frankie Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 I'm now 150 pages into The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. Very much enjoying the read but for the fact he repeatedly calls homosexuality a perversion and lists it alongside ex-convicts as moral attributes overlooked by Hitler for party figures. I know it was published in 1960 but still - very distressing to read from a figure purporting to hold supreme authority on horrors of Nazism - which did include persecution of homosexuals. Hang in there! How long is the book, by the way? I'm on page 98 of My Fat Mad Teenage Diary and I'm really enjoying it now that I'm past comparing it to the TV series Quote
Alexi Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Maybe he was referring to Nazism viewing it as a perversion? Or he's just someone that was conservative in the 1960s when even being black was viewed as "wrong". Either way this book sounds good. I think I have intended on reading it at some point but I'm not sure. It's always good to read about history The second option I think. He was criticised for it in later years. Apparently homosexual men have peculiar jealousies (!). It's excellent though, I would recommend it. Frankie, it's 1200 pages so a while to go yet! I might read something else alongside. Quote
frankie Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Frankie, it's 1200 pages so a while to go yet! I might read something else alongside. Holy hecks Yeah, something light on the side might be nice.... (I wonder if it's the book on the Rory list.) Quote
Athena Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Recently started a new book (last night). Jodi Picoult again This one is called Change of Heart and it's about a murderer on death row for killing a little girl and her dad. I've read that one, I liked it but there are other books by Jodi Picoult I liked more, I didn't find it one of her best though I did enjoy the book. I hope you enjoy it . I'm reading Francine Oomen - Hoe Overleef Ik... 13: Hoe Overleef Ik Mijn Vader? (En Hij Mij!). I'm not that far into it yet but so far I'm enjoying it a lot. Quote
chesilbeach Posted March 10, 2015 Author Posted March 10, 2015 Started The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde … read about 60 pages, and another typical Fforde, showing the everyday in an extraordinary and fantastical world … loving it so far Quote
Marie H Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Took back the library version of The 13.5 Lives Of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers, as I had bought the kindle edition instead. I had only read a couple of pages of the tree book version, but the damn thing is so heavy and unwieldy . Still reading The Rosie Effect , only managed 50+ pages yesterday. Hell fire, I really love this book, but my attention span is pathetic! Quote
poppyshake Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Have been wrestling with Italo Calvino's If On a Winter's Night a Traveller and have eventually got it on the ropes Should finish it later. Hopefully will start Catriona McPherson's Dandy Gilver & the Proper Treatment of Blood Stains afterwards or just sit in a corner whimpering .. one of the two Quote
Virginia Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 I started the Book of Negros by Lawrence Hill. Quote
frankie Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 Took back the library version of The 13.5 Lives Of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers, as I had bought the kindle edition instead. I had only read a couple of pages of the tree book version, but the damn thing is so heavy and unwieldy . Still reading The Rosie Effect , only managed 50+ pages yesterday. Hell fire, I really love this book, but my attention span is pathetic! I'm confused. I think I saw you say somewhere that you were... Oh my, I think I remembered you're on page 311 or something and 311+50=361 and that's really close to the end, so oh dear, I hope I didn't spoil anything for you in the PMs! I can't believe I got your pages read so wrong!! Quote
willoyd Posted March 10, 2015 Posted March 10, 2015 One week in, and just started Book Three of Middlemarch, so just over a quarter of the way through. The core of the narrative is highly readable, whilst some of Eliot's digressions and commentaries are nigh on impenetrable in places. I suspect it's simply that it's been written for an audience with a completely different conceptual and educational background. Anyway, these moments aside, it's engrossing. Reached halfway today. Still engrossed! Quote
Nollaig Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 FInished The Sky Is Everywhere today, and am about 120 pages from the end of World After, so I'll get that finished this week and hopefully one other book. I'm also taking my time getting through Pawnee by Leslie Knope I think I might start a couple of other books and see which most takes my fancy - including Only Ever Yours, as I know someone on here is eager to chat about it Quote
chesilbeach Posted March 11, 2015 Author Posted March 11, 2015 - including Only Ever Yours, as I know someone on here is eager to chat about it I wonder who that could be? I'm almost halfway through The Last Dragonslayer now. Quote
Nollaig Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 I wonder who that could be? I'm three quarters of the way through it. 'Bleak' is an apt general description. 'Horrifying' is better for certain specific moments. Quote
muggle not Posted March 11, 2015 Posted March 11, 2015 I wonder who that could be? I'm almost halfway through The Last Dragonslayer now. I am also almost 50% thru The Last Dragonslayer but I think you will finish before me. I like Jennifer Strange and expect big things from her. Quote
chesilbeach Posted March 11, 2015 Author Posted March 11, 2015 I am also almost 50% thru The Last Dragonslayer but I think you will finish before me. I like Jennifer Strange and expect big things from her. I like her too … Jasper certainly knows how to write female heroines! Quote
BSchultz19 Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 I've read that one, I liked it but there are other books by Jodi Picoult I liked more, I didn't find it one of her best though I did enjoy the book. I hope you enjoy it . Yeah I enjoy parts of it. The story is great, but I find some of the things that happen hard to believe. I'm about 90% finished. It also contradicts my beliefs a little bit and parts of it have been predictable. But that could also come from reading so much of her work that I know how she writes Quote
Brian. Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Last night I started My Childhood by Maxim Gorky. Quote
Nollaig Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Yesterday I finished Only Ever Yours - depressing but excellent read. Started One More Thing - Stories and Other Stories by BJ Novak. It seems to divide people in reviews but I guess I have the right sense of humour because I'm finding it laugh out loud hilarious. Wrote a review for The Sense Of An Ending by Julian Barnes, tis in my thread. Must write reviews for Only Ever Yours and The Sky Is Everywhere later today. Quote
Athena Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Yeah I enjoy parts of it. The story is great, but I find some of the things that happen hard to believe. I'm about 90% finished. It also contradicts my beliefs a little bit and parts of it have been predictable. But that could also come from reading so much of her work that I know how she writes I think I had similar feelings about it. I started Scott Meyer - Magic 2.0 3: An Unwelcome Quest which so far is quite good. When I just started it, I didn't read much in it at first, because I loved the first two books and I didn't want to rush through this one, I wanted to make it last longer. Does anyone else sometimes get that? When you think you're really going to like a book, you want to make it last longer? Anyway, I was enjoying it a lot and wanted to keep on reading, so I read 174 pages in it yesterday in total. Quote
pontalba Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Finished my reread of The Martian last night, another 5 star experience. Started The Memory Box by Eva Lesko Natiello. Quote
chesilbeach Posted March 12, 2015 Author Posted March 12, 2015 I finished The Last Dragonslayer during my lunch break today - instantly recognisable as a Jasper Fforde book, I really enjoyed it. Yesterday I finished Only Ever Yours - depressing but excellent read. Glad you thought it was excellent! Quote
Nollaig Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 Glad you thought it was excellent! Just put my review in my thread! Quote
Inver Posted March 12, 2015 Posted March 12, 2015 (edited) I was naughty and bought books today....!... I don't need more...! One I had on my Christmas list and didn't get but saw in on the shelf and it still had a sticker on buy one get one half price. 'The Great Christmas Knit Off' by Alexandra Brown (I will keep this for a Christmas read this year) 'The Legacy of Elizabeth Pringle' by Kirsty Wark (the journalist, newscaster on BBC) Kenny asked me yesterday 'Mum do you have a list of books you want?'.....Mother's Day is coming up so I gave him 5 titles to choose from....he went down town today....wonder which one he got me ? Edited March 12, 2015 by Inver Quote
Nollaig Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 Kenny asked me yesterday 'Mum do you have a list of books you want?'.....Mother's Day is coming up so I gave him 5 titles to choose from....he went down town today....wonder which one he got me ? That's so sweet! I've started the first season of Yesterday's Gone. I had been putting it off because it's a bit chunkier than I've been looking for recently, but I'm glad I did because I'm onto Episode 2 and am thoroughly enjoying it. I can't imagine how there are several more seasons after this one though! Quote
Anna Begins Posted March 13, 2015 Posted March 13, 2015 I've started the first season of Yesterday's Gone. I had been putting it off because it's a bit chunkier than I've been looking for recently, but I'm glad I did because I'm onto Episode 2 and am thoroughly enjoying it. I can't imagine how there are several more seasons after this one though! It goes so fast, its like yummy candy. Serious. I went through 3 Seasons (there is a conclusion). Some of it is gory, but you don't mind horror, so enjoy! Quote
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