Book Update: What I’ve been reading:

Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk

 

 

 

The last mortal instruments - Cassandra Clare

 

 

 

Red Dragon - Thomas Harris

 

 

 

Trainspotting - Irvine Welsh

 

 

Requiem for a dream - Hubert Selby Jr

 

 

I am a slow reader, the only time I usually read is when I am on the bus travelling to and from work. I love reading but never seem to make any other time for it except for when I am travelling. Last Christmas my mum bought me a kindle, so this year I have definitely got through a lot more reading than usual. Usually if I had to forfeit space in my bag it would be my book, usually the weight of books doesn’t seem appealing in your handbag when travelling. Since I have had my kindle however I always have books with me on it, even when I finish one I have another one just there waiting for me to start. The only downside is you have to of course charge it which you don’t have to do with a book. Saying that though since December last year I have only charged my kindle four times and that is with using it on a daily basis, so the battery life on it is amazing.

 

Anyway, this year I set myself a challenge of reading a certain amount of books. I am completely off target but I have however read a lot more books than I would have originally in a year. I’ve started reading books that I have wanted to read for such a long time but just never got down to buying it, now I just download it straight onto my kindle from amazon J

 

Just now I am currently reading Fight Club by Chuck P, I’ve seen the film hundreds of times but never actually read the book. I am loving the style and the way Chuck writes, I have a few of his other books downloaded onto my kindle for when the mood strikes me to read another one. I’m just over half way through this book and I’m just at the bit when everything starts to fall into place for Tyler Durden! I’ll say no more in case you’ve never read or seen it!

The Last Mortal Instruments – This book was really good, it was a bit like a teenage novel with vampires etc but thankfully none of them were sparkly. I made it my mission to read this before going to see the film, sadly whilst it was in the cinema I didn’t even get a chance to see it. It is however pre-ordered on my amazon for when it comes out. For a twenty something female I still enjoyed this book even if I think it is more aimed for a teenage audience.

 

Red Dragon – I loved this book! I had never seen the film of this before, I’d seen Hannibal, Silence of the lambs and Hannibal Rising but never Red Dragon. The way this book was written was very good. This was definitely a constant page turner! I then went on to watching the film afterwards and that was really good too. I always like to try read the book first so I can create the characters in my head, to usually then be disappointed when I see who they choose for the films.

 

Trainspotting and Requiem for a Dream – I had seen both of these films and they were really good, but totally depressing. The bad thing is I read these two books one after the other, which was really not a good idea. To stay with the books may heroin look so glamorous but as the books go on it shows you the real side of it. I can thankfully say I have never been curious to try this lifestyle and after these two books I never would.