and how it works.

[Piyush]

Whoa! I've only in the last couple of years learned to read 2 books simultaneously. How do you juggle 5?! "

Hi Lenny,

Welcome to the group.

There are books for every occasion; one while travelling to work; one in the living room for knocking off a few pages after coming back from work (generally a re-read, currently The Hobbit); 2-3 of them to read at home in leisure (a few pages of all these books every day, one of them more so than others), and one at my bedside, good for 5 min of reading before I turn off the lights.

Hope that helps :)

Best,
Piyush

[Piyush]

Piyush wrote: "Currently reading:-
1. The Invisible Man - H. G. Wells
2. Answered Prayers - Truman Capote
3. Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser

Currently re-reading:-
1. Restaurant at the End of the Universe - Dou..."

Since my post on June 11, finished:-
1. The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells
2. Answered Prayers - The Unfinished Novel by Truman Capote
3. Cometh the Hour (The Clifton Chronicles, #6) by Jeffrey Archer
4. Persuader (Jack Reacher, #7) by Lee Child
5. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
6. The Third Man by Graham Greene
7. The Street Lawyer by John Grisham

Currently reading:-
1. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
2. The Sorrows of Satan by Marie Corelli
3. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
4. The Final Cut (Francis Urquhart #3) by Michael Dobbs

Current re-reading:-
1. Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
2. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

[Piyush]

Daavid wrote: "I have been reading -
1. 2061: Odyssey Three by Arthur C. Clarke: Book 3 of the Odyssey series. Seems not so well-rated. But I am about a third into it, and loving it. :)..."

I gave up the Odyssey Series after Book 2; which i thought was strictly average, and I lost my nerve to continue the series. Good that you continued and found the sequel to your liking.

[Sharadha]

Piyush wrote: "Piyush wrote: "Currently reading:-
1. The Invisible Man - H. G. Wells
2. Answered Prayers - Truman Capote
3. Sister Carrie - Theodore Dreiser

Currently re-reading:-
1. Restaurant at the End of the..."

The Color Purple's on my immediate TBR :D Any reviews on it?

Also, wasn't there a movie made on Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind? I think I remember seeing patches of it a few years back..

[Doc.]

Sharadha wrote: "The Color Purple's on my immediate TBR :D Any reviews on it?"

Oo, I'm excited for you! It's not perfect but it's beautiful, heartbreaking at times but ultimately an uplifting experience. Celie is one of the most plucky female characters ever! The secondary female characters are amazing and written superbly, too. Sorry to gush all over this space but it's just that good!

[Lenny]

Sharadha wrote: "Also, wasn't there a movie made on Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind? I think I remember seeing patches of it a few years back"

There was. I thoroughly enjoyed it. That book has been on my TBR list for a while, in fact, because I wanted to get the movie out of my system first. Because movies never live up to their books, and I've often had a movie I've loved ruined after reading the book, because the latter was sooo much better, I could never enjoy the movie again. The 2 worst offenders - Silence of the Lambs and Chocolat. Both such wonderful movies UNTIL you read the books :( The latter esp, is probably the worst adaptation I've ever seen.

[Lenny]

Piyush wrote: "
There are books for every occasion; one while travelli..."
Don't you ever muddle up the stories in your head? :D I can only read fiction and non-fic or novel and short story collex together. One at home, one at work. I could never do 2 novels at once.

[Lenny]

Sharadha wrote: "I am loving the fantasy talks going on here :) Although I haven't much to contribute (the only fantasy series I have read is Harry Potter hehe), it has piqued my interest a little more. Will peek t..."
I highly rec Stephen King's Dark Tower series. It's a bit of a mixed bag, and the 1st book is, unfortunately the least good. But as a whole, it's wonderful. And it mashes a lot of diff genres - fantasy, horror, western and sci-fi. It's seriosly epic - in every sense of the word :)

[Sharadha]

S. wrote: "Oo, I'm excited for you! It's not perfect but it's beautiful, heartbreaking at times but ultimately an uplifting experience. Celie is one of the most plucky female characters ever! The secondary female characters are amazing and written superbly, too. Sorry to gush all over this space but it's just that good!"

Aha, thanks S! :-) That was really helpful in the sense that I want to read it within the next month or so.

[Sharadha]

Lenny wrote: "There was. I thoroughly enjoyed it. That book has been on my TBR list for a while, in fact, because I wanted to get the movie out of my system first. Because movies never live up to their books, and I've often had a movie I've loved ruined after reading the book, because the latter was sooo much better, I could never enjoy the movie again. The 2 worst offenders - Silence of the Lambs and Chocolat. Both such wonderful movies UNTIL you read the books :( The latter esp, is probably the worst adaptation I've ever seen."

I've watched snippets of the movie from when they would broadcast it on Star Movies or Sony Pix or one of those channels on the telly :P Need to add this to my TBR.

I'm maybe the only person alive who didn't like Silence of the Lambs, the movie - haven't read the book yet. I don't remember much of it now but think I was dozing every now and then when I watched it :-P.

[Sharadha]

Lenny wrote: "Sharadha wrote: "I am loving the fantasy talks going on here :) Although I haven't much to contribute (the only fantasy series I have read is Harry Potter hehe), it has piqued my interest a little ..."

Gee, thanks for the recco, Lenny, will try to get my hands on Stephen King soon! :-)

[Piyush]

S. wrote: "Sharadha wrote: "The Color Purple's on my immediate TBR :D Any reviews on it?"

Oo, I'm excited for you! It's not perfect but it's beautiful, heartbreaking at times but ultimately an uplifting expe..."

S. wrote: "Sharadha wrote: "The Color Purple's on my immediate TBR :D Any reviews on it?"

Oo, I'm excited for you! It's not perfect but it's beautiful, heartbreaking at times but ultimately an uplifting expe..."

Sharadha: I second S's thoughts. I had a wonderful time reading The Color Purple; perhaps my best read this year so far.

[Piyush]

Lenny wrote: "Sharadha wrote: "Also, wasn't there a movie made on Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind? I think I remember seeing patches of it a few years back"

There was. I thoroughly enjoyed i..."

As a rule, movie adaptations suck! The worst offender I have seen in recent times is the abominable movie adaptation of The Book Thief.

There are exceptions though. And TBH I am not sure if Silence of the Lambs is as good a book, as it is a movie. Similar example where the movie perhaps beat the book, is The Blade Runner (adapted from the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?).

[Piyush]

Lenny wrote: "Piyush wrote: "
There are books for every occasion; one while travelli..."
Don't you ever muddle up the stories in your head? :D I can only read fiction and non-fic or novel and short story collex ..."

Well, they mostly are all different kinds of books which helps in maintaining separate threads in my head :)

[Piyush]

Lenny wrote: "Sharadha wrote: "I am loving the fantasy talks going on here :) Although I haven't much to contribute (the only fantasy series I have read is Harry Potter hehe), it has piqued my interest a little ..."

I quite like King's books. And The Dark Tower came to me highly recommended from an online friend (from LibraryThing) whom I greatly regard (he also happens to be a King nut). I read the first two books in the series, and unfortunately they didn't do much for me.

[Piyush]

Sharadha wrote: "S. wrote: "Oo, I'm excited for you! It's not perfect but it's beautiful, heartbreaking at times but ultimately an uplifting experience. Celie is one of the most plucky female characters ever! The s..."

You are in for a good time :)

[Shrimukh]

1q84 by Haruki Murakami

[Piyush]

Not much reading this last month. Since my July 13 post, finished:-

1. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer by Patrick Süskind
2. The Final Cut (Francis Urquhart #3) by Michael Dobbs
3. Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams (re-read)

Currently reading:-
1. Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser
2. The Sorrows of Satan by Marie Corelli
3. A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

Current re-reading:-
1. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien

[David]

1. Polyanna by Eleanor H. Porter
2. A Friend of Kafka and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer
3. Think Like a Dinosaur and Other Stories by James Patrick Kelly