Books - What are you reading?
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ApexJimi said:
Don said:
ApexJimi said:
As for the Twilight shyte, jaysus. How any adult can read this angst-ridden pish is beyond me.
Try "Let The Right One In" for an excellent, modern take on a Vampire story.ErnestM
ErnestM said:
ApexJimi said:
Don said:
ApexJimi said:
As for the Twilight shyte, jaysus. How any adult can read this angst-ridden pish is beyond me.
Try "Let The Right One In" for an excellent, modern take on a Vampire story.ErnestM
http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/k/raymond-khoury...
and Stirling Moss - Eighty cars for Eighty years
and Stirling Moss - Eighty cars for Eighty years
I'd like to resurrect this one if I might. I've just finished reading 'Berlin' by Antony Beevor for the second time.
What a bloody cracking read that is. Finished it in 2 weeks which is quite good for me. I loved it. Full of the desperation that the German Army and Berlin citizens had dragged themselves into and the pain being inflicted on them by the murderous whirlwind that was the Red Army. It is quite simply spectacular and at times quite surreal.
It just seemed so hard to put down, I was gripped.
I'd like to draw your attention to the content if I might:
In the Schultheiss brewery that morning, a young Luftwaffe flak helper asked what was going on when he heard shots. "Come round to the back" a commrade said to him. "The SS are shooting themselves...you have to watch".
Recommended.
What a bloody cracking read that is. Finished it in 2 weeks which is quite good for me. I loved it. Full of the desperation that the German Army and Berlin citizens had dragged themselves into and the pain being inflicted on them by the murderous whirlwind that was the Red Army. It is quite simply spectacular and at times quite surreal.
It just seemed so hard to put down, I was gripped.
I'd like to draw your attention to the content if I might:
In the Schultheiss brewery that morning, a young Luftwaffe flak helper asked what was going on when he heard shots. "Come round to the back" a commrade said to him. "The SS are shooting themselves...you have to watch".
Recommended.
"The Pope's Children" - by David McWilliams. Written in 2005/6, it looks at the overheated state of the Irish economy at the time and tries to predict when it was all going to go pop. Very perceptive.
"Swordfish" - by David Wragg. Th3e story of the Fleet Air Arm's raid on the Italian fleet at Taranto.
"An Ordinary Soldier" by Doug Beattie. An Irish soldier's (Royal Irish Rangers) account of his experiences in Afghanistan.
"Swordfish" - by David Wragg. Th3e story of the Fleet Air Arm's raid on the Italian fleet at Taranto.
"An Ordinary Soldier" by Doug Beattie. An Irish soldier's (Royal Irish Rangers) account of his experiences in Afghanistan.
I'm now reading 'And Another Thing...', the sixth installment of the Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy series. I was a huge fan of Douglas Adams and was a little adament about buying this book but I though it only right to give it a chance.
I'm up to chapter 5 now and I can say that although it is definitely not an Adams book, Eoin Colfer has actually done a good job. I'm enjoying it a lot.
If you liked the first five parts of the trilogy, I think you should give this one a chance.
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I'm up to chapter 5 now and I can say that although it is definitely not an Adams book, Eoin Colfer has actually done a good job. I'm enjoying it a lot.
If you liked the first five parts of the trilogy, I think you should give this one a chance.
Edited to add pic of book:
Edited by bob1179 on Wednesday 4th November 07:26
Just finished The Diceman, by Luke Rhinehart, which I very much enjoyed. Reading Tall Stories, by Tom Holt at the moment, which is funny in places but I'm getting very sick of now.
Yesterday I got a copy of Traveler's Tales, Thailand which I'm excited about. I read the Hong Kong one and really enjoyed it. If you like travel writing the Traveler's Tales books are well worth reading. A collection of essays about different aspects of the country, and some useful travel information too, but without the irritating t
ttishness of Lonely Tosser Planet type books.
Yesterday I got a copy of Traveler's Tales, Thailand which I'm excited about. I read the Hong Kong one and really enjoyed it. If you like travel writing the Traveler's Tales books are well worth reading. A collection of essays about different aspects of the country, and some useful travel information too, but without the irritating t
ttishness of Lonely ErnestM said:
ApexJimi said:
Have you read The Historian, Ernest / Rich / Don?
On my list...ErnestM
At the mo i'm reading The Lighthouse (PD James) and A Peoples Tragedy (Orlando Figes)Just finished Fire Ice by Clive Cussler, love his books.
theironduke said:
ErnestM said:
ApexJimi said:
Have you read The Historian, Ernest / Rich / Don?
On my list...ErnestM
At the mo i'm reading The Lighthouse (PD James) and A Peoples Tragedy (Orlando Figes)Just finished Fire Ice by Clive Cussler, love his books.
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