Books

[Magical Jen]

Oo I've read both of them- such good books

I've just read 'The Pact' and 'My sisters keeper' both by Jodi Picoult. Really good books, especially liked The Pact. Good read!!

[Aunty Social]

How come you're reading Skinner? have you read beyond Freedom and Dignity? Much more thought provoking...hidden control and all that...the carrot as well as the whip.

[Paulaviki]

Finally got to read the new Harry Potter book last week (my sister wouldn't let me have it before and I wasn't going to buy another copy!) and it was brilliant, can't wait for the next one now!!

Anywho I'm looking for some recommendations on what books I could read next, at the moment my favourite authors seem to be James Patterson, Dan Brown, Kathy Reichs. So if anyone knows of any other authors who write similar crime/thriller type books, I would appreciate it!

[mykeff]

Finally got to read the new Harry Potter book last week (my sister wouldn't let me have it before and I wasn't going to buy another copy!) and it was brilliant, can't wait for the next one now!!

Anywho I'm looking for some recommendations on what books I could read next, at the moment my favourite authors seem to be James Patterson, Dan Brown, Kathy Reichs. So if anyone knows of any other authors who write similar crime/thriller type books, I would appreciate it!

[Paulaviki]

I'm a Patterson/Reichs fan and a big crime fiction reader.

If you've not already tried them the big guns (and good ones) are:

Jonathan Kellermann

Lee Child

Robert Crais

Val McDermid

John Connolly

Jeffery Deaver

Graham Masterton

Dean Koontz

and others I'm sure I'll remember eventually but they're all worth hitting your local library for

[sallyjdeedubya]

Carol Smith is another good crime writer - they're "oh my god it's 3am" type of books!

There's a book exchange near us which has just opened near us, it's my idea of heaven. You take in the books you've read and you get a quarter of the price on the back as a credit. You then buy books from the shop at half the price on the back. They've got a whole shop full and will even get them in for you if you want. We can go on Sunday after the peterborough meet!!

Book at the Moment: White teeth - zadie smith - I am loving it

Fav Author: Go through stages but at the moment Phillipa Gregory

Fav book: Any that I'm sad about when i've finished the last page

[coolethan]

Anyone read books nowadays? I am slowly working my way through the stephen king back catalogue

[Aunty Social]

I have had a bit of a Stephen King summer, read The Long Walk (he writes ar Richard Bachman for it) it is an amazing story I read it about three months ago and still miss it.

[halls57]

Oh man, that story is brilliant, no more perfect analogy can be found as to where I think sociaty is going/at and my place within it.

I do like most of Kings shorts in a big way (proberbly more than his full novels), The Apt Pupil, The Running Man and of course The Long Walk brilliant! He does seem to have an eye on what goes on

[Aunty Social]

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Cujo was the only book I've read where I ended up wishing the protagonist would eat the author

Edited November 9, 2005 by Aunty Social

[Flibble]

Really enjoyed some of SK's short stories too. I guess the lawnmower man (the original story and not the screenplay) was an interesting one (especially if you'd seen the film first). My favorites on the longer stories were the dark half and the stand (the unabridged version).

[galgo]

Mmmm another Weaveworld vote here, haven't read it for years, must go and dig it out. But Deedubya's mention of Clockwork Orange has reminded me of Anthony Burgess hmmm, more favourites to go and dig out and re-read. AND you're all talking about Runes/Donaldson/Covenant, mr galgo bought it for me in hardback last Xmas, I feel so deprived now 'cos I've already read it & it's too soon to re-read it.

Reading

Farenheight 451 - Ray Bradbury - oops, bought it as a Christmas pressie for someone and am now reading it.

White Light - Rudy Rucker - ages ago someone described this to me as Umberto Eco meets Lewis Caroll meets Prachett and it's been down on my must read list since then. It's a great read, pretty lunatic, highly surreal and very funny, kind of parallel world stuff. More books by him will be on my Christmas wish list

Re-reading/on re-reading list

The Wolves of Time Volume 1 Journeys to the Heartland - Michael Horwood

Helliconia Spring - Brian Aldiss

Last book I read

Ragged Man - Jack Priest <<< eeek I'm still frightened. I don't read much (well... any really) horror but it was so good I had to carry on reading. Death by every method known to man, including one where someone gets his face ripped off. Is it possible to read a book whilst hiding behind the sofa????

Favourite Author at the mo - must be Rudy Rucker, can't wait to read more

Favourite Book - It changes but (boring I keep saying this in every thread that comes up like this) The Glass Bead Game - Hermann Hesse has go to be up there.

Can't read - anything by Dostoyevsky (hell I can't even spell it, let alone read it) or Charles Dickens - ZZZZZzzzzzz..........

[5co77ie]

Helliconia Spring - Brian Aldiss

[galgo]

best of the bunch by far a glorious book - just out of interest did he do autumn? I read winter,spring, summer but don't remember autumn - got any landmarks to remind me?

Oh and thanks for the book

[5co77ie]

Ahh thanks - good thinking i hadn't thought of amazon and only have the three books too. I guess it's because winter starts with autumn - if that makes sense. and summer ends with autumn - if that also makes sense.

[Istari]

White Light - Rudy Rucker - ages ago someone described this to me as Umberto Eco meets Lewis Caroll meets Prachett and it's been down on my must read list since then. It's a great read, pretty lunatic, highly surreal and very funny, kind of parallel world stuff. More books by him will be on my Christmas wish list

[chappiepunk]

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[Redmeister]

I just read this book called the bible, it sucks

[bykergrl]

Just read 'the lovely bones' by Alice Seebold - that was a really good book. A rather different take on a ghost story.

Next book - The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde

[outtolunch]

reading.....................................Margrave of the Marshes

just read...................................Adrion Mole and the weapons of mass destruction

favorite authors..........................Banks Ian ( M ) , Pratchet Terry, Rankin Ian and Robert, Brookmyre Christopher

[knappster]

I just read this book called the bible, it sucks

Edited January 29, 2006 by knappster

[Lofty]

Just had to read Ian McEwan's 'Atonement' for Uni, beautiful book although I could predict where part one was going, the pleasure is in McEwan's realisation of the worlds he creates.

Also read Matthew Lewis' 'The Monk' but I don't think you lot are into 17th century Gothic literature

[bus]

bit slow on the reading front at the moment...so far this year have read the player of gamesby ian m banks, persian fire by tom holt and am halfway through the john peel book, which is good it is.

[Taikonaut]

read a book about casino cheating. About a past-posting team in 80s, very interesting, although it made me want to go and try it out .

Also read a book by a Michael Moorcock called Elric of Melniboné. Anyone else read any Moorcock? its very very dark and wierd.

[shellyann]

Just read 'the lovely bones' by Alice Seebold - that was a really good book. A rather different take on a ghost story.