The Book Thread

[Will_NA]

Either you can't read or you should ask for a refund.

Oh sorry, no jokes.

 

[usy]

right, i was just thinking of nominationg you .

 

[Deleted member 13648]

Nominationg. Lol.

 

[Will_NA]

Lol, too bad. You got me

Culli, LOL!!

 

[nightprowler10]

Hey, didn't quite expect to see that bit, although I can't remember saying it on these boards [its true though].

I've just finished reading Nathuram Godse's court statement, which he delivered after assassinating Gandhi. Can't really recommend it to people here, it was full of propoganda and failed to meet even the quite low expectations I had of it.

I also recently read Ishiguro's Never Let Me Go. A fantastic and moving novel if there ever was one, I would highly highly recommend it to everybody!

I am quite keyed up about Amitava Ghosh's next, The Sea of Poppies. It is supposed to be out soon on Penguin, and may even be his best yet.

Welcome back.

 

[ste_mc_efc]

bumpitty bump bump bump.

I am half way through the penultimate unread book of my collection, so ideally need to start looking at what to move on to next.

here is my Amazon wish-list, it's not an exhaustive list of what I want to read because I haven't got around to making one.

So I'm just looking for recommendations of what to move on to.

Out of interest the last few books I have particularly enjoyed reading recently include Crime and punishment and Frankenstein (halfway through but it is brilliant). I haven't read much of late with uni and getting a first time job I haven't managed to worm it into my routine, but looking for it to change, a further 5-6 books sat there to read through would encourage me to try and tackle them.

So yeh. What books should I buy? Either from the wish-list, or not.

cheers.

 

[Chewie]

Have you read the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo? It's a good book

Also from your wishlist, I studied To Kill a Mockingbird in school, most of the class didn't like it but I thought it was great I haven't read any of the other books but have heard of them

 

[ste_mc_efc]

thanks for the reply, I should have mentioned I'd prefer books that aren't contemporary, or at least a decade or more old, as you can get older books for less money.

I've read To kill a mocking bird, well sort of. Don't think I read the ending, it's on the list to remind to get around to it properly at some point.

 

[blake]

I recently read It for the second time. Quite a read, 1100+ pages odd in size 8 font. Was a reasonable book, can't say I loved it but it was better than most of the other stuff I've read.

 

[sohum]

I recently started re-reading Catch-22. Such a classic and probably still my favourite book of all time. Looking over this thread, I think it'd be fun to go back and read all the books we had to read in our classes over the years since they would actually be interesting now that we don't have to do it for class.

Most of what I've been reading these days has been while traveling and comprises of the latest Lee Child thriller.

 

[pcfan123]

^ on a similar note I have been re-reading most of the Dickens, on Great Expectations now, read a very abridged version of it as a child, so its great to read the actual text now.

 

[ste_mc_efc]

Looking over this thread, I think it'd be fun to go back and read all the books we had to read in our classes over the years since they would actually be interesting now that we don't have to do it for class.

This! I "read" Conrad's heart of darkness back when I was doing my gcse coursework, back then I was a bit of a philistine, didn't pay any attention and just messed around with my mate. But I really want to read it properly now, since I have had a bit of an awakening since then.

Haven't read much dickens, read some parts of great expectations in relation to gothic horror, will need to get round to a book or two of his at some point

 

[pcfan123]

I never had one hour's happiness in her society, and yet my mind all round the four-and-twenty hours was harping on the happiness of having her with me unto death.

spot on

 

[sohum]

This! I "read" Conrad's heart of darkness back when I was doing my gcse coursework, back then I was a bit of a philistine, didn't pay any attention and just messed around with my mate. But I really want to read it properly now, since I have had a bit of an awakening since then.

Yeah, we read Heart of Darkness back in the day as well; it was part of our colonialism unit (I think we also read Passage to India and a couple of other books). HoD, though, is a very hard book to read. I haven't looked at it since, but we did read it in HS and even then it was just so compressed--it's less than 100 pages IIRC.

 

[BKB1991]

Anyone likes John Grisham?