What are you reading at the moment?

[mrsjdtobe]

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.

[Parrot]

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.

You know how to have fun :rolleyes:

Im on Razzle issue 3022 bishop:

[tony d]

Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks...

[claretandamberpigeon87]

Heat Magazine :(
I'm a literature student so reading is like a busman's holiday but I'm reading Catcher in the Rye for my course.

Is Birdsong a good read?

[mrsjdtobe]

lol at Heat magazine! Don't know how you can be bothered!

I should probably read some classical books but I am following this thread of interest I seem to have at the moment.

[tony d]

Heat Magazine :(
I'm a literature student so reading is like a busman's holiday but I'm reading Catcher in the Rye for my course.

Is Birdsong a good read?

Its ok..Only half way through it. Bit . Catcher in the Rye is a very boring overated book..#

Read it a few years ago and was amazed how poor it was...Must be all the conspiracy theories attached to it....

[Yeadon Bantam]

I canny read :(

I have ADHD so my attention span doesnt last that long :(

[mrsjdtobe]

Not surprised, you canny write either. :D

[Yeadon Bantam]

i CANNY be arsed writing properley on my laptop

[Rambo]

The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid.

Chris Moyles: The Difficult Second Book

[panther]

I have to say, I don't read books, unless I am on holiday, when I do like to take one or two with me, I have far too much reading to do during the working day!

- soooooo any suggestions for taking away this year would be appreciated.. tup:

[mrsjdtobe]

Panth, reading for pleasure is different from reading for purpose.

The History of Tractors in Ukranian was a good read and came on holiday with me last year. Jonny says the second book to it is also worth reading. They are light hearted and not too heavy.

Depends what you are in to. I sometimes go through phases of wanting murder/detective/intrigue and enjoyed PJ Tracy's novels - think there's 4.

[panther]

Easy reading only on hols - one with plenty of lighthearted laughs will be good..

[mrsjdtobe]

The tractors one then.

[Parrot]

"I've got a brand new combined harvester" by the Wurzels is a hoot too! :rolleyes:

[Gary1975]

Daily Star ;)

[mrsjdtobe]

P, it actually has very little to do with tractors! tup:

[Dr Wisey]

I find it hard to read any books - damm the internet :-)

[mrsjdtobe]

It's probably because you haven't found one that really captures your interest. I was the same a few months ago but since finding books I enjoyed, I would miss not reading.

[Parrot]

P, it actually has very little to do with tractors! tup:

Really? :rolleyes:

I better cancel that order then, always wanted to drive a tractor when i was a kid. :)

[matnab]

I should probably read some classical books but I am following this thread of interest I seem to have at the moment.

Try The Trial by Kafka. It should put you off reading any author considered a classic!!

I'm not a great reader but bought some "classics" when thinking that I should read some "better" books after reading Irvine Welsh, Ian Banks and Anne Rice.

I was enticed into buying a bundle after seeing To Kill a Mocking Bird, which I loved as a kid and an adult.

The Trial was published after Kafkas death. Unfortunately its put me off of reading Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment and the others in the pack in case they are as tough going and unrewarding.

Still I have my Clarkson book to readtup:

[Superfatbantam]

The Bone Collector - Jeffrey Deaver

[BantamDan]

I'm reading a Stephen King called Bag of Bones which seems reasonable so far.

I really enjoyed Angels and Demons by Dan Brown which I read last year on holiday, but since then there has been nothing that stood out massively. The only thing I haven't enjoyed at all though is Atonement, never really got going with it

I have no idea what I'll read next though

[Jantje]

Keith Richards Biography, what a guy.

The guy seems indestructible.

[emj]

Guitars for Dummies :jd:

Alfreds kids guitar course 1 (struggling with this one) :confused:

Bryan Robsons autobiography :jd::jd::jd::jd::jd: He likes a pint, but he knows when to and when not to jump:
He didnt explain the difference between when not to and when you can. :)

City gent

[mrsjdtobe]

I'm reading a Stephen King called Bag of Bones which seems reasonable so far.

I really enjoyed Angels and Demons by Dan Brown which I read last year on holiday, but since then there has been nothing that stood out massively. The only thing I haven't enjoyed at all though is Atonement, never really got going with it

I have no idea what I'll read next though

Jonny has just finished reading a Stephen King .... what was it called? ... it took ages to read cos it was about 1000 page but he said it was really good. The Stand it was called! It is an end of the world type story and this one is the new edition - the uncut version.

At the moment he's reading The Satanic Verses!

[BantamDan]

Jonny has just finished reading a Stephen King .... what was it called? ... it took ages to read cos it was about 1000 page but he said it was really good. The Stand it was called! It is an end of the world type story and this one is the new edition - the uncut version.

At the moment he's reading The Satanic Verses!

Yep, The Stand is the one you're describing, it's a cracking book by King's standards.

I may have read the Satanic Verses quite a lot of years back, if it begins with the kid being raised by quite a few women I think that is the one, although my memories of those days are a bit hazy let's say. As far as I recollect though that was a great book too

[mrsjdtobe]

Have you read Hearts of Atlantis? JD recommended it to me but, oh I struggled through it but eventually gave in after about 200 pages. Nothing happened! I am used to reading books with a few shocks and revelations in them. I really enjoyed the Princess Trilogy by Jean Sasson and also Mayada by Sasson, that gripped me on every page until the very end.

My next book, probably to start tonight, is either Invisible Women or Desert Governess, I can't decide. :confused: I fear the latter may be descriptive and lacking in drama!

[BantamDan]

I haven't read Hearts in Atlantis, I might look into it, but his newer work puts me off a bit as he's changed since his earlier writing days. I also like things to happen in books and like a good suspense/horror/science-fiction book at least every second one. I have to admit though, that the Princess Trilogy, if it's anything like it sounds, isn't for me. The same may go for the last two you've mentioned :)

I might read "The Kraken Wakes" next as it's been probably 10 years since I've picked up a Wyndham book or possibly start a series of books based on an American TV series called Dexter which I'm really enjoying, and I hear the books are better

[mrsjdtobe]

lol. The princess trilogy is about a Saudi Arabian princess and her struggle for women's rights in her country. It followed on from my reading of similar books by women in Afghanistan. I am the only person I know that enjoys this sort of thing so not to worry, I am used to the reaction.

I should probably spread my literary wings wider but I am enjoying this theme at the moment!

Where do you get your books from? We hire them from the library but The Stand had almost a £10 fine on it which defeats the object of borrowing!

[BantamDan]

Generally I buy them, haven't registered for a library in London and I've been here for three years, although about 10 years ago I raided an extensive book collection of my Aunties and took about 40 books that I've gradually worked through with quite a few bought in between. There's a library five mins up the road so I might register there as I run out of books to read in about 100 pages. There's a good few book shops around Covent Garden where you can grab plenty of bargains too

When I lived in Bradford I used Central library and Allerton Road Library, but I wouldn't know if they were still there now.

[mrsjdtobe]

As far as I know the Allerton Library is now located in the spare classrooms of Ley Top Primary but I could be wrong. Central Library is still there although I reserve the books I want online and have them delivered to Clayton library, just a short walk away.

I find once the books have been read I probably wouldn't read them again and don't have the space to keep them but also don't have the heart to throw them out!

Mmm I love the smell of the old books in bookshops!

[BantamDan]

Not good they've had to do that to Allerton library, although it was really small and old, I used to get books there all the time.

I've got plenty of those old smelling and I know what you mean, but when I think about it they really do take up too much space and I never throw any away, even the ones I don't like!

Definitely time to register at the library up the road.

[mrsjdtobe]

It was tiny in there, I tried to get books in there once but the opening times were horrendous and as you say, the place tiny. It does make sense using the space at Ley Top which is now just a one form entry school because otherwise the school would have ended up closing down and the parents would have to walk that bit further to Allerton Primary or St James' at Bell Dean!

Right, I'm off to finish The Reluctant Fundamentalist, which is not what I imagined at all!

[Spoonhead]

Still enjoying "Birdsong" T? I read it ages ago and enjoyed it. I really liked "Catcher in the Rye" when I read it years ago. A nice short book. Maybe I liked it more as I was quite close in age to the main character when I read it.
After "The Satanic Verses" I'm going to read "London Fields" by Martin Amis. I actually read it about 10 years ago and count it as one of the best books I've ever read. Not sure why I'm reading it again!

[BantamDan]

I might look into London Fields as I've heard good things about Amis. I stand corrected in one of my earlier posts though as the Rushdie novel that I read was called "Shame" and it was a cracker as far as I recall.

[eurobantam]

The Trial was published after Kafkas death. Unfortunately its put me off of reading Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment and the others in the pack in case they are as tough going and unrewarding.

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Matnab; its a bit of a generalisation to be put off one of the masters of Russian literature on the strength of one book by a Czech! Crime and Punishment is a great book and not hard going at all. To see if you like Dostoyvski's style try The Gambler. It is the shortest length that publishers at the time would call a novel and he wrote it in a hurry to pay off his gambling debts.

[Bantam Of The Opera]

I have to confess I've never been a big reader apart from the odd autobiography, but after seeing the Lord of The Rings films I decided to read The Hobbit and Lord of The Rings by Tolkein. I know they are in effect kids books but I really enjoy his style of writing so much so that I have also recently read the back story to middle earth (The Silmarillion) and am now reading the Unfinished Tales which is basically the bits and bobs he missed out of the Silmarillion. As I say I know they are kids books but I really enjoyed the films and think I actually prefer the books.

I wouldnt mind reading The Stand By Steven King because again ive seen the film and loved it.

[mrsjdtobe]

The few times that I have watched the film after reading the book, I have always come away disappointed with the film because it never lives up to my expectations. Perhaps that is to do with the detail a book can go into and the imagery it creates.

I'm going to read 1984 soon after watching the film last week.

[Jantje]

I'm going to read 1984 soon after watching the film last week.

The books better!jump:

[BantamDan]

I wouldnt mind reading The Stand By Steven King because again ive seen the film and loved it.

Read it, you'll love it, much better than the film.

Another book that is better than the film is The Beach, by a mile

[Superfatbantam]

I have to confess I've never been a big reader apart from the odd autobiography, but after seeing the Lord of The Rings films I decided to read The Hobbit and Lord of The Rings by Tolkein. I know they are in effect kids books but I really enjoy his style of writing so much so that I have also recently read the back story to middle earth (The Silmarillion) and am now reading the Unfinished Tales which is basically the bits and bobs he missed out of the Silmarillion. As I say I know they are kids books but I really enjoyed the films and think I actually prefer the books.

I wouldnt mind reading The Stand By Steven King because again ive seen the film and loved it.

They aren't kids books! Honest, the way they are written is designed for adults.

Re The Stand I tried to get into it about 4 times and never could, never finished it, in fact hardly got into it at all. Not a King masterpiece in my eyes.

[king billy]

The Hobbit was always intended to be a childrens book - Tolkien wrote the book for the children in his family - the Lord of the rings was supposed to be the adult equivalent!!
IMO the Lord of the rings (and the Hobbit to a certain extent) are the greatest books ever written, not only is the story fantastic, but the imagination in creating a world, the races that inhabit it, their history and culture - and the geography of this world, supported by many maps and drawings shows a unique imagination.....truly a labour of his life - but what an epitaph, the books are timeless and always get a regular reading from me!!

[Jantje]

The Hobbit was always intended to be a childrens book - Tolkien wrote the book for the children in his family - the Lord of the rings was supposed to be the adult equivalent!!
IMO the Lord of the rings (and the Hobbit to a certain extent) are the greatest books ever written, not only is the story fantastic, but the imagination in creating a world, the races that inhabit it, their history and culture - and the geography of this world, supported by many maps and drawings shows a unique imagination.....truly a labour of his life - but what an epitaph, the books are timeless and always get a regular reading from me!!

So don't you want your copies of Razzle back then?:eek::eek:

[BantamDan]

Finished Bag of Bones by King and it was a decent enough read, currently on Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. So far it's very gripping.

Then onto Yellow Dog by Martin Amis and The Kraken Wakes by John Wyndham.

[Spoonhead]

If you're getting onto Amis, steer clear of "Money". It's shit. ;)

[BantamDan]

If you're getting onto Amis, steer clear of "Money". It's shit. ;)

Will do, thanks for the heads up :)

[mrsjdtobe]

If you're getting onto Amis, steer clear of "Money". It's shit. ;)

:D That's a thorough, Adie-style review there! Bit like 'read Hearts of Atlantis, it's great!' tdwn: lol.

[beerbantam]

The Hobbit was always intended to be a childrens book - Tolkien wrote the book for the children in his family - the Lord of the rings was supposed to be the adult equivalent!!
IMO the Lord of the rings (and the Hobbit to a certain extent) are the greatest books ever written, not only is the story fantastic, but the imagination in creating a world, the races that inhabit it, their history and culture - and the geography of this world, supported by many maps and drawings shows a unique imagination.....truly a labour of his life - but what an epitaph, the books are timeless and always get a regular reading from me!!

Well im surprised to here you say that the best ever book is about Dwarves jawdrop::chick::)

[matnab]

Matnab; its a bit of a generalisation to be put off one of the masters of Russian literature on the strength of one book by a Czech! Crime and Punishment is a great book and not hard going at all. To see if you like Dostoyvski's style try The Gambler. It is the shortest length that publishers at the time would call a novel and he wrote it in a hurry to pay off his gambling debts.

Yes I know, I've not quite put them in the loft yet!!! I will turn my attentions to them later, may be a book for my hols, as I don't read as much as I used to.

I'm told Kafkas a good read, it seems clear to me why he didn't release The Trial whilst he was alive. Its just a story about a battle with his own self concience and to be honest its pants.

[panther]

Well im surprised to here you say that the best ever book is about Dwarves jawdrop::chick::)

trust you to come up with that one... roflmao:

[mrsjdtobe]

I still haven't finished the Reluctant Fundamentalist, which I was 2 chapters away from finishing at the weekend! Just been so busy, but that said it is still a great read. It is not about what I expected at all and I am waiting for a bit of a twist in the end...

[Spoonhead]

The butler did it. :rolleyes: :D

[Tallinnbantam]

just started getting into Terry Pratchetts "Discworld" series. Read the first one, didnt think I would like it, but loved it. Will be reading the whole series now.

[mrsjdtobe]

I've just started 'In the Hands of the Taliban' by Yvonne Ridley, who was a reporter at the time. 30 pages in and she is starting to get on my nerves but I will persist!

Just finished reading 'Nine Parts of Desire' which I highly recommend.

[matnab]

just started getting into Terry Pratchetts "Discworld" series. Read the first one, didnt think I would like it, but loved it. Will be reading the whole series now.

If you like those -which I did when I read them some 15 years ago or so, then try Good Omens - its excellent - really funny.

[Tallinnbantam]

Stephen Kings "the dark tower" set of books are truely fantastic. Not at all like his other stuff. There are 7 in the series, some romantic, some horror - but all amazing.

[mrsjdtobe]

Has anyone read The Cairo Trilogy by Naguib Mahfouz? Might go on to that next.

[Tallinnbantam]

Read it, you'll love it, much better than the film.

Another book that is better than the film is The Beach, by a mile


Same as another King novel - the Shining. Superb film...even better book.

[Wicker Man]

http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/images/highres_00023142%20copy.jpg

Its not very good

[mrsjdtobe]

Started Baghdad FC JS, have been on the same chapter for about a week now. Is it going to get going soon?! lol. Think I'm only on chapter 3! :confused::eek:

[Jantje]

Be patient!!! it does get better lol

[Superfatbantam]

The Twelfth Card, Jeffrey Deaver, another Lincoln Rhymes crime thriller! Pretty good so far.

Just read Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs. Seen the film for the second one but never read the book. Good reads but disappointed Harris hasn't yet written a book about the gap between Hannibal Rising and Red Dragon, it is an obvious seller as I am sure anyone who has read or seen Lecter would want to know how he did his 9 victims and how he was caught other than just the odd passing reference.

[mrsjdtobe]

Sorry JS, think I have given in! I am going for 'We are Iran' next!! :D

[Mallorcabantam]

The Twelfth Card, Jeffrey Deaver, another Lincoln Rhymes crime thriller! Pretty good so far.

Just read Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs. Seen the film for the second one but never read the book. Good reads but disappointed Harris hasn't yet written a book about the gap between Hannibal Rising and Red Dragon, it is an obvious seller as I am sure anyone who has read or seen Lecter would want to know how he did his 9 victims and how he was caught other than just the odd passing reference.

Harris's books Red dragon and silence of the lambs were very good -- Hannibal just seemed like an after thought by his publishers -- I have read all the Lincoln Rhyme books except the last which should arrive soon -- a really great series

For something different -- Bernard Cornwell's Alfred the Great series

Also well worth picking up is Pillars of the earth and the sequel World without end by Ken Follett -- 1000 pages each of good storytelling

[Spoonhead]

"Engleby" by Sebastian Faulks. Completely different in style to his acclaimed "Birdsong" but a fantastic read so far. It's about a guy who feels detached from the world even though he's seemingly successful. He has alcohol, drug and mental health issues and a dark secret.....the story is revolving around a girl he was obsessed by at Uni who disappeared one night out of the blue.

This is the 2nd great book on the trot for me. The last one was called "The Book Thief" (can't remember the author). About a German girl living just outside Munich during the 2nd world war. Read it!

[Parrot]

"Engleby" by Sebastian Faulks. Completely different in style to his acclaimed "Birdsong" but a fantastic read so far. It's about a guy who feels detached from the world even though he's seemingly successful. He has alcohol, drug and mental health issues and a dark secret.....the story is revolving around a girl he was obsessed by at Uni who disappeared one night out of the blue.

Read It ;)

Turns out he slotted her at Uni.....never saw that coming eh? :rolleyes:

[Spoonhead]

Read It ;)

Turns out he slotted her at Uni.....never saw that coming eh? :rolleyes:

You're not supposed to do that Parrot. :rolleyes:

[Parrot]

You're not supposed to do that Parrot. :rolleyes:

Oops! :rolleyes:

[Elleb]

Reading Faces by Martina Cole only 2 more to read then Ive read all hers and enjoyed them all.

[Jamaica Love]

Who Runs Britain - Quality Book, very well worth a read for those interested in Private Equity and business!!!!

[Parrot]

Is it the freemasons? :rolleyes:

[Jamaica Love]

Is it the freemasons? :rolleyes:
No, GR is in charge... jawdrop:jawdrop:

[Parrot]

No, GR is in charge... jawdrop:jawdrop:

We'll be OK then tup:

[bg]

Kyte Runner, just started it but it seems like I might get into it.

[beerbantam]

Kyte Runner, just started it but it seems like I might get into it.
Bloody hell bg, where have you been?

[bg]

reading books:)

no been very busy. Just thought I would pop in before the start of the season to see what the gos is.

I have my season ticket but please don't let be as bad as last year, my sanity was in dire danger of being wreckedjawdrop:

[Superfatbantam]

reading books:)

no been very busy. Just thought I would pop in before the start of the season to see what the gos is.

I have my season ticket but please don't let be as bad as last year, my sanity was in dire danger of being wreckedjawdrop:

Welcome back!

Are you joining the rabble in the bantams bar?

[bg]

might make the odd excursion into the BB, but I will be sitting in the Midland Road, I like my seat there. My grandson is now a proper fan, lol he natters to come all the time. Currently waiting for both shirts to come out so he can make a decision as to which one he wantsjump:

[mrsjdtobe]

'We are Iran' about blogs from citizens of Iran. Various bloggers from banned journalists and authors to the average spotty teenager. Very interesting so far and although the Ayatollahs are determined to limit freedom of speech, they cannot keep up with the blogging community in Iran, which it'll be no coincidence, is huge!

[Overlord]

The Stand is a good book, probably his best work, but beware its very long and very detailed. The detail and visualisation he puts in your head is amazing. The film and and other films like this; 28 days later etc etc are pretty crap when you've read it.

I just couldnt get into Lord Of the Rings at all, I just hated the way it was written and couldnt engage with it. Its not a kids read. I find a lot of classics very disappointing. 1984 just did nothing for me and having read a bit of russian literature it was hardly the masterpiece it was, and is, hailed to be, lots of the stuff going on in the book was being documented and reported in the 1930's, the show trials, denunciations, terror of 1937, collectivisation....Animal Farm on the other hand I found highly amusing and made you realise how stupid society is.

Have heard the Stephen Fry books are pretty good so going to try one of those next. Not a guy I use to find at all funny when I was younger, just cracks me up now.

[Elleb]

Another regular thread from the OMB that used to pop every few months,
so exactly what it says on the tin - what are you reading atm?

Myself - yet another Martina Cole novel - Goodnight Lady.
One more and Ive read the lot till the new one comes out at the end of the month.

[beerbantam]

Another regular thread from the OMB that used to pop every few months,
so exactly what it says on the tin - what are you reading atm?

Myself - yet another Martina Cole novel - Goodnight Lady.
One more and Ive read the lot till the new one comes out at the end of the month.

http://www.claretandbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18702&highlight=reading

[Mallorcabantam]

http://www.claretandbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18702&highlight=reading


Yep we do read on here too ;)

I'm just starting another Lee Child book -- Persuaders -- its one I have missed in his series all featuring the same hero -- Jack Reacher -- lots of good reading and up to now only one of his books have let me down

[mrsjdtobe]

The Survivors Club by Lisa Gardner.

A good read so far. More of an intriguing read than a thriller, though I'm not disappointed.

[BBB]

This frigging thread :rolleyes:

[mrsjdtobe]

Errrrr....why is my name in lilac?

[Mallorcabantam]

Errrrr....why is my name in lilac?

Maybe its your PC!!! on the black skin for me its in Maroon and on t'other its in Amber

This frigging thread :rolleyes:

Who wrote it? -- and is it any good?

[BaselBantam]

An Utterly Impartial History of Britain or 2000 Years of Upper-class Idiots in Charge (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Utterly-Impartial-History-Britain-Upper-class/dp/0385611986/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223717032&sr=1-1)

Cos I'm rubbish at history and thought maybe I'd learn something. I'm only up to the Normans and I learned some things already :dunce:

[Kanie Needs A HUG!]

Clarkson born to be riled :D

[Northern]

James Patterson - Big Bad Wolf

[Parrot]

"How to lose friends and alienate people" by ReDBoOk

[matnab]

Digital Fortress - Dan Brown. Would highly recommend Angels and Demons for anyone thats not read it.

[Midland Road Miss]

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

[Ed]

I've been reading Duncan Bannatyne's book for over 12 months lol

[Sedg]

"How to lose friends and alienate people" by ReDBoOk

:wet:

City of the dead by S.D Perry.

[madridbantam]

Salmon fishing in the yemen by Paul Torday- its a great read!

[Jantje]

Julian Copes autobiograhy. Talented but very strange guy

[Elleb]

http://www.claretandbanter.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18702&highlight=reading

:o Sorry!!! I never saw it.

[Spoonhead]

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Have you read The Kite Runner? I thought that was a great book. I'm just about to start the book mrsjdtobe mentioned earlier as she's just finished it but I feel guilty as I should be reading college books. Ah well! :D

[Elleb]

Digital Fortress - Dan Brown. Would highly recommend Angels and Demons for anyone thats not read it.

Have red the four of Dan Browns. Only found The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons any good , the other two were poor and a let down.

[cuzzy85]

Steven Gerrard's autobiography

[Lofty]

Have red the four of Dan Browns. Only found The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons any good , the other two were poor and a let down.

I quite liked Deception Point but Angel's & Demon's was by far the best - that would make a better film the The Da Vinci Code.

I'm currently reading A Simple Plan by Scott Smith.

[Mallorcabantam]

I'm currently reading A Simple Plan by Scott Smith.

Thats a good read

[Lofty]

Thats a good read

Aye it's certainly getting going now!! At the start I was thinking I'd of taken the money in a breath but now I'm not so sure...

[Mallorcabantam]

Aye it's certainly getting going now!! At the start I was thinking I'd of taken the money in a breath but now I'm not so sure...

A simple story -- a simple plan = a reeeet good read

[matnab]

I quite liked Deception Point but Angel's & Demon's was by far the best - that would make a better film the The Da Vinci Code.



Ahh feck, looks like I'm reading the worst of the four then! :rolleyes:

Angels and Demons would make an excellent film, but then again I thought The Da Vinci Code would have - but it was pants.

[yeldarb87]

just reading your replies :D

[feedbackproblem]

From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming

[mowgli]

Last book I read was "We need to talk about Kevin" by Lionel Shriver. Absolutely fantastic, it was only about £7 in Tescos and everyone that has read it enjoyed it but found it hard to get into, especially the first 100 pages or so. Has some great twists and turns and would be an ideal book to turn into a film. It even has a set of questions in the back for book clubs. Try it and I guarantee you will not be disappointed.

[Midland Road Miss]

Just finised reading "Lullabies for Little Criminals" by Heather O'Neill about a Canadian, 12-year-old drug addicted prostitute with a 26-year-old dad.

Started some boring chick-fic type book today, needed something of a lighter read

[Midland Road Miss]

Last book I read was "We need to talk about Kevin" by Lionel Shriver. Absolutely fantastic, it was only about £7 in Tescos and everyone that has read it enjoyed it but found it hard to get into, especially the first 100 pages or so. Has some great twists and turns and would be an ideal book to turn into a film. It even has a set of questions in the back for book clubs. Try it and I guarantee you will not be disappointed.

LOL - I was one of those people who just couldn't get into it It's one of te few books I have ever given up on!

[mrsjdtobe]

Have you read The Kite Runner? I thought that was a great book. I'm just about to start the book mrsjdtobe mentioned earlier as she's just finished it but I feel guilty as I should be reading college books. Ah well! :D

Hmmm well I'm reading your last book now, The Other daughter!!!

[mowgli]

LOL - I was one of those people who just couldn't get into it It's one of te few books I have ever given up on!

I leant it to my mum, she also gave up on it. She left it a month and tried again and then was glad she had. One of the best books she's ever read and did not see certain twists right until the end. I promise it gets better further on, give it another go and you'll see what I mean. tup:

[mowgli]

Just finised reading "Lullabies for Little Criminals" by Heather O'Neill about a Canadian, 12-year-old drug addicted prostitute with a 26-year-old dad.


Is it any good?

[Spoonhead]

Last book I read was "We need to talk about Kevin" by Lionel Shriver. Absolutely fantastic, it was only about £7 in Tescos and everyone that has read it enjoyed it but found it hard to get into, especially the first 100 pages or so. Has some great twists and turns and would be an ideal book to turn into a film. It even has a set of questions in the back for book clubs. Try it and I guarantee you will not be disappointed.

I enjoyed that book.

Try reading: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. A different story completly but also about a dysfunctional boy!
Another book by Haddon I enjoyed was called " A spot of Bother". That was about a dysfunctional family!

[Lofty]

Ahh feck, looks like I'm reading the worst of the four then! :rolleyes:

Angels and Demons would make an excellent film, but then again I thought The Da Vinci Code would have - but it was pants.

Very True!

[Parrot]

I enjoyed that book.

Try reading: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. A different story completly but also about a dysfunctional boy!
Another book by Haddon I enjoyed was called " A spot of Bother". That was about a dysfunctional family!

Why not just buy the Simpsons dvd boxset instead? :rolleyes:

[tony d]

The Last godfathers - John Follain

Brilliant insight into the Cosa Nostra..

Details the rise and fall of a bunch of "rock farmers" from the outer village of Corleone.. Laughed at by the power mafia houses in Palermo and across the pond and treated like retarded cousins.

The book details just how ruthless people can be to achieve their aims.

'There’s something disturbingly gripping about the relentless blood-spilling, feuds and betrayals; men taking life as breezily as if they were lifting a piece off a chessboard.' (Tobias Jones TMail on Sunday )

[Toki]

Blind Faith - Ben Elton

A modern day 1984 - George Orwell:)

Good read makes you think what the world could be like with this tinternet

thingy becoming more popular:eek:

[Elleb]

I enjoyed that book.

Try reading: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon. A different story completly but also about a dysfunctional boy!
Another book by Haddon I enjoyed was called " A spot of Bother". That was about a dysfunctional family!
My son read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time for GCSE last year so I picked it up and read it also. Ive heard good reviews about "We need to talk about Kevin" but I will definitely look out for the other Mark Haddon book mentioned as I found The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time a really easy read. With having a friend with Aspergers Syndrome it really helped me understand a lot better than looking it up on the net or reading a text book.