Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 3
Thanks: 2 Thanked: 1 time in 1 post
Gender:
Re: What are you currently reading?
The Fencing Master by Arturo Perez-Reverte, the fourth book of his I've read this year so he's quite addictive.
_________________ Author of the horror adventures 'Not Far From Aviemore' and the upcoming 'A Nighthawk's Legacy', as well as being a champion of Robin Hood's existence.
Joined: Oct 2016 Posts: 2
Thanks: 0 Thanked: 0 time in 0 post
Gender:
Re: What are you currently reading?
Re-reading the "Midnight Mayor" series of books by Kate Griffin...if you love a bit of contemporary urban fantasy I would urge you to give them a go...and in Matthew Swift she has created a real everyday MC, who just happens to be a sorcerer, oh and also cohabiting with another entity. Good insight into London and its environs and the history of the city too
Joined: Feb 2017 Posts: 11
Thanks: 1 Thanked: 2 times in 2 posts
Gender:
Re: What are you currently reading?
Right now I am reading Chetan bhagat new book "Half Girl Friend".its about a boy , name-madhav..who fall in love with a girl, but she refuse, after that what happen I will not mention here, because it cab be spoil you imagination, recently buy book online, when type online book store, so reach at infibeam.com, books store , there this book was in new row..instantly buy it, because previously also buy chetan bhagat novels.
Joined: Mar 2017 Posts: 357 Location: Texas
Thanks: 10 Thanked: 90 times in 72 posts
Gender: Country:
Re: What are you currently reading?
Sometimes I'll read a few pieces from Roger Ebert's Book of Film. Ebert's a well-known film critic, and the book is a collection of his favorite writings about film. Maybe a couple hundred selections, from short stories and novel excerpts to newspaper columns, magazine articles, interviews, segments from biographies and so on. Tonight I learned that Daryl F. Zanuck liked to read O'Henry. He read screenplays for hours every day, but he made time to read a short story by O'Henry each night.
Anyway, there's an excerpt from Klaus Kinski's autobiography in Ebert's book. The first paragraph of Kinski's description of Werner Herzog made me laugh. Herzog was a temperamental director and Kinski was a temperamental actor. The excerpt is on wikipedia. I'll put a link to it below. Ebert's book is a good one if you like movies:
His (Herzog's) speech is clumsy, with a toadlike indolence, long winded, pedantic, choppy. The words tumble from his mouth in sentence fragments, which he holds back as much as possible, as if they were earning interest. It takes forever and a day for him to push out a clump of hardened brain snot. Then he writhes in painful ecstasy, as if he had sugar on his rotten teeth. A very slow blab machine. An obsolete model with a non-working switch — it can't be turned off unless you cut off the electric power altogether. So I'd have to smash him in the kisser. No, I'd have to knock him unconscious. But even if he were unconscious he'd keep talking. Even if his vocal cords were sliced through, he'd keep talking like a ventriloquist. Even if his throat were cut and his head were chopped off, speech balloons would still dangle from his mouth like gases emitted by internal decay.
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 16174 Location: Florida
Thanks: 3495 Thanked: 1327 times in 1046 posts
Gender: Country:
Re: What are you currently reading?
Felipebf,
That's an interesting book. What is fueling your desire to read about this subject?
I agree that we're all so connected and linked but in increasingly shallow ways. The meaning of these relationships has been diluted to almost nothing.
_________________ The "Introduce Yourself" forum has been replaced with member Bios. To add your own Bio click on the User Control Panel link in the top green navigation bar, select Profile, then Bio.
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 1
Thanks: 0 Thanked: 0 time in 0 post
Gender:
Re: What are you currently reading?
I just now finished The Women in the Castle by Jessica Shattuck. Fiction. Tale of three women in post WWll Germany. One of the best books I have read in years. Reminds me of All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. Has anyone read either of these books?
Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 1032 Location: Texas
Thanks: 455 Thanked: 461 times in 363 posts
Gender: Country:
Re: What are you currently reading?
I read "All the Light We Cannot See" and thought it was excellent. Haven't read "The Women in the Castle" yet, but will look into it. Another book with a similar theme you might like is "The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah.
_________________ Love what you do, and do what you love. Don't listen to anyone else who tells you not to do it. -Ray Bradbury
Always listen to experts. They'll tell you what can't be done, and why. Then do it. -Robert A. Heinlein
Joined: May 2002 Posts: 16174 Location: Florida
Thanks: 3495 Thanked: 1327 times in 1046 posts
Gender: Country:
Re: What are you currently reading?
I just started From Beirut to Jerusalem by Thomas L. Friedman. My next door neighbors have become close friends to me and my family and they're from Lebanon. We discuss the Middle East quite often and I'd like to actually know a bit about their nation's history so that I can better relate to their stories and experiences.
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot post attachments in this forum
BookTalk.org is a thriving book discussion forum, online reading group or book club. We read and talk about both fiction and non-fiction books as a community. Our forums are open to anyone in the world. While discussing books is our passion we also have active forums for talking about poetry, short stories, writing and authors. Our general discussion forum section includes forums for discussing science, religion, philosophy, politics, history, current events, arts, entertainment and more. We hope you join us!