Last Good book i read......
Posted by: Hawk on 15 November 2004
Im not a great book reader as most spare time is spent enjoying good music! but my job sometimes means spending a bit of time in airports/planes/hotels.... cue an easy to read entertaining book!
Soooo... to help me out next time i go to waterstones what was the last good book you read???
To kick off ive just read Past Mortem by Ben Elton... A very easy and compelling read..
and i also found the 'curious incident of the dog' by Mark Haddon to be a great book..
Soooo... to help me out next time i go to waterstones what was the last good book you read???
To kick off ive just read Past Mortem by Ben Elton... A very easy and compelling read..
and i also found the 'curious incident of the dog' by Mark Haddon to be a great book..
Posted on: 16 November 2004 by Tim Danaher
If you want a great non-fiction book the "Rubicon -- The Triumph and Tragedy of the Roman Republic" by Tom Holland is amazing. Despite the rather grandiose title, this is history at its best. The cracking pace means that everything comes alive, jumps off the page at you. I swear I could almost smell ancient Rome.
Cheers,
Tim
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Cheers,
Tim
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Posted on: 16 November 2004 by Rockingdoc
"The Rotters' Club" by Jonathan Coe. Made me laugh out loud on the train, but has a serious point too. Favourite read for quite a while.
It probably helps if you remember the 70s.
It probably helps if you remember the 70s.
Posted on: 16 November 2004 by seagull
If you remember the 70's you weren't there...
oh no that was the 60's
oh no that was the 60's
Posted on: 16 November 2004 by Rasher
Samaritan by Richard Price. Unputdownable.
Posted on: 16 November 2004 by Bruce Woodhouse
Last three
The Kite Runner:Khaled Hosseini. Excellent
The Comfort of Stangers:Ian Mcewan (a sharp little stilleto of a novella)
Da Vinci Code-ghastly ill written tosh. Chucked on the fire (literally) after about 100 pages. Why on earth did I buy it?
Bruce
The Kite Runner:Khaled Hosseini. Excellent
The Comfort of Stangers:Ian Mcewan (a sharp little stilleto of a novella)
Da Vinci Code-ghastly ill written tosh. Chucked on the fire (literally) after about 100 pages. Why on earth did I buy it?
Bruce
Posted on: 16 November 2004 by Willy
"the five people you meet in heaven" by Mitch Albom. ....easy to read...entertaining...
Willy.
Willy.
Posted on: 16 November 2004 by justiceklopper
the magus, john fowles.
Posted on: 16 November 2004 by Tim Danaher
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Originally posted by justiceklopper:
the magus, john fowles.
Have to agree there. My joint-favourite book of all time. Mindfuck or what?
Bruce -- If you thought 'The DaVinci Code' was bad, Try his 'Angels & Demons'. Unbelievably bad. In fact, so bad that it's a sort of guilty pleasure reading it.
Cheers,
Tim
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Posted on: 16 November 2004 by justiceklopper
tim, what is the other favourite?
Posted on: 16 November 2004 by bhazen
"The Avignon Quintet", by Lawrence Durrell; I'm actually on "Constance", the third book, right now. At first, I thought it was pretentious twaddle, but the twist (near the end of "Monsieur"?) fired the whole thing into fascination. Layers within layers. Not sure yet if it's as good as "The Alexandria Quartet", the books he's known for.
I second "The Magus", that book got me interested in that mysterio/intellectual genre of English Lit. Good film w. Michael Caine too.
I second "The Magus", that book got me interested in that mysterio/intellectual genre of English Lit. Good film w. Michael Caine too.
Posted on: 16 November 2004 by bhazen
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Originally posted by Ross Blackman:quote:It's not, but good nevertheless. Have you read _Tunc_ and _Nunquam_, occasionally published together as _Revolt of Aphrodite_? Hard to find, but these are in my opinion the best books Durrell ever wrote.
Not sure yet if it's as good as "The Alexandria Quartet", the books he's known for.
Ross
!!! ...I'm on the lookout for them; if I make it through "Quinx", I'm there. Also enjoyable are "Prospero's Cell" and "Reflections on a Marine Venus", his non-fiction books about the Greek Islands.
Posted on: 16 November 2004 by Tim Danaher
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Originally posted by justiceklopper:
tim, what is the other favourite?
JK --
'Under The Frog' by Tibor Fischer. Brilliantly funny, poignant and moving. But mostly brilliantly funny.
Cheers,
Tim
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Posted on: 16 November 2004 by justiceklopper
"under the frog" now amazon'd.... cheers.
J
J
Posted on: 16 November 2004 by glenda
Love All the People ....the collected letters, lyrcs and routines of Bill Hicks.
Now read it twice and found it just as funny the second time . It also contains the script of his deleted Letterman set ...worth reading for this alone.
Now read it twice and found it just as funny the second time . It also contains the script of his deleted Letterman set ...worth reading for this alone.
Posted on: 17 November 2004 by Richard S
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Originally posted by Hawk:
To kick off ive just read Past Mortem by Ben Elton... A very easy and compelling read..
and i also found the 'curious incident of the dog' by Mark Haddon to be a great book..
Another vote for The Curious Incident of the Dog.
Absolutely outstanding. A brilliant read which completely draws you into the autistic world of the protagonist. Which is no mean feat if you think about it. I think this book is the 'Animal Farm' of our times. Deceptively simple but thought provoking nonetheless.
Highly recommended.
regards
Richard S