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To ask you what you are reading?

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notnearlythereyet · 27/07/2014 22:01

Just that really.

I fell in love in Zadie Smith's prose, just finished 'On beauty'. In the middle of 'Anna Karenina' now and eyeing up 'A hundred years of solitude' in my handbag.

Interested in books that you would recommend, as this summery weather makes me want to curl up in a hammock and read, read, read..(don't have a hammock just yet so a beanbag has to do for now).

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CointreauVersial · 27/07/2014 22:33

I should be reading The Goldfinch, but I was a bit slow in ordering it from the library and it didn't come in in time for my holiday.

So I'm reading "The Hare with the Amber Eyes" by Edmund De Waal. I've been meaning to read it for a while. I've only just started, and it's a bit "dry" so far, but I think it will get better.

kerrymumbles · 27/07/2014 22:31

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TheAmazingZebraOnWheels · 27/07/2014 22:31

I'm reading 1Q84 by Haruki Murakami. It's really good but I think I've enjoyed others of his more, particularly Kafka on The Shore.

RainbowB7 · 27/07/2014 22:30

I've just finished a Zadie Smith this weekend, NW. I really enjoyed the style and characterisation but I found the ending a bit dissatisfying. Definitely worth a read though if you haven't already!

Stopmithering · 27/07/2014 22:30

Currently reading Ruth Rendell, tigerlily something or other. It's ok.
Before that, read Timbuktu by Paul Auster. Really enjoyed that one. Told from the point of view of a dog and typical Paul Auster clever writing.
(Why is this in AIBU?)

bionic77 · 27/07/2014 22:30

Another just finished the Goldfinch - and loved it so I re-read Donna Tartts Secret History which I never tire of.

BobFossilsTalkBox · 27/07/2014 22:28

I'm reading Timur Vermes' ',Er ist wieder da' (He's Back is the English version) where Hitler wakes up/is alive in C21st Germany. It's very tongue-in-cheek and quite amusing.

MizK · 27/07/2014 22:28

Ooh Gone Girl was another I read in one sitting, really good stuff (a lot better than I expected).

Listening to Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn when I work out, extremely gripping but nasty. Giving me the horrors but has me needing to know what happens next.

WookieCookiee · 27/07/2014 22:28

I love nights at the circus one of my desert island books

Filth was worth reading but not pleasant - I never read it again and not watch the film.

I am reading Rubicon.

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sweetnessandlite · 27/07/2014 22:27

I've finished reading The Fault in Our Stars, which is good.
But, if you want another tearjerker, read

Before I Die by Jenny Downham.

I read that about a year ago and it still haunts me.

MommySlimFigure · 27/07/2014 22:26

also reading the goldfinch. i finished The Sealed Letter by Emma Donoghue yesterday and it was really good.

Teddybeau1988 · 27/07/2014 22:25

Just finished rereading Mockingjay. I read the hunger games and catching fire before that.

I am starting Gone Girl tonight. trying hard to stay away from DDs harry potter bookset

TheMaw · 27/07/2014 22:24

Just came back on to say Goldfinch by Donna Tartt but I've been beaten to it. I absolutely loved it!

loveableshoulder · 27/07/2014 22:24

Lala I've just finished it too. Found the first 75 pages hard going but really enjoyed it in the end. Quite compelling prose. Kate Atkinson is one of my favourites.

about to begin another jack reacher.

Halsall · 27/07/2014 22:23

I'm reading 'Almost English' by Charlotte Mendelsohn. I like her books and really wanted to get this one, but it's slightly disappointing me. Not as funny as I'd hoped.

Just finished Donna Leon's latest Brunetti novel, which was great (lots of lovely food descriptions!).

Oh, and I must start 'A Girl is a Half-Formed Thing' by Eimear McBride, for our book group. Not really looking forward to it, I'm afraid.

gamescompendium · 27/07/2014 22:23

I'm reading Herodotus' Histories which is wonderfully gossipy and Nights at the Circus by Angela Carter which is fab. Next up will be His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman.

One Hundred Years of Solitude is fab, but very South American. I didn't understand it when i first tried to read it at 20, loved it when I (newly married to a South American) read it at 30.

MrsBungle · 27/07/2014 22:22

I'm currently reading the goldfinch by Donna tarrt. Liking it so far, only about 40%through it.

Lottapianos · 27/07/2014 22:21

Filth by Irvine Welsh. Seriously grim and not a relaxing read but I absolutely loved the film so I'm enjoying comparing the book with what the film was like. I highly recommend both if you have a strong stomach and are not easily upset

Mintyy · 27/07/2014 22:20

Yanbu to ask. Of course not! Ask away. No one will find that unreasonable.

Lala5 · 27/07/2014 22:19

Life after life by Kate Atkinson - unique but can be difficult to feel empathy for heroine

wigglesrock · 27/07/2014 22:19

I've also just read The Fault in our Stars which I enjoyed, the Circle which was brilliant and the Goldfinch which was not so enjoyable.

MizK · 27/07/2014 22:19

Love, Nina....well I read it all in one go on Friday whilst lying in the sun. That was a pretty perfect day. Brilliant read.

BarbaraManatee · 27/07/2014 22:18

A friend recommended a new book to me the other day - "The Art of Letting Go" by Chloe Banks. I've got it on my kindle & aside from the over-description in the first couple of chapters I'm enjoying it so far. I thought it was going to be a standard holiday trashy romance initially but it's not... Shan't say anymore...! Wink

Weathergames · 27/07/2014 22:17

Just read "The Fault in Our Stars" :)

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