The 2nd "What are you reading now" thread

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So i was waiting to get AFTER THE FEAST ( last Game of Thrones book ) and was given AMERICAN PSYCHO to read.


:eek:

I don't know if it says something about me personally or whether it's the authors whole point , but towards the end i found myself skipping all the inane banter with his workmates and just read the murders.

As in , Patricks " everyday " life was just 1 long boring irrelevant conversation with his workmates and he was only truly " alive " when killing ?? ( shrugs )
If that's what the author was getting at then well played.

Won't ever read again.
 

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I also finished American Psycho about 2 weeks ago.

I found the most painful thing to read were the descriptions on what everyone was wearing and who made it, even though its pretty much the whole point of the book. Early 90s Wall street culture of everyone looking and acting the same.

It does provide some hilarious moments though with him thinking to himself "I was almost in tears" over such trivial things, the returning of video tapes, the pleasure he got out of having a slightly better haircut or having a better table at a restaurant.

The murder scenes were a bit much particularly towards the end, when I only got through it because I'd already come that far. Wouldnt read again either
 

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I also finished American Psycho about 2 weeks ago.

I found the most painful thing to read were the descriptions on what everyone was wearing and who made it,
even though its pretty much the whole point of the book. Early 90s Wall street culture of everyone looking and acting the same.

It does provide some hilarious moments though with him thinking to himself "I was almost in tears" over such trivial things, the returning of video tapes, the pleasure he got out of having a slightly better haircut or having a better table at a restaurant.

The murder scenes were a bit much particularly towards the end, when I only got through it because I'd already come that far. Wouldnt read again either
That's what stood out more to me. Just the monotony of it. The violence grew increasingly abstract while the description of everyone's clothes stayed about level. It was enough to drive me to killing random people's pets.
 

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Discovered Greg Iles over the Christmas Break and have been consuming his novels at an alarming rate. He has a series centred in Natchez, Mississippi involving a lawyer as the main character overlaid with race relations - modern day and in the 1960's.
 

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Discovered Greg Iles over the Christmas Break and have been consuming his novels at an alarming rate. He has a series centred in Natchez, Mississippi involving a lawyer as the main character overlaid with race relations - modern day and in the 1960's.
I just remembered , reading your post, I read a book by him awhile ago. May have been an old copy if his first one Really enjoyed it . Will look for more of his Thanks :thumbsu:
 

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Finally finished Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, didn't get much reading in over the holidays so it took me a while to finish it.

Really interesting book though, pretty intelligent and original in how it was written. Ending a bit cliche but I still liked it.

8/10

I am now starting High Society by Ben Elton. Recommended by my brother. Haven't read any of Elton's books but I like his work that I've seen on TV.

Was stoked with my reading in 2014 though, smashed through so many books. I don't think I've read that much since I was about 14. Hoping for more of the same in 2015 :)
 

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Finally finished Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell, didn't get much reading in over the holidays so it took me a while to finish it.

Really interesting book though, pretty intelligent and original in how it was written. Ending a bit cliche but I still liked it.

8/10

I am now starting High Society by Ben Elton. Recommended by my brother. Haven't read any of Elton's books but I like his work that I've seen on TV.

Was stoked with my reading in 2014 though, smashed through so many books. I don't think I've read that much since I was about 14. Hoping for more of the same in 2015 :)
I haven't read Ben Elton either but the lady who owns the local bookstore highly recommended his "Two Brothers" book. If you enjoy High Society, you might want to sink your teeth into one of his other books.
 

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About a third of the way in "Behind the Gates of Gomorrah" by Stephen Seager, a Psychiatrist at Napa State Hospital where the criminally insane are sent to keep society safe.

This is one frighting read.
 
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Been hit with the audiobook revolution massively over the last year.

Spend a lot of time in my car for my job, so always have an audiobook going. Managed to get through about 35 books this year, which is far more than I could have sat down to read. I love it.

Just finished The Buy Side by Turney Duff, great account of rising and falling as an excessive, rich man living on Wall St.

Now listening to Does the noise in my head bother you? Steven Tylers biography.
 

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The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, I love the narrator/survivor style of so many of his stories.

I had already read his The Invisible Man but it lead me in a round about way to Memoirs of an Invisible Man by H.F. Saint. Not a bad read, I never really liked or believed the main character but as a fugitive story it works pretty well.

I liked how the author made some effort to explain why the main character didn't just look like a floating dirty cloud half the time or why his pursuers couldn't just dump a tin of paint on him but was disappointed there wasn't even a throw away line as to why he wasn't blind as well, seeing as it's something that even Wells knew about 90 years earlier (don't think he addressed it in the book).
 

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The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, I love the narrator/survivor style of so many of his stories.
I also read the 'authorised' sequel The Time Ships by Stephen Baxter many years ago and quite enjoyed that too. Baxter takes quite a few risks and doesn't just retell Time Machine like many sequel authors have and it pays off IMO.
 
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Just finished Excession by Ian M Banks - awesome, think it's my favourite Culture novel to date.
Excession is definitely a good 'un. I prefer Use of Weapons and Surface Detail, but Excession is a favourite.

Currently reading The Best of Robert Bloch, a collection of his best short stories including "Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper" and "Enoch". Loving it.
 

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Excession is definitely a good 'un. I prefer Use of Weapons and Surface Detail, but Excession is a favourite.
I have read Use of Weapons once, going to read it again as I know I missed heaps. I have been told some chapters move forward and some backwards which I did not pick up on, I skim read sometimes and usually reread books I enjoy.

Have just started Matter.
 

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last few books I read were:
Joyland, Stephen King
Under the Dome, Stephen King
The Rosie Project, Graeme Simion
very enjoyable books
 
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