What are you currently Reading? (5 Viewers)

[Demento1]

the road is a pretty good book. Its really bleak, but i think the part that makes it unique is its writing style. Its a great example of the power of simplicity

its also not that long of a read, you should be able to smash it out over a few days or even 1 day if you have the time

Be right back. Going to check if my school library has this book. It seems familiar to me. Was it written by Mccarthy?

 

[mirakon]

Be right back. Going to check if my school library has this book. It seems familiar to me. Was it written by Mccarthy?

yes, i believe the author's name is in the post i quoted

 

[Demento1]

yes, i believe the author's name is in the post i quoted

My apologies. Disregarded that entire top post completely. It seems like my school has that book. Definitely going to give it a read.

 

[abc1234567890]

The Hobbit, J.R.R. Tolkien

 

[Lentern]

To Play the King by Michael Dobbs, read it a hundred times before and it never gets old. The political junkies bible.

 

[Lentern]

The Age of Innocence-Edith Wharton. So far I'm unimpressed.

 

[moll.]

The Age of Innocence-Edith Wharton. So far I'm unimpressed.

Yeah, I got halfway through and was the same. It's a very 'meh' story. Writing is unremarkable. It's hard to sympathise with characters getting wildly upset over social faux pas' that are now common place. Erosion of society, destruction of morality, etc.

 

[Lentern]

Yeah, I got halfway through and was the same. It's a very 'meh' story. Writing is unremarkable. It's hard to sympathise with characters getting wildly upset over social faux pas' that are now common place. Erosion of society, destruction of morality, etc.

I read Ethan Frome recently and found it obscenely sexist and backward but a friend defended her saying "Oh but that's not her best work, she's really great blah blah blah" so that's why I'm reading it, but really it's only marginally better.

 

[WeaselPowa]

Re-reading Skulduggery Pleasant written by Derek Landy. For anyone who hasn't read it, I highly recommend the book . Especially if you enjoy comedy and action ^^

 

[KatherinePierce]

FSOG.

It's shit so far.
I should just delete this file and trash my ultra.

 

[Shadowdude]

FSOG?

 

[Leffife]

I'm just reading over a few BOS threads.

 

[KatherinePierce]

FSOG?

Fifty Shades of Grey.

 

[Leffife]

Oh I know that book "Fifty Shades of Grey", didn't like it though.

 

[KatherinePierce]

Oh I know that book "Fifty Shades of Grey", didn't like it though.

Haha. Was it because it's very much like a (bad)fanfic?

 

[Jack the Red]

Just finished Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Grand old book it is.

 

[effylove]

re-reading
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[Lentern]

re-reading
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Really?

 

[PiperCat]

This is exactly how i feel all the time! I wander up and down my book shelves looking for something to read.
I just finished MIDDLESEX by Jeffrey Eugenides, this book was powerful but disturbing. The first time i tried to read it i ended up putting it down because some of the themes in the book are disturbing (incest, pedophilia). I do recommend this book if you are not too sensitive to such topics.
Also, i just finished WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN. This book was a very slow starter which may turn a lot of people off because the book is fairly long and doesn't really get going till about half way, but if you are reading this book please continue because it all wraps up nicely at the end and it was a really interesting read.

 

[kfnmpah]

Just started The Road by Cormack McCarthy yesterday.
Goodness me, it is bleak but at the same time it is utterly inspiring.
The prose is orgasm inducing.