What do you think of the book you're reading at the moment?

Nov 04, 2013 11:24

I just finished the audio version of Pride and Prejudice, narrated by Irene Sutcliffe. Although I knew the story, I'd never actually read the book before.


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bogwitch64 November 5 2013, 01:43:02 UTC
The Woman Upstairs by Claire Mesud--still waiting to get out of her character's head and into some kind of story. Meh.

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jongibbs November 5 2013, 10:31:27 UTC
Oh dear. I hope it happens soon :)

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martyn44 November 5 2013, 23:13:13 UTC
Just finished Graham Joyce's WFC Award winning Some Kind of Fairy Tale. Haven't read anything else on the award short list but if it was better than this I should be very, very surprised. Very imaginative. Very English. Very, very well written.

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jongibbs November 6 2013, 10:19:37 UTC
Sounds like Mr. Joyce is doing all the right things :)

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raisinbottom November 6 2013, 02:58:36 UTC
Reading Embassytown. Sometimes I don't care what's going on and I plow through, then all of a sudden Mieville makes sense and I'm drawn into the book. There are a few instances of inconsistency that bother me.

Inbetween, I reread Alastair Reynolds's Understanding Space and Time. Reminds me of The Fisherman And His Wife as the protagonist goes through numerous alterations to comprehend the complexities of reality. In this case, the benefactors are benevolent and work to help him collapse into a singularity. Also Elton John has a part as a hologram.

Now I'm back to reading Embassytown.

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jongibbs November 6 2013, 10:20:35 UTC
Also Elton John has a part as a hologram.

Lol, I bet that took you by surprise :)

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paulwoodlin November 6 2013, 09:28:45 UTC
I'm reading General Grant's memiors. He's a very intelligent man with a strong sense of morality and irony. I find his writing to be very perceptive when he gets beyond 19th century cultural conditioning.

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jongibbs November 6 2013, 10:23:43 UTC
It's strange how there are always three versions of people: the one other folks see, and the good & not so good versions we think of as our self. It must be interesting to see Grant from his own PoV.

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bondo_ba November 6 2013, 12:48:33 UTC
I'm reading A Princess of Mars... Which means that, while literary judgement must be suspended, I'm actually rather entertained!

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jongibbs November 6 2013, 16:01:50 UTC
:)

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