Feel (Robbie Williams bio) by Chris Heath
Next on list: The Broker - John Grisham.
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Feel (Robbie Williams bio) by Chris Heath
Next on list: The Broker - John Grisham.
Dracula - Bram Stoker
next: Our Mutual Friend - Charles Dickens
this is what happens when you ask your English studying friends for books...never knew Bram Stoker was a Maths grad though!
Just re-read some of my terry pratchett books
In between books atm, I am a compulsive reader and get through books very very quickly so I tend to buy them from charity shops as it just too damn expensive otherwise.
My next purchase will probably be the next Harry Potter book.
Ohh and I like Lee Child books as well, and David Gemmell.....oooh and Tolkien.
Currently reading:
No Second Chance - Harlan Coben
The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
However it takes me ages to get through a book cos I dont generally get much free time and study is going to be taking priority over everything again soon!
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Originally Posted by Zak33
i read the first half of it and couldnt carry on reading... for me it sucked bad... maybe one day ill get ound to finishing it.
currently reading -
reading under control (uni)
MIS (again for uni)
Wired Life Who are we in the digital age? (another uni)
Teaching Foundation Stage (more uni)
to be read -
want to read frank skinners autobiog again
and ricky tomlinsons autobiog again**
I read Birdsong a while back and found it the same as Zak. On the other hand I can't read Tom Clancy's Netforce and Op Centre books as I find them comic book. Yet his 'life of Ryan' (for want of a better phrase) series of books have been collected and read repeatedly.
Has anyone read any books by Robert Harris? Enigma, Fatherland....etc? I can't make my mind up if I like the way he ends, or rather doesn't end, his books. He kinda leaves you in mid air. Good books though.
reading Black House by Stephen King atm
reading: the davinci code - dan brown
will be reading next: no fookin idea :S
Currently have a few books on the go.
Legacy, a warhammer 40K book by Matthew Farrer. Published by the black library, a good source for new scifi / fantasy.
Waylander by David Gemmel, re reading for about the 10th time. My fav fantasy author.
And a variety of Asimov short stories and foundation books.
Next thing to read, probably re-read Stalingrad next
I tend to have a few books dotted around that I read, normally read for an hour or two every day.
Reading: The Bourne Supremacy
Will Be Reading: Whatever i pick up from the charidee shop that catches my eye
:)
I get mine out of the charity shop's bin for free:). Ridiculously, I managed to have a Tom Sharpe book on the go for about five months, I just kept finding new ones every couple of weeks. Right now I have a nice copy of the latest Wilt book which I've been meaning to start (my wife gave it to me for Christmas).Quote:
Originally Posted by mgh0
I used to read books on the train to and from work, I've been meaning to get back into the habit. It's a good time to read, but unfortunately if you're reading something like Birdsong (which I did a couple of years ago) it can be a bit embarassing bawling your eyes out on a packed train:o.
A few of my favourite books are:
Red Storm Rising as already recommended, Tom Clancy's later books are increasingly gung-ho right wing nonsense, but RSR is amazing once it gets going.
Pretty much any Tom Sharpe book, especially the Wilt series.
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro; it's written in a curiously stilted style and it feels a bit remote, but the ending made me cry so much I could hardly see the page.
Rich :¬)
Tolkien is pants:
Just finished reading The Gormenghast Trilogy - Mervin Peake and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep - Philip K. Dick.
Currently Reading The War of the Worlds - I assume you know who wrote that.
I have 4 books lined up next, either Emphyrio by Jack Vance, Stand on Zanzibar - John Brunner, I Am Legend - Richard Matheson or Last and First Men - Olaf Stapledon
Currently nearing the end of the entire Bourne trilogy.. just getting into the meat of the Ultimatum... then I HAVE to read Catch 22, as I've had it fro 6 months and it's not seen light of day :( then I got all sorts lined up, Berlin '44... loads about the war I got for christmas, Darwin's Children by Greg Bear... follow up to Darwin's Radio I presume.. and loads of other ones I'll probably end up buying before too long....
May the Lord have mercy on your soul.Quote:
Originally Posted by yamangman
This Da Vinci code then... what's it all about? Good book?
It's overly dull, overly boring, overly long and overly repetitive trite waffle. I Am Legend is 10 times the book any Tolkien 'masterpiece' is in one thirtieth the size.
:)
catch 22 is another one of these suposedly \'great books\' but i couldnt get past the 2nd chapter, a great book should force you to keep reading untill you finish... catch 22 wasnt one of those for meQuote:
Originally Posted by Tumble