alf_stewart Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Thread title made me instantly think of Bill Hicks lol "What you readin for?" Looks like we got ourselves a reader Currently reading Bill Bryson's Notes on a Small Island. It's a hilarious, quaint and touching view of the U.K by an American who lived here for 20 years and did one last 'lap' before returning home to The States. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Just finished Paul O'Grady's autobiography covering his life up to the age of 18 It was very good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonp Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Started reading 'The Liar' by Stephen Fry a few weeks back, not a big fan of stories at all so really struggling. Also currently re-reading Frank Skinners biog, he's **** brilliant, I could read it 30 times over and not get bored. He lost his virginity to a whore called Corky. In Aston! :shock: Stephen Fry did? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santa_Rosa Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Currently trying to dig out a copy of Treasure Island from my ridiculously untidy spare room. In the meantime am dipping in and out of Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allen Poe. Read The Gold Bug and the Pit and The Pendulum last night. Magnificent stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCLaura Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 I brought Freya North's Secrets a couple of weeks ago, haven't found the will to start it yet. I find it an effort to begin a book. Although on Holiday recently I took 'The Heat Diaries' written by ex Heat editor Mark Frith and could NOT put it down. Alex lost me to that book for about 3 days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Posted July 28, 2009 Share Posted July 28, 2009 Wasp Factory is a good book to be fair, good shout. My all time favourite books are: American Psycho and Danny Champion Of The World :oops: haha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJA1703 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Just finished reading 'A man in the net' by Patrick Quentin. Very good read, picked it up cheap 1p (plus p+p) of off amazon. If you like crime novels then this book is definitely for you. Started reading The Rotters Club the other day. Can't believe i haven't read it before, can't put it down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Having just finished a FLashman, I'm terribly excited about which book to read next. I've started too many that have been abandoned because previously I wasn;t in the mood. Now I think my choices are from: renewing Crime and Punishment Shantaram The Neverending Story ( ) or finishing off Candide. ( i know it's short, I just for some reason didn't finish it! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 8, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted August 8, 2009 Just finished reading 'A man in the net' by Patrick Quentin. Very good read, picked it up cheap 1p (plus p+p) of off amazon. If you like crime novels then this book is definitely for you. Started reading The Rotters Club the other day. Can't believe i haven't read it before, can't put it down.Every Brummie (especially those of my generation) should read The Rotters' Club. Captures a time and a place brilliantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Could I recommend a book that would satisfy the Sci Fi fans and Mr Mooneys interest in dystopian(love that word) settings. Try "Neuromancer" William Gibson. Was going to read a bit more this afternoon but have done 67 miles on bike @ 17.3 average and cant lift it up now ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 8, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted August 8, 2009 Could I recommend a book that would satisfy the Sci Fi fans and Mr Mooneys interest in dystopian(love that word) settings. Try "Neuromancer" William Gibson. Was going to read a bit more this afternoon but have done 67 miles on bike @ 17.3 average and cant lift it up now !Yeah, I've read it. Excellent book, arguably the very beginning of "cyberpunk". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coda Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 BLOOD MERIDIAN by Cormac McCarthy. One of the deepest, sickest, goriest, grimmest books I can ever remember reading. Imagine being the last man on Earth, stranded in the middle of some Mexican desert somewhere and having to come to terms with the fact you are going to have to eat your own limbs to survive. That's how the book makes you feel. It's also fooking genius. I've never read a more graphic detailing of pure violence in all my life. I like the sound of that! Just finished reading The Road. It is one of the bleakest books I have ever read but I can't recommend it highly enough. I've never read anything that makes you care so much about the main protagonists. As mentioned earlier Shantaram is an epic. The author is one crazy smackhead gora. Got The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressall to read next (after shamelessly abandoning it a couple of years ago). Lanark by Alasdair Gray is also gathering dust in my house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 i started reading the take whilst i was on holiday, liked the tv show, book is pretty good but IMO she repeats her self alot any read the time travellers wife? the gf has been told to pick it up and give it a read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heystally! Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 In the middle of 'The Great War For Civilisation' by Robert Fisk, a journalist who spent 30 years in the Middle East reporting for the Times and Independent. Really good read, he's gotten some fantastic stories, met Bin Laden three times (before he attacked the US of course), met lots of high up people in Iran and Iraq. Really enjoyable political history. And I'm taking on holiday 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' by Mark Haddon. Heard it's very good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Whilst travelling, I read 1984 and Trainspotting on the trains. Just picked up a copy of Porno (sequel to Trainspotting), so looking forward to getting stuck into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Just finished 'Big Boy Did It And Ran Away' by Christopher Brookmyre - very funny and typical of his work... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qwpzxjor1 Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Started reading 'The Liar' by Stephen Fry a few weeks back, not a big fan of stories at all so really struggling. You finished that book yet Trim? I bloody loved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted August 9, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted August 9, 2009 any read the time travellers wife? the gf has been told to pick it up and give it a read Really enjoyed it. I recomend it definitely. I've just finished The American Future by Simon Schama. Absolutely fantastic. He really knows how to make history into a page turning experience. I was nearly crying at one point but then I'm a soft bastard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troglodyte Posted August 9, 2009 VT Supporter Share Posted August 9, 2009 Started reading 'The Liar' by Stephen Fry a few weeks back, not a big fan of stories at all so really struggling. You finished that book yet Trim? I bloody loved it! Girlfriend bought me this the other day, but I want to read 'Moab is my Washpot' first and I'm waiting for it to be delivered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted August 9, 2009 Share Posted August 9, 2009 Girlfriend bought me this the other day, but I want to read 'Moab is my Washpot' first and I'm waiting for it to be delivered. I found it quite dull - the stories are far more entertaining. I was surprised just how dull I found Frys autobiog tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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