comment by Bunteh (U10372)
The Kazamarov Brothers - Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Twice I tried to read that book, but the fact that there were loads of characters, each of whom had a russian pet name that was used interchangeably by others. Plus the fact that all the names were very similar, I threw in the towel after about 800 pages
The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Superb book, and not written in a usual style, it's very very good.
If anyone's looking for a good book on WWI '1914-1918 The History of the First World War' by David Stevenson is brilliant. Got everything you need to know in it, and it's very readable.
I'm reading Barca - The making of the greatest team in the world.
Memoirs found in a bathtub - Stanislaw Lem
comment by AVB, easy as 123, taller than RRP (U10245)
posted 4 minutes ago
Bernard Cornwell - The Winter King
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An absolutely superb trilogy. The best books I have read on the Arthurian legend.
If you get to the end of them and found you have liked them, I suggest you give The Wheel Of Time by Robert Jordan a look.
Elvis - Yes I've read Sharpe, Warlord and Saxon Chronicles. I am hooked on this one and as you say the best I have ever read on the Arthurian legend. I have all 3 so just working my way through them now.
I will take a look at your recommendation.
comment by AVB, easy as 123, taller than RRP (U10245)
posted 12 seconds ago
Elvis - Yes I've read Sharpe, Warlord and Saxon Chronicles. I am hooked on this one and as you say the best I have ever read on the Arthurian legend. I have all 3 so just working my way through them now.
I will take a look at your recommendation.
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I have read most of the Sharpe series, but they do get a bit samey after a while. I'm a big Cornwell fan and actually wrote my dissertation on his Warlord Chronicles and other Arthurian texts.
I have read the Starbuck and Grail quest chronicles, but not the Saxon Stories - would you recommend?
Just finished Black hearts: one platoon's descent into madness. A description of the events surrounding a war crime committed by US troops in Iraq in 2006. Gives a brilliant insight into the reality of life on the front line Iraq in 2006.
I'm reading Shantaram, for the second time.
Long, but great book.
Trevayne by Robert Ludlum. I am a big fan of political thrillers and Ludlum is one of the best.
Fifty shades of brown, the life of a toilet.
wishiwasinliverpool :
"I can't read"
I'm currently switching between 'Vampire Forensics - Uncovering the origins of an enduring legend' by Mark Collins Jenkins, and 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett.
Fifty shades of grey - yeah, right
Not read it, but from what I hear most of it is biologically impossible.
And badly written. It's bored most of the people I know who've plodded through it.
Not read it, but from what I hear most of it is biologically impossible.
I read two characters had intercourse on a kitchen sink, and it was very explicit
comment by Valencia's Right Foot - 26/05/1999 (U11781)
posted 7 minutes ago
Not read it, but from what I hear most of it is biologically impossible.
I read two characters had intercourse on a kitchen sink, and it was very explicit
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Did it involve taps?
On a kitchen sink, or in it?
If in it, are they midgets?
Taps, OMG! OW!
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This is a blast from the past. Let's attempt to revive it.
I've just finished 'One Of Us Is Lying' by Karen M McManus, interesting murder mystery although the ending was a bit crap. About to move onto 'The Underground Railroad' by Colson Whitehead. It won a Pulitzer Prize so might be too highbrow for me.
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posted on 8/8/12
comment by Bunteh (U10372)
The Kazamarov Brothers - Fyodor Dostoevsky
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Twice I tried to read that book, but the fact that there were loads of characters, each of whom had a russian pet name that was used interchangeably by others. Plus the fact that all the names were very similar, I threw in the towel after about 800 pages
posted on 8/8/12
The Road by Cormac McCarthy. Superb book, and not written in a usual style, it's very very good.
If anyone's looking for a good book on WWI '1914-1918 The History of the First World War' by David Stevenson is brilliant. Got everything you need to know in it, and it's very readable.
posted on 8/8/12
I'm reading Barca - The making of the greatest team in the world.
posted on 8/8/12
Memoirs found in a bathtub - Stanislaw Lem
posted on 8/8/12
comment by AVB, easy as 123, taller than RRP (U10245)
posted 4 minutes ago
Bernard Cornwell - The Winter King
---------------------------------------
An absolutely superb trilogy. The best books I have read on the Arthurian legend.
If you get to the end of them and found you have liked them, I suggest you give The Wheel Of Time by Robert Jordan a look.
posted on 8/8/12
Elvis - Yes I've read Sharpe, Warlord and Saxon Chronicles. I am hooked on this one and as you say the best I have ever read on the Arthurian legend. I have all 3 so just working my way through them now.
I will take a look at your recommendation.
posted on 8/8/12
comment by AVB, easy as 123, taller than RRP (U10245)
posted 12 seconds ago
Elvis - Yes I've read Sharpe, Warlord and Saxon Chronicles. I am hooked on this one and as you say the best I have ever read on the Arthurian legend. I have all 3 so just working my way through them now.
I will take a look at your recommendation.
------------------------------------
I have read most of the Sharpe series, but they do get a bit samey after a while. I'm a big Cornwell fan and actually wrote my dissertation on his Warlord Chronicles and other Arthurian texts.
I have read the Starbuck and Grail quest chronicles, but not the Saxon Stories - would you recommend?
posted on 8/8/12
Just finished Black hearts: one platoon's descent into madness. A description of the events surrounding a war crime committed by US troops in Iraq in 2006. Gives a brilliant insight into the reality of life on the front line Iraq in 2006.
posted on 8/8/12
I can't read
posted on 8/8/12
I'm reading Shantaram, for the second time.
Long, but great book.
posted on 8/8/12
Trevayne by Robert Ludlum. I am a big fan of political thrillers and Ludlum is one of the best.
posted on 8/8/12
World. War. Z.
posted on 8/8/12
Tantric Sx
posted on 8/8/12
Fifty shades of brown, the life of a toilet.
posted on 8/8/12
wishiwasinliverpool :
"I can't read"
I'm currently switching between 'Vampire Forensics - Uncovering the origins of an enduring legend' by Mark Collins Jenkins, and 'Snuff' by Terry Pratchett.
posted on 8/8/12
Fifty shades of grey - yeah, right
Not read it, but from what I hear most of it is biologically impossible.
And badly written. It's bored most of the people I know who've plodded through it.
posted on 8/8/12
Not read it, but from what I hear most of it is biologically impossible.
I read two characters had intercourse on a kitchen sink, and it was very explicit
posted on 8/8/12
comment by Valencia's Right Foot - 26/05/1999 (U11781)
posted 7 minutes ago
Not read it, but from what I hear most of it is biologically impossible.
I read two characters had intercourse on a kitchen sink, and it was very explicit
----------------------------------
Did it involve taps?
posted on 8/8/12
On a kitchen sink, or in it?
If in it, are they midgets?
Taps, OMG! OW!
posted on 8/8/12
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posted on 8/8/12
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posted on 13/1/18
This is a blast from the past. Let's attempt to revive it.
I've just finished 'One Of Us Is Lying' by Karen M McManus, interesting murder mystery although the ending was a bit crap. About to move onto 'The Underground Railroad' by Colson Whitehead. It won a Pulitzer Prize so might be too highbrow for me.
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