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havoc said:
Just about to start Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut...finally got around to getting a couple of his books.
Also got "The Terror" on the shelf to read next by Dan Simmons - fictionalised account of the lost Franklin expedition to Antarctica.
I loved Slaughterhouse 5 - wonderful book.Also got "The Terror" on the shelf to read next by Dan Simmons - fictionalised account of the lost Franklin expedition to Antarctica.
Currently reading Ultimatum by Matthew Glass. An average read at best so far and if it wasn't for my rule of finishing anything I start I'd have left it a long time ago, the John Grisham I picked up at the same time was far better. Oh well it'll teach me for picking up books at the airport when bored and not really checking their content.
Just finished "The Ice Man" - The true life story a very infamous Mafia hitman throughout the '70's & '80's
Book blurb says;
Top Mafia hit man, and doting father, for 30 years, Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life beyond anything ever seen on "The Sopranos", becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighbourhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. Kuklinski was Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano, John Gotti hired him to kill his neighbour and he was also intimately involved in the killing of Jimmy Hoffa. He conducted this sadistic business with cold-hearted intensity, never disappointing his customers. For an additional price, he would make his victims suffer. By his own estimate, he killed over 200 men, taking enormous pride in his cunning and the ferocity of his technique. The "Ice Man" is a blood-chilling insight into the mind of one of the world's most prolific contract killers.
Schamlex blurb says:
He is one stone hearted b
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Book blurb says;
Top Mafia hit man, and doting father, for 30 years, Richard 'the Ice Man' Kuklinski led a double life beyond anything ever seen on "The Sopranos", becoming one of the most notorious professional assassins in American history while hosting neighbourhood barbecues in suburban New Jersey. Kuklinski was Sammy 'the Bull' Gravano's partner in the killing of Paul Castellano, John Gotti hired him to kill his neighbour and he was also intimately involved in the killing of Jimmy Hoffa. He conducted this sadistic business with cold-hearted intensity, never disappointing his customers. For an additional price, he would make his victims suffer. By his own estimate, he killed over 200 men, taking enormous pride in his cunning and the ferocity of his technique. The "Ice Man" is a blood-chilling insight into the mind of one of the world's most prolific contract killers.
Schamlex blurb says:
He is one stone hearted b
dIm reading Escobar (I think thats what its called), about the famous drug trafficing guy.
Just finished reading a true story about the guy (and his 2 brothers and baby sister) who got taken into 'care' on the channel islands and wound up getting serially abused for the whole of their childhood (cant remember the title right now, but a simple book with a harrowing undertone).
And for some light relief I now have Clarksons latest offering.
Got Frankie Boyles book sitting waiting on standby too.
Just finished reading a true story about the guy (and his 2 brothers and baby sister) who got taken into 'care' on the channel islands and wound up getting serially abused for the whole of their childhood (cant remember the title right now, but a simple book with a harrowing undertone).
And for some light relief I now have Clarksons latest offering.
Got Frankie Boyles book sitting waiting on standby too.
st_files said:
havoc said:
Just about to start Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut...finally got around to getting a couple of his books.
Also got "The Terror" on the shelf to read next by Dan Simmons - fictionalised account of the lost Franklin expedition to Antarctica.
I loved Slaughterhouse 5 - wonderful book.Also got "The Terror" on the shelf to read next by Dan Simmons - fictionalised account of the lost Franklin expedition to Antarctica.
snowy slopes said:
Just bought a cheap book from asda to read, as i have a lot of spare time on my hands,its by the australian author Matthew Reilly, and its called Scarecrow. Any one read it yet?
No, but i've read Michael Connelly's The Scarecrow. Does that count?Also read Nine Dragons by him which was okay.
Edited by soad on Wednesday 27th January 17:41
aclivity said:
st_files said:
havoc said:
Just about to start Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut...finally got around to getting a couple of his books.
Also got "The Terror" on the shelf to read next by Dan Simmons - fictionalised account of the lost Franklin expedition to Antarctica.
I loved Slaughterhouse 5 - wonderful book.Also got "The Terror" on the shelf to read next by Dan Simmons - fictionalised account of the lost Franklin expedition to Antarctica.
snowy slopes said:
Just bought a cheap book from asda to read, as i have a lot of spare time on my hands,its by the australian author Matthew Reilly, and its called Scarecrow. Any one read it yet?
Oh yes, I have become quite a fan of Mr. Reillys books recently. I bought Scarecrow from Asda as well, a whole pound spent on it. I was given many of his other books, and I have happily been able to pass them on to other They go beyond awful to a rare place where bad starts to curve around to "good, but in an ironic way that is really a guilty pleasure". Reading MR's books makes you realise that the 4th Indiana Jones film was actually quite believable, and the Star Wars "Prequel Trilogy" were actually quite valuable additions to the franchise. Read enough of them and I suspect the war in Iraq may come to seem like a good idea.
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