What Book Did You Read Last Night??? (5 Viewers)

[Lili Marlene]

finished my first Margaret Atwood book today, Th Blind Assassin. Loved it. especially the last 100 pages. Perfect for a nothing Sunday evening. recommendations on where to go with her stuff from here?

I'm far from an expert but I suppose the Handmaid's Tale is the obvious one. I'm only reading it now, it's been sitting on my shelf for, God, 5 years now.

Her earlier stuff tends to be less sci-fi and often very Canadian focused so choose a direction i guess. I loved Cats Eye myself and would recommend it to anyone.

The Maddaam trilogy is the other big one, i haven't read the 3rd book in it and everyone seems to hate it but the first two are really great!

I hear nothing but bad things about The Heart Goes Last as well. A few people I know who are big fan say she's a lot more hit and miss than the general internet of feminism want her to be so bear that in mind.

 

[jonah]

so fucking good.

 

[chris d]

I got out a massive long book about the Third Reich from the library and the dude made such a big deal about about giving me loads of time to read it. I guess it's 2 months later and I'm 150 pages into 900 and can't be arsed anymore. I know he's going to ask me about it when I bring it back.

Hitler dies in the end right?

 

[rettucs]

I got out a massive long book about the Third Reich from the library and the dude made such a big deal about about giving me loads of time to read it. I guess it's 2 months later and I'm 150 pages into 900 and can't be arsed anymore. I know he's going to ask me about it when I bring it back.

Hitler dies in the end right?

that guy will be devastated. How could you do that to him?

 

[nooleen]

just give him a wink and a heil when you hand it over, he'll know you're cool

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Tell him it was good but it contained some factual inaccuracies (e.g. the holocaust?????) and no mention of the infamous jewish perfidy that was at the root of all the trouble in the first place.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Finished The Handmaid Tale.

Yeah it was all very good and all that but the real test will be whether or not the universe makes an appearance in Ready Player One.

 

[travispickle]

I started The Undergound Railroad but got bogged down, so I've been reading Alison Moore instead - started with The Lighthouse, then went onto Death and The Seaside. Great writing.
Now reading Donald Fagan's memoir, Eminent Hipsters.

 

[jonah]

yay! Amazon product ASIN B01N5URPMC
Gonna get this sent to my kindle tomorrow, despite being an annoying luddite when it comes to paperback preferences. EXCITE!

 

[Lili Marlene]

take thee to the "what book are you going to read at some point in the future" thread. sake.

 

[therealjohnny]

take thee to the "what book are you going to read at some point in the future" thread. sake.

Just rescued this out of the "big box of books that no one wants" in work. It's been 20 odd years since I last read it :\

 

[pete]

i've been given out to for maintaining a full (well, overfull) shelf of unread books. this ends now.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

Do you mean you're going to read them or get rid of them?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Take the shelf down

 

[pete]

Do you mean you're going to read them or get rid of them?

i'm going to get read of them

 

[Lili Marlene]

yay! Amazon product ASIN B01N5URPMC
Gonna get this sent to my kindle tomorrow, despite being an annoying luddite when it comes to paperback preferences. EXCITE!

JUST PICKED THIS UP AN HOUR AGO


The print is wayyyyy too big but otherwise, YEAH!

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

There's a Philip Pullman party in Hodges Figgis tonight

 

[Lili Marlene]

What does it involve?

 

[nooleen]

pulling men

 

[Lili Marlene]