Kevin's Watch

If you enjoyed The Name of the Rose, you may also enjoy the Cadfael books by Edith Pargeter. Another monk detective also in the middle ages, in Shrewsbury Abbey if I remember correctly.

Ah, confusion ensues Iolanthe. I thought you were talking about The Little Stranger being a good book and that you wouldn't tell me who dun it, which very much applies to the ending of TLS, as well as to The Name of the Rose, which I think is what you were actually talking about.

It's been a long time, but I think from memory, Foucault's Pendulum put me off reading other Eco books, though peeps tell me The...Rose is worth reading.

Iolanthe wrote:If you enjoyed The Name of the Rose, you may also enjoy the Cadfael books by Edith Pargeter. Another monk detective also in the middle ages, in Shrewsbury Abbey if I remember correctly.

I first came across Cadfael from the television series, but the books are excellent. Much lighter reads than The Name of the Rose, from what I understand though.

From Cadfael, I segued in to the Sister Fidelma series, by Peter Tremayne. Loved those as well.

I liked Foucault, but then I basically skimmed all the machinations and read for the plot. I liked The Name of the Rose, tho. (Which reminds me, I meant to put The Prague Cemetery on my to-be-read list and never did. Bad ali! )

EDIT: Silly me -- I *did* put it on my Goodreads to-read list.

Ok, you've convinced me Ali, I'll stick The Rose (no, not that one ) on my list too. Which means, given the size of said list, I should have read it by the turn of the next century.

Just finished Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris.... As a writer for a column in some newspaper or magazine, Sedaris would be perfect... but reading a bunch of these articles in one volume...

Anyway, the best way to read it is just like a newspaper column... every once in a while...

Shaun das Schaf wrote:Ah, confusion ensues Iolanthe. I thought you were talking about The Little Stranger being a good book and that you wouldn't tell me who dun it, which very much applies to the ending of TLS, as well as to The Name of the Rose, which I think is what you were actually talking about.

Confusion indeed. I've never read "The Little Stranger", but I do have "The Little Prince". Yes, I was talking about "The Name of the Rose". I've forgotten who did it anyway

I liked "The Name of the Rose." I liked Focault's Pendulum too for that matter. I don't like how he just assumes his readers all speak 5 languages though.

I liked ol' Cadfael too. She wrote them under the name "Ellis Peters" though.

--A

"A Dirty Job" by Christopher Moore. It's brilliant so far. I just finished book one of Edding's Mallorean series and I was kinda stuck since I haven't been able to find book two at any local stores in used/cheap format. I just ordered all six of the books I need from this series and his next series plus another book from Powell's for $23.95 including shipping which should ship tomorrow and be to my work either Saturday or Monday. I love Powell's. They are almost reason enough to move to Portland. OH!!!! DON'T TELL BORDERLANDS I SAID THAT!!!!!

Oh, that reminds me...I'm reading Noble House by James Clavell.

--A

Avatar wrote:I liked "The Name of the Rose." I liked Focault's Pendulum too for that matter. I don't like how he just assumes his readers all speak 5 languages though.
--A

Yes, I do believe that's the very reason I got a bit narky at FP! Although they didn't have google translate back when I first read it, so maybe I would find it less annoying this time around. Or maybe I'm mature enough now to see it as a challenge and not an annoyance. HaHa! As if!

That's some score Jenn. Well done. But we are NOT talking about money spent on books. No, we are not. Bookfood for my new kindle, plus recent book depository splurges means someone, not me, needs to stop spending money on books! (Especially as there are PLENTY of unread ones already on my shelves!). Ah well, I could have a gambling or substance abuse problem or waste money on silly things like clothes.

I am just about half-way through Gulliver's Travels. It's a...swift... read!

Orlion wrote:I am just about half-way through Gulliver's Travels. It's a...swift... read!

Shaun das Schaf wrote:Although they didn't have google translate back when I first read it, so maybe I would find it less annoying this time around.

I just used to phone my grandmother for a translation. (She spoke a lot of languages.)

--A

In Search of Dracula.

Austerlitz by W.G. Sebald.

Shaun das Schaf wrote:
Sarge, that reminds me, I still have to read Einstein's Dreams.

that is my favorite novel. Lightman has become a favorite
author. both his novels and his science writings.

The Razor's Edge by W. Somerset Maugham - Awful, just awful. Pompous drivel.

eat, love, pray

awful - for library book club.

ugh.

Finished Gulliver's Travels, and now I'm going to finish what I started several months ago... The Pickwick Papers. Yep, going to finish this,

Spoiler

no more Dickens around....

*sigh* That was pretty bad, even by my standards...