What are you reading?

[chris.ph]

uprising by scot mariani

 

[Willem]

Under the Dome by a mister S. King

 

[chuffed]

The Marks of Cain by Tom Knox... not sure about it and nearly finished! is a bit gruesome in parts and tries too hard I think, but just misses the mark

 

[swreader]

Re-reading People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. One of her best and a joy to re-read.

uprising by scot mariani

Chris I think you've been reading too much e.e. cummings

 

[Sjoerd3000]

Started with Something Rotten by Jasper Fforde

 

[chris.ph]

the last dragonslayer by jasper fforde

 

[The Mad Collector]

Whose Body by Dorothy L Sayers

 

[mystmoon]

The Double Comfort Safari Club by Alexander McCall

 

[chris.ph]

Re-reading People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks. One of her best and a joy to re-read.

uprising by scot mariani

Chris I think you've been reading too much e.e. cummings

i very rarely use capitals swreader ,i cant see the pointt, everybody can still read it. ee cummings probably thought the same.

when i write in the real world tho i only use capitals as my hand writing is worse than most doctors and its the only way i can make it legible

 

[Dotsie]

I'm reading 100 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It's well written, but not really going anywhere. I've got to read The Book of Dave by Will Self for reading group, so I might rest the first one for a while & come back to it.

 

[poohcarrot]

I got through about 300 pages of 100 years of Solitude, then had a rest. That was about 2 years ago and I haven't got back to it yet. Plus I got confused with who was who.

 

[pip]

Whose Body by Dorothy L Sayers

The missus loves her. I've only barely delved in so far reading about three books but i did copy Peter Whimsy and propose in Latin because its one of her favourite scenes.

Finally hitting the second of the Gormenghast books after a short break.

 

[DaveC]

Whose Body by Dorothy L Sayers

The missus loves her. I've only barely delved in so far reading about three books but i did copy Peter Whimsy and propose in Latin because its one of her favourite scenes.

Finally hitting the second of the Gormenghast books after a short break.

I watched the Gormenghast adaptation on TV 11 years ago, how does it compare to the books?

 

[pip]

I remember enjoying the series despite Jonathon Rhys Meyers as Steerpike but i'm enjoying the books a lot. They're quite heavy and he describes every bit of scenery completly possibly because he was also an illustartor but it is quite interesting and the characters become really well developed.

 

[Dotsie]

I got through about 300 pages of 100 years of Solitude, then had a rest. That was about 2 years ago and I haven't got back to it yet. Plus I got confused with who was who.

I feel like I might very well not pick it up again, but never say never. And it is a bit of a pain that there's about 20 characters all called either Aureliano or Arcadio

 

[DaveC]

I remember enjoying the series despite Jonathon Rhys Meyers as Steerpike but i'm enjoying the books a lot. They're quite heavy and he describes every bit of scenery completly possibly because he was also an illustartor but it is quite interesting and the characters become really well developed.

May move onto them when I have finish with Pterry

 

[pip]

Good plan.

Its one i meant to read for years . Read the first on holiday in the summer.

Read a few short stories by Peake in the Peter Haining Anthologies which i got for the Terry Pratchett short stories and liked them.

 

[Sjoerd3000]

Started with First among Sequels by Jasper Fforde

 

[Who's Wee Dug]

the last dragonslayer by jasper fforde

Would you recomend it Chris.

 

[The Mad Collector]

I remember enjoying the series despite Jonathon Rhys Meyers as Steerpike but i'm enjoying the books a lot. They're quite heavy and he describes every bit of scenery completly possibly because he was also an illustartor but it is quite interesting and the characters become really well developed.

May move onto them when I have finish with Pterry

Yes the series was very much a curates egg (good in parts) but the books are wonderful. I first read them before Terry had started Discworld and have read them again two or three times since. As Pip says they are very descriptive you feel you know exactly what Gormanghast looks like which wqas of course a major problem for the TV adaption as they had a huge amount to live up to.