Currently reading ....

[SupremeSpod]

St Paul's letter to the Romans

To paraphrase...

"Veni, Vidi, volo in domum redire"

[Pondlife]

For light reading, the last of the Stig Larsson trilogy and can't wait for the DVD released this week I think

Mrs PL is currently ploughing through them and seems to be enjoying.

[sasguru]

Mrs PL is currently ploughing through them and seems to be enjoying.

They are indeed very unique and enjoyable - keeping me up at night. Shame he died young.

[OwlHoot]

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.

Quite a page turner, and I've read 300 pages so far (nearly half), but have recently been too busy to carry on.

It's about a vampire who seems to have a major problem with librarians and antiquarians rooting through old papers.

[norrahe]

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.

Quite a page turner, and I've read 300 pages so far (nearly half), but have recently been too busy to carry on.

It's about a vampire who seems to have a major problem with librarians and antiquarians rooting through old papers.

That is a really good book, I bought it a few years back, i think I might read it again soon.

In the meantime, I'm reading "I drink, therefore I am" by Roger Scrutton

[Lockhouse]

Currently reading the Truman Capote short story collection.

Here.

Most excellent.

[Spoiler]

The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova.

Quite a page turner, and I've read 300 pages so far (nearly half), but have recently been too busy to carry on.

It's about a vampire who seems to have a major problem with librarians and antiquarians rooting through old papers.

Do yourself a favour - put this book beyond reach. Bin it, burn it.

A truly awful, pointless waste of time. A story that could be done in 1/10 of the book is instead drawn out to 600+ pages. Starts off well enough, but then quickly descends to a mind-numbing, totally uninteresting, painful crawl.

I soldiered on and read it to the end. I will never get that time back in my life. You can, just stop, now!

[norrahe]

Do yourself a favour - put this book beyond reach. Bin it, burn it.

A truly awful, pointless waste of time. A story that could be done in 1/10 of the book is instead drawn out to 600+ pages. Starts off well enough, but then quickly descends to a mind-numbing, totally uninteresting, painful crawl.

I soldiered on and read it to the end. I will never get that time back in my life. You can, just stop, now!

Each to their own

[OwlHoot]

Do yourself a favour - put this book beyond reach. Bin it, burn it.

A truly awful, pointless waste of time. A story that could be done in 1/10 of the book is instead drawn out to 600+ pages. Starts off well enough, but then quickly descends to a mind-numbing, totally uninteresting, painful crawl.

I soldiered on and read it to the end. I will never get that time back in my life. You can, just stop, now!

I can imagine it's a bit cerebral and low key for some peoples' taste, more like a spooky detective story or an M R James ghost story than a full-on vampire blood fest.

But then some people prefer that understated ambience and style, and she does have a knack of leading one on, with little surprises every page or two.

But you're right in that it does go on a bit, and she probably could have whittled it down to 500 pages.

[gingerjedi]

Batman Year One - Frank Miller