What are you reading at the moment ?

[pattricia 575]

It's funny Pattrica, I can't stand to watch scary movies as I lie awake thinking of ghosts all night but books, I love them! It was scary but the light didn't have to go on. I loved the Magic Cottage by James Herbert too. This read was equally as good if not better!

 

Yes, a scary book is so much better than a scary movie isnt it ?

[Heeley tyke 10]

Yes, a scary book is so much better than a scary movie isnt it ?

 

I would agree..

A scary movie shows someone else's horrors; a scary book creates your own!

[Pilon 10]

I recently read Orwell's 'Animal Farm', and I'm currently reading 'The Heart of the Matter' by Graham Greene. I do love my Graham Greene! For some reason, I seem to be mysteriously attracted to 'between-the-wars' authors...

 

Has anyone read anything by Haruki Murakami? Which of his works would you recommend I start with?

[Fiona1985 10]

I'm currently reading 'The Fifth Elephant' by Terry Pratchett

[Nigel Womersle 10]

Afraid I am a little old fashioned. I bought ten Agatha Christie books from a charity shop, and at present I am reading ' One, Two, Buckle my Shoe'

[pattricia 575]

Im finding " The Concise Oxford Dictionary" (ninth edition) very interesting at the moment, as I post on a thread called " Your Word of The Day" and I can look up interesting long words(and get the spelling right as well)

[tom3t0 10]

Mr Nice - Howard Marks

[slickwitch 10]

I'm just reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (May not have spelt that correctly) so powerful it almost made me sick. It is beautifully written from the viewpoint of a loathesome narrator, who may or may not redeem himself.

Like others I was emotionally torn apart by The Time Traveller's wife.

Also read Dog-fighter by Mark Boranowski. A superb love story with some amazing phrases which like all the best books made me distraught at the thought of the inadequacy of my own feeble attempts at literature.

[pattricia 575]

Reading " The History Boys " by Allan Bennett.

[Cyclone 10]

"Glasshouse" by Charles Stross.

[pattricia 575]

Havent read it yet but someone told me it was good. Its called " The Consolation of Philosophy" Dont know wether I will be able to understand it though.

[raine 10]

Havent read it yet but someone told me it was good. Its called " The Consolation of Philosophy" Dont know wether I will be able to understand it though.

 

You can't fail to understand it, it is the key to all understanding:)