It’s embarrassing as a Scottish person to admit this but I only saw Trainspotting the day before I saw T2: Trainspotting. I’ve never really thought about watching it but when my fiancé mentioned he wanted to see T2, he forced me into watching Trainspotting. I ended up loving both films so much I decided I had to read the book so, Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting was immediately purchased. If I’d thought about it while in Waterstones, I would’ve picked up Skagboys and Porno but I guess that gives me a good excuse to go back.
If the cover for Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is giving you a headache, I feel your pain. Films and books that are intended to be 3D automatically make me feel sick so I’ve hidden Brave New World until it’s time to read it.
If I’m being honest, the idea of Brave New World being like George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four puts me off reading it but, at the same time, I’m intrigued. I think I was possibly too young to understand Nineteen Eighty-Four when I initially read it so perhaps Brave New World will be more to my liking.
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis has been on my “to read” list for quite some time. I watched the film solely for Jared Leto’s presence (why does he meet an unfortunate end in the majority of his films?) and vowed one day to read the book. I’ve already started American Psycho and have fallen asleep whilst reading it so I’m worried. I’m hoping this is just a slow book to begin with as I really want it to be great.
Angela Clarke’s Watch Me was picked up on a whim. After enjoying Dave Eggers’ The Circle so much, I wanted to read more books that use social media as a character. Watch Me uses social media and revenge porn websites (I’m fairly certain the one in Watch Me is based on Hunter Moore’s “Is Anyone Up?” site) as tools to create the perfect murders. I’ve already read it and without divulging my full opinion just yet, I will say it’s an exceptionally easy read.
Up until a few days ago, I had read 2 Jodi Picoult books and thoroughly enjoyed them both so I wanted another one to further my love of her. Unfortunately, the only book of hers Waterstones had was My Sister’s Keeper and that has never appealed to me. I’ve refrained from buying it in the past but this time, I decided to give it a chance and I’m still unsure as to whether this was a good idea or not. Medical terms make me squirm, cancer in children makes me uncomfortable and random love stories woven into something serious make me want to vomit. My Sister’s Keeper is clearly not aimed at the likes of me.
It’s hard to ignore the book that has bullets on the cover so my eye was constantly drawn to Human Acts by Han Kang. Human Acts is based in South Korea and follows the aftermath of a violent student uprising. The reviews make it sound brilliant, the cover is holding my interest and it’s the shortest book I have in the “to read” pile so it’s winning in my eyes so far.
I have quite a few books to hold me for a while but I will bet anyone willing to gamble that I will end up with more books very soon. Considering I went years without stepping into a bookstore, I’m amazed at how many times I’m in them now. I might carry out my childhood dream of living in my local Waterstones.
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