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IsMiseConor

At the moment The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It's brilliant!

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Veda Muscular Weaponry wrote: »

I have that lined up, I'm deffo going to be in need of something light in a week or so!

I spoke too soon :rolleyes:

had to skip a chapter it was so tedious:(

Still reading it though............

I must buy John Green books on Amazon! :mad:

Crumble Froo

ooh ooh ooh ooh! i has books again! got a book voucher for xmas, and seeing as im fecking off to oz tomorrow, i figured id get some new reading for the trip. i might have accidently ended up spending $40 on books myself (the voucher was for $40, but i couldnt decide between two options...)... but ooh, yay, got trudy canavan's The Magician's Guild, and The Novice. started reading the magician's guild in easons hundreds of times, but never got round to buying it, so finally have it, and the second in the series, and got the latest book from the Sevenwaters series, The Heir to Sevenwaters, i think it's called. it's all very exciting, and im absolutely over the moon. i can't wait to get stuck into them

Feelgood

Bad Science by Ben Goldacre...absolutely awesome book, everyone should give it a read me thinks.

Bad Science

Pigwidgeon

dawn french's "dear fatty"
and
the new ross o'carroll kelly one, which i forget the name of.
am meant to be reading the grass is singing by dorris lessing before the mocks, but haven't got around to it yet

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Fad wrote: »

I spoke too soon :rolleyes:

had to skip a chapter it was so tedious:(

Still reading it though............

I must buy John Green books on Amazon! :mad:

Ah blocks feckit I'll just re-read some Terry Pratchett. Now I just have to keep my brain switched on til Monday...

Kersmash

In Exile, A collection of short stories by Billy O Callaghan.

Bloody magnificent.

EmoMatt15

Veda Muscular Weaponry wrote: »

I'll just re-read some Terry Pratchet.

Ah no! I cant get into any of his books! I mean, I just dont find them funny :eek:

cocoa

EmoMatt15 wrote: »

Ah no! I cant get into any of his books! I mean, I just dont find them funny :eek:

weird... I got 11 more Terry Pratchett books for christmas on number 7 right now

Piste

Yeah I'm another of those people who don't really get the whole hype about Terry Pratchett...his books just aren't that great or funny. I have read a few I did quie like, but they were the books for kids. He has a good book he wrote with Neil Gaiman too.

cocoa

Piste wrote: »

Yeah I'm another of those people who don't really get the whole hype about Terry Pratchett...his books just aren't that great or funny. I have read a few I did quie like, but they were the books for kids. He has a good book he wrote with Neil Gaiman too.

I don't know, I think I just really like his sense of humour. I saw the one with Neil Gaiman a while ago, must pick it up at some stage.

I mean, I wouldn't say he is the most amazing writer of our time or anything, but I've found all his books to be good enjoyable reads.

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Piste wrote: »

Yeah I'm another of those people who don't really get the whole hype about Terry Pratchett...his books just aren't that great or funny. I have read a few I did quie like, but they were the books for kids. He has a good book he wrote with Neil Gaiman too.

Some of the books arent great, most though are hysterically funny.......you may have picked the wrong one

Veda Muscular Weaponry wrote: »

Ah blocks feckit I'll just re-read some Terry Pratchett. Now I just have to keep my brain switched on til Monday...

Nah read, its easy to read, but when you're tired in bed, Democrats Vs Republicans isnt exactly thrilling.

eVeNtInE

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pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

The Pratchett/Gaiman book is good as far as I remember, though I don't remember the plot, just the fact that I liked it! As for his other books, though they do get a bit repetitive (especially now he has Alzheimer's ), I think they're hilarious (though not as hilarious as I used to think). I used to devour them when I was abut nine or ten, so I think a lot of my attachment is probably sentimental, they remind me of being a little kid, but don't make me want to weep from boredom. I tried re-reading Roald bloody Dahl a while ago, tedious!

thusspakeblixa

Terry Pratchett books are the only books I read when I was a kiddie that I still can read without them seeming stupid.
At the minute, I'm reading a book called 33 strategies of war. It's pretty interesting, breaks all conflict down into 33 strategies.
Also trying to work through notes on the Irish Legal System (for an exam), which just isn't happening.
:pac:

EmoMatt15

Id have Roald Dahl over Terry Pratchett any day

Insect Overlord

Roald Dahl was a genius. His short stories for adults are stunning.

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

While I appreciate the genius of Roald Dahl's writing, and count him as probably my favourite children's authors (though I'm forced to admit I wasn't even aware that he also wrote for adults), I still couldn't sit down and read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or The BFG or Matilda (all stuff I loved as a kid) at my age without finding my mind drifting away. Wasn't trying to diss the dude, big up to him, respect, peace and love and all that

EmoMatt15

Veda Muscular Weaponry wrote: »

I'm forced to admit I wasn't even aware that he also wrote for adults

Some of his adult stuff was slightly strange, while still very good.
Uncle Oswald!

Limerick Dude

IsMiseConor wrote: »

At the moment The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It's brilliant!

I love that book!

Graham_B18C

IsMiseConor wrote: »

At the moment The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. It's brilliant!

Is it not the Nightdress?

Loved that one, probably the best in the series along with Orange Mocha Chip, just finished Mrs S and the secret of Andorra's box. Was very good.

Have one of Jeffory Archers older books to read next, his latest one was brill, and some book about Fritzil I've yet to start also!

banjopaul

Grahamo999 wrote: »

Is it not the Nightdress?

Loved that one, probably the best in the series along with Orange Mocha Chip, just finished Mrs S and the secret of Andorra's box. Was very good.

No, this, not this.

TimTim

I've just finished Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain.

thebigcheese22

Just started to re-read the Master and Margarita and just forgot how brilliant it is!!!

Anyone else read and love this book??

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5

Just started Obama's book. It's...well, it's very American. Obvioulsy a very intelligent and interesting man though.

cautioner

Intellectual stimulation: re-reading Black Beauty.

Not really though, I'm actually re-reading Fear and Loathing; book makes me want to do crazy sh!t...

Limerick Dude

Grahamo999 wrote: »

Is it not the Nightdress?

Loved that one, probably the best in the series along with Orange Mocha Chip, just finished Mrs S and the secret of Andorra's box. Was very good.

Have one of Jeffory Archers older books to read next, his latest one was brill, and some book about Fritzil I've yet to start also!

LOL

That ross o carroll kelly book your talking about just has a similar title.

There is a book called "Curious Incident of the Dog in the night time" and its great piece of fiction!

Still have great respect for the ROCK series however.

Limerick Dude

Veda Muscular Weaponry wrote: »

Just started Obama's book. It's...well, it's very American. Obvioulsy a very intelligent and interesting man though.

Which one? He has two. "Dreams for my Father" and "The Audacity for Hope ".

I got both for xmas and im about half way through Dreams for my Father and its very good book. The guy has had a very interesting life!

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cautioner wrote: »

Not really though, I'm actually re-reading Fear and Loathing; book makes me want to do crazy sh!t...

I love the description of all the drug they have in the boot, when I first read it, I was all "I dont know what half of this stuff is!". I know now .

Didnt really like the film though, you really have to be in the right mood to watch a film like Fear and Loathing, I have a copy of it, so I'll get back to it some day.:)

Graham_B18C

banjopaul wrote: »

No, this, not this.

Haha, my bad! So is the Night-time one good?!!!