Books - What are you reading?
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bp1 said:
Recently started and just about finished Neal Ashers Cormac series.
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Line of Polity
Mr Brass
Polity Agent
Polity War
Good old fashioned Space Opera. About the only benefit of working away from home is being able to read as much as I like mid week without getting nagged
Finished Chasm City by Alistair Reynolds at the weekend - really good Space Opera writer - am now finishing the 5th book in the Serrano Legacy series by Elizabeth Moon - recommend you try those too.Gridlinked
Line of Polity
Mr Brass
Polity Agent
Polity War
Good old fashioned Space Opera. About the only benefit of working away from home is being able to read as much as I like mid week without getting nagged
For those who prefer non Sci-Fi, or those that just love a really engaging story, I highly recommend Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel. I never covered the Tudors at school, this has really filled in a few holes of my understanding and was one of those you can't put down.
snowy slopes said:
Glad i didnt pay more than a quid for it, havent started to read it yet, so will enjoy the naffness of it all later after the footie and a few beers.
Don't get me wrong, it's definitely worth a pound of anyone's money. It's an enjoyable read, in a "leave brain at the door and be prepared to suspend belief" kind of way. He writes like it's a scene direction for a film, and leaves the dialogue to a minimum.just found the "Flashman papers", where have they been all my life.... good light reading stuff, behind the flashman bravado is a fine author.
just read pat reids colditz escape story so back onto the war epics too.
have a sebastian faulks (on green dolphin street) on hte shelf next, then bradley wiggins autobiography....eclectic range....
just read pat reids colditz escape story so back onto the war epics too.
have a sebastian faulks (on green dolphin street) on hte shelf next, then bradley wiggins autobiography....eclectic range....
swerni said:
And Another Thing ...: Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three
It's taking some getting into but it's starting to get interesting.
Feels like the author is trying too hard to fill Douglas Adams shoes (not that he could)
I think it will turn into a good read
I had a look at that (was a huge Adams fan since I was about 10y.o.), but it got some shocking reviews on Amazon - "Adams-lite" seemed to be the consensus (all the old jokes, none of the intelligence and perception behind them, at the harsher end of the reviews).It's taking some getting into but it's starting to get interesting.
Feels like the author is trying too hard to fill Douglas Adams shoes (not that he could)
I think it will turn into a good read
Let me know what you think in the end...
I'm actually a really big fan of Matthew Reilly but I know exactly what aclivity means.
I have read almost all of his books and they are enjoyable and his writing style works well with my 'imaginitive brain' as he does write so fast-paced it plays like a film in my head. It's like Bad Boys or Die Hard in a book - brain-out but fun.
Once I've finished Exit Wound (McNab) I'm onto MR's latest - Five Greatest Warriors - the adventure sequel to his latest character, Jack West.
I've heard he's writing another Scarecrow book soon too...
I have read almost all of his books and they are enjoyable and his writing style works well with my 'imaginitive brain' as he does write so fast-paced it plays like a film in my head. It's like Bad Boys or Die Hard in a book - brain-out but fun.
Once I've finished Exit Wound (McNab) I'm onto MR's latest - Five Greatest Warriors - the adventure sequel to his latest character, Jack West.
I've heard he's writing another Scarecrow book soon too...
recently finished:
Ken Follet - The Pillars of The Earth & World Without End (the sequel, or maybe the next part of the trilogy?)
The Man Who Ate The World - Jay Rayner. Yes Claire's boy, the food writer for the Guardian/Observer...I love food writing almost as much as I love food.
Lottery - Patricia Wood, a bit similar to...The Dog in The Nighttime, but great in its own way
Currently in the middle of 'A Fraction of The Whole - Steve Toltz, which is a hoot, and Grotesque - Natsuo Kirino (in English translation form) which is not, and not as good, so far, as the last one of hers I read: Out, which I loved.
Also
Waiting in the wings are:
The First Casualty - Ben Elton which I hope is going to be good.
A Death in Tuscany - Michele Giuttari, which my sister gave me, saying it's not as good as the Donna Leon ones but worth reading anyway
Also dipping into FUBAR: Soldier Slang of WW2 - Gordon L Rottman
Ken Follet - The Pillars of The Earth & World Without End (the sequel, or maybe the next part of the trilogy?)
The Man Who Ate The World - Jay Rayner. Yes Claire's boy, the food writer for the Guardian/Observer...I love food writing almost as much as I love food.
Lottery - Patricia Wood, a bit similar to...The Dog in The Nighttime, but great in its own way
Currently in the middle of 'A Fraction of The Whole - Steve Toltz, which is a hoot, and Grotesque - Natsuo Kirino (in English translation form) which is not, and not as good, so far, as the last one of hers I read: Out, which I loved.
Also
Waiting in the wings are:
The First Casualty - Ben Elton which I hope is going to be good.
A Death in Tuscany - Michele Giuttari, which my sister gave me, saying it's not as good as the Donna Leon ones but worth reading anyway
Also dipping into FUBAR: Soldier Slang of WW2 - Gordon L Rottman
remedy said:
I'm actually a really big fan of Matthew Reilly but I know exactly what aclivity means.
I have read almost all of his books and they are enjoyable and his writing style works well with my 'imaginitive brain' as he does write so fast-paced it plays like a film in my head. It's like Bad Boys or Die Hard in a book - brain-out but fun.
Once I've finished Exit Wound (McNab) I'm onto MR's latest - Five Greatest Warriors - the adventure sequel to his latest character, Jack West.
I've heard he's writing another Scarecrow book soon too...
Matthew Reilly has a vivid imagination! The books are entertaining, but somewhat far fetched.I have read almost all of his books and they are enjoyable and his writing style works well with my 'imaginitive brain' as he does write so fast-paced it plays like a film in my head. It's like Bad Boys or Die Hard in a book - brain-out but fun.
Once I've finished Exit Wound (McNab) I'm onto MR's latest - Five Greatest Warriors - the adventure sequel to his latest character, Jack West.
I've heard he's writing another Scarecrow book soon too...
For the sci-fi fans i have just finished Debateable space by erm, sorry i cant find the book.
Also reading Black Eyes and Blue Blood by Norman Johnson, its a pretty good gangster biopic.
Also reading QI Book of general ignorance, which is as expected.
The Corner by Ed Burns and David Simon its exactly the same as the Wire. Fantastic so far.
Generation Kill, second time through. Also fantastic. Its the book of the mini series http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995832/
Also recently finished the Peter Hamiltons 'Commonwealth Saga' Which again was top notch.
Also a short book called 'Dont tell my mum i work on the rigs, she thinks i'm a piano player in a w
e house' By a chap called Paul Carter, which is properly laugh out loud funny.Pothole said:
Art_Vandelay said:
Day of the Triffids for me.
Also recently read "Jellyman's thrown a wobbly" by Jeff Stelling - hugely entertaining and insightful.
does it have...annoying gaps in the sentences...in the same..way as he does...when he's on S...ky?Also recently read "Jellyman's thrown a wobbly" by Jeff Stelling - hugely entertaining and insightful.
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