[April] What are you reading?

[Hand of Evil]

Harry Potter - never read them before and now that they are available in e-format getting around to it.

 

[Krug]

Currently reading The Night Circus by Erin Morgensten. Halfway through now. The writing's pretty flowery but the characters are lacklustre, and the writer seems more interested in describing a clock than putting more life into the characters.

Finished it. Didn't get much better. Despite all the raves, it read like mostly fluff and little substance, with only one character that was actually interesting.

Now on to catching up with my Instapaper reads..

 

[Mallus]

I just finished Mockingjay. Overall, I was very impressed by The Hunger Games, even though YA isn't really my thing (outside the wonderful books of Francesca Lia Block).

Next up... probably Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. It was one of the works of fiction that wasn't good enough for a Pulitzer Prize in 2011.

 

[The Red King]

I'm 1/2 way through Neuromancer by William Gibson.

 

[Mark CMG]

Next up... probably Train Dreams by Denis Johnson. It was one of the works of fiction that wasn't good enough for a Pulitzer Prize in 2011.

I read Jesus' Son years ago and found the various stories a bit incohesive (not from one another but individually) though the characters were interesting. I found out years later that much of it was really quasi-autobiographical, according to some, and I have often wondered if his later works were the same. This was years before attending an MFA program, though, so perhaps a fresh reading might make me feel differently. I'll be interested in your thoughts on Train Dreams.

 

[Agamon]

Reading Ready Player One. Pretty good. Lots of fun geeky 80's trivia mixed in with a bleak look at a possible future.

Also reading Wheat Belly. My weight loss a few years ago and difficulty getting rid of the last 15-20 lbs makes a lot of sense now. I'll see if watching the glutin helps.

 

[Jhaelen]

I started reading www:wake by Robert J. Sawyer which I'm liking a lot thus far - going to order the two sequels right away.

 

[Krug]

Read Please Take Care of Mom by a Korean writer. Quite moving, even though it can read like a laundry list of a mother's sacrifices for her children.

Taking a break from serious stuff with Age of Legends, a Warhammer anthology. First two stories aren't too bad, so far.

 

[Mercutio01]

I just started (about 30 pages in) Stephen King's new Dark Tower novel "The Wind Through the Keyhole." So far, so good.

 

[TarionzCousin]

I have several long flights this month (honeymoon), so expect to do quite a lot of reading -

Hey congratulations on the marriage.