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I'm only 200 pages in.Mechanical Grace wrote:I am reading That Book. You know, THAT one. Five hundred pages down; two-hundred sixty to go... It's not literature of the highest order but I'm as hooked as a geeky eleven-year-old.
Sigh. I miss PlaythingOrPet. She'd be here talking about it....
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I liked it, too.
I had been slogging through John Irving's Until I Find You, and put it aside till I finished Harry Potter. I am now back to it, and am sorry to say that I'm dying of boredom. I'm about a third of the way through. Has anyone read this? Does it pick up any, and redeem itself at all? Should I quit now and cut my losses?
I had been slogging through John Irving's Until I Find You, and put it aside till I finished Harry Potter. I am now back to it, and am sorry to say that I'm dying of boredom. I'm about a third of the way through. Has anyone read this? Does it pick up any, and redeem itself at all? Should I quit now and cut my losses?
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Does he die, then?Mechanical Grace wrote:I am reading That Book. You know, THAT one. Five hundred pages down; two-hundred sixty to go... It's not literature of the highest order but I'm as hooked as a geeky eleven-year-old.
Sigh. I miss PlaythingOrPet. She'd be here talking about it....
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No, Harry & Ron live together happily everafter.Otis Westinghouse wrote:Does he die, then?Mechanical Grace wrote:I am reading That Book. You know, THAT one. Five hundred pages down; two-hundred sixty to go... It's not literature of the highest order but I'm as hooked as a geeky eleven-year-old.
Sigh. I miss PlaythingOrPet. She'd be here talking about it....
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I'm slogging, but only because you say so. It's picked up a little now that he's moved on from St. Hilda's, and as So Lacklustre notes, the penis holding continues unabated.pophead2k wrote:Slog on, Goody. While it is definitely my least favorite by far of Irving's post-Garp work, there are some rewards once you get past the tattoo-hunting first portions.
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Two-and-a-half weeks of vacation did me a wonder of good. I read four books whilst abroad:
How To Be Good by Nick Hornby
A bit odd to start my honeymoon with a book about a dissolving marriage, but the light-hearted tone of the novel made it a very quick read. Definitely not the best Hornby I've read, but entertaining nonetheless.
The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster
Auster has been a favourite novelist of mine since I read The New York Trilogy three or four years ago. I've read a number of his books since, including the fantastic Book of Illusions, and this one is definitely up there with his best. All the characters are interesting for their own reasons, and it's not as depressing as some of Auster's other stuff.
Nine Wives by Dan Elish
Eh.. the story was fun (a single guy who gets desperate to find a wife when all of his friends start getting married), but it seriously felt like I was reading something I could have written. I tend to prefer stuff that I could never manage to create.
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Previously the only Amis I had read was Kingsley's son Martin's London Fields. Thought I'd give his old man a shot - it took me a little while to get around the language but it's a witty, entertaining story of a professor's frustrated assistant.
I'm now onto Irvine Welsh's The Bedroom Secrets of Master Chefs. So far so good!
How To Be Good by Nick Hornby
A bit odd to start my honeymoon with a book about a dissolving marriage, but the light-hearted tone of the novel made it a very quick read. Definitely not the best Hornby I've read, but entertaining nonetheless.
The Brooklyn Follies by Paul Auster
Auster has been a favourite novelist of mine since I read The New York Trilogy three or four years ago. I've read a number of his books since, including the fantastic Book of Illusions, and this one is definitely up there with his best. All the characters are interesting for their own reasons, and it's not as depressing as some of Auster's other stuff.
Nine Wives by Dan Elish
Eh.. the story was fun (a single guy who gets desperate to find a wife when all of his friends start getting married), but it seriously felt like I was reading something I could have written. I tend to prefer stuff that I could never manage to create.
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
Previously the only Amis I had read was Kingsley's son Martin's London Fields. Thought I'd give his old man a shot - it took me a little while to get around the language but it's a witty, entertaining story of a professor's frustrated assistant.
I'm now onto Irvine Welsh's The Bedroom Secrets of Master Chefs. So far so good!
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Scathing attack on Germaine Greer's new book about Ann Hathaway in the Observer. Worth reading for the chuckles. One suspects he'll be hearing back from Ms Greer in due course...
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/s ... 08,00.html
I once saw her looking mightily pissed off in Stansted Airport (down the road for me, and even nearer for her). The announcement came loud and clear 'Would Germaine Greer please report to...' so everyone was starung at her as she stormed along with a face like thunder.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/s ... 08,00.html
I once saw her looking mightily pissed off in Stansted Airport (down the road for me, and even nearer for her). The announcement came loud and clear 'Would Germaine Greer please report to...' so everyone was starung at her as she stormed along with a face like thunder.
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