Books

[sifi]

The thought of an Italian restraunt has me now wanting Saltimbocca.

Buon appetito!

[bunique]

Ooo Ooo I'd forgotten about this thread.

I bought a book called The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness for my brother at Christmas. Having picked it up after the dinner, I couldn't put it down and read it all in a day or so...then discovered on the last page it was the first book in a trilogy - and the next part wasn't out til May - Nooooooooo!

Anywho, the second book came out and I scurried down to Waterstones to buy it (The Ask and The Answer) and it was equally as brilliant, if a little dampened by the fact I knew I'd have to wait a year for the last book to found out what happens.

It's technically a "young adults" book, despite the fact I winced my way through the violence of the second book and fretted about giving it to my little bro. I couldn't explain it very well without giving away the story, but this review should give you a flavour. Please, please, please read it!

[Katster]

The thought of an Italian restraunt has me now wanting Saltimbocca.

Buon appetito!

[Langdale Wolf]

Anyway, books. Next on the list is High Fidelity I think.

[Katster]

Tremendous read. Thoroughly enjoyed that. The film adaptation is very good too.

[Steve P]

I'm reading The Corner at the moment. You can tell that it's written by the same guys that wrote The Wire as it very much drops you into the story without any real explanation of who the characters are and you just have to go with it. I'm enjoying it, although as i'm not a fast reader it is taking me a long time to get through it as it's over 600 pages.

[Langdale Wolf]

I've got the film but never watched it. I'd like to read the book first

[rachbon]

last book i read was kill your friends by john niven. hilarious.

now reading clubland confidential by frank owen. anyone seen the film party monster with mcauley culkin and seth green? clubland is the book that the film is based on, it's a true story. not far into the book yet but it's really interesting.

[Atlanteanlost]

[Atlanteanlost]

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Edited June 17, 2009 by Atlanteanlost

[Atlanteanlost]

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[Huevos y Bacon]

[Atlanteanlost]

I read this years ago. Found it in a second hand bookshop. I think I might've been missing the point but I didn't half wish summat would actually happen, though I seem to remember I enjoyed it in an odd way.

[Jason447]

What book are you currently reading? Old Man's War by John Scalzi - Its a sci-fi, which I don't normally read. However I saw it on a workmates desk, liked the look of it, and am really enjoying it.

Last book read? The boy in the Striped Pyjama's - John Boyne - Thought provoking book, written from a boy's perspective.

Favourite author? Stephen King, Alistair Maclean, Gerald Seymour

Favourite book? Too many to pin one down - Lord of the Rings, Captain Correlli's Mandolin, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Dark is Rising sequence, Archangel......

Cant read? A brief History of Time Stephen Hawkings - Found it hard going.

[Jason447]

Stephen Donaldson : Fatal Revenant

Oh my god I could go on for hours about the Thomas Covenant Chronicles

[Katster]

What book are you currently reading? Old Man's War by John Scalzi - Its a sci-fi, which I don't normally read. However I saw it on a workmates desk, liked the look of it, and am really enjoying it.

Last book read? The boy in the Striped Pyjama's - John Boyne - Thought provoking book, written from a boy's perspective.

Favourite author? Stephen King, Alistair Maclean, Gerald Seymour

Favourite book? Too many to pin one down - Lord of the Rings, Captain Correlli's Mandolin, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Dark is Rising sequence, Archangel......

Cant read? A brief History of Time Stephen Hawkings - Found it hard going.

[Langdale Wolf]

What book are you currently reading? Some Other Rainbow - John McCarthy & Jill Morrell

Last book read? Man On Fire - AJ Quinnell

Favourite Author? Probably Danny Wallace

Favourite Book? In Harms Way - The Story of the USS Indianapolis - Doug Stanton

Can't read? Terry Pratchet. I think he's dull as dishwater. Shame as I like a bit of fantasy.

[Huevos y Bacon]

There ya go...

CLICK

[bunique]

What book are you currently reading? Holes - can't remember who it's by, short kids story.

[worm]

Can't read? Stephen Fry - Moab is My Washpot. I liked it to begin with but it just got boring so I gave up

[Huevos y Bacon]

Should have just left it at 'can't read'.

What book are you currently reading? Many - Japan Rising, Kenneth Pyle; The Spectre of Marx, Jacques Derrida; The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler etc....

Last book read? Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche.........again.

Favourite author? Nietzsche, Bhabha, Derrida, Foucault, Ellis, Said, Zola.

Favourite book? The Location of Culture, Beyond Good and Evil, American Psycho, Difference

Cant read? Anything shit i.e. Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Martina Cole and anyone else generally favoured by WHSmith.

[worm]

I still don't understand how anyone can rate American Psycho. Should I read it again? The naff prose and general predictability of it put me off the first time. Now Chandler ...

Edited June 20, 2009 by worm

[Shinny]

What book are you currently reading? John Barrowman's autobiography - a surprisingly good read. Hilarious book!

Last book read? finished? erm... Full Circle by Kirsten Beyer

Favourite author? Kathy Reichs. Genious - much better than Patricia Cornwell

Favourite book? Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs

Cant read? anything by William Shatner (idiotic man) or by either of the Behr-Stevens

[Purple Monkey]

Should have just left it at 'can't read'.

What book are you currently reading? Many - Japan Rising, Kenneth Pyle; The Spectre of Marx, Jacques Derrida; The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler etc....

Last book read? Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche.........again.

Favourite author? Nietzsche, Bhabha, Derrida, Foucault, Ellis, Said, Zola.

Favourite book? The Location of Culture, Beyond Good and Evil, American Psycho, Difference

Cant read? Anything shit i.e. Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Martina Cole and anyone else generally favoured by WHSmith.

Edited June 20, 2009 by Purple Monkey

[ste4_20]

Should have just left it at 'can't read'.

What book are you currently reading? Many - Japan Rising, Kenneth Pyle; The Spectre of Marx, Jacques Derrida; The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler etc....

Last book read? Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche.........again.

Favourite author? Nietzsche, Bhabha, Derrida, Foucault, Ellis, Said, Zola.

Favourite book? The Location of Culture, Beyond Good and Evil, American Psycho, Difference

Cant read? Anything shit i.e. Stephen King, J.K. Rowling, Martina Cole and anyone else generally favoured by WHSmith.