|
|
Post by razzthekid on Jul 23, 2011 13:01:28 GMT -5
Yeah Razz the Road is intense!  I kept putting off reading it for a bit! I've started The Sea by John Banville simply because Mr. Murphy recommends him and I've ran out of books that interest me at the moment. I've heard of that title Razz, Life Of Pi... let me know how it goes!  is one of my favourite books! Hope you like it.  I love Banville's style of writing, though i do need a dictionary once in a while! He loves throwing in weird, obscure words but it expands my vocabulary so i like it.  I'll let you know how Life of Pi goes, so far it's really interesting, i'm about a third the way through it now. Kind of reminds me of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime for some reason. The same innocence comes across in the style it's written. |
|
|
|
Post by bluestar on Jul 27, 2011 10:37:14 GMT -5
One of my sisters just chucked me a book, it happened to be The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Well I finished the book the other night. Wow. I will never look at a tin of peaches in the same way ever again. It's a very intense and sad read. It makes you really see what we have around us in a different light, what we take for granted. The stark and brutal realities facing the characters in the book is contrasted with such tenderness between the father and son.  It's a story based a post apocalyptic world. Get your tissues and hankies ready for this one! I recommend it. But brace yourself! Ooh yes I read the Road some weeks back as well. My english teacher recommended it to me a few years ago but I kept putting off reading it. I did find it a difficult read but I am glad I did . it was very intense and thought-provoking- very scary actually. I loved the relationship between the father and son and how the father looked after him- his son was so sweet and good and I really cared for them. Definitely one that made me cry. |
|
|
|
Post by Pisces on Jul 31, 2011 9:55:35 GMT -5
Now tearing through The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson, which is a non-fiction work that is so well-written that it reads like a novel. Covers the real-life events of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago from two different aspects - from the exposition's organizers and architects and everything that went wrong during the construction (a mess!), and also delves into H. H. Holmes, the country's first serial killer, who used the Fair as a macabre opportunity to gather more victims for his "Murder Castle". Gadzooks! It's a creepy, fascinating ride! And... I can't help thinking that if they ever made a movie about this, Cillian would be an interesting choice as H. H. Holmes. Even though the man was detestable and deserved the hanging he eventually got, he was known in life for his blue eyes and irresistable charm with the fairer sex. Women just couldn't get enough of the guy, which was why he was able to persuade so many into his house of death. I also love this era - there is something about gas lamps and cobblestone streets that pulls at me. Still rather see him play a magician though. |
|
|
|
Post by ikklehen on Jul 31, 2011 12:13:19 GMT -5
WOW Pisces! That sounds incredible I may have to devour that one too! Hmmmm... yes Cilly playing that role sounds good scran for the senses! In the book I'm reading Banville writes about the sounds of the beach and how the voices carry in the air. It spooked me out because I have written a verse or note somewhere reciting a similar observation, about the sounds being 'flat' I think I may re-word my scribblings because I don't want to look like I have pinched a writing from the great JB!!! But the way sound carries on a beach does have that distinctive audio that begs to be written about. xxx |
|
|
|
Post by The Phantom Lady on Jul 31, 2011 13:13:17 GMT -5
ikklehen, I have started to read the book and it's AMAZING! I love how it's written and so far I am loving the plot! thank you so much for pointing me in that direction!
It's also adding to my vocabulary in English wich is never a bad thing!
|
|
|
|
Post by ikklehen on Jul 31, 2011 18:01:42 GMT -5
That's brilliant Victim Of Love  just hold on to your heart it's a very moving read! I think it's lovely you can read English so well. I'm so lazy with languages! Learned a few but never honed them fluent. Let us know how you go on. Well would you believe it I think we may have ourselves a Magical Murphy Book Club going on here! ;D |
|
|
|
Post by The Phantom Lady on Aug 21, 2011 1:55:39 GMT -5
I really need to find a new book... I've gone from not reading a book in years to not feeling ready to leave the house without a book in my handbag...
Any suggestions?
If not I am going to start re-reading one of the books my good Scottish friend Jane had published, and signed esp. for me!
|
|
|
|
Post by ashleyrose09 on Sept 3, 2011 15:10:47 GMT -5
I always love reading Stephen King. Right now I'm reading Nightmares and Dreamscapes. |
|
|
|
Post by razzthekid on Sept 8, 2011 14:59:09 GMT -5
Recently i've been doing a lot of reading. In the past few weeks i've read Life of Pi, One Day(which i recomment to everyone, and most definitely BEFORE you see the film!), Of Mice and Men, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Amsterdam. Now i'm almost finished Jane Eyre which i adore, then i may start either The Bell Jar or Tender is the Night..... That could change though!
|
|
|
|
Post by savaria on Sept 11, 2011 10:14:00 GMT -5
I've started The Sea by John Banville simply because Mr. Murphy recommends him. The exact same thing here! I'm reading The Sea in Hungarian but the original version of Infinities is on its way from an online bookstore in the UK. I've also ordered The Way We Live Now. The Road is on my "to read" list, too, simply because it made Cillian weep. I wonder if he's aware of his responsibility for what we read. ;D |
|
|
|
Post by razzthekid on Sept 19, 2011 15:42:23 GMT -5
Now nearly finished The Bell Jar and then it's on to Wuthering Heights.
Hope you all enjoy The Sea. It's one of my favourites. The ending has always stuck with me.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Phantom Lady on Sept 21, 2011 5:51:02 GMT -5
I started reading Breakfast on Pluto by Patrick McCabe for the 3rd time now...
Its actually quite distracting that it's the movie tie-in version I got hold of... I keep looking at Cillian on the cover, LOL.
But I really enjoy reading it; especially because I have Cillian's Kitten voice in my head when I'm reading it
|
|
|
|
Post by ikklehen on Sept 30, 2011 16:59:08 GMT -5
I just finished reading The Sea by Banville it really is a beautifully written book! It has a very gentle story of reminiscing and how the narrating character is trying to deal with the loss of his wife. The literature lends a hand to sail you sweetly to the revelations that don't come until towards the end of the book. I can't wait to read another Banville... *Thanks Cillian for the personal recommendation that I stumbled upon YouTube a while back* ;D One of my many favourite bits where the author recounts a violent thunderstorm: "I enjoyed it outrageously, sitting up in my ornate bed as on a catafalque, if that is the word I want, the room afflicker around me and the sky stamping up and down in a fury, breaking it's bones." Love it! Read it! |
|
|
|
Post by ikklehen on Oct 4, 2011 10:55:23 GMT -5
Mr. Murphy has me hooked on Banville. Nice one! I'm about to start on the Infinities.  (sorry double posted) |
|
licia
Fervently Infected
Posts: 58
|
Post by licia on Nov 8, 2011 14:23:58 GMT -5
trying to continue Breakfast on Pluto but reading Oedipus the King atm x___x
|
|
I kept putting off reading it for a bit! I've started The Sea by John Banville simply because Mr. Murphy recommends him and I've ran out of books that interest me at the moment. I've heard of that title Razz, Life Of Pi... let me know how it goes! 
I love Banville's style of writing, though i do need a dictionary once in a while! He loves throwing in weird, obscure words but it expands my vocabulary so i like it. 
I'll let you know how Life of Pi goes, so far it's really interesting, i'm about a third the way through it now. Kind of reminds me of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime for some reason. The same innocence comes across in the style it's written.
It's a story based a post apocalyptic world. Get your tissues and hankies ready for this one! 
just hold on to your heart it's a very moving read! I think it's lovely you can read English so well. I'm so lazy with languages! Learned a few but never honed them fluent. Let us know how you go on. 
(sorry double posted) 