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Have just FINISHED Harry Potter - a fine book! No, I'm not telling anyone which major character dies! ;)
DIZZY DRUMMER
18 Jul 2005, 13:50
How to play bass for beginners
whats been written around here..
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. All books offcourse.
RoknRollJesus
18 Jul 2005, 21:29
Just started 'Portrait of a Killer' by Patricia Cornwell
Gruesome yet very insightful
Tab of AFL and the new Harry potter book.
Finished Harry Potter.
Now reading: Learning Basic Russian :shock:
nothing at all..waiting for my new book to come..stephen king..the dark tower:D
nothing at all..waiting for my new book to come..stephen king..the dark tower:D
It's a good one Caelan, you'll enjoy it :D
Reading emails....and the new book by Christian Jacq (can't remember the name! :roll: )
can't stop.:shock: ..didn't sleep much last night..got my book yesterday...read about
100 pages and love the book already.:D
Skeleton
22 Jul 2005, 12:56
H.P Lovecraft: Call of Cthulu (In Finnish ofcourse)
Derek Acorah - The Psychic Adventures of Derek Acorah
book on the paintings of Jack Vettriano...
new Harry Potter book....its good!
read it yesterday. not as good as the last one.
I don't like the ending.
The Pact-Jodi Picoult.
stephen king still..the dark tower
Just finished ready Harry Potter.....2 chapters worth of tears....*blush*
Cpl Mickey
27 Jul 2005, 20:09
I've just finished the latest Harry Potter book. Great read.
DIZZY DRUMMER
28 Jul 2005, 09:02
Drummer magazine
fencingirl
28 Jul 2005, 11:14
I'm reading " the pillars of the earth" by ken follett... it is a fantastic book!!!!!
I've just started The Shawshank Redemption, loving it!
A couple of books I found were brilliant for a relaxing read - I read them when I was up and down to Birmingham on the trains - were both of the Bridget Jones books. They're not too similar to the films and are both very funny.
Has anyone read Fight Club yet? Spotted it in a book shop the other day, I didn't even know it was released as a book!!
Has anyone read Fight Club yet? Spotted it in a book shop the other day, I didn't even know it was released as a book!!
It was originally a book. I've read it and it's much better than the film. Bits are in the book that aren't in the film and other bits are played out more in the film than in the book. I would say read the book after watching the film.
amethyst
28 Jul 2005, 21:30
Re-reading the complete works of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Christian Jacq - Beneath The Pyramids
Something about what i'll be doing if I do decide to take History, Classical Civilisation (?) and archaeology. Its interesting.
Something about what i'll be doing if I do decide to take History, Classical Civilisation (?) and archaeology. Its interesting.
Classical Civilisation is very interesting, do you know what part you will be doing?
Instructions for my new IPod :D
Spartan- Valerio Massimo Manfredi, loads of Mycenaean references in it. :D
Spartan- Valerio Massimo Manfredi, loads of Mycenaean references in it. :D
Read that a few months ago Keb - a good, informative read :D
Now reading a 300-page Grant application - :zzz: :zzz:
Skeleton
08 Aug 2005, 10:47
Stephen Kingīs Desperation. Itīs nice book.. :lol:
Classical Civilisation is very interesting, do you know what part you will be doing?
Well at the moment im reading Antigone and Oedipus the King...the more I read, the more i want to learn about the time these were written. Cant do any real studying yet as im moving into my own place and need to put everything on hold...what do you recommend reading?
Well at the moment im reading Antigone and Oedipus the King...the more I read, the more i want to learn about the time these were written. Cant do any real studying yet as im moving into my own place and need to put everything on hold...what do you recommend reading?
We had to read them for GCSE, very good plays actually. The Iliad is another good book by Homer, or The Odyssey also by Homer. This year was the first time I read it all the way through. The best bit about The Odyssey (I haven't really studied The Iliad) is that the story was passed down as verbal poetry from about 1550 BC until it was written down by Homer in about 775 BC, which if you read carefully you can see inconsistancies where Homer has put what would have been used in his times instead of what was used in the times of when it was supposed to have happened. Like in 1550 BC they were in the bronze age, but in The Odyssey sometimes iron is mentioned.
Obviously it does depend on what you are interested in because there are some great Philosopy books. Also it depends on whether you just want to read what was written or why it was written etc... The worst thing about studying the Classical Period is there aren't very many good text books which makes it harder to study.
Romeo and Juliet one of my favourites...
Book on volcanoes (courtesy of my 10-year-old) :shock: ...actually quite interesting (but then I must be a nerd :lol: )
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
Skeleton
16 Aug 2005, 10:37
Douglas Adams: The hitchhikerīs guide to the galaxy (all of them in one book) :lol:
still reading the dark tower..last part..by stephen King..
great book
15 minutes ago I finished reading Heavier Than Heaven - the Kurt Cobain biography. I stopped crying about a minute ago. This is so well written....seriously...go out, buy it.
News headlines and emails....
needmoremeat
18 Aug 2005, 13:10
Angels and Demons - Dan Brown
I really enjoyed that one! I read it about a couple of months before Pope John Paul died, and I had hoped it wasn't an omen of things to come (he'd just been taken into hospital, then), so it was interesting to see the elections being held shortly afterwards.
I'm four chapters from the end of "The Rule of Four", dubbed by one of the high profile broadsheets as 'the Da Vinci Code for people with brains' :shock: It is good, but I enjoyed Da Vinci better, it was more fast paced and controversial ;) After this I plan to read the new Anthony Horowitz: Raven's Gate, and, on inspiration from 'Lost', I wouldn't mind reading "Lord of the Flies" again. Those two are coming with me to Lake Como tomorrow!!! :))
Now reading Hammer Of The Gods - the Led Zepplin biography...i think thats what its called. im too exhausted to go find it. (bed 4 jen now)
Thesis on young single mothers' refuges - makes disturbing reading so take heed all you youngsters out there and wait until you're 30!! ;) :D :lol:
Terroriser magazine. Cos im hardcore...and I had nothing else to do. :D
Inconcievable - Ben Elton
Very amusing....even the monkey thinks so!
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The devils Banker - Christopher Reich (not enjoying it so far- bit slow paced for a thriller!)
finished the Dark tower by Stephen Kingnow reading..interview with the vampire by Anne Rice
ChloeLee88
13 Sep 2005, 19:32
Genesis.......autobiography, just finished the Davinci code!
Lots of Admissions Forms for my eldest daughter going to Secondary School - :bicker: :shens:
needmoremeat
13 Sep 2005, 20:17
Just finished Bill Bryson's History of Nearly Everything recently, and today finished the new Adrian Mole.
The Coma by Alex Garland, not as good as I thought it would be :?
Yesterday - "The Taking" by Dean Koontz
really good, if a little wordy. takes a while to get into but really gripping once the plot gets going. a couple of loose ends but a really intersting and thought-provoking ending. going to look for some of his other books.
Today - "Don't Say A Word" by Andrew Klavan
the book the film was based on, I havent seen the film but the plot in the book sounds more intersting! you really feel the pressure building and all the threads of the story come together, although there are a few "doh!" moments! could have done with a slightly more rounded ending though.
Orginally got these books out of the library to keep me occupied when it got quiet at work, but got hooked in them so had to finish them. Not sure I can keep up reading a book a day though! :?
Try Koontz's Velocity - I finished it last week adn it is a fantastic book!
just finished to hell and back:-)
needmoremeat
26 Sep 2005, 11:05
Simon Scarrow's Under the Eagle. :-)
I only bought it cos it was 99p in Ottakars and I needed change from a Ģ10 note for busfare home, but it's good! :D
amethyst
28 Sep 2005, 16:31
One door away from heaven ~ Dean Koontz.
In search of Britains hero's-tony robinson,
SuperLoafMan
28 Sep 2005, 22:18
To Hell And Back - ML (again)
Great book :D
To Hell And Back - ML (again)
Great book :D
it really is..just finished it..
Ageing Bat
29 Sep 2005, 12:11
Pandora Inn by Lliam West.
Was lucky enough to meet the author on holiday in Cornwall last year, and he signed my copy.
triumph oh the sun - wilbur smith - the courtenays and the ballantynes meet again this time in Egypt
A book on Archaeology and one on Psychology. A Level books. Yawn.
needmoremeat
29 Sep 2005, 20:24
Just picked up Wuthering Heights :-)
needmoremeat
31 Oct 2005, 21:14
Just made my way through:
Mikhail Lermontov - A Hero of Our Time
Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray
Thomas Hardy - Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Finished the latter one only tonight, thinking of beginning Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment at some point.
Not without my daughter - Betty Mahmood
Harry Potter..going there now..it's way past bedtime already
On Writing - Stephen King
Hypnobabe
07 Dec 2005, 10:55
Currently reading Bravemouth - Pamela Stephenson
Recently finished (again):
Billy - Pamela Stephenson
Harry Potter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Thud! - Terry Pratchett
Call Me Elizabeth - Dawn Annandale (I think)
The Time Traveller's Wife - Audrey Nieffenegger - Excellent, highly recommended
Angels and Demons, The Da Vinci Code, Digital Fortress and Deception Point - Dan Brown
Watched The Count Of Monte Cristo again the other day so thinking about re-reading that once I'm finished with Billy
Skeleton
07 Dec 2005, 11:53
To Hell And Back - ML (again)
Great book :D
Indeed.. Itīs a great book.. I have red it six times now..
But Iīm still reading Douglas Adams Hitchikerīs guide to the galaxy.. 3rd book.. Canīt remember the name.. :roll:
sleepy head by mark billingham
A book based on a role playing game called Hunger of Fire. The game is Vampire: The Requiem.
Staistics for the Behavioural Sciences - Thorne and Giesen
UGH
ChloeLee88
12 Dec 2005, 11:11
Flauberts parrot.....grrrr its stupid!!
Chaucer.........thats even worse!!!!!
Random books for essays lol
Hypnobabe
14 Dec 2005, 12:20
The Mermaids Singing - Val McDermid
amethyst
15 Dec 2005, 11:02
Dean Koontz (again) ~ One Door Away From Heaven
just finished Harry potter and the half blood prins:D
Skeleton
22 Dec 2005, 10:22
Mark Childress' Crazy in Alabama.. Yes itīs like the film but thereīs more story than in the film.. :D
a huge stack of revision
Briefer history of time - Stephen Hawking.
I have just finished all of Jeffrey Deavers "Lincoln Rhymes" novels - the bone Collector film was based on one of them.
Not starting any other books at the moment as a little birdie tells me i am getting a few for xmas - including the novels of CSI :cool:
For now, when not working I am reading a few magazines - on the coffee table at the moment are:
1. Private Eye
2. Retail Newsagent (i have a quote of the year!! Yay me!!!!)
3. BBC Focus (fantastic science magazine)
4. C-Store Retailer
5. Diva: |The Lesbian and Bisexual womens' mag!! (not my usual choice of reading matter but I am mentioned in a small article in this paticular issue!)
5. Diva: |The Lesbian and Bisexual womens' mag!! (not my usual choice of reading matter but I am mentioned in a small article in this paticular issue!)
you manage to appear in the strangest of places...
you manage to appear in the strangest of places...
It is part of my continuing plan for total world domination!!
Hopefully in the New year a major national newspaper are doing a feature on me!!!!:cool:
Oh i also crop up in a similar article in March '06 issue of "Gay Times"
all hail Emperor Chris. i dont suppose you are planning to post any of these articles anywhere? seeing as you wont post that video...
Not the gay and lesbian ones as i come across as a bit of a muppet in it!!!
I will post the G******n one if it gets commisioned.
If i can get the scanner working after my hols i will post the bit from C-Store magazine where i am described as "a lively young man with a positive impact" & "a name to watch in the future of newsagenting"
Robert Rankin - The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse
Not the gay and lesbian ones as i come across as a bit of a muppet in it!!!
I will post the G******n one if it gets commisioned.
If i can get the scanner working after my hols i will post the bit from C-Store magazine where i am described as "a lively young man with a positive impact" & "a name to watch in the future of newsagenting"
:D post em all. after the till incident you cant look like any more of a muppet surely??? ;)
Robert Rankin - The Hollow Chocolate Bunnies of the Apocalypse
That's quite agood book - it is the toy one isn't it??
Hypnobabe
23 Dec 2005, 19:26
The Torment of Others - Val McDermid...
Going through a bit of a phase at the moment....
Yes, Chris, it is.
I scored it as a freebie a while back, and am just getting through my second read now.
It cracks me up!
Yes, Chris, it is.
I scored it as a freebie a while back, and am just getting through my second read now.
It cracks me up!
It cracked me up as well.
*drinks booze while standing on head ;) *
Decided that as I'm home and most of my books are at uni that I would read the Harry Potter books this holiday. Started on the first one when I came home last week and am just about to finish the fourth one. I'd read up to there before but haven't read the last two...never seem to have time before!
The Blue Nowhere ...by Jeffery Deaver... i've read some of his other books..he's very good .. imo..and The Blue Nowhere is full of twists turns and surprises... and makes me nervous about even turning ON my computer... but not TOO nervous... ;) ... lol...
One flew over the cuckoos nest
The Trojan Horsefly
Hilarious!
www.bongerworld.co.uk
Heaven - Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen
a sci-fi written by scientists. fantastic!
Hypnobabe
01 Jan 2006, 17:43
Keab42, have you tried the Science of Discworld, I, II and III? They were all written by Stewart and Cohen in collaberation with Terry Pratchett, sort of like two different books which alternate chapters... fascinating stuff!
Currently about to start Stephen Fry's Making History...
Keab42, have you tried the Science of Discworld, I, II and III? They were all written by Stewart and Cohen in collaberation with Terry Pratchett, sort of like two different books which alternate chapters... fascinating stuff!
Currently about to start Stephen Fry's Making History...
thats why i got it out of the library. i recognised the authors from the science of discworld books and thought this is going to be good.
loved those science of discworld books. combining two of my favourite things :D
Freddie Mercury by Peter Freestone....almost finished though!
amethyst
02 Jan 2006, 11:49
Just finished Whispers by Dean Koontz, off to get another one off the shelf son :D
Hypnobabe
02 Jan 2006, 19:34
Finished Making History, starting The Stars' Tennis Balls
thats why i got it out of the library. i recognised the authors from the science of discworld books and thought this is going to be good.
loved those science of discworld books. combining two of my favourite things :D
read this book. it has some very wierd concepts. a dictionary may be a good accompaniment.
I've just finished Nelson Demille's "The Lions Game"
I had got to within about 50 pages of the end when i suddenly realised that I had read the book before and knew what was going to happen.
I am just about to start a book about the MIT Blackjack Card Counting Scam of the 1970/80s
shadow1000001
04 Jan 2006, 17:57
I've been on a John Grisham kick lately and over the holidays I have read: Painted House, The Runaway Jury, The Firm, The Brethren, and The Testament.
I wasn't too keen on Painted House.
I liked most of the rest of them and am halfway throuh King Of Torts and The Summons
shadow1000001
04 Jan 2006, 18:29
Painted House was a little different. I just started The Bleachers. I'm not too sure about that one yet. I liked King of Torts.
I enjoyed Bleachers because it was a little bit different.
needmoremeat
04 Jan 2006, 21:12
I've read a few of the Grisham novels, but my head is too sore to think which I've read, which I haven't, and which I've seen on film.
Right now reading Jurassic Park. I decided last night to use it for a literature essay examining difficulties transferring books to the screen that is due in in about two weeks that I've had for ages. I know the movie like the back of my hand, but I need to freshen up on the book again!
Paul191
05 Jan 2006, 00:34
Salters advanced chemistry 'Chemical Ideas'. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaawn
Hypnobabe
05 Jan 2006, 11:10
Stephen Fry's The Hippopotamus.... instead of writing my boring Cert Ed essays, due in on Monday..... oooops....
amethyst
05 Jan 2006, 22:21
Velocity ~ Dean Koontz's new book:D
Married to the Guvnor - Val McClean
The Flying Mouse
19 Jan 2006, 17:10
:twisted: Joe Cocker - the authorised biography.
Sharon Osbournes autobiography - well worth a read to anyone even vaguely interested in Rock music and stuff
Hypnobabe
19 Jan 2006, 18:13
Just finished Labyrinth by Kate Mosse (no, not the model...) and about to start The Green Mile by Stephen King for the umpteenth time...
2908babe
19 Jan 2006, 19:05
I am reading Meat Loaf's autobiography. I found out quite by chance that it existed and is still in print. It is not bang up to date, but answers a lot of questions about Meat's life. I have recently read Memoirs of a Geisha and enjoyed that too.
Feleena
19 Jan 2006, 19:20
Sharon Osbournes autobiography, Im really enjoying it.
Feleena
Revision notes. last exams tomorrow...
Famine - Graham Masterton
Whispewrs of Betrayal - Michael Dobbs
He was the guy who wrote to play the king and Jouse Of Cards - someone made me feel jolly old yesterday by having never heard of them or recognising Francis Urqhart and "You may think that, I couldn't possibly comment" :(
Just bought "Velocity" by Dean Koontz.
Had to read "Saved" the other day. It's one of the plays I'm studying for Drama. Really not pleasent stuff. Vile setting, groteqsue characters and a baby getting stoned to death in a pram for good measure. Anyone who knows me knows I like things a bit twisted but that was too far :?
Hypnobabe
06 Feb 2006, 11:09
Moab is my Washpot - Stephen Fry
the script treatment for James Cameron's next film "Avatar" and it looks pretty darn good.
Skeleton
07 Feb 2006, 16:41
Terry Pratchett: The Wyrd Sisters.. In Finnish ofcourse..
Deathstalker Coda - Simon R Green
Hypnobabe
03 Mar 2006, 10:40
Just started Cell by Stephen King
the vampire chronicles Anne rice now reading Blackwood house
Just finished The Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett
and about to start The Lucifer Network by Geoffrey Archer
Skeleton
03 Mar 2006, 19:34
Terry Pratchett -Colour of Magic... :lol: :lol: Itīs hilarious..
Famine - Graham Masterton
Rockette
07 Mar 2006, 00:53
Druid Priestess - Emma Restall Orr
Graham Masterton - Famine
Swallowing Grandmother - hilarious :D
Finished Hannibal so am now about to start reading a pile of reports on the design and layout of profitable corner shops!
*really excited face*
Still reading 'The Trojan Horsefly'
www.bongerworld.com:-P :lol:
Hypnobabe
21 Mar 2006, 17:40
The Shining - Stephen King, after having bought the film on dvd I decided to re-acquaint myself with the book....
Am also collecting a load to take away with me, will let you know what's worth reading when I get back... got seven to take at the moment, need about another ten, so if anyone has any suggestions...
Suggestions from recent reads include .. Round Ireland With A Fridge (Tony Hawks), The Business (Iain Banks), The Best Man (Matt Dunn), The Gormenghast Trilogy (Mervyn Peake)
If you enjoyed "round ireland", have you tried "Playing the moldovians at Tennis?" (holler if you want me to bung it in the post to you!)
Rob The Badger
21 Mar 2006, 21:46
Don Qixote Part One - Miguel de Cervantes
If you enjoyed "round ireland", have you tried "Playing the moldovians at Tennis?" (holler if you want me to bung it in the post to you!)
Read that one a couple of years ago, just got to hunt down One Hit Wonder now.
Another couple of books read in the last few months are A Year In The Merdre and Merdre Actually by Stephen Clarke, well worth reading if you've ever had to spend (or are ever going to have to spend) extended periods of time immersed in French culture - or if you work for a French owned company! :))
Me and my Brothers - inside the Kray Empire - Charles Kray - new edition
Skeleton
23 Mar 2006, 12:55
Mort by Terry Pratchett
Hypnobabe
23 Mar 2006, 17:35
Mort by Terry Pratchett
That's one of my all time favourites!
RadioMaster
23 Mar 2006, 20:09
Iīve got to favorite writers:
Dan Brown and Michael Crichton
At the moment Im reading Timeline by Crichton.
My favorite Book is the German Book "Der Schwarm" by Frank Schätzing. (Translated it whould be "the flock" or "the school" (of fishes). I think it is released in english, too, but i dont know the title. (You may search on Google)
It is the longest book iīve ever read, too. It got almsot 1000 pages.
R.
Rockette
13 Apr 2006, 13:28
Just finished "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult. Love her writing style.
Hypnobabe
13 Apr 2006, 17:28
The Knife Man - about John Hunter...
In the last week, I've also read.....
Different Seasons - Stephen King
Ugly - Constance Briscoe
Behind Closed Doors - Jenny Tomlin
Ghost Girl - Torey Hayden
Cold Shoulder - Lynda La Plante
Turin Shroud - Lynn Pickert and Clive Prince
Cold Blood - Lynda La Plante
Velocity - Dean Koontz
The American Boy - Andrew Taylor
The Secret Supper - Javier Sierra
The Bone Collector - Jeffrey Deaver
Finally decided to read The Da Vinci Code to see what all the fuss was about. It was pretty good, but you know it's not changed my life or anything like some people might claim it would....
AndrewG
14 Apr 2006, 01:32
Jim Marrs - "Inside Job"
Fallen Angel
14 Apr 2006, 18:39
Dan Brown: Angels and Demons
The Peoples Friend:oops: jolly good read too......
Skeleton
21 Apr 2006, 12:44
Pyramids -Terry Pratchett
Harry Potter and half-blood prince.. (HP was dissapointment)
Hypnobabe
05 May 2006, 11:35
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey
Skeleton
05 May 2006, 15:13
Terry Pratchett: Pyramids
Tess Gerritsen - Call After Midnight
Whoever likes good mystery - I strongly recommend this writer. If you like Kellermans, Cornwell, etc - this is for you
polar shift -Clive cussler
Debbi V
12 Jul 2006, 13:19
Cell - Stephen King
Just started The Da Vinci Code again, apparently it's caused a bit of a stir these last 12 months ...
For pleasure: Dreamcatcher - Stephen King
One of my m,ates was talking about it recently and it has to be the best book ever: SSDD.
For Work: Fire Safety Law changes due October 2006
For other work: Scripts for some new cartoons shows.
RoknRollJesus
12 Jul 2006, 16:17
Just finished DaVinci Code.....starting Predator (Patricia Cornwell)
Tess Gerritsen - Call After Midnight
Whoever likes good mystery - I strongly recommend this writer. If you like Kellermans, Cornwell, etc - this is for you
Didn't she write the Surgeon and The Novice? if so, then Yes she is very good.
Penmarric - Susan Howatch
Hypnobabe
12 Jul 2006, 17:55
Is it just me or is everything shit? - Steve Lowe and Alan McArthur
The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail - Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh and Henry Lincoln
needmoremeat
12 Jul 2006, 19:54
Bleak House - Dickens.
Thanks to the BBC I had to go to America to get this book at a reasonable price, unlike the Ģ9 version released in the UK after the television series! Penguin (or is it Puffin, can never remember!) do his books at Ģ1.50 but all the Bleak Houses have mysteriously disappeared!:evil:
Hypnobabe
14 Oct 2006, 18:19
Just finished reading Humble Pie - Gordon Ramsay
RadioMaster
14 Oct 2006, 19:07
james rollins, sub terra,
much better than some people told me
Hypnobabe
14 Oct 2006, 20:48
Just started 'One Rainy Night' by Richard Laymon
allrevvedup
14 Oct 2006, 20:50
just finished johnny cash's autobiography
needmoremeat
14 Oct 2006, 21:13
Anthony Badger - New Deal and the Depression Years, or something like that.
For uni.:zzz:
Absurd Person Singular, Medea and The Baccahe.
Drama student is all I can say to that. Not just about prancing about on stage looking like a prat. You've got to be able to read too ;)
"An Introduction to Pure Mathematics" not by choice you understand. :shock:
White Thorn - Bryce Courtney
Better on the second read, but still nowhere near his best writing.
... The Great Philadelphia Fan Book... about sports fans of the city... we're a wild and.. INSANE group.. lol...
Hypnobabe
18 Oct 2006, 11:28
Re-reading The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
Taking the Red Pill- various different authors
It's about the Matrix and the science, Philosophy and Religion in it.
burried by mark billingham
Skeleton
19 Oct 2006, 15:33
Iīm reading Stephen Kingīs Wolves of the Calla.. Itīs very strange.. :roll:
On Beulah Height - Reginald Hill
And yes, I am heavily into British literature and always was.
Hypnobabe
19 Oct 2006, 17:26
Iīm reading Stephen Kingīs Wolves of the Calla.. Itīs very strange.. :roll:
Have you read the rest of the Gunslinger series, Skeleton?
Just finished re-reading The Hellbound Heart, by Clive Barker, you might know it better as the film Hellraiser... Not sure what to pick next, might have to go back to some Val McDermid
Have you read the rest of the Gunslinger series, Skeleton?
Just finished re-reading The Hellbound Heart, by Clive Barker, you might know it better as the film Hellraiser... Not sure what to pick next, might have to go back to some Val McDermid
I read the enitre Dark Tower series...I could do without couple of books in the beginning of the series but the last ones were great I think...
Hypnobabe
19 Oct 2006, 17:36
I enjoyed the beginning and the end, but there were a couple in the middle that I didn't get on with... I loved the ending tho', although there were a lot of people over on the Stephen King site's message boards who were complaining about it, I thought it was perfect!
I enjoyed the beginning and the end, but there were a couple in the middle that I didn't get on with... I loved the ending tho', although there were a lot of people over on the Stephen King site's message boards who were complaining about it, I thought it was perfect!
Agree with EVERY single word here...100%
Hypnobabe
19 Oct 2006, 17:38
Agree with EVERY single word here...100%
*Hypnobabe refers mszee to the post in Slapped or Saved* Like I said, all my friends are wise....
*Hypnobabe refers mszee to the post in Slapped or Saved* Like I said, all my friends are wise....
Not this one :(
RadioMaster
19 Oct 2006, 17:53
sitting for about 2 months now over James Rollinsī Sub Terra, not the highest standard of literatural quality, just something to read through, like a popcorn movie.
But I find hardly time to read it :(
PS: Zina, I believe you are wise ;)
sitting for about 2 months now over James Rollinsī Sub Terra, not the highest standard of literatural quality, just something to read through, like a popcorn movie.
But I find hardly time to read it :(
If you don't have much time to read, don't waste it on crap...dump the book and move on...
PS: Zina, I believe you are wise ;)
Wanna join my fan club???
RadioMaster
19 Oct 2006, 17:56
mszukfc.com eh? ;)
mszukfc.com eh? ;)
Funny and off topic...but funny!!!
Hypnobabe
19 Oct 2006, 21:41
The Torment of Others - Val McDermid
I'm reading a Jonathan Kellerman novel called "Rage".
J.
I'm reading a Jonathan Kellerman novel called "Rage".
J.
Pretty good one, eh?
I take it, you have read it, Mszee?
I'm enjoying it so far.. it's a good who dunnit mystery. :)
J.
Blackkat13
20 Oct 2006, 09:25
To hell and Back bought it from ebay few weeks ago getting around reading it.....my libary didn't have it any more so i bought it.
... still reading the book about Philly sports fans... to be fair.. lol.. i only read on the bus ride to and fro work..and that's about a 16 minute ride... lol...
I take it, you have read it, Mszee?
I'm enjoying it so far.. it's a good who dunnit mystery. :)
J.
Big fan of Kellermans...nearly got a job with their agent but it fell through...
needmoremeat
20 Oct 2006, 19:33
Read Jonathan Carroll's After Silence today after a girl at university recommended his work. Whizzed through it, was rather sad, really.:(
Big fan of Kellermans...nearly got a job with their agent but it fell through...
Ah.. that explains it. :D This is the second book of his, that I'm reading, the first was "Therapy", I really liked that one. :))
J.
Ah.. that explains it. :D This is the second book of his, that I'm reading, the first was "Therapy", I really liked that one. :))
J.
I've read both him and his wife...Faye Kellerman...she is very good too...
I've read both him and his wife...Faye Kellerman...she is very good too...
... i'm quite the fan of both as well.. try never to miss their stuff.. but... Jonathan... i don't know.. i enjoyed his earlier stuff better.. some of his later writings seem a bit.. forced to me... trying too hard to make the story work.. is it just me?... all Faye's stuff is great... imo... Rage.. is that another of the Alex Delaware stories??...
i'm still reading the sports fan book... found myself weepie on the bus over the chapter i read yesterday..
... i'm quite the fan of both as well.. try never to miss their stuff.. but... Jonathan... i don't know.. i enjoyed his earlier stuff better.. some of his later writings seem a bit.. forced to me... trying too hard to make the story work.. is it just me?... all Faye's stuff is great... imo... Rage.. is that another of the Alex Delaware stories??...
i'm still reading the sports fan book... found myself weepie on the bus over the chapter i read yesterday..
Agreed...he is sometimes hit or miss...she is always good...
RE: THE KELLERMANS:
Agreed...he is sometimes hit or miss...she is always good...
yes... he especially nearly lost me... i can't remember the name of the book?.. but Dr Delaware... went away on vacation on an island or something?.. and all i remember is an overly amount of description of bugs.. or spider webs or something...
Yes Tink, "Rage" is another Alex Delaware story. :)
Thanks for the heads up about his wife's writtings Mzee & Tink, I'll have to look for some of her books. :)
J.
Yes Tink, "Rage" is another Alex Delaware story. :)
Thanks for the heads up about his wife's writtings Mzee & Tink, I'll have to look for some of her books. :)
J.
ta and you're welcome luvvie !! ... XO
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RE: THE KELLERMANS:
yes... he especially nearly lost me... i can't remember the name of the book?.. but Dr Delaware... went away on vacation on an island or something?.. and all i remember is an overly amount of description of bugs.. or spider webs or something...
Remember that one...dumb book...and oh yeah...that he split up with Robin was a master's touch...eck...
Hypnobabe
21 Oct 2006, 22:41
Just finished 'The Torment of Others' by Val McDermid, about to read 'Killing The Shadows', also by Val McDermid, she's the lady who invented Dr Tony Hill and DCI Carol Jordan from ITV's 'Wire in the Blood'. Highly recommended.
Remember that one...dumb book...and oh yeah...that he split up with Robin was a master's touch...eck...
oh yes.. and then in another... forget the name again.. the one where the musician.. artist.. etc... get killed?.. Delware is so.. moping over the split.. gawd... i adore his cop pal though.. what's his name.. Milo?... or something along those lines?.. i love him tons.. Kellerman NEVER messes him up .. thank loaf !!! ... :-) ...
oh yes.. and then in another... forget the name again.. the one where the musician.. artist.. etc... get killed?.. Delware is so.. moping over the split.. gawd... i adore his cop pal though.. what's his name.. Milo?... or something along those lines?.. i love him tons.. Kellerman NEVER messes him up .. thank loaf !!! ... :-) ...
A Cold Heart..and yes, I do love Milo although I don't think he will be interested in me because of his sexual orientation...:(
RadioMaster
22 Oct 2006, 17:12
just threw the crap book I read away and began to go through all my Michael Crichton novels again :D
Started "prey"
just threw the crap book I read away and began to go through all my Michael Crichton novels again :D
Started "prey"
Good man...told you so...Prey is my LEAST favorite of Chrichton...and I think I've read them all now. Prey to me borders on ridiculous.
Monstro
22 Oct 2006, 17:19
Community by MLUKFC
Someone had to say it!!!!!!!!!
Community by MLUKFC
Someone had to say it!!!!!!!!!
You're so right...this is what we all read religiously...
I've picked up To Hell And Back again...had to happen!
RadioMaster
22 Oct 2006, 19:14
Good man...told you so...Prey is my LEAST favorite of Chrichton...and I think I've read them all now. Prey to me borders on ridiculous.
thatīs true itīs getting riddiculous near the end but I like his style to put sientific factīs in his books. When youīre through you feel like youīve studied astrophysics for years:))
Even if anybody wants to lynch me now, I have to say my favourite Crichton is still Jurassic Park :oops:, followed by sphere:oops::oops:
thatīs true itīs getting riddiculous near the end but I like his style to put sientific factīs in his books. When youīre through you feel like youīve studied astrophysics for years:))
Even if anybody wants to lynch me now, I have to say my favourite Crichton is still Jurassic Park :oops:, followed by sphere:oops::oops:
No, Jurassic Park is good...very original...Sphere...not so much...
But my favorite is Disclosure...
RadioMaster
22 Oct 2006, 19:38
didnt read that one:oops: yet;)
I have to disagree, I think sphere is a good book, especially the idea that the real threat is in peopleīs heads, and that it can come true, a very scary thought.
The (german) title of the book is a little stupid, itīs called "the thoughts of evil", that kept me from buying it for a long time.
didnt read that one:oops: yet;)
I have to disagree, I think sphere is a good book, especially the idea that the real threat is in peopleīs heads, and that it can come true, a very scary thought.
The (german) title of the book is a little stupid, itīs called "the thoughts of evil", that kept me from buying it for a long time.
i liked Sphere too.. but the movie.. imo.. was AWful !!! ... :( ...
RadioMaster
22 Oct 2006, 19:52
all movies to crichton movies are crap! even JP, which I really liked, couldnt watch it anymore after I read the book.
Watched the movie to "Timeline" yesterday.......ouch
Well I have lately been reading the Winston series from Michael Dobbs - British political thrillers about Winston Churchill.
I have also just completed "The life & Times of The Thunderbolt kid" by bill Bryson which was fantasti. All about growing up in small town Iowa in the 1950's.
I've finished all the Michael Connelly "Bosch" novels - they are some of the best books I have read lately about an LAPD detective.
And i have read the Stuart Pawson novels about a Yorkshire policeman. They are set ina fictional town which is based pretty much around m village!!
Next up, in no particular order, is Stephen kings latest novel - Lydias Story; Stephen ings "IT" which i have never read adn some new terry Pratchett Discworld novels.
But first, the Readers Digest Book of Home improvement - i am teaching myself to wallpaper!!
didnt read that one:oops: yet;)
I have to disagree, I think sphere is a good book, especially the idea that the real threat is in peopleīs heads, and that it can come true, a very scary thought.
The (german) title of the book is a little stupid, itīs called "the thoughts of evil", that kept me from buying it for a long time.
Well, don't worry about German translated titles...I read Heinrich Boell in Russian and in English...and in English translation was so poor that I didn't even figure out that I am reading the same book as I've read in Russian until the very end...And his Clown book (can't recall, unfortunately, what was it called in German) title was translated into English as Clown and into Russian as Through the Eyes of the Clown...which is a big difference.
In Russia we had a play of one actor based on this book and I had NEVER seen anything more incredible or better than that. The ovation lasted 45 minutes after the end of the play and the actor stood knee deep in flowers on the stage...
State of Fear is I think the last Crichton book and although written with a very primitive plot, it raises some incredibly important questions...I think it was written so poorly because he wanted to get it out of the market as soon as possible.
Read the Disclosure...very interesting...
RadioMaster
22 Oct 2006, 19:55
never really got why the Stephen King stuff should be so great.....
never really god why the Stephen King stuff should be so great.....
King is hit and miss...have to concentrate on certain works.
My recommendation would be to start with Different Seasons and Hearts in Atlantis...and take it from there...
all movies to crichton movies are crap! even JP, which I really liked, couldnt watch it anymore after I read the book.
Watched the movie to "Timeline" yesterday.......ouch
Horrendous movie but book ain't that much better.
I have read all the Crichton books but never really got properly into them. My favourite would have to be Airframe.
But first, the Readers Digest Book of Home improvement - i am teaching myself to wallpaper!!
Is wallpaper still IN in Engalnd? In America all wallpaper businesses are going out of business it's so OUT...
RadioMaster
22 Oct 2006, 20:01
Well, don't worry about German translated titles...I read Heinrich Boell in Russian and in English...and in English translation was so poor that I didn't even figure out that I am reading the same book as I've read in Russian until the very end...And his Clown book (can't recall, unfortunately, what was it called in German) title was translated into English as Clown and into Russian as Through the Eyes of the Clown...which is a big difference.
In Russia we had a play of one actor based on this book and I had NEVER seen anything more incredible or better than that. The ovation lasted 45 minutes after the end of the play and the actor stood knee deep in flowers on the stage...
Dont talk about translations, some of the best books in history arre screwed in the translation. For example all the shakespeare books, the german translator didnt like his kind of humor and so translated the books in the most boring way you can imagine. The german shakespeares are not comparable to the english ones and so it is with many books.
State of Fear is I think the last Crichton book and although written with a very primitive plot, it raises some incredibly important questions...I think it was written so poorly because he wanted to get it out of the market as soon as possible.
Just read some critics opinions about state of fear and everyone of the critics said it is one of the worst books crichton wrote, so I didnt read it. (yet?)
Read the Disclosure...very interesting...
If you say so...thatīll be the next book Iīll buy.
Thanks for the advice!
I live in a victorian property so the walls are all thik stone with a lime plaster which means they can;t be painted or anything.
I am going for a lightly embossed anaglypta which i can then paint over.
I have read all the Crichton books but never really got properly into them. My favourite would have to be Airframe.
Another hit and miss writer...some of his books are borderline ridiculous...and Airframe is probably the best of his latest writings.
I live in a victorian property so the walls are all thik stone with a lime plaster which means they can;t be painted or anything.
I am going for a lightly embossed anaglypta which i can then paint over.
Victorian is a dream come true...wallpaper definitely would be a must...
I am either into ultra-modern or truly old...victorian to me is a dream...but doomed to live in modern...
Dont talk about translations, some of the best books in history arre screwed in the translation. For example all the shakespeare books, the german translator didnt like his kind of humor and so translated the books in the most boring way you can imagine. The german shakespeares are not comparable to the english ones and so it is with many books.
Just read some critics opinions about state of fear and everyone of the critics said it is one of the worst books crichton wrote, so I didnt read it. (yet?)
If you say so...thatīll be the next book Iīll buy.
Thanks for the advice!
Ok...
1. I was into Shakespeare in a very big way...we had two major translators of Shakespeare - Boris Pasternak (Dr. Zhivago) and Marshack (mostly children's poetry). Although the gist is the same...translations are very different. And after reading Shakespeare in English, I've realized how much of a poetic license both have taken with his works.
2. State of Fear is BAD...but the premise...is VERY interesting and important for today's society...especially American Society.
3. Don't blame me if you don't like it - this is a matter of personal preference.
And, oh yes...I think Dr. Zhivago is CRAP!
Hypnobabe
22 Oct 2006, 23:55
Next up, in no particular order, is Stephen kings latest novel - Lydias Story; Stephen ings "IT" which i have never read adn some new terry Pratchett Discworld novels.
Is Lydia's Story out then, Chris? And have your read The Wintersmith yet, by Pratchett? It's another of the children's ones...m
I thought the new Stephen King one was called Lisey's Story???
Chris Ryan - The Increment
The Flying Mouse
07 Nov 2006, 18:45
:twisted: Hearts In Atlantis - Steven King.
:twisted: Hearts In Atlantis - Steven King.
One of my favorites out of his writings by far...
geordieloaf
07 Nov 2006, 20:32
I'm reading IT again (they all float down here). Lost count of how many times i've read it. The best work of fiction ever. Also love James Herbert, Domaine is a fantastic read in these dark and cold evening's. (you can tell by my reading chioces i'm a bit warped).
Ps) yes stephen king's latest novel is called Lisey's story.
Fallen Angel
07 Nov 2006, 21:48
The Fellowship of The Ring (Lotr)- Tolkien
sunneke
07 Nov 2006, 22:10
studybook webdesign.... i thought nice to fool around with website's but it is a proffesional study:shock:
Not reading anything at the moment, but recently finished Jonathon Kellerman's "Rage". I was disappointed in the ending, because you knew since quite awhile, who the killer was, and it never threw that curveball at you, of in the end, it was someone else.
J.
Got a lot to read for classes at the moment. But recently it's been:
Tragedy module - streecar named desire, frozen, medea, antigone
Comedy module - absurd person singular, can't pay won't pay
Models of Misrule module - bacchae, quantrill in lawrence, ****-a-doodle-dandy
good plays but a lot of reading!
Hypnobabe
09 Nov 2006, 18:10
Just read 'A Spot of Bother' by the guy who wrote 'The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nightime' (sorry, can't remember his name), in the middle of 'And Another Thing...' by Jeremy Clarkson, got 'Lisey's Story' by Stephen King and 'The Ghosts of Crickley Hall' by James Herbert on standby - and I don't know why, but I keep wanting to call it 'The Ghosts of Crinkley Bottom' :shock:
tinkerbell
09 Nov 2006, 21:27
Killing me softly by Nicci French
Got to reccommend for the Dark Tower fans that they go get Everything's Eventual by Stephen king.
It is a collection of his novellas which features the prequel to the whole series. It is very good.
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