Read anything decent lately?

[Tooting Gull]

Haven't seen one of these for a while, and was always good for picking up a few good recommendations.

Have just got back from hols where I got through 'Shadows', a first-hand account of being in the RUC special branch in the 70s and 80s (understandably very one-sided but a good insight); Dan Brown's Digital Fortress (alright, good plot, fairly easy read); and the best was Alice Seebold's The Lovely Bones (unpleasant subject matter but very clever and thought-provoking).

Any suggestions?

 

[Barnet Seagull]

NSP










obviously that's a lie.

 

[jevs]

Lactating asian maidens

 

[WATFORD O]

yeah my posts...............

 

[Tooting Gull]

Very good, fleecemeister. Still subscribe to Jackie?

 

[Albion Rob]

Very good, fleecemeister. Still subscribe to Jackie?

Is the fleece comment a reference to the Mitre Pub, Barnet circa March 2000?

If so, that was my loudest laugh of the day.

Gone but not forgotten, eh?

 

[Barnet Seagull]

Very good, fleecemeister. Still subscribe to Jackie?

Old habits n'all that jazz.

I've not read anything decent for a while, all been a bit bland, so would appreciate some ideas.

 

[aftershavedave]

Is the fleece comment a reference to the Mitre Pub, Barnet circa March 2000?

If so, that was my loudest laugh of the day.

Gone but not forgotten, eh?

there's a picture somewhere of the crowd that day and that great big yellow fleece right in the middle, slightly to the left of goal....

 

[Albion Rob]

Any Magnus Mills usually does the trick, Restraint of Beasts and the Scheme for Full Employment in particular.

 

[n1 gull]

Its probably been mentioned before, The Curious incident of the dog in the night time - absolutely superb.
Apart from that I've not read anything of note. I'm enjoying the Bob Dylan autobiography at the moment.

 

[Biscuit]

I had a NSC BOOK CLUB thread awhile ago which was interesting.

Dan Brown is a fantastic writer and I really enjoyed 'the Da Vinci Code'.

Also, 'The Pianst' is tear jurking. 'Catch 22' is the funnyist thing I ever read, and 'The Five People you Meet in Heaven' is very thought provoking.

 

[Biscuit]

Its probably been mentioned before, The Curious incident of the dog in the night time - absolutely superb.

Great book. A real insight into the life of a boy living with autism.

 

[Wilts]

I'm Reading, if thats any help

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I read Brighton Rock again the other day. It was better than I remembered, and there is not many books you'd say that for.

 

[Mr Fridge]

The torment of others was OK a crime thriller book where, and the NSP crowd will like this, one of the killers they have to track down kills prostitutes with a razor blade laced dildo. Guess where they bleed to death from.

I ordered some more books from BOL some time back and none have arrived yet but one of them is supposed to be recommended Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell supposedly a Harry Potter for Adults.

I also have the plot against America and Sickened on order (the latter is the story of a young girl suffering at the hands of a parent with Munchausen's by Proxy a true story)

I also have Eats, Shites & Leaves which is a spoof of the other book by a similar title and has a pop at all the wrong things people say, George dubbya apparently features large in it. with examples like ‘I think we agree, the past is over.’

 

[Hannibal smith]

I'm currently wading through Phillip Paulman's Dark materials trilogy (The books are Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and the Amber Spyglass). I suppose these are technically kids books but are immensely readable and are almost 'unputdownable' creating a world in my head that I am sure exists somewhere - It certainly owes something to Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter.

I previously enjoyed the Da Vinci Code but seeing as you have been reading Dan Brown on holiday, I assume you have been there already.

Sports wise, Feet in the clouds by Richard askwith is a superb read (nutters who run up mountains basically - rather them than me) and if you like that read the Death Zone by Matt Dickinson which details an ill fated journey to the top of Everest (Into Thin air Jon Krakauer details the same account but not, in my view, as well)

For more original reads I can also recommend the Curious incident of the dog in the night time and the life of Pi - both different and excellently written - If you haven't read the life of Pi, get there before the film ruins the book.

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

I have a vast pile of books in my room, but haven't read anything fictional since The Alchemist, I think. Want to get down to reading Vernon God Little at some point, then The Da Vinci Code.

Plenty of crappy, boring books for Uni read, mind - so the last book I read was Pidgins and Creoles (Volume II) by John Holm. A real riot, and for once the sequel excelled the original. Get it now.

 

[Schrödinger's Toad]

For more original reads I can also recommend the Curious incident of the dog in the night time and the life of Pi - both different and excellently written - If you haven't read the life of Pi, get there before the film ruins the book.

They're making a film? I can't imagine it doing justice to a story which shouldn't translate well to a visual format, given its nature. I never got into Pullman - admired the writing and some of the concepts, but for some reason wasn't gripped. The characters were a little flimsy.

 

[Tooting Gull]

I see Tom Hanks has landed the lead in the film of The Da Vinci Code, director Ron Howard - due out 2006.

 

[lost in london]

I had a NSC BOOK CLUB thread awhile ago which was interesting.

Dan Brown is a fantastic writer and I really enjoyed 'the Da Vinci Code'.

Also, 'The Pianst' is tear jurking. 'Catch 22' is the funnyist thing I ever read, and 'The Five People you Meet in Heaven' is very thought provoking.

I don't want to be rude, but Dan Browne is not a fantastic writer, The Da Vinci Code is surely one of the worst written books to have ever been a best seller. Mildly interesting, but insanely predictable. Good trashy beach book I suppose though.

I'm reading The Collector by John Fowles at the minute, pretty good. He also wrote a book called The Magus which is amazing.