Literary Exploration discussion

What are people to planning to read this month?

I'm hoping to get through Reamde at long last. But also plan to read The Devil All the Time and When Gravity Fails; after that, I'm not too sure yet

I will finish The Fall and reread When Gravity Fails for a discussion I'm leading. Also want to read Wildwood and whatever else I have sitting on my bookshelf.

Oh and also must read The Devil All the Time

Just finished Drood and am close to finishing up The Big Sleep. After that, I plan on reading The Technologists: A Novel and last month's choice, Never Let Me Go. Or maybe I'll put a hold on that one and just jump to this month's one, The Night Circus, which sounds a little less depressing :)

I've started the night circus. Will also be continuing with the Scottish prisoner by Diana Gabaldon,
Will also try to read Where the Hell is God by Richard Leonard as I'm seeing a public lecture with him this month

The Night Circus, To Kill a Mockingbird and Frankenstein are on my list for now. They HAVE to be read now or I won´t deserve the title "bookworm" anymore.

Plan for this month: The Night Circus, then A Stolen Life, and hopefully I can also get through Northanger Abbey

The Help by Kathryn Stockett, One Day, maybe I will also be able to squeeze in Journey to the Center of the Earth, The Hunger Games # 1 (just to see what the fuzz is all about )...There will probably not be enough time but I will try to do my best!

Lisa wrote: "Plan for this month: The Night Circus, then A Stolen Life, and hopefully I can also get through Northanger Abbey"

I've never made it through

Northanger Abbey. I tried but had to put it away. I hope to get to The Night Circus soon. I think I may have trouble with it but the main thing is that when I have to pick a book to start I have too many choices to pick from. Poor me!

Reading a wonderful collection of 505 letters written from 1926 to 1941 by Rabindranath Tagore to a friend's daughter, in my mother-tongue bengali. I wish I could have shared it everyone.The poet's experiences in Europe, especially the Scandinavian countries,his voyage home through the Suez Canal,his observations of his fellow travellers,how he keeps reminding himself that one should not be judgmental.As he nears his own country the strong urge to go back to his Abode of Peace,to avoid the incessant people who come to meet him, demand his attention on trivial matters,his need to escape into his own world.He writes to her about his new composition- a dance drama and how he is progressing with the writing as well as the rehearsals to stage it. And all the while you catch a glimpse of a towering imagination, a world view, in language so poetical and magical that you say to yourself' Yes that's it, that is what I too feel.'It is untranslatable and I feel the reading world is all the poorer for it.Even in India, there is no dearth of people who with feelings of regionalism, run him down. Of course that is their loss.It will take me a while to finish it,because it makes you pause, think, go back and re-read,but its so fulfilling.

Sonali wrote: "Reading a wonderful collection of 505 letters written from 1926 to 1941 by Rabindranath Tagore to a friend's daughter, in my mother-tongue bengali. I wish I could have shared it everyone.The poet's..."
Sonali, that's a great experience you related. Anything in the way of reading that makes you go back, reread and share the writer's passion for what they feel is poignant or important in life is a fulfilling experience.

I just started "THE LOTUS EATERS" by Tatjana Soli. I also have several Persephone Press books lined up on my shelves. This is my favorite publisher these days along with Virago Classics.

I'm currently reading Mirror Mirror by Gregory Mcguire, and Never Ending Story by Michael Ende (the English translation). Then it will be on to There but for The by Ali Smith and Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. I might also read Three Bags Full but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be available on Kindle so I might give it a miss.

Currently reading "The Woman in Black".

Later on this month I will be reading
- "Rosemary's Baby"
- "The Stepford Wives"
- "A Kiss Before Dying"
all by Ira Levin.

Karen wrote: "I'm currently reading Mirror Mirror by Gregory Mcguire, and Never Ending Story by Michael Ende (the English translation). Then it will be on to There but for The by Ali Smith and Night Circus by E..."

I liked Mirror Mirror but I think I liked the Cinderella one more.

Lori wrote: "Lisa wrote: "Plan for this month: The Night Circus, then A Stolen Life, and hopefully I can also get through Northanger Abbey"

I've never made it thro..."

Yeah, I can see that... I have trouble getting through all of her novels. I just finished reading Emma. Just as I was finishing it I was talking to a book editor/literary professor and mentioned that I was reading Emma and embarrassingly told her that as I read the book it made me enjoy the movie version Clueless even more ( I LOVE that movie) and that I couldn't stop comparing the two and she said she actually felt that Clueless was probably one of the best Austen adaptations out there!

I'm slowly getting through them all... 3 more to go!

Agness wrote: "Currently reading "The Woman in Black".

Cool, I just bought this book and looking for some time to read it. The film comes out tomorrow, so I want to try and read it soon. Let me know what you think of it.

I'm currently reading The Night Circus, and I've dipped into Slow Man, and I'm hoping to get to My Name is Red this month too, all for GR book groups. I'm going to have to get through Wittgenstein's Mistress and Sergeant Getulio sometime soon, too--I think I started those two in December, but they keep getting pushed to the back burner.

I'm planning on finishing Night of the Wolf and then reading Ice Land, which I just checked out from the library. Then I would like to move on to The Wolf King and I will have finished the Alice Borchardt books languishing on my shelves.

I started on The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf last night. I'm a few chapters into it so far and its a bit of a page turner.

I just started reading the second book in the Stephanie Plum series Two for the Dough.

I do like the Stephanie plum series, but they seem to lose their momentum as you go along. It's like"just pick a man already". I haven't read the last two released in the series yet.
I am looking forward to the movie though!

Currently reading The Snow Child. It's such a gorgeous world and the writing is beautiful.

I've just began reading The Shakespeare Secret by J.L. Carrell this evening.

I am reading Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children and loving it to pieces!

Still working through my physical copy pile and I've started on the Star Wars books I picked up cheap from Portland.

Elena wrote: "I am reading Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children and loving it to pieces!"

Isn't it amazing? The India Rushdie creates is spectacular. It's the most incredible portrait of a country and it's people. Of all the Booker Prize winners I've read, I think this one is the best.

Ive got so many things to read, I don't know where to start! At the moment im reading 4 books but when i have finished them im not sure what to pick up next. Got so many things to read on my Kindle but also have books to read. 1Q84 book 3 is the favourite choice but that could change.

I've decided to pick up some books I started but never finished. Firstly going to finish Tipping the Velvet, which was the club read for January 2011, and Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex.

Kim wrote: "I've decided to pick up some books I started but never finished. Firstly going to finish Tipping the Velvet, which was the club read for January 2011, and [book:Bonk: The Curious Coupl..."

Kim, I was thinking of picking up Tipping the Velvet because I read The Little Stranger awhile back and thought I'd try another from this author. Let me know what you think of it.

Well the first time I tried it I just got bored. It wasn't bad but it also wasn't my type of book. I'm only trying again as I hate leaving a book unread.

Kim wrote: "Well the first time I tried it I just got bored. It wasn't bad but it also wasn't my type of book. I'm only trying again as I hate leaving a book unread."

I'm the same way about books. It feels like something isn't right if I leave a book unfinished. So, even if it is painful, I try to finish.

It's worth reading, it wasn't my type of book too, and I was bored with the parts of the story that I predicted would happen based on the synopsis but the rest was worth reading

I'm reading The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales. The TV show Grimm is about start airing in Ireland for the 1st time this week. Since is supposed to be based on storylines from the book, I wanted to read it first before I start watching the series.

Ellie wrote: "I'm reading The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales. The TV show Grimm is about start airing in Ireland for the 1st time this week. Since is supposed to be based on storylines from the boo..."


I'll be interested to see what you think of the TV series after reading the fairytales... I feel it is only very loosely based on the actual stories

What exactly are the TV series like? I absolutely love fairytales. Anything worth watching?

I recently finished A Test of Wills and really enjoyed it. I wanted a companion book to the same period of Downton Abbey and this fit the bill along with being a pretty good police procedural and the firs of a series. I went with something different for a followup with Seducing an Angel a Regency romance that is near the end of a 5 book series that I do enjoy but don't want to see it end. I think I'll finish the series though before moving on to something else.

Okay, just started with Frankenstein, going for Inheritance and Light in August. Maybe I can take a look at The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again too.
... that´ll be a busy month.

I've just started reading the third book in the Stephanie Plum series Three to Get Deadly.

Marlene wrote: "What exactly are the TV series like? I absolutely love fairytales. Anything worth watching?"

It's definitely not like the fairytales.... Grimm is a cop and the "bad guys" are different characters from fairytales and only he can see them in their true form... the "normal" people only see the human form of the "bad guys" I'm still watching it hoping it will evolve into something better... I like the other series Once Upon a Time better than Grimm I think

Marlene wrote: "Okay, just started with Frankenstein, going for Inheritance and Light in August. Maybe I can take a look at [book:The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again|659469..."

Frankensein is an awesome read, I hope you enjoy it

Moved on to Do You Think You're Clever?: The Oxbridge Questions

Knowledge Lost wrote: "Marlene wrote: "Okay, just started with Frankenstein, going for Inheritance and Light in August. Maybe I can take a look at [book:The Hobbit: Or There and B..."

So far, I do enjoy myself. :)

I am reading Uglies right now (still on a semi break from Sherlock Holmes). Not sure what book I will start next other than hopefully Three Kingdoms after I finally finish Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Novels and Stories, Volume I this weekend.

Reading the complete Sherlock Holmes stories will take a while. I know what I´m talking about. ;)
I really like Uglies, but the following volumes... well...

Marlene wrote: "Reading the complete Sherlock Holmes stories will take a while. I know what I´m talking about. ;)
I really like Uglies, but the following volumes... well..."

Don't I know I'm pretty sure it has taken me over 4 months to read just volume 1. It was getting to the point where my life was kind of consumed by thoughts of him (even had a dream) because I was also watching Sherlock and reading the Mary Russell series. After that dream I decided I needed a definite break from the man. lol

I'm liking Uglies so far but I'm also kind of mad at Tally at the moment. I keep reading hoping she will finally come clean and to see what David's reaction will be normal or not.

You´ll dislike her even more in the end. She´s on the list with the worst protagonists ever.
Umh, I´d better stop ranting now. You´re reading the book...

Marlene wrote: "You´ll dislike her even more in the end. She´s on the list with the worst protagonists ever.
Umh, I´d better stop ranting now. You´re reading the book..."

I completly get where you are coming from. I just finished it and I couldn't believe she got to turn pretty but for the "right" reason now. Granted I got a little less mad at her because she finally confessed all the David but their realtionship needed to end. It didn't feel real; it felt like a high school romance that is mostly just puppy love and hormones talking.

Just wait for "Pretties" - if you can get yourself to read it.
And then just wait for "Specials". At the latest you´ll hate Tally then. Truly and deeply.
You gonna read them, so that we can rant about it? ;)

haha I just might. A good rant is always fun.

I just finished the The Imperfectionists and loved it! Now moving onto Sunset Park I am an Auster fan :-D
I really want to check out that Nightcircus EVERYone is reading though.