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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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The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi.

The King of Moo

Collie D wrote: »

Any good? I don't even know the storyline. Read Great Expectations when I was about ten or eleven and hated every page but was determined to finish it. I have watched a few movies based on Dickens and enjoyed them but have been put off since then. Maybe it was too advanced for me.

Long story short...would you or anyone recommend reading Dickens to someone who hated it as a kid?

I'd recommend reading Dickens to anyone. His language is definitely too advanced for a ten or eleven-year old. Even for an adult it's still a bit dense, so it requires a little extra concentration, but it's so rewarding.
He had an amazing mastery of English, and every word seems perfectly chosen.
There's a genuine compassion for the downtrodden in his writing, especially children, and what very few mention is just how funny he was.

I only got round to reading him a few years ago. I've just finished Nicholas Nickleby which, despite its length, flew by. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and though everything's wrapped up very neatly by the end, it doesn't seem too cheap, given it's mainly a comic novel.
A Tale of Two Cities might be a good place to start. It's not so long, and has a story it's pretty easy to get absorbed in.

I'm reading Consider Phlebas at the moment, my first Iain M. Banks novel. It's good so far, it's nice to read something that's purely sci-fi, and not using the trappings of the genre to make some kind of commentary on the modern world, or a simple adventure story.

take everything

Quiet: The power of introverts by Susan Cain after seeing her TED talk posted here recently.
Very readable.

Custardpi

Collie D wrote: »

Read A Million Little Pieces by James Frey over Xmas and then the follow up My Friend Leonard. Both good reads although the writing style of the first takes a bit of getting used to but eventually flows along.

First book is his story of going into rehab for alcoholism and crack addiction. Reminded me a lot of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Just did a search there to see if he had any others and discovered the memoirs were made up and he admitted as much on Oprah a few years ago. Kind of a reverse Lance Armstrong moment I suppose.

Probably not as interesting a read now

South Park actually did an episode making fun of the affair after the Oprah interview, with the spliff-toking character "Towelie" promoting his book "A Million Little Fibers [sic]".

Collie D

SouthTippBass wrote: »

David Copperfield, my first time reading something by Dickens

Any good? I don't even know the storyline. Read Great Expectations when I was about ten or eleven and hated every page but was determined to finish it. I have watched a few movies based on Dickens and enjoyed them but have been put off since then. Maybe it was too advanced for me.

Long story short...would you or anyone recommend reading Dickens to someone who hated it as a kid?

Custardpi

Almost finished "That They May Face The Rising Sun" by John McGahern. I've been somewhat neglecting Irish authors of late so thought I'd give one his books a lash. It's a fairly slow moving book so something of a challenge at times but McGahern has a great skill for character construction (the figures of John Quinn & Bill Evans are particularly striking, for very different reasons) & is an astute observer of the social structures through which small town life operates, & this amply compensates. Overall a good book but definitely not the most exciting or fast paced thing I've read.

Collie D

Read A Million Little Pieces by James Frey over Xmas and then the follow up My Friend Leonard. Both good reads although the writing style of the first takes a bit of getting used to but eventually flows along.

First book is his story of going into rehab for alcoholism and crack addiction. Reminded me a lot of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Just did a search there to see if he had any others and discovered the memoirs were made up and he admitted as much on Oprah a few years ago. Kind of a reverse Lance Armstrong moment I suppose.

Probably not as interesting a read now

Randall Floyd

This side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald...lovely stuff.

Tauriel

I've started reading Kathy Reichs new book Code which is co-wrote by Brendan Reichs. Can't believe I'm on to book no.18 belonging to her!

stmol32

I've just discovered a well known author called James Ellroy.
I've been hoovering up every book I can get me hands on but particualry the Underworld USA Trilogy:

American Tabloid
The Cold Six Thousand
Blood's a Rover

If you think you've never heard of him then check out his IMDB page and you may think "oh yeah I know that fella"

stmol32

Oranage2

Custardpi wrote: »

Thanks, I'll put it to the back of the queue so. So much other stuff to read anyway.

I've looked at the reviews and 90percent of people gave the book 4 or 5 stars, first time I've read roddy Doyle so if you like his other books then you might like this.

JustAThought

Great read; not depressing ; funny; poignant; fast; fun. Makes you think ;
The Forced Redundancy Bookclub
Brian Finnegan. Picked it up in the Gutter bookshop in Temple bar for myself over C-mas...

audidiesel

started tim pat coogan's the famine plot. only about a third in, but finding it very interesting so far.

The_Gatsby

Forest Demon wrote: »

First Jack Reacher, Killing floor.

Surprised that I am really enjoying it despite the sometimes corny dialogue. Will check out some of the other books in the series.

A tagline on the back of one of those books "He's like a condom packed with walnuts"

Anyway, I'm reading Tom Browns School Days and love it so far. Definitely recommend it

McCloskey_A

StormWarrior wrote: »

I've just finished re-reading a series of books that I last read as a teenager about 15 years ago. The series is called "Jinny at Finmory," it's 12 books about a girl called Jinny and her family who move from the city to the Scottish highlands, where she rescues an Arabian mare and they have all kinds of strange adventures together. Jinny is guided by some mystical force which sets her challenges, such as rescuing an ancient celtic statue before archaeologists get it. There's lots about celtic mythology and mysticism, Jinny is the kind of person who doesn't fit in well in the real world but gets on well with people whom others think of as "weird" and all kinds of strange things happen to her along the way. It's a really good series and I'm enjoying it even more now because as an adult I'm picking up on things I missed when I was younger.

I loved these when I was younger but could never remember the names!!

Forest Demon

First Jack Reacher, Killing floor.

Surprised that I am really enjoying it despite the sometimes corny dialogue. Will check out some of the other books in the series.

McChubbin

The Power Trip by Jackie Collins. Currently 10 chapters in and finding it a bit on the fluffy side, slightly Mills & Boon-ish. Still, I'm told ity has a definative turning point so I'll keep at it. If I get bored, I have "Eat, Consume, Die" by Frankie Boyle to read.

lil'bug

I just finished The Death Sculptor By Chris Carter, I thought it was very good. If you like crime books you should look up his other 3 books
Criminal By Karin Slaughter is brilliant as well

Mars Bar

Smiley Laura wrote: »

John Green's 'The Fault in our Stars'. It tried very very hard, but I don't think I'd recommend it.

It spent a whole year in the Times Best Seller charts! Haven't read it myself yet.

I'm reading The Partner by John Grisham.

Fox_In_Socks

World War Z

Absolute dross. I would have written better in 6th class. All the bloody characters have the same voice/tone.

Ars* gravy

Custardpi

HandsomeJonny wrote: »

I am reading the aquairiums of pyongyang. About a survivor of a north korean concentration camp. Shocking stuff. Well worth reading.

Seconded. Read it a few years ago & the account of his time in the camp has stayed with me ever since. How on earth you'd be even remotely able to function psychologically after that kind of harrowing experience is beyond me. You really, really, really don't want to p1ss off the NK regime.

Smiley Laura

John Green's 'The Fault in our Stars'. It tried very very hard, but I don't think I'd recommend it.

Custardpi

Oranage2 wrote: »

Id give it a 5/10

Not really the style i like to read, really funny in parts though i thought the story was a bit blasé.

Thanks, I'll put it to the back of the queue so. So much other stuff to read anyway.

rock chic

just finished "die trying " by Lee Child i love the jack Reacher series

rock chic

martingriff wrote: »

2 books at the moment in my Kindle. I am reading Running Blind Lee Childs and listening to a sorm of swords on audio book

is running blind a jack reacher story or a stand alone book ?

BlueJohn

Paved with good intentions by Jared Taylor. Only started it today.

VinLieger

A Memory of Light, final book in the wheel of time series

AnarchistKen

Jackie loves Johnser OK? By Neville Thompson

An oldie but you a goodie Dublin black comedy classic! Have the sequel too for a rainy day.

Podgers

Feel the fear and do it anyway by Susan jeffers