tian447 Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 I tried reading those. Struggled through the first one, but it just seemed like the biggest pile of self-indulgent pish I'd ever read. Gave up when the entire second book seemed to be Roland fighting a crab/meeting people from our world (out of all the supposed millions). I've heard Stephen King writes himself into the story as well. Not for me, thanks. Haha he does write himself in but he also kills himself off fairly promptly, meaning he doesn't have much of a part to play, other than to say that all the worlds are linked, and characters from his book can exist on "other levels of the Tower" I'm not quite sure how you get self indulgent pish from the books to be honest. I think they're an amazing collaboration of tales of multiple characters working together towards a common goal, and it's very well written. Roland is the man too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Anyone else read Stephen leathers jack nightingale series? Currently on book 2 of 5. A gripping read, involves the supernatural. Not his usual hard man cop/SAS trooper type of book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWM Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohsw8bmpTyM&feature=youtu.be&app=desktop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Recently read this Kinks book which was very good. Strange dynamics within the band. Ray Davies does not come out of it the best to be honest. About half way through "The Wolf of Wall Street". A complete and utter ###### but cant help rooting for him in a way. Very funny read it has to be said - really enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will-i-am-a-jambo Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Just finished Crime and Punishment as I thought it be one that should be read, jeez it took me about 2months to read admittedly I don't read everyday but it was hard work, not exactly a page turner but interesting to read something about tough times in pre-revolution Russia. Now reading Never Somewhere Else by Alex Gray and its a bit easier thankfully! I'm about a third of the way through after about 4 days (I only read for about half an hour on the bus home from work). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tian447 Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 I'm on the 7th book (of 7) of The Dark Tower series by Stephen King. The whole journey has been an absolute ######. And I mean that in a ******* good way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfstar Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 My missus reads all the wilbur smith books and I just got her the new one desert god (book 5 in a series). Has anyone read his books, they any good? I always thought they were chick books but apparently not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Villiers Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 (edited) Might give this a try, About a man who buys a stack of the old adventure books from ebay, (Turn to page whatever if you want to attack the monster, Turn to page blah to run away etc). Finds a load of notes scribbled in them from the previous owner, a troubled, bullied kid - Stole money from parents, bought airline ticket, ran away to Scotland. Saturday - detention x2. Left school with intention to kill myself. Drugs... Guns? Edited September 27, 2014 by Inspector Villiers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Just finished "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston, about the origins and incidents involving the Ebola virus. Pretty good. Now on to "Provided You Don't Kiss Me: 20 Years With Brian Clough" by Duncan Hamilton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 I finally got round to reading Porno. Thought it was really good with a few funny moments. Not sure if a film of it will work though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo Hud316 Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Craig Bellamy autobiography - Goodfella Been really good so far,just at the point where he has left Celtic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will-i-am-a-jambo Posted September 27, 2014 Share Posted September 27, 2014 Tian447: Sorry to go off topic but I noticed the name above your avatar, have you been to Moscow per chance? That looks like a name from one of the underground stations if I'm not mistaken? Cheers Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tian447 Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Tian447: Sorry to go off topic but I noticed the name above your avatar, have you been to Moscow per chance? That looks like a name from one of the underground stations if I'm not mistaken? Cheers Will I haven't, sorry! It actually just says "Impossible!" in Russian. It's pronounced a little bit like Neh-voz-moh-j-noh if you care Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haken Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Don't know why it's taken me so long to take this off the bookshelf. Have just started this: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Enjoying this so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Starting this later on. Have always had a interest in this topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
269miles Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 I've got two on the go - I Am Pilgrim (fantastic reviews on the cover but a load of simplistic crap IMO) The Angel's Game - Carlos Ruiz Zafon. A fantastic read and a prequel for the also fantastic The Shadow of the Wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamhammer Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Enjoying it but getting annoyed when it chops and changes between characters stories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Gin Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Just finished "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston, about the origins and incidents involving the Ebola virus. Pretty good. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-29437070 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
will-i-am-a-jambo Posted September 30, 2014 Share Posted September 30, 2014 Tian447: No worries just thought I'd ask, was in Moscow about 3 years ago and there was an underground station with a very similar name, I took a pic of it as it reminded me of the hobos although lord knows why I' d want to remember those scumbags! Haken: enjoy Papillion, good story, there's also the film starring Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman which is well worth a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy McNulty Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 A while since I have read a really good book. The last few I downloaded for the e-reader I got 3/4 through and stopped reading. Just wasn't into them. Will check out a few on this thread. E-books from the library, so low risk and won't cost me if they are crap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haken Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Haken: enjoy Papillion, good story, there's also the film starring Steve McQueen & Dustin Hoffman which is well worth a look! Ship's just arrived in French Guiana. Thouroughly enjoying it so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disser Pointon Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Anyone else read Stephen leathers jack nightingale series? Currently on book 2 of 5. A gripping read, involves the supernatural. Not his usual hard man cop/SAS trooper type of book. I've read all of those, right up my street, love a bit of supernatural crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Crutchfield Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Perfidia by James Ellroy. 200 pages in and the pace is picking up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ortarkod Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Pride and Prejudice. It's ******* great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Enjoying this so far. Really enjoyed that one. Next up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomstick Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Currently working through the Common Weal book. Only a penny from here: http://allofusfirst.bigcartel.com/product/e-book-common-weal-practical-idealism-for-scotland Rattled Through Slaying the Badger by Richard Moore which talks about the 1986 Tour de France and the rivalry between Bernard Hinault and Greg Lemond. http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/editions/slaying-the-badger-lemond-hinault-and-the-greatest-ever-tour-de-france/9780224099868 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Coco Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Really enjoyed that one. Next up Have enjoyed all of Overy's books I've read so far, just bought the Bombing War. He has such a mastery of the detail. Had not realised just how much the various States had shifted their positions prior to the War. Next up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Cockade Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 (edited) re reading after a few years Edited October 19, 2014 by The White Cockade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 About half way through the below. Watched a doco on it a few months back and its a really interesting mystery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 Now reading the first law by Joe Abercrombie. Really enjoying it, probably me favourite book since reading the far seer trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWM Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ray Gin Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Just finished this. A good read: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Quick dash through this. Badly written (as all these sorts of books seem to be) as a stream of consciousness, but gentler than the media fuss over it. Just started this ... disagree with most of the premise in the introduction (that the crash shows markets don't work - as if prices can only go up - and that in some way banning slavery shows that labour can't be 'marketised') - but should be an interesting read anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennedy Bakircioglu Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Got a ten hour train journey ahead. Can anyone recommend something good on Audible? Not an autobiography or anything too sciencey but anything else is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gigolo-Aunt Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Almost finished the below which is a book on the American Intelligence agencies history of sending out miss information on UFO's as well as infiltrating the UFO community. Its an excellent read and more interesting than you would think it would be. Its also at times very very funny and extremely well written. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Gordons Gloves Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) I've recently read this. Totally unlike his other books and is actually quite chilling in some aspects. Very good read though. Once i read that i went onto the following: Really enjoyable read, he comes across as a pretty down to earth guy, is incredibly humble and his last line was excellent imo. Now i'm reading this. Now, forget the fact that he's a hibbee, he's actually written some very good books in his time (Trainspotting, Glue, Porno, Filth) but this is shite, grade a shite. I'm going to finish it - because i don't like to waste money but really, it's chronic. Someone mentioned Wilbur Smith above - i've read many of his books mainly as they're easy reads but it's quite clear he's sexist, misogynistic racist (in the sense he longs for the days of the empire) and has clear repressed homosexual leanings. Edited October 27, 2014 by Craig Gordons Gloves Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JALBO Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Just finished this. A good read: Great book - loved reading this on holiday a year or two back. Just finished Frederick Forsyth's 'The Cobra' (excellent) and John Grisham's Calico Joe (patience required, ultimately a good read). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Coco Posted November 3, 2014 Share Posted November 3, 2014 Thought this was an amazing book. Had previously no idea of how open the Nuremberg defendants were to interrogation prior to indictment. Fascinating history. Just started this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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269miles Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Still reading The Brothers by Joseph Kinzer. Absolutely fascinating story of John Foster Dulles and his brother Alan. How they made millions out of using American foreign policy for personal gain and how they cranked up the Cold War. Every page is a school day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tazio Posted November 7, 2014 Share Posted November 7, 2014 I've just started the second book of Danny Baker's autobiography. Whatever you think of him he writes well and the first was a great look at growing up in 1970's Britain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroonblood22 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Thought I'd jump on to this thread for some recommendations from you chaps...I genuinely don't think I've read a full book since I was at school! My little girl has just finished reading Hunger Games (kids version obvs) this week and seeing just how engaged she was with it really made me wish I could feel the same about a book, but I honestly don't know where to start. I know it all comes down to 'what you're into' but I've bought so many different genres over the years yet never got past 10 pages for whatever reason. So can I get some recommendations for something that might be a good starting point? Cheers in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ortarkod Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Thought I'd jump on to this thread for some recommendations from you chaps...I genuinely don't think I've read a full book since I was at school! My little girl has just finished reading Hunger Games (kids version obvs) this week and seeing just how engaged she was with it really made me wish I could feel the same about a book, but I honestly don't know where to start. I know it all comes down to 'what you're into' but I've bought so many different genres over the years yet never got past 10 pages for whatever reason. So can I get some recommendations for something that might be a good starting point? Cheers in advance There isn't a 'kids' version of the Hunger Games... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superjack Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 Thought I'd jump on to this thread for some recommendations from you chaps...I genuinely don't think I've read a full book since I was at school! My little girl has just finished reading Hunger Games (kids version obvs) this week and seeing just how engaged she was with it really made me wish I could feel the same about a book, but I honestly don't know where to start. I know it all comes down to 'what you're into' but I've bought so many different genres over the years yet never got past 10 pages for whatever reason. So can I get some recommendations for something that might be a good starting point? Cheers in advance I would suggest starting off with a rebus book. What I love about them, is that I know all the places mentioned in the books. Also, the stories are really good and have you trying to work out who it is until near the end. The books generally aren't too long either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroonblood22 Posted November 9, 2014 Share Posted November 9, 2014 There isn't a 'kids' version of the Hunger Games... Thanks for your input Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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