leginten Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Just finished reading these two, both of which are set in 1930s Lisbon as the Salazar dictatorship begins to take a grip. The Saramago novel is very literary and pretty hard going at times, but the Tabucchi book is an easy read and very engaging - I finished it in one three-hour session. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Just Finished "Brideshead Revisited" by Evelyn Waugh It's good but if you're in your twenties don't bother with it just yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Just finished this. Loved Fup by the same author, and this one has the same great characterisations and dialogue ... but a bit of a childish story ... Next up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonkeyKong Posted August 19, 2012 Share Posted August 19, 2012 Lord of the rings trillogy. I should be finished by october......2015. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Preferred the film Now reading this - very good so far ... Beefy has just beaten the Aussies at Headingley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Have just finished reading The Railway Man. The extremely powerful and emotional story of Eric Lomax. Born in Joppa and whisked away in his early twenties to fight in Singapore in WWII. Captured when the Allied forces surrendered after a matter of days, in what Churchill described as "largest capitulation in British history", the book tells of his life and torture in the POW camp while building the Burma-Siam railway, then his struggles to adapt back into everyday life and eventual meeting with one of his Japanese tortures. I'd highly recommend it to everyone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Generic Username Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Batman : Year One Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWM Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Sat up until stupid o clock on a school night reading the following. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
systemx Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Just finished Books 1 & 2 of Peter Mays Lewis Trilogy. Just started reading robin Jenkins The Cone Gatherers again Got new Brookmyre and Mina lined up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Draper Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Just finished this: Best book I've read in quite some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des' Dad Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 I've just discovered the author Ken Follett and his books are really informative and well written. Currently reading the first part of his "Century" trilogy called "Fall of Giants". Full of history, mystery and intrigue at the start of the 20th century and a very good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Just finished this: Best book I've read in quite some time. Have just bought this from Amazon based on your recommendation (and Wikipedia) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Just finished Books 1 & 2 of Peter Mays Lewis Trilogy. Just started reading robin Jenkins The Cone Gatherers again Got new Brookmyre and Mina lined up. I see a theatre version of this is coming to the Kings soon. I'm reading this ... ... fairly standard run through some behavioural economics stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Draper Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Have just bought this from Amazon based on your recommendation (and Wikipedia) Good stuff. Hopefully you enjoy it. There's a blurb on the back that calls it "a blend of Deadwood, Elmore Leonard and Laurel and Hardy's darker, more tragic twins", which sums it up better than I ever could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallfaces Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 2nd best Scottish band of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zico Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 Read Time's Arrow by Martin Amis on a recent flight. Very creative and well written - starts off quite funny before getting increasingly harrowing at the end. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambo_ Posted September 28, 2012 Share Posted September 28, 2012 (edited) Just finished this A few chapter in and really enjoying it... "Gary Neville is a red, he hates scousers" Get it here My link Edited September 28, 2012 by jambo_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I'm reading these two at the moment One is slightly gentler humour than the other ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Coco Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 2 amazing stories in this book ... the trip to find the Penguin eggs tramping uncharted territory in the pitch black of the Antartic winter - and then the story of the Pole attempt/effort to find Scott. I am fascinated by all the South Polar expedition books but that one is the best. I would love to go and visit Scott's hut at Cape Evans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 2 amazing stories in this book ... the trip to find the Penguin eggs tramping uncharted territory in the pitch black of the Antartic winter - and then the story of the Pole attempt/effort to find Scott. I am fascinated by all the South Polar expedition books but that one is the best. I would love to go and visit Scott's hut at Cape Evans. Really enjoying it so far. They have not even left their boat as yet and it sounds like a bloody nightmare navigating the sea's they are in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Really enjoying it so far. They have not even left their boat as yet and it sounds like a bloody nightmare navigating the sea's they are in! Just wait 'til you get to the penguin journey. It is incredible, unbelievable nearly impossible that they survived ... and then a couple of them set out to be second group at the South Pole a few months later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboX2 Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted October 7, 2012 Share Posted October 7, 2012 I want this thread to be made a sticky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Say What Again Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Have just finished reading The Railway Man. The extremely powerful and emotional story of Eric Lomax. Born in Joppa and whisked away in his early twenties to fight in Singapore in WWII. Captured when the Allied forces surrendered after a matter of days, in what Churchill described as "largest capitulation in British history", the book tells of his life and torture in the POW camp while building the Burma-Siam railway, then his struggles to adapt back into everyday life and eventual meeting with one of his Japanese tortures. I'd highly recommend it to everyone. Sadly, Eric Lomax passed away on Tuesday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamhammer Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Loving this buta bit worried about where it's going. Next up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted October 12, 2012 Share Posted October 12, 2012 Loving this buta bit worried about where it's going. Next up The others in the Lonesome Dove (trilogy or quadrilogy I forget) series are great too. Didn't enjoy No Country for Old Men but am now reading this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted October 13, 2012 Share Posted October 13, 2012 (edited) Good read so far. Have read a bit too many WW2 books and was starting to find they a bit going over the same old ground but have enjoyed the detail that this goes in to. Edited October 13, 2012 by Gigolo-Aunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambo_ Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted October 20, 2012 Share Posted October 20, 2012 Are there any films made of the Kursk battle? Maybe nobody could afford so many tanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 Just finished Books 1 & 2 of Peter Mays Lewis trilogy I've just started reading book 1 and it seems quite good so far. The best thing is with me living in lewis , I know everywhere they mention. I'm used to it about other parts of the country like when I read rebus books. But when they mention the bangla spice Indian restaraunt , I decided to phone them and order a scran. Also , when he mentions having lunch in the crown hotel and says it is busy , that's a lie. The place is a hole and is only any good near closing time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted October 21, 2012 Share Posted October 21, 2012 I've just started reading book 1 and it seems quite good so far. The best thing is with me living in lewis , I know everywhere they mention. I'm used to it about other parts of the country like when I read rebus books. But when they mention the bangla spice Indian restaraunt , I decided to phone them and order a scran. Also , when he mentions having lunch in the crown hotel and says it is busy , that's a lie. The place is a hole and is only any good near closing time Just realised that I'm reading the second book and not the first. Ah we'll , still enjoying it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Looking forward to this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ribble Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 Just started Wilbur Smith - Monsoon, second Hal Courney pirate adventure from Smith that I have read, really enjoyed the first and getting into the second even if everything is written in minute detail that is a bit unneccessary at times x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DG_HMFC Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Past Mortem (Ben Elton), I highy recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWM Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Was excellent. Picked up the whole Borders Trilogy in Fopp for ?6. Bargain even though I've not read the 2nd and 3rd parts yet. Now reading this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The People's Chimp Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Took Ian Banks' Transition away with me on holiday the other week, was a riproaring blast, half way between his standard work and his sci fi. Excellent, although it dipped in a few places, I thought it was very enjoyable, and quite an interesting concept. The "christian terrorist" stuff seemed a little laboured, although as an idea it has mileage, were an entire book to be framed around the exploration of those themes. I also finished George Orwell - coming up for air. Orwell's command of the English language is so impressive; I often find myself awestruck by his clarity, his writing, so stylish yet taut. A real pleasure, like a morning cigarette, or a late night cigar, something to treasure and drink in, letting the writing swirl around like the smoke from that cigar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 Not long since finished reading " the burglar who painted like Mondrian " by Lawrence block. It is 1 of a series and is quite different to any other detective type book I've read. The unwitting hero owns a second hand bookstore amd is a burglar in his spare time. Very witty but with a very clever storyline as well. It gets the superjack 2 thumbs up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamboron Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Reading McCraes Battalion for the 3rd time , downloaded onto my kindle due to giving paperback copies out twice & never getting them returned. It`s an excellent read and well worth reading for anyone who`s never read it before . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Just started reading Burmese days by George Orwell. Love 1984 & Animal farm so hope I get into this aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Found this an absolutely fascinating read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain America Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Found this an absolutely fascinating read. Have you read Young Stalin by the same guy? I really enjoyed that aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Cockade Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grumpy Posted November 14, 2012 Share Posted November 14, 2012 Have you read Young Stalin by the same guy? I really enjoyed that aswell. Not read it yet although I downloaded it onto the Kindle about 2 weeks ago. Really looking forward to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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