What are you reading tonight?

P.O.S. · Post by **P.O.S.** » Sun May 02, 2010 4:59 pm

yes, persevere! It runs pretty much in chronological order through his career so the more familiar stuff is later on, I wasn't too fussed about reading about his parents' careers in the first part of it either!

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Sun May 02, 2010 6:13 pm

Resolution broken... Shelf of Shame expands... Partner wanted Wolf Hall (so did I)... got onto amazon, decided to check out the other booker shortlist prices... today five novels arrived... Shelf of Shame about to get second layer...

What am i like? OK - Summer of Reading and Shakespeare... Globe doing four Shalespeare plays I've never seen, so chance to take total up to 26, week in london waves at me... And novel immersion therapy...

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Mon May 10, 2010 3:01 am

The history of 'race'

thank f*ck this is all over in 9 days.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sun May 16, 2010 10:15 pm

Just finished Gentelmen and Players, a novel by Joanne Harris. Excllent book.

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Mon May 17, 2010 7:22 pm

Critical essays on Albert Camus and Vladimir Makanin, for an essay due in on Wednesday.

And then uni is over.

jaffka · Post by **jaffka** » Mon May 17, 2010 7:27 pm

Got one of those ereaders recently, just finished reading The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead and World War Z by Max Brooks.

Am now moving onto The Burning Land by Bernard Cornwell.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Mon May 17, 2010 7:33 pm

Verbal wrote:Critical essays on Albert Camus and Vladimir Makanin, for an essay due in on Wednesday.

And then uni is over.

i know Camus. and several soviet writers. Is Makanin good? Recommend any?

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Mon May 17, 2010 11:46 pm

William the White wrote:
Verbal wrote:Critical essays on Albert Camus and Vladimir Makanin, for an essay due in on Wednesday.

And then uni is over.
i know Camus. and several soviet writers. Is Makanin good? Recommend any?

Sadly Makanin doesn't have alot of his work translated into English, so there are only a handful of picking from his career which has spanned more than fifty years. I'm working on Baize-Covered Table With Decanter now, which although it has the dullest title imaginable to English readers, is actually a rather excellent book about the plight of the individual and complicity in evil in Soviet Russia.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Mon May 17, 2010 11:59 pm

Verbal wrote:
William the White wrote:
Verbal wrote:Critical essays on Albert Camus and Vladimir Makanin, for an essay due in on Wednesday.

And then uni is over.
i know Camus. and several soviet writers. Is Makanin good? Recommend any?
Sadly Makanin doesn't have alot of his work translated into English, so there are only a handful of picking from his career which has spanned more than fifty years. I'm working on Baize-Covered Table With Decanter now, which although it has the dullest title imaginable to English readers, is actually a rather excellent book about the plight of the individual and complicity in evil in Soviet Russia.

sold it to me...

after the finals, if you retain any interest and enthusiasm in this kind of work, victor serge: The Case of Comrade Tulayev is the best novel of the Stalin purges I've read...

Very good luck with the finals...

Verbal · Post by **Verbal** » Tue May 18, 2010 10:15 pm

Thanks

hope you enjoy the book. Indeed, I hope you enjoy parentheses...

I'll have a few weeks to relax after tomorrow so will look out for them. Thanks.

clapton is god · Post by **clapton is god** » Wed May 19, 2010 7:36 am

"....The Case of Comrade Tulayev is the best novel of the Stalin purges I've read... "

I've just looked that up on Amazon. Seems to be something of a modern classic that passed me by. It'll be on my shelf before long.

William the White · Post by **William the White** » Wed May 19, 2010 11:26 am

clapton is god wrote:"....The Case of Comrade Tulayev is the best novel of the Stalin purges I've read... "

I've just looked that up on Amazon. Seems to be something of a modern classic that passed me by. It'll be on my shelf before long.

It's outstanding. Victor Serge's 'memoirs of a Revolutionary' reads like a novel - it's also brilliant. I like all his work, and have all the novels, most sadly out of print.

hisroyalgingerness · Post by **hisroyalgingerness** » Sun May 23, 2010 4:40 pm

about to go on my jolls with James Delingpoles' Coward on the Bridge - a sequel to the excellent Coward on the Beach, a WW2 comedy/drama-type book.

Also The Informers - Bret Easton Ellis and am toying whether to take another Red Riding book, cos they're a bit grim for a hol

clapton is god · Post by **clapton is god** » Sun May 23, 2010 4:59 pm

^^ I'm off on my holidays too. First thing bright and early Tuesday morning to Skiathos for some sun, sand and plenty of good food and wine. (Perhaps there should be a holiday thread?)

My beach reading this year includes RJ Ellory's The Anniversary Man, a Stephen King short story anthology and, on the Kindle, Stieg Larsson's Girl with A Dragon Tattoo trilogy. I usually pick up something that catches my eye at the airport too.

Edit to add: I've also got The Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell but suspect it will be too heavy duty for these purposes.

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sun May 23, 2010 5:48 pm

Just read Twisted Wing, by Ruth Newman. A novel about Ariel College,Cambridge. Really decent story with a good twist.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sun May 23, 2010 6:47 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
Bruce Rioja wrote:Whilst away last week I ran out of reading material so ended up buying a novel by a guy called Robert Goddard. The book's titled Found Wanting. It promises to be a good read. I'll let you know if I think it is or not.
I read Robert Goddard's "Sight Unseen" not long ago. Not a bad read.

Got stuck in to this last week; now halfway through it. Superb.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Sun May 23, 2010 11:56 pm

The Bourne Deception.

Not been convinced yet by Eric Van Lustbader's writings about Jason Bourne. Certainly think the films don't do them any justice - they need to be less action and more thoughtful. But hey-ho will give them another go.

David Lee's Hair · Post by **David Lee's Hair** » Mon May 24, 2010 10:26 am

1974...

After awatching Red Riding I've been meaning to read the books for ages so thought I'd give it a go....

superjohnmcginlay · Post by **superjohnmcginlay** » Tue May 25, 2010 4:30 pm

My Shit Life So Far by Frankie Boyle. It's a bit meh.

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Tue May 25, 2010 5:44 pm

hisroyalgingerness wrote:about to go on my jolls with James Delingpoles' Coward on the Bridge - a sequel to the excellent Coward on the Beach, a WW2 comedy/drama-type book.

Also The Informers - Bret Easton Ellis and am toying whether to take another Red Riding book, cos they're a bit grim for a hol

Been meaning to read more BEE books after American Psycho, but don't know which to go for? - you will have to let us know what it's like.

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