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

[rettucs]

Reading this. Its gonna take a while to get through but the first 30 pages have been great. Looking forward to getting through the rest of it.

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

loving this as i did all his other stuff,if you've any interest in nature/conservation give him a look,some really beautiful passages.

 

[jonah]

tl;dr

the first 50 pages maybe.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

about to start this

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

a collection of short stories and essays from the honourable mr abbey,loving it so far.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Only got started on this in the last few days (got waylaid by Douglas Coupland's "Generation A" -which is grand, C+).

Meg's is pretty good, but rather strangely, reads like a young adult's novel. Brooding teenager/ unrequited love/ unrequited life/ unsympathetic parents/ one interesting affectionate friend. She writes very nicely though and throws in some oddities (personified passages from Fate him/herself). Will probably give her other ones a go.

Wow, cool, let me know if it's good.

They should do something about her artwork though, it would completely turn you off her stuff. I, for one, regularly judge a book by it's cover.

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About to start this, as indirectly recommended by I Is John. They hadn't the one he mentioned, but I thought sure why not. The reviewer from the Times even "dreamt about it afterwards".

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[Lili Marlene]

probably cos she's a "young adult" writer.

I don't see how that is in any way a mark against quality though.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Oh I read Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut the other day which was literally not bad but not nearly as clever as it thinks it is and was a bit of a waste of time really.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

I'm just finishing Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala. Good African child soldier craic.

 

[Jim Daniels]

probably cos she's a "young adult" writer.

I don't see how that is in any way a mark against quality though.

It isn't -she writes exceptionally well. Maybe I was just expecting something else. I shouldn't have used the term, I have to admit it sounds a bit patronising in retrospect. But I am pushing on a bit in fairness!

 

[Lili Marlene]

But I am pushing on a bit in fairness!

psh, such classifications are for fools. Sure wasn't it written by someone older than you?

 

[Jim Daniels]

psh, such classifications are for fools. Sure wasn't it written by someone older than you?

Yep - just found out she was born in 1956.

About to start this now. I will avoid further classifications!

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Oh I read Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut the other day which was literally not bad but not nearly as clever as it thinks it is and was a bit of a waste of time really.

i felt the same way about mother night by vonnegut. i gave up on slaughterhouse 5 halfway through. they're the only two books of his i've read. not a fan

 

[David Kronenbourg]

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[rettucs]

i felt the same way about mother night by vonnegut. i gave up on slaughterhouse 5 halfway through. they're the only two books of his i've read. not a fan

I browsed one in a shop once and thought him silly. Not a fan either (having never read anything by him)

 

[Moods For Mallards]

I've liked everything I've read by Vonnegut, having been reluctant to read his books at first cos I thought they were silly.

 

[jonah]

Vonnegut is one of my favourite writers - what is this silliness!

 

[rettucs]

Vonnegut is one of my favourite writers - what is this silliness!

sorry jonah. de-rep my ass

 

[Lili Marlene]

Vonnegut is one of my favourite writers - what is this silliness!

well Cat's Cradle wasn't exactly great, I can't speak for his other stuff

 

[hugh]

Read Slaughterhouse 5 last night/this morning. I am pretty sure I read it decades ago but didn't remember much. It's really good.