What are you currently reading??

**sputnik** · August 25th, 2009, 10:57 PM

right now i'm reading notes from underground by dostoevsky and blindness by josé saramago.

Originally Posted by LaFolie

finishing Vendredi ou la vie sauvage, a reworking of Robinson Crusoe. The book itself is the author's new version of his previous book, Vendredi ou les limbes du Pacifique. This new version is kinda pointless, if you ask me. The next two books on my plate are Le Fanu's Carmilla and Gary's La Vie devant soi.

i love michel tournier and i absolutely adored vendredi ou les limbes du pacifique when i read it in school (though my favourite is still le roi des aulnes, that book is magical). i remember reading vendredi ou la vie sauvage but more than pointless, it was just a children's version of his book.

i also adore romain gary and i really loved la vie devant soi.

Originally Posted by witchcurlgirl

Breath- Tim Winton. It's a novel about surfing, but it's deeper than that. Sort of a rite of passage story.

i read cloudstreet by him and really enjoyed it. this sounds interesting, will have to give it a try.

**LaFolie** · August 26th, 2009, 04:28 AM

^Oh, I loved Le Roi des Aulnes!!

Now reading Paul Morand's Fin de siècle.

**sputnik** · August 26th, 2009, 11:38 AM

Originally Posted by LaFolie

Now reading Paul Morand's Fin de siècle.

how is that? i've only ever read hécate et ses chiens by him, i need to read more.

**LaFolie** · August 26th, 2009, 11:41 AM

Light, nostalgic, ironic, precious and erudite.

**LaFolie** · August 27th, 2009, 07:32 AM

Now beginning A Clockwork Orange.

Will soon be reading The Divine Comedy, The Cherry Orchard and The Castle of Otranto.

**grilka** · August 27th, 2009, 10:54 AM

Originally Posted by Mel1973

I'm reading that damned True Blood Series... Vampire porn

Saying nothing as I've just read the 9th book in the series. Not what you would call heavy reading. I've read them all in about a week.

**Mel1973** · August 27th, 2009, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by Tiny Pixie

2nd one for me, I've received the series this morning and I can't put it down !
(only to go on my computer because I'm a geek

)

Originally Posted by grilka

Saying nothing as I've just read the 9th book in the series. Not what you would call heavy reading. I've read them all in about a week.

Oh, I'm all finished with them now too.... and I still love ERIC!

**sparkly** · August 29th, 2009, 03:32 PM

I'm giving Lisey's Story by Stephen King another go. I just couldn't finish it the first time around. Usually I have no problem getting into King's books, but this one just isn't cutting it for me.

The next one on my list is Push by Sapphire. It's based on the movie coming out called Precious, with Mariah Carey. It looks like a tearjerker!

**ikmccall** · August 31st, 2009, 01:59 PM

Originally Posted by sparkly

I'm giving Lisey's Story by Stephen King another go. I just couldn't finish it the first time around. Usually I have no problem getting into King's books, but this one just isn't cutting it for me.

The next one on my list is Push by Sapphire. It's based on the movie coming out called Precious, with Mariah Carey. It looks like a tearjerker!

I had a hard time with Lisey's Story also but it might be because the abuse by the fathe was so horrific to me. It took me two tries to finish it.

**sparkly** · August 31st, 2009, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by ikmccall

I had a hard time with Lisey's Story also but it might be because the abuse by the fathe was so horrific to me. It took me two tries to finish it.

I finished it last night, and it was a bit of a struggle. To call it longwinded is an understatement.

The one aspect of the book that really got to me was just how much she missed and loved her husband.

Push by Sapphire is on back order, so I'm reading The Road by Cormac MacCarthy. I'm only on like page 40 or so, but so far it downright sucks. It's about a man and his young son travelling across the country after an apocalypse. The writer doesn't even use quotation marks during dialogue, and the writing itself is extremely bland and lacks depth. Another one bites the dust.

**Fluffy** · August 31st, 2009, 10:52 PM

Runway RunAway: A Backstage Pass to Fashion, Romance & Rock 'n Roll, an autobiography by a former model who dated both Don Henley & the late Steve Clark of Def Leppard.

**sputnik** · August 31st, 2009, 11:59 PM

Originally Posted by sparkly

I'm reading The Road by Cormac MacCarthy. I'm only on like page 40 or so, but so far it downright sucks. It's about a man and his young son travelling across the country after an apocalypse. The writer doesn't even use quotation marks during dialogue, and the writing itself is extremely bland and lacks depth. Another one bites the dust.

really? is it just the road or do you dislike maccarthy as a whole?
i haven't read that 'the road' yet but i did read 'all the pretty horses' a while ago and loved it, and recently read 'no country for old men' and absolutely loved it. no quotation marks during diaogue either but i got used to it and didn't mind. i thought his writing style was beautiful. minimalist but also lyrical.

**sparkly** · September 1st, 2009, 02:39 PM

Originally Posted by sputnik

really? is it just the road or do you dislike maccarthy as a whole?
i haven't read that 'the road' yet but i did read 'all the pretty horses' a while ago and loved it, and recently read 'no country for old men' and absolutely loved it. no quotation marks during diaogue either but i got used to it and didn't mind. i thought his writing style was beautiful. minimalist but also lyrical.

I'm embarrassed to admit that this is the first McCarthy book I've ever read. I put it down because I got Push by Sapphire in the mail, and figured I would go back to The Road. Lo and behold, the strangest thing happened.

I missed the little boy from McCarthy's story, so obviously the writer was tugging at me and I didn't even realize it. That's some pretty strong talent imo. I do appreciate the minimalist writing, I just wasn't used to that style. I'm definitely going to pick it back up again today and let you know what I think of it. What is All The Pretty Horses about?

Ok, I read Push last night in its entirety. It's format is simple, so if you decide to read it you should have no trouble getting through it quickly. It's based on the movie Precious, and is about a 16 year old Afrcan American girl living in Harlem and pregnant for the second time with her father's child. The book is laid out is if we're reading her journal, so that gives it an added intimate appeal to her story. There are several unexpected things that happen to her, and I honestly can not believe this book didn't cause any controversy. It broke my heart just reading it, so if you pick it up, grab some tissues just in case.

**sputnik** · September 1st, 2009, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by sparkly

I'm embarrassed to admit that this is the first McCarthy book I've ever read. I put it down because I got Push by Sapphire in the mail, and figured I would go back to The Road. Lo and behold, the strangest thing happened.

I missed the little boy from McCarthy's story, so obviously the writer was tugging at me and I didn't even realize it. That's some pretty strong talent imo. I do appreciate the minimalist writing, I just wasn't used to that style. I'm definitely going to pick it back up again today and let you know what I think of it. What is All The Pretty Horses about?

nothing to be embarrassed about, i've only read 2 myself.
all the pretty horses is one of the 3 books that make up the border trilogy. i have yet to read the other 2. the main character is in all 3 books. it's about 2 young boys who travel from texas to mexico to find work as cowboys and meet a runaway along the way, who rides a horse that looks far too expensive to belong to a runaway.
it's part love story (john grady, the main character, falls in love with the daughter of the owner of the ranch where he finds work in mexico), part western involving the runaway and his expensive bay horse and a murder.

**Flak** · September 2nd, 2009, 08:53 PM

I just finished listening to A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson. I just love all of his books that I have read, and this one was no different.

I have a hike planned with my kids next week to a popular hang gliding spot.