Ryan Gosling Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 GRATE STUPH. Finished it last week, highly recommended. Real look at how tricky childhood can be. Now I'm onto these - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamhammer Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 In search of Robert Millar by Richard Moore. It's about the "Eccentric" Scottish cyclist. Very interesting if you are into cycling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
systemx Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Stalingrad and the Berlin one are superb. Heavy heavy stuff going on. I would go for... https://www.amazon.c...87859626&sr=1-1 https://www.amazon.c...87859647&sr=1-1 Going across to Colditz early next year. Cant bloody wait. Yes, I'm a geek. Enjoyed Stalingrad and Dunkirk currently reading Berlin,at the same time I,m reading Stuart Mcbrides latest Logan Macrae,Dark Blood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scots civil war Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 British voices from the Irish war of independance by William Sheehan,very interesting first hand accounts of being a member of the armed forces of great britain,and engaging with the republican movement on irish soil 1918-1921..... Flowers of the Forest,Scotland and the Great War by Trevor Royle,superb examination of Scotlands huge contribution to the Great War 1914-18.well written book on the armed forces,industry,land mass and seas,politics and people etc excellently written books,would recomend to anyone who is fascinated by the ww1 period in history get em on amazon at knockdown n all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Elliott Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 A Snowball in Hell by Christopher Brookmyre..........again. Going to start this tonight. Are his books any good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobboM Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Going to start this tonight. Are his books any good? Really good. They are usually highly implausible but rollicking good tales told with a big dollop of humour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougal Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Recently finished The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett - thoroughly enjoyed it. Currently reading The Zero Hour by Joseph Finder - so far so good. Next on my list is Dark Matter by Phillip Kerr - only read The Shot by him, but it was excellent, so hoping this is also good. Plenty of authors to recommend Russell Andrews - Gideon especially Jeffrey Archer - surprisingly good author, recommend Kane and Abel Robert Crais - Elvis Cole series Lee Child - Jack Reacher series Harlan Coben - Myron Bolitar series Jeffrey Deaver - lots of good books especially the Lincoln Rhyme series Greg Iles - Quiet Game really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Struggling to get going on Empires and Barbarians so in between have read: - Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Possibly the most brutal book I have ever read. A supposed odyssey but to me an empty list of brutal adventures. - Crossing the Boundary by "Kevin Pieterson" - cheap rushed job after the 05 Ashes. Not very good. - Perspective and other Optical Illusions by Phoebe McNaughton. Nice little book with some classic illusions. Not much explanatory stuff but nice enough anyway. - The Bedroom Secrets of the Master Chefs by Irvine Welsh - Not very good, repetitive samey stuff. - My Love Affair With Borthwick Castle by Helen Bailey - know some of the people involved so a nice book. Next up is The Generation Game by David McWilliams. Pretty topical given current Irish economic woes. The Generation Game was pretty lightweight and read like an extended magazine article. There will no doubt be better books about what has happened to the Irish economy than that one. Have just finished Tough Guys Don't Dance by Norman Mailer. Awful attempt at a thriller - with no thrills. Next up is Shepherd's Delight by Tom Duncan. Farming stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Harry Palmer Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 50 pages into Bomber Boys.... Love it...can almost feel yourself wanting to join despite the danger 70yrs ago. The 'Coventrated' chapter probably added to the above feeling. Also have found some of it quite poignant.... eg death in the sky would be almost instant... A lot of these guys had been told about the Great War so had decided to steer clear of the Army. Highly recommended. (Along with Fighter Boys!) :santa4: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...a bit disco Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Blackwater-the rise of the worlds most powerful mercenary army by Jeremy Scahill. A great argument against privatisation! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sraman Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Keith Richards, Life. Naughty boys the lot of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I had to put this down after the first sex in the toilet part of the book.Started again on Tuesday and it really is a sad but brilliant read. Started Sacrifice by S J Bolton as well.So far so good with that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Coco Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 Have moved onto a doorstep of a book. Hirohito - and the Making of Modern Japan by Herbert Bix. Early days so far but seems to be a very detailed account of a very interesting historical figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Gosling Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I had to put this down after the first sex in the toilet part of the book.Started again on Tuesday and it really is a sad but brilliant read. There's some hardcore stuff but if you can past it, it's a great story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted December 10, 2010 Share Posted December 10, 2010 There's some hardcore stuff but if you can past it, it's a great story. I will more than likely skim through future parts,as you say though it is a brilliant story. I seem to be reading a lot of fiction by Scandanavian authors the last year.Wallender series by Mankell being another of my favourites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dusk_Till_Dawn Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Just finished the girl with the dragon tattoo and now reading the second one in the trilogy. Has to be said, I don't see what the fuss is about. They're not terrible books but they're not brilliant, and both of them could have been slashed by about 150 pages. The passage about her buying furniture from ikea was excruciating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flankengott Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Just finished D Day by Anthony Beevor. Great book for anyone into military history. Half way through The Thosand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet by David Mitchell-fantastically gripping , opening up a whole new world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benny Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Just finished the girl with the dragon tattoo and now reading the second one in the trilogy. Has to be said, I don't see what the fuss is about. They're not terrible books but they're not brilliant, and both of them could have been slashed by about 150 pages. The passage about her buying furniture from ikea was excruciating. A bit of fiction true to life then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flecktimus Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Looking for some ideas on what to read next. Currently reading Tony Blair's book. Nearly finished it, quite an interesting read especially the parts about N.Ireland, the formation of New Labour and Sept 11th. What's weird about it though is the way it reads is scarily similar to how a certain Shaun.Lawson writes on here! Anyway, any suggestions? Quite fancy something based on war. Legion of the Damned (Sven Hassel) then read the rest of his books About Sven Hassel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sven_Hassel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
...a bit disco Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Legion of the Damned (Sven Hassel) then read the rest of his books About Sven Hassel http://en.wikipedia....iki/Sven_Hassel Must have read every one of his books at least ten times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Palmer Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Stalingrad Ominous.... Berlin Same author....Antony Beevor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tazio Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Just reading my way through Apathy For The Devil, Nick Kent's autobiography of the 1970's. Good read for fans of music of that era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creepy Lurker Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I'm currently reading Napoleon: the Myth of the Saviour by Jean Tulard. Really, really good so far: managing to straddle the line between popular and academic history almost perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neave Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Just finished The Selfish Gene by Dawkins, as I fancied something a bit different. Starting Prestor John by John Buchan on the bus today, as I started reading it a few years ago and, to my shame, never finished it. Think I'll try the Dirty Havana book the_liquidator recommends - sounds right up my street. Dirty Havana was brilliant, by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kalamazoo Jambo Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Blindness, by Jose Saramago. About an unnamed European City hit by an epidemic of blindness. Early days but an interesting (if depressing) read so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ardwick1888 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Lancashire weather 1750 - 1992, it's one of them can't put downs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Roller Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 50 plus but tae be honest they're hanging off them and i really don't like the baggy look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Have read the following fairly recently, enjoyed them all. About 3 quarters of the way through...... Don't get me wrong, its a decent enough read bit have found the repetitiveness of the drug taking in the late 70's a bit heavy going at times. He has just got himself clean from the smack so hopefully it picks up a bit now. Reading is such a great thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I am still wading through Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan. It is heavy going, though at least Japan have now lost the War and nothing much else happens in his life I think Might get on to reading something a bit more enjoyable soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napoleon Wilson Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Im nearly finished "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris. Really enjoying it. Watched the films "Manhunter" and the 2003 "Red Dragon" loads of times, but had never read any of the novels. The book is like a combination of the two. On to Silence of the lambs next. Ebay is brilliant pick up the old paperbacks for bout 2 quid each. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moriarty Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Have got 50 quid in vouchers for Waterstones, so keep the posts on this thread coming - always nice to get some recommendations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Started the following this afternoon. It's real e mails between a guy in Dundee and scam folk who are trying to get money out of him. He ties them up in knots with the writing being very very funny. Only started it this afternoon - seriously funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Tarkin Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Java for dummies. Don't go there kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johanes de Silentio Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Im nearly finished "Red Dragon" by Thomas Harris. Really enjoying it. Watched the films "Manhunter" and the 2003 "Red Dragon" loads of times, but had never read any of the novels. The book is like a combination of the two. On to Silence of the lambs next. Ebay is brilliant pick up the old paperbacks for bout 2 quid each. All excellent, imo. Currently reading the new Keith Richards autobiography thing - it's good, even if he is constantly on about being hassled by the fuzz...when he is blatantly copping copius amounts of illegal substances! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Really not a big fan of sci fi but PKD is ******* brilliant. Ubik & Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep are two of my favourite books ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southside1874 Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Wilfred Owens Hibs are next for the cup is an excellent poem. Irvine Welshs' new book " The Scottish cup trilogies"... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Started reading the following last night. Very very powerful and incredibly moving. WW1 was a bloody slaughter on all sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Started reading the following last night. Very very powerful and incredibly moving. WW1 was a bloody slaughter on all sides. Had not heard of this before - looks very interesting. Finally have finished the Hirohito doorstop book. And am halfway through a christmas present - Inside the Box - My Life With Test Match Special by Peter Baxter. It's okay. Next up might be a Flashman book I've been saving the reading of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Chimp Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Dirty Havana was brilliant, by the way. Glad you enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trotter Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 just finished this: and this: both utterly, utterly brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Plissken Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Just started Empire of Silver by Conn Iggulden. I enjoyed the first three so I'm looking forward to getting stuck into this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Del1812 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 Keith Richards Autobiography. 80 pages in, so far so good and the RS haven't even gotten together yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Chimp Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Not what I'm reading now, although I have bought a copy to give to my girlfriend, but Jim Dodge's Not fade away and Stone Junction are two of my favourite books. Anyone who likes scuzzy Americana, lone souls on a beat trip across the States, Kerouac with a serving of rock n roll on the side should check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corstojohn Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Just finished the Millenium trilogy by Stieg Larsson and really enjoyed them. Have just started Buddah Da by Anne Donovan and it seems ok so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leginten Posted January 6, 2011 Share Posted January 6, 2011 Quasi-beat poets in 1970s Mexico and their diaspora. The atmosphere it evokes is somewhere between Kerouac and early Tom Wolfe. Starts brilliantly but is incredibly dense - not sure I'm going to make it to the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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