What Book Did You Read Last Night??? (7 Viewers)

[muffin]

Exactly!!He only spends about two pages talking about Blur and the rest talking about being off his face down the Groucho with Keith Allen and Damien Hirst...wanker..

 

[david jatt]

"The Andromeda strain" by Michael Crichton, a little too science heaby but a pretty nifty thriller all the same. also getting stuck into "the concrete blonde" by Michael Connelly, a good page turner.

 

[magicbastarder]

am on the world without us by alan weisman - very enjoyable, but there's a couple of things he's said which strike me as wrong.

 

[sweetoblivion]

Exactly!!He only spends about two pages talking about Blur and the rest talking about being off his face down the Groucho with Keith Allen and Damien Hirst...wanker..

I'm starting to feel like I wasted €7....after reading John Peel's autobiog at Christmas I feel like I've been too spoiled. That was a magnificent book.

I'm the same as you muffin - always a big list to plough through, but I rarely find the time these days

 

[stephenoblunt]

Incredible book. Amazing style of writing, fresh approach to well-known themes and really, really dark.

 

[hermie]

Incredible book. Amazing style of writing, fresh approach to well-known themes and really, really dark.

Didn't like it at all. I seem to miss what everyone sees in Coetzee's style of writing. Also the characters are incredibly dislikeable. Not that it wasn't interesting, or relevant but I just thought it was overrated.

 

[Super Dexta]

just finished the stuff of thought by steven pinker. probably my favourite book of his since the language instinct, very readable.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Netherland - Joseph O'Neill

 

[flashback]

Didn't like it at all. I seem to miss what everyone sees in Coetzee's style of writing. Also the characters are incredibly dislikeable. Not that it wasn't interesting, or relevant but I just thought it was overrated.

Yeah. It left me very indifferent. I tend to just blame myself about books like that. That I am somehow not smart enough to get it.
I might read it again. There was something about it maybe.

I have these books I call Fargo Books. Books I just miss the point of the first time around, but love the second time around.
It might be because I read them too fast, I have a habit of reading really quickly, possibly from reading technical documents all the time.

 

[hermie]

Yeah. It left me very indifferent. I tend to just blame myself about books like that. That I am somehow not smart enough to get it.
I might read it again. There was something about it maybe.

Yeah me too. I'm going to read some more of him and if I come round to his famous style I might go back and look at Disgrace again. Then again the subject matter is rather difficult. Maybe I'm just a pussy

 

[Mitchum]

Netherland - Joseph O'Neill

Looking forward to starting this.

What did you make of it?

 

[stephenoblunt]

Didn't like it at all. I seem to miss what everyone sees in Coetzee's style of writing. Also the characters are incredibly dislikeable. Not that it wasn't interesting, or relevant but I just thought it was overrated.

I think his style of writing is really easy going; precise but really thought-provoking. Loads of hidden little ideas that I found myself thinking about a lot. This is the first book I've read by him and the insight into South African race relations is amazing.

 

[Lungs]

I like 'Disgrace' a good bit. 'Life & Times of Michael K' and 'Age of Iron' are my favourites by Coetzeeboy, they're both pretty depressing (particularly 'Age of Iron'), but very powerful books. I'd recommend 'em if you were looking for more fun-filled Coetzee action.

Near the end of 'Woman in the Dunes' by Kobo Abe. It's pretty nice. The constant references to being choked by and covered in sand provoke weirdly physical reactions from me while reading it. The main character is kind of an asshole but I guess its forgivable given his circumstances (imprisoned in a sand pit and forced to shovel sand all night). Looking forward to seeing how it concludes.

Zipped through 'In the Miso Soup' by Ryu Murakami the other week. Really enjoyed it. The characters don't get time to develop to nearly the same degree as in 'Coin Locker Babies' but as a simple thriller, it's quite effective. Basically, its about a young Japanese guy who works as a guide for foreign sex tourists who ends up with a slightly-off American guy as a client who turns out to be somewhat of a nutcase. Fun.

 

[Lili Marlene]

anyone read this one?


http://booksaga.blogspot.com/2008/06/unusual-book-find.html

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Just starting into this, interesting stuff.

And just bought this spent the afternoon leafing through it

looking forward to it.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

excellent. really unnerving. it's not often that a book has freaked me out like this one.

 

[Bladez]

And just bought this spent the afternoon leafing through it

looking forward to it.

Great book. But its a monster. I spent months reading various parts of it but never finished it.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Great book. But its a monster. I spent months reading various parts of it but never finished it.

It's strange. Very quirky.

Theres lots of places where he asks you to take out a pencil and try some little puzzle - not something you are going to bother to do when youu're lying in bed.

I think really it's an armchair book and not one for bedtime.

 

[nEiLo]

I started reading "Naked" by David Sedaris last night. It has sat unread on my book shelf for nearly 5 years. I can't believe I have never picked it up before. It is absolutely hilarious.

 

[eclectichoney]

David Sedaris is generally excellent though haven't got around to the new one... yet!