Books

[kenton]

fav book is book of bunny suicides or 101 uses for a black bag im a very in depth reader and i like to challange me mind

[Greeny_Musicchild]

Did you get the great shark hunt(?) I'm not too sure if thats the title, read it years ago. that was really good IMO, Kingdom of Fear is another good'un.

[Lauz_Abbott]

fav book is book of bunny suicides or 101 uses for a black bag im a very in depth reader and i like to challange me mind

[Purple Monkey]

"Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?" is providing some classic bog-read.

[Cultseeker]

"Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?" is providing some classic bog-read.

[Mr.Shinyhappyperson]

"Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit?" is providing some classic bog-read.

[TheGayTent]

William Horwood's two trilogies:

Duncton Wood

Duncton Quest

Duncton Found

Duncton Tales

Duncton Rising

Duncton Stone

[weeburd]

I don't post much in this thread, but I love my books, I do

Although I note that many people on here read fiction, but I am more of a non-fiction addict really. Currently reading a fascinating anthropological look at us - Watching The English, by Kate Fox. It goes into why we talk as we do and why we behave as we do (including things like what we do when someone tries to queue jump )

And as it's about us English, it is of course, obsessed with the C word......CLASS

[fortunesfool]

oh bunny suicides is funny

[shellyann]

i am currently reading the Billy Connelly book written by his mrs. I am quite liking it.

[bykergrl]

Time Travellers Wife was excellent - made me cry at the end.

I read Watching the English too - I thought it was fascinating - I now watch myself making very 'English' decisions.

Anansi boys by Neil Gaiman was the last book I finished - very good and in the same sort of vein as American Gods (though AG was better IMHO)

Currently reading life expectancy by Dean Koontz. It's a Dean Koontz book where terrible things happen to a pastry chef. Enjoying it so far.

Not sure what the next book should be. I might get round to re-reading the first 4 Dark tower books and then get the last 3 to read. Or I'll find something at the airport tomorrow and read that.

Anything in the chart at the moment that people would recomend? Maybe something non-fiction?

[shellyann]

Time Travellers Wife was excellent - made me cry at the end.

Anything in the chart at the moment that people would recomend? Maybe something non-fiction?

[hel0rz]

Finished Dracula [it's amazing how much you read when you've got nothing to do all day!] I did like it, not one I'd pick up again sometime soon, but perhaps in the near future.

Started "The Shining" by Stephen King (prepares to hide behind couch).

[greenfairy43]

Favourite Book would be Around Ireland with a Fridge" by Tony Hawkes

[Cultseeker]

At the moment:

Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad (again, marvelously vivid depiction, if clearly a piece of colonial racism)

Glamorama - Brett Easton Ellis (really should have read this by now)

The Location of Culture - Homi Bhabha (heavy weight philosophy s**t, which takes several reads to make the least bit of semblance)

In a Free State - V.S. Naipaul (nobel prize winner and rightly so)

Seasons of Migration to the North - Tayib Salih (more colonial type stuff - love it)

Edited July 3, 2006 by Cultseeker

[Atlanteanlost]

Can't recommend this enough....Geraldine Brooks - Year of Wonders

[shellyann]

Can't recommend this enough....Geraldine Brooks - Year of Wonders

[lamstonite]

just finished One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest which i enjoyed far more than i thought i would, really recomend it.

And i'm now reading A Million Little Pieces by James Frey which is also really good. Its his story about going to rehab for drink and drugs and its amazingly open and touching. Good so far

[Lucibelle]

My last book was White Oleander, My current book is The English Patient.

My fave book was either lord of the rings or the Phillip Pullman trilogy combined. I like a good magical epic tale! Ooh or the Life of Pi. - now that was brilliant! Argh i clearly can't choose one.

[bus]

hipster bought me a big old bumper book of pirate stories, which is lush (aar)

[hel0rz]

Just finished The Shining (wow that took ages!). Excellent book, not as scary as I thought but still better than the film.

Starting to read 'Salems Lot, I've got high hopes for that.

[stoneroses19]

What book are you currently reading? Swahili for the Broken Hearted - Peter Moore. If you love travel books and authors like bill bryson, this guy is awesome, have read all his others, his best one is the wrong way home where he travels from london to sydney without flying.

Last book read? The Death Collectors - Jack Kerley

Favourite author? Nick Hornby

Favourite book? I can't really say just one so i'll go for High Fidelity (Nick Hornby), Death and the Penguin (Andrey Kurkov) and Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain),

[Self-Titled]

Can't remember whether I've replied to this thread but I like John Grisham's.

Very hard to put down once you start.

Haven't read anything for a while, will probably read a fair bit on holiday on the plane and stuff.

[IndianSummer]

Charles Bukowski - Ham on Rye

Really enjoyed it, made me lol and feel quite sad............

[Bruce]

Just finished The Shining (wow that took ages!). Excellent book, not as scary as I thought but still better than the film.

Starting to read 'Salems Lot, I've got high hopes for that.