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What book are you reading atm??

py2006

and would ya recommend it?

I'm reading 'Full Dark, No Stars' by Stephen King!

Just started so can't really say I can recommend it just yet!

You can't beat a bit of Stephen King!

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SheFiend

stupidusername wrote: »

I'm on If I Did It - OJ Simpsons confession book, i'm not into it much though, so might just skip it. would like any recommendations for true crime if anyone has any?

I like Paul Williams books; journalist for the Sunday World who wrote "The General" (Martin Cahill) amongst others. Great books about Irish gangs.

Temptamperu

I am currently reading The Eye of the World by Robert Jordan... I really love the Wheel of Time :cool:

Jaxxy

Arnold Layne wrote: »

Likewise, I bought the first 4 books after watching Game Of Thrones. Can't wait to start A Storm Of Swords as the story is getting better & better

I finished A Dance With Dragons there a while back. Absolutely brilliant series so far and I know the wait for the next book is going to kill me. Would highly recommend A Song of Ice and Fire series to anyone, you don't necessarily have to be a fantasy fan, IMO there's something in it for everyone.

The King of Moo

Foundation and Earth by Isaac Asimov, the fifth book in the Foundation series. Almost finished it and though I've enjoyed it, it's not as good as Foundation's Edge, the previous book in the series. and my favourite.

It's a series I'd heartily recommend to anyone into their serious sci-fi.

g'em

py2006 wrote: »

Yep, his older books are sheer brilliance! Some of the new stuff is a bit dull! But he has an incredible command of the English language!

Cujo was the first King book I ever read, a loooong time ago now, at least *mumble* years :pac: Absolutely terrifying, I couldn't look my dog in the eye for weeks after

Awful_Bliss

Bob Dylan's autobiography.

Elba101

I'm reading two! John Grisham - The Testament and Erland Loe - Naive.Super. It's taking a while to get into the Loe one but I'll get there!

OPENROAD

Richard Adams Watership Down-set in England, about a small group of rabbits as they search for a new home.

I know it is kind of a kids book, but it is one of the books Vanessa Carlton has cited as the inspiration behind her writing for her new album Rabbits on The Run ( now out)

, the other book being Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time, so will read that after. Actually really enjoying Watership Down, can see why she calls it her bible.

py2006

73Cat wrote: »

Absolutely love Stephen King, have been reading his books for over 20 years now, and own all of them. Have you read the Dark Tower series, OP?
At the moment am reading some easy on the brain chick lit, This Charming Man, Marian Keyes.

The Dark Tower are the only books I can't seem to touch by King. I started the first one but couldn't get into it!

I read Pet Semetary when I was about in my early teens and never turned back!

dirtypanties

Home by Bill Bryson.

Good lightweight read.

Mickeroo

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Enjoyable enough sci-fi novel from the creator of Tarzan, originally published in 1912. It's not exactly high art but its not a bad read. The film version is coming out next year and it's going to be just called John Carter I think.

Chuchoter

Fear and loathing in las vegas by Hunter S Thompson.

ILikeBananas

The Dice Man - George Cockroft / Luke Rhinehart

A New York psychiatrist is bored with his life and so turns all of his decisions over to chance in the form of dice, thereby constantly reinventing his 'self'. Only a quarter way through but an interesting concept.

Rubberlegs

py2006 wrote: »

The Dark Tower are the only books I can't seem to touch by King. I started the first one but couldn't get into it!

I read Pet Semetary when I was about in my early teens and never turned back!

The Dark Tower does take a bit of effort, and the ending was a bit unexpected, but I enjoyed them nonetheless. The only book I had to give up on was Dreamcatcher, got about 300 odd pages in, and couldn't take it anymore. The first book of his I read was Misery, got it as a gift for Christmas '87. Hooked ever since. His short story collections are brilliant too. One story totally freaked the head off me. Can't remember the name of it but the movie "Sometimes They come Back", was based on it. It's about a guy who picks up a hitchhiker. I'll say no more, in case you haven't read it;)

dikdaan

Shantaram - long read, but excellent

galwayash

The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsoon

The trilogy is amazing. Highly recommended.

py2006

73Cat wrote: »

The Dark Tower does take a bit of effort, and the ending was a bit unexpected, but I enjoyed them nonetheless. The only book I had to give up on was Dreamcatcher, got about 300 odd pages in, and couldn't take it anymore. The first book of his I read was Misery, got it as a gift for Christmas '87. Hooked ever since. His short story collections are brilliant too. One story totally freaked the head off me. Can't remember the name of it but the movie "Sometimes They come Back", was based on it. It's about a guy who picks up a hitchhiker. I'll say no more, in case you haven't read it;)

ACtually, he is probably at his best with his short stories!! He is a huge advocate of the craft and tries to promote it! He believes its a dying art!

Chipped Nails

Dick Francis - Under Orders, just a few chapters in and I wouldn't recommend it. Its one of those books that seems like the word count was padded out just to make it paper back size.

JerryHandbag

Rory Gallagher biography, written by Jean-Noel Coghe. Just a few chapters left, coming up to the part where he dies

I'm off on holidays next week, where I will attempt to read Ulysses (or at least just start it!)

GLaDOS

Currently reading Sourcery by Terry Pratchett. Reading a few of his before continuing a Song of Fire and Ice with "Dance of Dragons"

Also a big Stephan King fan

First Author I really got into.

x_Ellie_x

I started The Burning by Jane Casey yesterday. The author is from Dublin and she writes crime. She's released three books so far and this is her second book. I loved the first one and so far I'm liking the second. I'm already 200 pages into the story.

Ms. Chanandler Bong

I'm reading two, the first in Karen Miller's Godspeakers trilogy called Empress, & One Day because I saw an ad for the film & I thought it looked interesting but I prefer the book to the film pretty much every time (abiding memories of the mess that was The Bone Collector have ruined my faith in Hollywood's adapting skills...:()

Frank Black

Hyperion.

and yes I would recommend.

Toby Take a Bow

Lean On Pete by Willy Vlautin. Seems like a very talented guy, not only a highly acclaimed writer, but in a (reasonably) well-known band too.

And it's a pretty good read, alright. So, yeah, I'd recommend it (but maybe don't buy into all the hype that surrounded it with Eileen Battersby's swooning review).

I've just finished it, so will be reading some short stories tonight (more than likely from that Granta American Short Fiction or Somerset Maugham) before I decide what I'm reading tomorrow.

Corkfeen

"Catch Me if You Can" by Frank Abagnale, it could come in awfully handy if I can build a time machine, go back to the sixties and become a con artist.

Krusader

Just finished, Game of Thrones last week, didn't watch the series until the weekend, ordered the other 4 off Amazon and waiting. Long books but cracking story so far

Toby Take a Bow

stupidusername wrote: »

I'm on If I Did It - OJ Simpsons confession book, i'm not into it much though, so might just skip it. would like any recommendations for true crime if anyone has any?

Papillon is supposed to be amazing and I've been meaning to read it for ages (which gives me an idea as to what to read next). Not sure how 'true' it is, though.

Red Hand

Dune by Frank Herbert.

steve9859

g'em wrote: »

py2006 wrote: »

Yep, his older books are sheer brilliance! Some of the new stuff is a bit dull! But he has an incredible command of the English language!

Cujo was the first King book I ever read, a loooong time ago now, at least *mumble* years :pac: Absolutely terrifying, I couldn't look my dog in the eye for weeks after

My childhood reading was defined by Salems Lot, Christine. and Cujo. But the best of all was 'It'. A marathon at 1000 odd pages, but just the most brilliant and imaginative story I have ever read. Bar none. And I've reaf a lot! In fact, I think I am going to get onto Amazon and give it another go

gutenberg

Bookworm85 wrote: »

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

Only started it today, but its pretty good so far.

I read that just last week, compelling stuff!