What are you currently reading?

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Sorry if this is in the wrong place (or if this topic already exists, I did look but feel free to move if so...)

 

I recently discovered my new favourite author - David Mitchell (not the David Mitchell of Peep Show fame..) who has so far written a ton of books. Cloud Atlas was the first of his that I read and it is a real mind-melter of a novel but really, really good. I think it was made into a film although I haven't seen it.

 

I recently bought his new one 'The Bone Clocks' which has turned out to also be a mind-melter but the characterisation in this novel is just perfect. It is set over a lifetime of a single person and has multiple themes and motifs and I would recommend it to anyone!

[hajnrih]

Stephen Hunter - Point of Impact.

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Stephen Hunter - Point of Impact.

 

Any good?

[hajnrih]

The book is great read it 6 times already, the movie Shooter was made according to it but it was *****

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The book is great read it 6 times already, the movie Shooter was made according to it but it was *****

 

Therein lies the problem with films derived from novels. That, is a gamble in itself, whether or not it is going to do the novel any justice whatsoever.

 

One exception to this, to my absolute surprise was Alex Garland's 'The Beach'. One of my all time favourite novels and I really love the film too.

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Who doesn't

[ValDes]

I'm back to Terry Pratchett recently, starting an epic journey with my beloved Rincewind again.

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I'm back to Terry Pratchett recently, starting an epic journey with my beloved Rincewind again.

 

Excellent choice! It took me most of my adult life to really get 'into' Pratchett's work but when I did... oh boy!!

 

My personal favourite of the Discworld series is Carpe Jugulum. Simply because it is the first one of Pratchett's that I actually 'got' and which, in parts made me laugh out loud :-D

[ValDes]

Excellent choice! It took me most of my adult life to really get 'into' Pratchett's work but when I did... oh boy!!

 

My personal favourite of the Discworld series is Carpe Jugulum. Simply because it is the first one of Pratchett's that I actually 'got' and which, in parts made me laugh out loud :-D

 

Hehe, you may ask my wife about that, I mean I constantly wake her up laughing as some wacko in the middle of the night while reading Pratchett's books.

 

I don't really think I have a favorite Pratchett book, simply because I love them all, however the book which my wife hates most /probably due to my non-stop insane laugh while reading it/ is definitely Guards! Guards!.

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Hehe, you may ask my wife about that, I mean I constantly wake her up laughing as some wacko in the middle of the night while reading Pratchett's books.

 

I don't really think I have a favorite Pratchett book, simply because I love them all, however the book which my wife hates most /probably due to my non-stop insane laugh while reading it/ is definitely Guards! Guards!.

 

I have read that one too :-) my brother in law recently gave me lend of Maskerade and The Fifth Elephant, neither of which I have opened yet.. they are both on my ever-growing 'to-read' list!

 

After I have finished 'The Bone Clocks' however, I intend to get stuck into a novel called The Miniaturist' which grabbed my attention via a Guardian Books review some months ago. :-)