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Jun 2016
7:15pm, 24 Jun 2016
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Columba
Finished Gatsby. What a book! - Still didn't recognise a single scene, can't have read it before. And don't think I've read any other Scott Fitzgerald, which clearly I should. I am adding "to be read" books to my list very much faster than I'm actually reading them.
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Jun 2016
7:47pm, 24 Jun 2016
24,263 posts
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McGoohan
My favourite last line of all
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Jun 2016
11:15pm, 24 Jun 2016
10,405 posts
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Columba
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past" (They don't make 'em like that any more) |
Jun 2016
5:40pm, 28 Jun 2016
24,289 posts
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Night-owl
Finished A Man Called Ove loved it I didn't want it to finish Heart-warming definitely |
Jun 2016
6:08pm, 28 Jun 2016
3,736 posts
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The Scribbler
I enjoyed A Man Called Ove too. Especially liked the way it challenged your prejudices and initial impressions of characters. I finished The Buried Giant last week, which I really enjoyed, but wouldn't necessarily recommend. I absolutely fell into the world the characters were inhabiting, rather like falling under the spell at the centre of the story, even as I senses it was all a great big metaphor. The multiple unreliable narrators were taxing in places, but just added to the dreamlike quality. And I thought it felt very 'British', but that's typical of some of Ishiguro's work. The problem I had with it was that many of the characters sounded the same in their dialogue, so they all started to merge together. I really like distinct voices in a book. I've followed it up with a lightweight piece of magical realism, that I've practically forgotten already. Anyone recommend something solid and grounded to read next? |
Jun 2016
6:19pm, 28 Jun 2016
15,336 posts
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Diogenes
American Pastoral by Philip Roth
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Jun 2016
7:04pm, 28 Jun 2016
331 posts
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idle_wilder
Jumping in here, as with being injured, I've been reading a fair bit again. Usually prefer crime thrillers. Bought 'The Poison Artist' by Jonathan Moore today & I'm about a quarter of the way through it already!
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Jun 2016
7:54pm, 28 Jun 2016
7,513 posts
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Badger
On the non-fiction side, I've recently read Command and Control amazon.co.uk which is about how it's a miracle we haven't all been burnt to a crisp in an accidental nuclear war. It is very good, but not very cheering. Poison Artist sounds intriguing from a review I've just searched out - keep us posted about how it plays out. How broken are you, IW? Back on the road/trail soon? |
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Jun 2016
8:40pm, 28 Jun 2016
333 posts
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idle_wilder
I actually thought twice about buying it, and picked it up again after also choosing 'Hidden Bodies' by Caroline Kepnes, Badger - had to forcefully put it down to save reading it all at once (also featured on Radio 2's Book Club, apparently). Suspected torn medial ligament & possible meniscus damage in left knee, so pretty broken - first physio told me to expect to take about 4-5 months to be back to what I was. First more intensive physio session tomorrow, so everything is crossed. |
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Jun 2016
8:42pm, 28 Jun 2016
24,403 posts
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McGoohan
I have just finished my second Ryu Murakami book, Piercings which was in the end rather pointless and mostly unpleasant. Didn't have the satire of American Psycho but had some of the gore. Some vague atmosphere of 'ooh, isn't modern life alienating?' but it keeps its hidden depths well hidden. Off to the declutter pile with you!
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