Hey guys! I don’t THINK there’s a reading thread (sozzard if there is). I just bought myself a kindle because why the hell not, knowledge is power etc.
Anyway, what you guys reading?
Rereading Blood Meridian. Christ it’s bleak
Building Stories. It’s one of the most impressive bits of art I’ve ever seen tbh
I recently read Child of God - one of the few McCarthy books I hadn’t read before (now that’s bleak). After finishing I thought I’d revisit Blood Meridian. I’ve got about 100 pages in, and I need a little rest.
Just started part three of Gravity’s Rainbow. Really enjoying this second read, and got a buncha stuff to look forward to reading after that
Child of God is full on
I think the scope and the level of detail are two of the best and most important things about ware’s stuff
@Isa - it’s the Book of The Year 2019 thread.
I’m reading Jazz by Toni Morrison to see if I like it any more second time round. I feel like I’m having to work really hard for it.
Only read it once, about 10yrs ago. No desire to go back to it
Small Gods by terry pratchett, nicked it from an airbnb
Milkman
I like it so far but the writing style can be quite hard going.
The Little Drummer Girl by JohnLe Carre. Also dipping in and out Trans-Europe Express by Owen Hatherley.
Rusty Brown is out in September I think, and I think it’s in normal size book form. Got monograph for my brother for Christmas and it’s absolutely beautiful but also the size and weight of a tabletop
Finished reading The Passage trilogy yesterday. It was a definite page-turner and I’m a sucker for post apocalyptic stuff, but all the ‘spiritual’ shit did my head in.
Gonna start reading DiS favourite We Have Always Lived in the Castle tonight and got the old War and Peace challenge on the go too.
That’s one of my favourite Discworlds. Definitely an early “wow books are cool” book for me
Yyyyeeeeessss
Is wicked
Want to read Jackson’s earlier stuff at some point. Maybe the short stories?
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
It’s good.
Hey, has anyone read any Rachel Cusk? Might have a little peek at Outline and Transit when I’m finished
Ooo, ive got this but not read it. Any good?
Just finished the power and the glory.
About to start age of anger by pankaj mishra