What Are You Reading Now?

[BigPiney]

Has anyone else read The Passenger yet? I have a question but would keep it to boardmail to avoid spoilers.

In the process, but I am struggling.

[SteelBlue]

In the process, but I am struggling.

Tell me when you’re done so I can ask.

[Clark Addison]

I just finished Bullet Train/Maria Beetle by Kōtarō Isaka. Anyone else read this or the other book in the series, Three Assassins/Grasshopper?

I enjoyed it but didn't love it. I found the characters amusing without being all that interesting. Part of my reaction may be because I partly spoiled the ending for myself.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

I actually hadn't heard of the movie before I got the book, but looked it up just to see which actors played which characters. When I saw that Brad Pitt, by far the biggest name, played one of the characters, I felt it was a pretty safe bet that he would "win" in the end

Trying to decide whether I want to give the other one a go.

[SteelBlue]

I just finished Bullet Train/Maria Beetle by Kōtarō Isaka. Anyone else read this or the other book in the series, Three Assassins/Grasshopper?

I enjoyed it but didn't love it. I found the characters amusing without being all that interesting. Part of my reaction may be because I partly spoiled the ending for myself.

Spoiler for Spoiler:

I actually hadn't heard of the movie before I got the book, but looked it up just to see which actors played which characters. When I saw that Brad Pitt, by far the biggest name, played one of the characters, I felt it was a pretty safe bet that he would "win" in the end

Trying to decide whether I want to give the other one a go.

I remember hearing about this recently. Like maybe for a movie adaptation? I remember thinking "I want to read that" so thanks for the reminder.

[Northwestcoug]

"The Islandman" by Tomas O'Crohan. Quick read about someone who lived on the Blasket Islands from 1850-1930. He and others became well-known because of the sociological interest in the early 20th century. There was interest in both the effects of isolation (three miles off the Irish coast) and the preservation of the Irish language. Less than two hundred people lived in the islands at any one time, and they were abandoned in the 1950's when the Irish government evacuated the remaining people. There is a great museum on the coast, which I figure is the most ever spent on so few people. I'm sure there was a lot of grant money. But if you ever go, pay it a visit: https://blasket.ie. And for a quick primer on the Blasket Islands and it's history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasket_Islands

Very interesting history about how those people lived. Kind of amazing that people like that were able to survive at all. I think it would be an enjoyable read even for someone who hasn't recently been enamored by Ireland like me

[Bo Diddley]

"The Islandman" by Tomas O'Crohan. Quick read about someone who lived on the Blasket Islands from 1850-1930. He and others became well-known because of the sociological interest in the early 20th century. There was interest in both the effects of isolation (three miles off the Irish coast) and the preservation of the Irish language. Less than two hundred people lived in the islands at any one time, and they were abandoned in the 1950's when the Irish government evacuated the remaining people. There is a great museum on the coast, which I figure is the most ever spent on so few people. I'm sure there was a lot of grant money. But if you ever go, pay it a visit: https://blasket.ie. And for a quick primer on the Blasket Islands and it's history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blasket_Islands

Very interesting history about how those people lived. Kind of amazing that people like that were able to survive at all. I think it would be an enjoyable read even for someone who hasn't recently been enamored by Ireland like me

That place looks really cool.

[BigPiney]

Finished Sea of Tranquility and I highly recommend it. I will say it is absolutely not necessary to have read The Glass Hotel but there is crossover of characters.

this was so good.

The Glass Hotel was good fiction. But that was about it for me. But then I read See of Tranquillity and wow. I highly recommend reading both. But Sea ended up being a great sci-fi follow up.

though I do have a few questions. Would be interesting to discuss the differences in the narrative presented by both.

i don’t know if she was planning on writing the second book when she wrote the first, or if the comments the reader in the story while on the book tour made are from real life and prompted her to write the second novel. In any case, that was really enjoyable.

[SteelBlue]

this was so good.

The Glass Hotel was good fiction. But that was about it for me. But then I read See of Tranquillity and wow. I highly recommend reading both. But Sea ended up being a great sci-fi follow up.

though I do have a few questions. Would be interesting to discuss the differences in the narrative presented by both.

i don’t know if she was planning on writing the second book when she wrote the first, or if the comments the reader in the story while on the book tour made are from real life and prompted her to write the second novel. In any case, that was really enjoyable.

Apparently HBO already has a series in the works for each of these novels.

[SteelBlue]

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[BigPiney]

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I read another book by him and I realized it was for people way smarter than I am. How is this one?

[SteelBlue]

I read another book by him and I realized it was for people way smarter than I am. How is this one?

Just started it. I'm guessing happyone has already read this as it's historical fiction about Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. What was the one you read? I thought I'd try Civilization next as it sounds like an intriguing alternate history.

[BigPiney]

Just started it. I'm guessing happyone has already read this as it's historical fiction about Operation Anthropoid, the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. What was the one you read? I thought I'd try Civilization next as it sounds like an intriguing alternate history.

I read The Seventh Function of Language. The writing was great, but it was all about philosophers and it was way over my head.

From my notes on it, "I think I am just not smart enough for this book. At least that is what I got from reading it."

My library has the audiobook for HHhH available so I am going to try that since it read by John Lee. I could listen to him read the shopping list and enjoy it.

[SeattleUte]

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Ugh. Couldn't stand this book.

[SteelBlue]

Ugh. Couldn't stand this book.

Laurent Binet is 0 for 2 with the CG crowd today it looks like.

[old_gregg]

Tell me when you’re done so I can ask.

Spoiler for spoiler:

western is schizophrenic, right?