All About Books discussion
Book Chat
>
Fiction- What are you reading? Part 2
message 1001:
by
Diane S ☔
(new)
Jun 24, 2018 10:43AM
Starting Indian Horse by
reply
|
flag
B the BookAddict wrote: "Alice, I loved The Sunne in Splendour and have read it a number of times."Good to know, Bette! I've been wanting to read it since forever :) Wow, you reread it (over 900 pages) a number of times? Amazing!
Mod
LauraT wrote: "I've just finished Cecità by José Saramago - really a great book, even if a tough one! - and now I'm enjoying Ragtime"
I love this book! I listened to the audiobook and it was so creepy. I would like to read more by him but not sure where to go next
I love this book! I listened to the audiobook and it was so creepy. I would like to read more by him but not sure where to go next
Mod
I love this book..."
Same here!
Heather, if you loved Blindness, I heartily recommend you read Seeing, which is considered to be its sequel in a way (although you by no means need to read them one after the other). I loved it just as much as Blindness, although of course the first is a masterpiece and it's unrivaled in Saramago's production.
Now I will begin The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton. I am finding some of hers that I do like, not all but some.
LauraT wrote: "I've just finished Cecità by José Saramago - really a great book, even if a tough one! - and now I'm enjoying Ragtime"Good luck. I gave both of them two stars.
Alice wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "Alice, I loved The Sunne in Splendour and have read it a number of times."Good to know, Bette! I've been wanting to read it since forever :) Wow, you reread..."
Penman's Lionheart is her best book! If you haven't already done so, you really should.
B the BookAddict wrote: "Alice wrote: "B the BookAddict wrote: "Alice, I loved The Sunne in Splendour and have read it a number of times."Good to know, Bette! I've been wanting to read it since forever :) W..."
Thanks, Bette! I'll keep that in mind.
Mod
Good idea... I'll lok for it then
Mod
I enjoyed Ragtime as well Laura - something of a panorama with all the characters, but I liked all the historical tidbits he includes which do not commonly get as much emphasis as they should. Not a character driven book, but I definitely enjoyed it.
Mod
The baroque style in Bloody Chamber is perfect for the material in my opinion Marina. I particularly loved the story "The Tiger's Bride."
Mod
Me as well Esther and Marina!! For any casual browsers, we're talking about the Fforde book, not that (in)famous other one. :)
Mod
Meanwhile I am taking periodic breaks to listen to stories from Carry on, Jeeves. As always I find Wodehouse hilarious.
On the way back from Arizona, I plan to begin listening to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Mod
Sounds good Petra!
Greg wrote: "The baroque style in Bloody Chamber is perfect for the material in my opinion Marina. I particularly loved the story "The Tiger's Bride.""I do agree with you regarding the baroque style, but I'm starting to feel the style is really too baroque and literary for my taste. Still a great book, though. My favorite story so far is "The Bloody Chamber".
Mod
I can certainly understand that Marina - it's quite over the top!
I also remember it sending me to the dictionary quite a few times which is pretty rare these days. :)
Chrissie wrote: "I have begun another by W. Somerset Maugham, this time Catalina."I'm really enjoying The Razor's Edge by Maugham; his writing style is easy to connect with.
Mod
Glad to hear Alice!
I am reading Slave Old Man by Patrick Chamoiseau. A friend recommended it. It's too soon to form an opinion about it.
Greg wrote: "I also remember it sending me to the dictionary quite a few times which is pretty rare these days. :) "Yes! Just imagine reading it as a non-native speaker! And unfortunately I'm reading a paper copy, it would have been much easier to just tap my Kindle in order to get the dictionary definitions...
I will be listening to The House at Pooh Corner narrated by Peter Dennis. I fell in love with his narration of Winnie-the-Pooh. These books are NOT just for kids!
Currently reading
A Steep Price by Robert Dugoni after finishing a lovely read
When Archie Met Rosie: An Unexpected Love Story by Lynda Renham. If you are no romance fan, don't let that put you off. This is an amusing slice of life of a sixty something woman who has a turn of fortune that just may not be as wonderful as she first thought. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Chrissie wrote: "I will be listening to The House at Pooh Corner narrated by Peter Dennis. I fell in love with his narration of Winnie-the-Pooh. These books are NOT just for kids!"I love these books Chrissie! Must see if they are available on audio through my library. 😎
Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* wrote: "Chrissie wrote: "I will be listening to The House at Pooh Corner narrated by Peter Dennis. I fell in love with his narration of Winnie-the-Pooh. These books are NOT just ..."Try to get theaudiobook read by Peter Dennis. It is the only version authorized by A.A. Milne's son. Utterly delightful, funny and yes wise--great for kids and adults.
I enjoyed The Moving Toyshop by Edmund Crispin, and not only is it a very funny murder mystery, but it is metafiction as well--lots of book titles and literary references, etc. Plus there is a scene in it that Alfred Hitchcock most likely borrowed for one of his movies, Stranger on a Train (the scene with the merry go round) since it's not in the book the movie is based on, etc, and they are 5 years apart (Moving Toyshop 1946, that movie 1951)..
I'm reading Pines, and am enjoying it so much that I didn't want to go to sleep yesterday night - which happens very rarely.
About to start
Blood on the Tracks: Railway Mysteries by Martin Edwards after finishing
Her Name Was Rose by Claire Allan which starts out as a slow burner that quickly becomes addictive. My spoiler free review can be found at https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
I'm currently reading Born of the Sun: A Namibian Novel, which is considered to be the first known novel by a Namibian author. It was first published in 1988 by a small publishing house in New York City. It seems very good. So far it talks about the traditions surrounding the birth of a child in a Namibian village, and how the Namibians were basically forced to convert to Catholicism by German missionaries, although they kept believing in the gods of their ancestors despite being baptized.
Mod
This sounds fascinating Marina - I like your book choices!!
Marina (Sonnenbarke) wrote: "I'm currently reading Born of the Sun: A Namibian Novel, which is considered to be the first known novel by a Namibian author. It was first published in 1988 by a small publishing ho..."I am hoping you really like it as I see you are the first person I know on GR to read it and there don't seem to be reviews posted.
Mod
Eager to know what you think of it Tamara!
Thanks, Greg and Karin. I'm enjoying the book a lot. Not many of us know of what happened in the past years in Namibia, and it's very interesting to read about it, even in fictional form. The protagonist along with a friend of his are now being sent to work in the mines, probably in Transvaal. The author's humor is excellent. He humors the white people all the time - for instance, he says the two friends are being sent to work in the mines just so they can pay the white men's taxes. And he gives a wonderful insight on what the Namibian people think of the German colonizers. He says they go to catechism and, when they're asked by the priest, they just parrot what they are being taught, because they don't understand a word of it since for the priest the only important thing is that they have a façade of being Catholic and renouncing the gods of their forefathers - he doesn't care if they really do believe and can't be bothered to explain what it is he's really talking about.The author is a Namibian man who worked and studied abroad (South Africa and USA). He comes from a poor family but has had the chance to study.
I just realised that I've not updated here in a while. I finished Middlesex which I absolutely loved (possibly my favourite book of the year). I then went on to read The Fishermen which I was disappointed in, although that appears to be a minority opinion.
I am in the middle of The Cartel which is very dense and not as enjoyable as its predecessor The Power of the Dog.
I recently started two books The Magpies which I hoped would be a fun thriller to provide some relief from The Cartel but is so far not holding my attention, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which I'm only a few pages into but am looking forward to.
Look forward to your thoughts on these . Have both but behind !
I feel a need for something light and so have chosen Family Linen by the great Southern writer Lee Smith. It certainly does make me laugh. The lines are so very much of the 1980s
Will be interested to see what you think, Joan.
All About Books
Books mentioned in this topic
Ghosts of Mount Holly:: A History of Haunted Happenings (other topics)Haunted Massachusetts: Ghosts and Strange Phenomena of the Bay State (other topics)
If Beale Street Could Talk (other topics)
A Sorceress Comes to Call (other topics)
Tyll (other topics)
More...
Authors mentioned in this topic
Jan Lynn Bastien (other topics)Cheri Farnsworth (other topics)
T. Kingfisher (other topics)
Jean Rhys (other topics)
Daniel Kehlmann (other topics)
More...
