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What book are you reading atm??

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    #302
    robman60
    Registered Users Posts: 2,222 ✭✭✭robman60


    i just started reading The catcher In The Rye last night. Pretty good so far.


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    #303
    tommyboy26
    Registered Users Posts: 2,117 ✭✭✭tommyboy26


    The ice man. Great book if you like books on mob/hitmen


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    #304
    crazygeryy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,065 ✭✭✭crazygeryy


    wilksni wrote: »
    Iain M Banks - consider phlebas

    id like to start reading him.any thoughts on which one would be a good one to start with?


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    #305
    wilksni
    Registered Users Posts: 5 ✭wilksni


    crazygeryy wrote: »
    id like to start reading him.any thoughts on which one would be a good one to start with?

    If you want to start with his Sci-fi stuff, start with "consider phlebas". Its the first of the culture novels and a great read. The next one after that is "player of games" but generally each can be read independent of each other. "The Algebraist" is my favourite novel of his.

    Of banks non sci-fiction stuff i highly recommend "The Wasp Factory" :)


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    #306
    Aidric
    Registered Users Posts: 13,589 ✭✭✭✭Aidric


    Skippy Dies by Paul Murray.


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    #307
    boblong
    Registered Users Posts: 255 ✭✭boblong


    Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.


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    #308
    Censorsh!t
    Registered Users Posts: 1,121 ✭✭✭Censorsh!t


    Eat's, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss

    Lord of the Flies by William Golding


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    Pedro K
    Registered Users Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭Pedro K


    tommyboy26 wrote: »
    The ice man. Great book if you like books on mob/hitmen
    I've read that one, and one or two others by Philip Carlo. The Iceman certainly is a good read.

    I'm currently re-reading "This is Christy Dignam". A very candid account of his life and career.


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    #310
    Kojak
    Registered Users Posts: 12,801 ✭✭✭✭Kojak


    I'm reading the phone book at the moment....


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    #311
    Zebra3
    Registered Users Posts: 13,851 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    cathykelly77 wrote: »
    lads i no tis isnt relevant to the subject here bu im stuck how can one post a thread???/

    Trying to advertise your latest crap book?

    :pac:


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    Zebra3
    Registered Users Posts: 13,851 ✭✭✭✭Zebra3


    Sonnenblumen wrote: »
    Just curious, has anyone read the 'Damned United'?

    Haven't read the book, but I did think the movie was one of the best footie movies ever along with The Miracle of Berne.


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    Morlar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,273 ✭✭✭Morlar


    crazygeryy wrote: »
    id like to start reading him.any thoughts on which one would be a good one to start with?

    Consider Phlebas is the first in the Culture series, that was the first one I read and it blew me away.
    boblong wrote: »
    Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse.

    Demian is also very good.


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    #314
    jdooley28
    Registered Users Posts: 523 ✭✭✭jdooley28


    The Savage City by T.J. English


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    #315
    Oscar the grouch
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭Oscar the grouch


    just finished book two of The albion Trilogy by Stephen Lawhead absolute class,book three here i come


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    #316
    Pride Fighter
    Registered Users Posts: 5,729 ✭✭✭Pride Fighter


    Sean Lemass, Democratic Dictator, by Bryce Evans.

    Love a bit of history :)


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    #317
    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    Kojak wrote: »
    I'm reading the phone book at the moment....

    that rings a bell:D


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    #318
    Corvo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,648 ✭✭✭Corvo


    I am Legend by Richard Matheson.

    You will never watch the film again.


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    #319
    Welruc
    Registered Users Posts: 308 ✭✭Welruc


    A song of ice and fire, part of the game of thrones series. A great read so far


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    #320
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    Aldebaran wrote: »
    A Clash of Kings, about 100 pages to go.

    The four books so far are great, I'm reading Feast for Crows now, read the first 3 straight through, kept me awake til 3, and all I keep saying is, one more page, one more page!


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    Burky126
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭Burky126


    Finished reading Brave New World last week,always been meaning to read it and glad I did.An amazing book for it's time.Forget 1984,the themes in this book have a more realistic approach to were we're heading if certain trends continue to unravel in society.

    Also going to re read The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester.Another book I'd highly recommend.


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    #322
    ibarelycare
    Registered Users Posts: 58,456 ✭✭✭✭ibarelycare


    Just started reading Room by Emma Donoghue last night. Has anyone read it? It was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2010. Seems very eerie so far, a bit Fritzl-esque. It's written from the point of view of a 5-year-old so is a bit strange.


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    #323
    kfallon
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    ibarelycare wrote: »
    Just started reading Room by Emma Donoghue last night. Has anyone read it? It was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2010. Seems very eerie so far, a bit Fritzl-esque. It's written from the point of view of a 5-year-old so is a bit strange.

    So it's just a book full of 3-4 lettered, one syllable words :pac:

    I am 'reading' Ian Rush's autobiography at the minute tho not picked it up for 2 weeks :rolleyes:


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    Sonnenblumen
    Registered Users Posts: 5,834 ✭✭✭Sonnenblumen


    ibarelycare wrote: »
    Just started reading Room by Emma Donoghue last night. Has anyone read it? It was shortlisted for the Man Booker prize in 2010. Seems very eerie so far, a bit Fritzl-esque. It's written from the point of view of a 5-year-old so is a bit strange.

    I read it but on a scale of 1 - 10, I would rate it 6. Overall a little disappointing especially for a book shortlisted for the Booker.

    Tedious at parts but with some horrifying moments. I would be inclined to agree with the broader criticism of it's lack of originality, ie events closely resembling the 'Fritzl' case.

    Book was probably overhyped especially here in Irl.

    Colum McCann's 'Let the great world spin' is a wonderful and original book, despite it's close connection to actual events.


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    #325
    starbelgrade
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    Just finished "World War Z"... a decent book by all accounts - very well written & imaginative. The ending wasn't brilliant though - it was more of a petering out than a finale.

    Started on Phillipe Auclairs biography of Eric Cantona - excellent read so far.


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    Simon Adebisi
    Registered Users Posts: 395 ✭✭Simon Adebisi


    George Pelecanos - The Cut

    Bit disappointed tbh. The days of Nick Stefanos & Dimitri Karras seem far far away.


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    #327
    John Doe1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭John Doe1


    Just finished a farewell to arms now started the great gatsby:D


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    #328
    Temptamperu
    Registered Users Posts: 5,303 ✭✭✭Temptamperu


    John Doe1 wrote: »
    Just finished a farewell to arms now started the great gatsby:D
    ewww


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    #329
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,202 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    Currently reading Silverthorn by Raymond E. Feist. Having heard so much about Magician, I finally got round to picking it up a few weeks ago. I enjoyed the storyline but not completely sold on his style of writing. Though so far I've found Silverthorn much more engrossing.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



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    #330
    Spunge
    Registered Users Posts: 2,779 ✭✭✭Spunge


    "Eisenhorn" (Warhammer 40k novel) - Dan Abnett
    "The Fall of Hyperion" - Dan Simmons
    "Meditations" - Marcus Aurelius


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    HavingCrack
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,847 ✭✭✭HavingCrack


    Just barely managed to finish 'For Whom the Bell Tolls' by Hemingway. Awful boring, tedious book full of waffely rambling dressed up as literature. Out of all the classic authors Hemingway is a consistent let down. I have yet to find a book of his I enjoy but feel that I must be missing something somehow.


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