What are you reading?

Finally getting around to Life of Pi, and I must admit, I'm not loving it. It's OK, but certainly not living up to the hype. 

The Accidental by Ali Smith. Only a couple of chapters in, but I'm LOVING it. Usually nothing gets in between me and my 8 hours, but I found it hard to go to bed last night!

The Accidental by Ali Smith. Only a couple of chapters in, but I'm LOVING it. Usually nothing gets in between me and my 8 hours, but I found it hard to go to bed last night!

I really liked that!

Finally getting around to Life of Pi, and I must admit, I'm not loving it. It's OK, but certainly not living up to the hype. 

Oh, I adored that! I hope you start liking it more!!

Punk Rock An Oral History by John Robb

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver

It's really good, it feels like reading something very honest in a world full of political correctness, shallow pleasantries for the sake of politeness, and a widespread lack of self-awareness/self-reflection

Mirror, Mirror by Gregory Maguire

The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins.

Liked it!

Finally getting around to Life of Pi, and I must admit, I'm not loving it. It's OK, but certainly not living up to the hype. 

Liked this one too!

Punk Rock An Oral History by John Robb

Hmm...sounds interesting.  Tell me what you think when you're done?   

I just finished Life of Pi, and I loved it.  Maybe a bit too much nattering about zookeeping and animal nature.. and I don't see what the floating algae island was for, but overall a great read.

Hmm...sounds interesting.  Tell me what you think when you're done?   

I like it in bits and pieces.  I've ended up skipping around.  I don't think the format works, but there are some interesting bits.  Worth checking out from the library anyway.

Oh, I adored that! I hope you start liking it more!!

I just finished Life of Pi, and I loved it.  Maybe a bit too much nattering about zookeeping and animal nature.. and I don't see what the floating algae island was for, but overall a great read.

OK. It's a bit better now. 

Oh gosh...golly and gee...what am I not reading?  (esp. when I ought to be working on my thesis film...eeep)

The Language of Vision - Gyorgy Kepes
The Orchard - Cormac McCarthy
Madame Bovary - Flaubert (although it's taken me forever to read this - it's easy to pick up, put down, pick up, put down)
The Freudian-Jung Letters - at least that's what it is. not sure if that's the title...
Coen Brothers biography.

and the list goes on...I think I may be mentally testing myself to see how many texts I can keep track of at a single go.  The only thing I am not doing is reading three or four mccarthy books at a time because the man, beautiful though his prose may be, is a highly stylized writers and i KNOW I'd end up mixing stories.

I'm reading Neal Cassady Collected Letters, 1944-1967. I really good insight into his relationship with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and other important figures in the Beat Generation.

The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy.  I am not a fan, but it's one of those books that aren't bad enough to not finish.

Finished Life of Pi. Still not that impressed, really. 

Moved on to Astonishing Splashes of Colour.