The BOOKS thread... what you reading?

[Wessexy Witch]

Jamaica Inn - Daphne du Maurier

Had it on the shelf for years and never read it until yesterday.

[Tarsier]

Henry Miller ''Tropic of Cancer''first published in 1934,not difficult to see why it was banned in so many countries including Britain and USA until the mid 1960's...maybe not shocking by today's standards.It must have appeared extremely shocking back then.....an interesting read.

Miller is easily one of my top 5 authors! ''Tropic of Capricorn'' is also brilliant, my favourite though is ''Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch''

[Ghosttrain]

Hi Tarsier,thanks for that i shall look in to those....Tropic Of Capricorn on my list had not heard of Big Sur etc.

[Wessexy Witch]

re visiting

Animal Farm - Orwell

[Ghosttrain]

Man ,you are some fast reader..........Animal Farm a classic,read it again myself a couple of weeks ago.

[Wessexy Witch]

Man ,you are some fast reader..........Animal Farm a classic,read it again myself a couple of weeks ago.

I love to read !
Lockdown and now school holidays is a perfect time for me. I'd usually be out and about or doing work on the house but because I'm still trying to keep my distance I'm sitting in my garden enjoying books almost all day.

 

[Tarsier]

Started reading Kazuo Ishiguro's ''The Unconsoled'', now half way through. Damn, this book makes me feel so frustrated! There's this main character who basically doesn't know much about what's going on, he just goes on with everything, messing up his apparently quite important schedule... I'm waiting for a reeeaaalllly satisfying ending: if it's not gonna happen, I. Will. Be. Furious.
 

[Ghosttrain]

I have finished Tropic Of Cancer which i really enjoyed and have ordered Tropic Of Capricorn......in the meantime i am reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley,another book i have been meaning to read for years....wow,what an excellent read can't put it down....love it.....

[Ghosttrain]

Brighton Rock a book i have not read for well over forty years...........really enjoying it..

[Ghosttrain]

After being told by a friend that i need to read it ,i am going to start ''Metamorphosis'' Franz Kafka....

[Tarsier]

After being told by a friend that i need to read it ,i am going to start ''Metamorphosis'' Franz Kafka....

Kafka's lovely, has kind of specific, dark, candle-lit atmosphere...
You're still waiting for Tropic of Capricorn?

[Ghosttrain]

When i went to order ''Metamorphosis'' i came across''The Essential Kafka'' book which was cheaper than just the single novella,so i shall have a look at some of the other stories......and then i shall start ''Tropic Of Capricorn''........loved ''Metamorphosis'',a very sad story.I have heard of ''The Trial''and ''The Castle'' so shall start with those.

[Ghosttrain]

Have just finished ''The Castle'' and ''The Penal Colony'' by Franz Kafka fascinating reads.....and am now starting ''Tropic Of Capricorn'' Henry Miller...

[Wessexy Witch]

Back to school for me so it's our class book,

The Butterfly Lion by Michael Morpurgo.

 

[Tarsier]

Read the newest book from Blake Crouch, ''Recursion''. Mind-bending page-turner...
Also Andrew Miller's ''Optimists'' which was a lovely read - I remember reading and liking it ten years ago, remembered nothing else
My friend came to visit (a brave move on covid times..) and brought me Paul Auster's ''Oracle Night'' in Finnish so now after long time reading in my native language, weird but positive feeling 
Aaaand I ordered Joolz's book ''Corazon'', I've actually never read anything from her so looking forward