Ousetunes Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Just finished Stephen King's The Green Mile. Best book I've read in years and the first, probably ever, to bring tears to the eyes. It's the kind of book which leaves you deep in thought once you've finished it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted September 5, 2008 Share Posted September 5, 2008 Just started Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. So far, so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted September 7, 2008 Author Share Posted September 7, 2008 I'm about 7/8's of the way through Stephen fry's The Hippopotamus and I have to say it wasn't what I was expecting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Just started Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children. So far, so good. Have changed my mind. Half way through and not a hope in hell of getting it finsihed in time for my Book Group. So am now reading 'Midnight's Children' Spark Notes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fivetide Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Getting ready for big school, I read 'The Age of Innocence' by Edith Wharton on Friday, and 'Trainspotting' by Irvine Welsh yesterday. 'Meh' to both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discodown Posted September 7, 2008 Author Share Posted September 7, 2008 I was like that with Trainspotting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suffragette1 Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Getting ready for big school, I read 'The Age of Innocence' by Edith Wharton on Friday, and 'Trainspotting' by Irvine Welsh yesterday. 'Meh' to both. Not a fan of Irvine Welsh. Read Ecstasy when it was first published, it was the most macabre thing I've ever read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fivetide Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Not a fan of Irvine Welsh. Read Ecstasy when it was first published, it was the most macabre thing I've ever read. Yeah, I'm the same. Trainspotting is his one interesting piece, after that it descends into gratuitous rubbish. Trainspotting's interesting for the narrative style and accuracy in its descriptions of the 'underclass' but after that it's no great shakes either really. Funniest thing - I read it years ago as well, and both then and now it took a whole day to stop thinking in Scottish. Bloody foreigners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouija Posted September 7, 2008 Share Posted September 7, 2008 Just finished 'Twilight' by Stephenie Meyer. Starting on 'New Moon' tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc55 Posted September 9, 2008 Share Posted September 9, 2008 I'm currently reading Rupert Everett's autobiography, Red Carpets and Other Banana Skins. I'm not a great fan of autobiographies (my OH bought it), but its been quite an entertaining and slightly shocking read so far. I wonder how difficult it is to write an autobiography and leave your soul bare for all to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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