Recently Begun Books

[Igu Soni]

I thought it might be interesting to have a thread where we talk about the books we've just begun; initial impressions etc.

I'll begin:
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
It seemed written in a laughably singsong voice at first, but got more and more immersing as the pages went on. The conversations between the dad and the kid are amazing. Read around 20 pages this sitting.

[Eric]

This thread is a good idea of Igu Soni's for various reasons:

1) You may start, but never finish a book.

2) It is interesting to compare your thoughts about a book by writing down what you thought after ten pages, and then compare it later with what you thought by the end of the book.

3) With poetry, you don't necessarily read a book from cover to cover. You may start, leave off and resume again later. This is, of course, harder to do with a novel, but can also be done with books of short-stories.

[saliotthomas]

OOhhhh boy but you got yourself some support here.

Ok then, i have started Shutter island and so far it's a very good thriller, good pace and dialogues, just what i need after super gloomy McCabe winterwood.

[peter_d]

One practical/logistical issue with regard to Eric's 2nd argument: where are you going to post what you think of the book when you finished it? If you put that under 'recently finished', it's going to be a hassle to compare, switching from thread to thread...

Anyway, I do think it's good idea.

I just started Die Leiden des Jungen Werther (The sorrows of young Werther) by Goethe. I read it in secondary school and can't remember it moved me very much. But now I find it quite good, so far. Impressive that he was only 25 when he wrote it. Must have been a smart kid.

[Igu Soni]

One practical/logistical issue with regard to Eric's 2nd argument: where are you going to post what you think of the book when you finished it? If you put that under 'recently finished', it's going to be a hassle to compare, switching from thread to thread...

Would it be a good idea to ask Stewart or Bjorn to merge the two threads?

Anyway, I do think it's good idea.

Thanks for that ( and to you too, Eric).

[kpjayan]

Would it be a good idea to ask Stewart or Bjorn to merge the two threads?

There is already one thread, called "currently reading.. There had been some very interesting posts there. I guess this should get merged there ..

[saliotthomas]

On paper, Isaac Bashevis Singer-The manor, which i enjoy a lot, the easter style, the familly saga, the humour. Interesting too for a Nazaretan like me to discover old Jewish customs and funny to see the impact of Darwinism there too.
Fairly sure i will like it the all way through.

Audio jean Hegland-Into the forest, an end of the world survivor story (love those) with two sisters in a forest house. I start very well, but it might turn wrong.
A positive clue is the photo of the author who look like a smart woman to me, i trust faces.
What you think?

[waalkwriter]

Started reading The Master of Go by Kawabata Yasunari, the later version. He supposedly kept editing all of his novels for a terser aesthetic canon. About 50 pages in. A simply amazing book. Quite wonderful.

[Daniel del Real]

Started reading The Master of Go by Kawabata Yasunari, the later version. He supposedly kept editing all of his novels for a terser aesthetic canon. About 50 pages in. A simply amazing book. Quite wonderful.

Wow. Finally we agree in something

[waalkwriter]

Come on Daniel, we agree all the time

Reading Oe right now huh? Try Nip the Buds, Shoot the Children, another mindblowing novel. I've been meaning to write a more thorough review of it.

[duygutekgul]

I've started reading The Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier, and I can't say I'm impressed. The opening is a bit clich? and I've asked "why?" many times while reading. I'm reading it for a book club so I think I'll cheat and just read the end.

[Daniel del Real]

Come on Daniel, we agree all the time

Reading Oe right now huh? Try Nip the Buds, Shoot the Children, another mindblowing novel. I've been meaning to write a more thorough review of it.

Yes, it's true. I read that novel last year and when I just finished I wasn't that impressed, but the novel kept growing on me and now I can tell I really enjoyed it. Many people say The Silent Cry is Kenzaburo's masterpiece. First chapter so far is fabulous.

[obama6493]

Wow. Finally we agree in something

Come on Daniel, we agree all the time

Reading Oe right now huh? Try Nip the Buds, Shoot the Children, another mindblowing novel. I've been meaning to write a more thorough review of it.
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[Polly Parrot]

Ulysses, James Joyce


Along with some course books, background reading, etc.

[matticus]

Reading Oe right now huh? Try Nip the Buds, Shoot the Children, another mindblowing novel. I've been meaning to write a more thorough review of it.

I started this yesterday... is there another English translation than the Paul St John Mackintosh one, or might one appear any time in the future? I can't take all this Billy Bunter talking he's making the kids do...

[ReadCentral]

hi i am reading to Eve's Diary by marktwain