Books you're currently reading???

[casimendocina]

[quote=infinite monkey;722790]Yay!

I'm reading A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley.

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I read another one by her-The Real Life Adventures of Lidie Newton or something. It looked really boring, but ended up being a compulsive read.

[infinite monkey]

I read another one by her-The Real Life Adventures of Lidie Newton or something. It looked really boring, but ended up being a compulsive read.

I enjoyed A Thousand Acres. Like you said, it seemed it might be boring but it really wasn't. It was compelling as well.

[casimendocina]

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I've just finished the second book of Steig Larrsen's Millenium series. I found the first book a bit of a drag to get into, but once I got there, it was great. Last night I was up till 3 am finishing the second book. (I looked at the clock at 10.30 and decided to give myself another hour. Next time I looked - after turning the last page - it was just before 3am.)

I'll get started on the third one tonight, although I don't expect to last long.

I couldn't put them down until I'd finished the whole series, even though the second one got to be just slightly on the contrived side (she said putting it mildly). Once I'd finished though I was happy to move on to something else.

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I enjoyed A Thousand Acres. Like you said, it seemed it might be boring but it really wasn't. It was compelling as well.

I'll check it out. The place I'm renting/housesitting at the moment has the most fantastic collection of books. I've started reading Christopher Hitchens The Trial of Henry Kissinger. I saw Hitchens on TV years ago and thought he was a complete tosser. Then I read Clive James' latest memoir about a year ago which stated how incisive Hitchens was and thought perhaps that I shouldn't wipe him off the slate entirely.

I'm also about halfway though a Year in the Merde by Stephen Clarke. Thought it was going to be a really good book. It's alright, but can take it or leave it.

[infinite monkey]

Originally Posted by glatt

I'm about halfway through Room, a book written from the point of view of a kid born to a woman kept captive in a sound proof shed. The kid is 5 years old and has never known anything outside of Room. He only knows Ma, and the captor. There's a TV, but he doesn't understand that the TV is showing the real world. It's really well written from the kid's perspective and is quite a page turner. Easy read and riveting.

I just started that yesterday. I went to the bookstore. My brother had given me a gift certificate that he had for christmas, over the weekend. Would've been better had I remembered to take it to the store.

So far it's interesting.

Originally Posted by casimendocina

I read another one by her-The Real Life Adventures of Lidie Newton or something. It looked really boring, but ended up being a compulsive read.

I read that one, too, casi. I thought it was good, but A Thousand Acres was better imo.

Finished The Melting Season by Jami Attenberg.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by infinite monkey

I just started that [Room]yesterday. I went to the bookstore. My brother had given me a gift certificate that he had for christmas, over the weekend. Would've been better had I remembered to take it to the store.

So far it's interesting.

You must be done with it by now, what did you think?