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BigBen
6,604 posts
100 months
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Ian Rankin - Doors Closed
just finished the big sleep by Raymond Chandler
Ben
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Malx
732 posts
74 months
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"Lord of the Flies" for me.
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Galileo
2,659 posts
88 months
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cottonfoo said: Speaker for the Dead. I hope you read "Enders Game" first?
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stifler
34,211 posts
58 months
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Shaw Tarse said: Bond. James Bond! & I've realised Mr Flemming may not be PC  Not saying its ok, but he told a very good story! I'm reading the fleming/bond comparison book that goes with the exhibition that was at the imperial war mueseum last year. A very interesting read. Btw would it be pants to have a ph book club?
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dmitsi
2,805 posts
90 months
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Still reading 'Infinite Jest' by David Foster Wallace
Also about half way through 'The Book Thief' by Markus Zusak
First one is taking ages due to random styles it is written in, very entertaining though, and seems worth the effort. The Book Thief has taken me a few sessions to read about 3/4's of it. Nice book, fairly simple, but with some deep insight into a family caught up in Nazi Germany, narrated by Death, it's fairly well written, if a little simple at times.
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Silent_Assassin
181 posts
54 months
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Criminology - Tim Newburn
Textbook on Criminology - K Williams
Mapping Murder - David Canter
Forensic Computing - Sammes & Jenkinson
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hairykrishna
8,998 posts
73 months
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Blood Meridian by Cormac Mccarthy. It's a bit grim but very good.
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robinhood21
15,035 posts
102 months
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Joint Force Harrier by Commander Ade Orchard RN.
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snowy slopes
27,641 posts
57 months
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robinhood21 said: Joint Force Harrier by Commander Ade Orchard RN. Just finished this, was an excellent book. Currently reading making money by terry pratchett, damn that guy is funny!
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Mark A S
654 posts
58 months
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SPITFIRE Portrait of a Legend, by Leo McKinstry, a great Xmas pressy!
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cottonfoo
4,250 posts
80 months
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Galileo said: I hope you read "Enders Game" first? Of course 
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ukwill
Original Poster
7,257 posts
77 months
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Silent_Assassin said: Criminology - Tim Newburn
Textbook on Criminology - K Williams
Mapping Murder - David Canter
Forensic Computing - Sammes & Jenkinson Bet you're a CSI fan 
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Silent_Assassin
181 posts
54 months
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ukwill said: Silent_Assassin said: Criminology - Tim Newburn
Textbook on Criminology - K Williams
Mapping Murder - David Canter
Forensic Computing - Sammes & Jenkinson Bet you're a CSI fan Lol....fortunately not.. I am a criminology student who understands that CSI is complete b  ks... I wish people knew what it was really like. You should see some of the newbies when they first discover that you don't wear sunglasses, and you have to deal with blood and guts...and whatever else goes with it...
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Don
25,709 posts
154 months
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I'm reading "The Steel Remains" by Richard Morgan at the moment. Very, very good. British author - so it's much easier to read than some. I will then move on to the new one from Ian C Esslemont: Return of the Crimson Guard.
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Steamer
8,875 posts
83 months
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V8mate said: Wetlands. Legitimate literature about a (good filthy) filthy German bird  Right - I'm sold on that one. I recently picked a few non-starters to take on holiday with me: A spot of bother  From the same author as 'curious incident of the dark in the darkness'... which I enjoyed - but this one just isnt kicking in yet. and Blink  But thats not hitting the spot either.
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cs02rm0
9,465 posts
61 months
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Bad Science. The entry barrier's a bit low for a science book, but it'd make my life easier if the missus would read it.
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ukwill
Original Poster
7,257 posts
77 months
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Silent_Assassin said: ukwill said: Silent_Assassin said: Criminology - Tim Newburn
Textbook on Criminology - K Williams
Mapping Murder - David Canter
Forensic Computing - Sammes & Jenkinson Bet you're a CSI fan Lol....fortunately not.. I am a criminology student who understands that CSI is complete b ks... I wish people knew what it was really like. You should see some of the newbies when they first discover that you don't wear sunglasses, and you have to deal with blood and guts...and whatever else goes with it... Whaaaaat? Y-yo-you mean it's not real? Don't say it ain't real. Puhleeeeeese. They always get their guy. A bloke I know has been a "forensics" guy in the Police for donkeys. Sometimes he would regale us with the odd story. Until we pleaded with him not to. It takes a certain sort if you ask me.
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aclivity
3,544 posts
58 months
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LMC said: I'm partway through Robert Ludlum's Bourne Trilogy. There's enough detail to make a dozen movies. but curiously they made some other movies that used the same titles but shared very little of the excellent storylines? D is for delta and Charlie is for Cane etc. Anyway, I'm reading The Silent World of J.Y. Cousteau, I bought it from an eBay seller ages ago, as I'm hoping to get back into scuba this year I thought I should read up. I'm constantly amazed that he didn't die horribly on each dive, as by modern standards the dives are suicidal. Also reading (another eBay purchase) "The Day I Died" by Mark Kahn. It's a bit grim - a history of motor sports deaths. I thought it was a story of the '72 le Mans crash.
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bint
4,246 posts
94 months
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Don said: I'm reading "The Steel Remains" by Richard Morgan at the moment. Very, very good. British author - so it's much easier to read than some. I will then move on to the new one from Ian C Esslemont: Return of the Crimson Guard. Recently finished that. Certainly a lot different to his other stuff which I enjoy. Then decided to read another of his, The Black Man which I finished yesterday twere alright but nowt special. Now reading The Difference Engine by William Gibson - always avoided it as I had expected it to be a bit too hardcore for me - pleasantly surprised and highly recommending it so far. Oh and must mention a recent surprise read, picked up in an airport a couple of weeks ago - The Gargoyle. It's a Richard and Judy bookclub recommendation and really rather harrowing.
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Brian Fantana
205 posts
55 months
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I'm reading "1984" at home. My old English teacher kept recommending me this throughout my 6th form years & only now I've got around to it. I know everyone who reads it says it's scary how you can see "Big Brother" happening - especially with the Tories doctoring info to make Cameron look correct.....but it's scary how you can see "Big Brother" happening - especially with the Tories doctoring info to make Cameron look correct!! In work I've just started reading "In cold Blood" By Truman Capote. Not sure what to really expect from it, but so far so good!!
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