What are you reading in general?

Post by **Dragonlily** » Sat Aug 27, 2005 8:44 pm

Nicholas Blake's detective puzzler THOU SHELL OF DEATH. Blake was Poet Laureate Cecil Day-Lewis in real life.

Post by **Avatar** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:21 pm

Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream by Jay Stephens. Very interesting.

--A

Post by **Dragonlily** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:38 pm

Rereading Jacqueline Winspear's PARDONABLE LIES. Now that I have read and loved the second of the Maisie Dobbs series, BIRDS OF A FEATHER, I thought the third of the series was likely to look different to me. And so it does. Doesn't change the fact that it's a wonderful series, just a little different.

Post by **duke** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:16 am

I'm currently devouring Bret Easton Ellis' new novel Lunar Park.

For those of you who have read Ellis, so far this novel doesnt disappoint. For those of you yet to read Ellis, Lunar Park is not the place to start. When in doubt, go chronological I say, so start with either Less Than Zero (which I havent read) or the Rules of Attraction (which I have and loved).

For those of you who've never heard of Ellis, he wrote American Psycho. The only book in bookshops in Australia that is shrink wrapped in plastic so that you can't browse it in the store, and that has an 18+ age rating.

Post by **Dragonlily** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:53 am

Reading one of John Dickson Carr's lesser-known mysteries, THE HOLLOW MAN, 1935. The more popular ones are funny, the lesser ones look like the only solution can be supernatural until Dr. Fell solves them. Carr may have done more than anyone else with locked-room mysteries.

Post by **CovenantJr** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 7:30 pm

The Man Who Killed His Brother

Post by **The Leper Fairy** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:57 pm

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut

Post by **danlo** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 11:16 pm

La Bamba with my 6th grade class, The Tell-Tale Heart 8th grade and Dragon, Dragon 7th (a very funny fantasy short story) by John (Grendel) Gardner--this weeks short story assignments.

Post by **duke** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 1:39 am

Finished Lunar Park by Ellis. A memoir and a Stephen King style supernatural thriller and Ellis' typical satire all in one! Very cool.

Now I'm working on Cloud Atlas by Mitchell, the book that was hot favourite for the Booker last year before being pipped by The Line of Beauty. So far so good, Mitchell has soo much talent, and yet is still very readable.

Post by **onewyteduck** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 2:33 am

The Leper Fairy wrote:God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater by Kurt Vonnegut

What a beautiful, beautiful book!

Post by **Dragonlily** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 3:34 am

duke wrote:Mitchell has soo much talent, and yet is still very readable.

This is funny because any truly talented writer knows how to let his writing get out of the way of the story. When a talented writer gets elaborate, it's in support of the story, not as a self-contained dance of words.

So yes, I'm noting CLOUD ATLAS to check it out.

Post by **sgt.null** » Tue Sep 13, 2005 6:12 am

The RomanovProphecy
Steve Berry

just read the whole thing for our local book club today. took me all day but finished in time for the meeting.

Post by **Edge** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 6:21 pm

Phil Rickman - 'The Dance Of The Night Shepherd'

I really enjoy his approach to the more controversial aspects of orthodox Christian spirituality, and the parallels with certain aspects of paganism.

Post by **sgt.null** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:12 pm

Ghost World: Daniel Clowes

the graphic novel that the film is based on.

Post by **Ainulindale** » Tue Sep 20, 2005 1:45 pm

Shalimar the Clown by Salman Rushdie

Post by **Dragonlily** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 2:06 pm

Just starting THE HOUSE AT SATAN'S ELBOW, another John Dickson Carr mystery.

Post by **Encryptic** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:15 pm

Finished Gaiman's "American Gods" last night and will be starting "An Instance of the Fingerpost" by Iain Pears today. I think this was mentioned before on KW and I just happened to see it at the library the other day while looking for something else in the Fiction section. Sounds very interesting and I'm looking forward to giving it a try.

Post by **Ainulindale** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 3:27 pm

Finished Gaiman's "American Gods" last night and will be starting "An Instance of the Fingerpost" by Iain Pears today. I think this was mentioned before on KW and I just happened to see it at the library the other day while looking for something else in the Fiction section. Sounds very interesting and I'm looking forward to giving it a try.

I liked it

Post by **Encryptic** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 4:26 pm

Dragonlily wrote:Just starting THE HOUSE AT SATAN'S ELBOW, another John Dickson Carr mystery.

I can only imagine that "The House at Satan's Elbow" was an easier title to sell to the general public than "The House at Satan's Bunghole".

Post by **Encryptic** » Wed Sep 21, 2005 7:14 pm

Ainulindale wrote:
I liked it

Just read the first couple chapters during lunch, and it looks pretty good so far.

Once again, it appears that your good taste in reading material is not unfounded.

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What are you reading in general?