Anyone read any good books lately

[Blasphemous]

Just finished reading Kipper's Big Red Ball with my son. Four pages long, three words on each page! Thought it was never gonna end

bit heavy for thee

It's one of them Cardboard ones. You know, the ones that haven't got a thick paper on the outside just really thick card. So yeah, ya right Kev, it was canny heavy. Got me lad too carry it over to the bed, didn't wanna dee me back in ye nah!

 

[gcol]

Have a look at Stephen Hunter's Swagger Stories.

 

[kevindgas]

Rocking the Boat by Ian Ross
it's a fictional story, based on the true story of the month's leading up to the launch of Radio Caroline in the early 60's
great read for all you free radio hippies

 

[kevplumb]

the old man and the sea brilliant

 

[Deleted member 105431]

Pappillion-great book.

 

[wotan]

havnt read it recently but this is probably the best book ive read.

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I will never buy anything off a seller who states Paypal only!

Wotan

 

[wotan]

Wilbur Smith The Sunbird

Wotan

 

[DP]

Just finished reading "The girl with dragon tattoo"

Thoroughly good unputdownable books for me are by Nelson DeMille and Harlan Coben

 

[toptec]

I myself liked the dark tower series.. by Stephen King..

it's kind of post apocalyptic western, with magic thrown in..

don't be put off by the first one, "The Gunslinger".. it's kind of western heavy..

oh and it's 7 books in total..

An awesome series. Riveting books. My choices would be -

Crime Thriller - Dick Francis.

Sci-Fi - L.E Modesitt Jnr "The Cadman Chronicles" or "The HAB Theory" by Allan Eckert.

War - "Chickenhawk" by Robert Mason.

Travel - All the Alexander Kent series

Non-Fiction - Phoenix. (Policing the Shadows) by Jack Holland. (Undercover in Northern Ireland)

Biography - Pierluigi Collina "The Rules of the Game" or "Spy Catcher" by Peter Wright.

or for light reading - The Lady Magazine- Out every Tuesday.

 

[empip]

Some good yarns... From the late taffman.
http://www.tristanjones.org/index.htm

Couldn't resist -
The Fall of Northern Rock an Insiders Story of Britains Biggest Banking Disaster By Brian Walters

 

[vsynth]

I really enjoyed these, all of them came recommended and none of them would be something I would normally pick up off the shelf.

Stuart, a life backwards
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stuart-Life...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240912899&sr=8-1

The time travelers wife
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Time-Travel...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240912928&sr=1-1

A quiet belief in angels
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Quiet-Belie...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1240912954&sr=1-1

Blood River , A journey to Africa's broken heart
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-River-Journey-Africas-Broken/dp/0099494280/ref=pd_sim_b_4

 

[Soggy_weetabix]

Just read Mr Bump by R. Hargreaves.

Couldnt put it down!

 

[Shytalkz]

Just finished reading "The girl with dragon tattoo"

Me too! Took a while to get into, mainly I think due to the language/syntax arising from the translation into English, but the storyline was very good. Is the next part out yet?

Also just read "The Circuit" by Bob Shepherd. Good read if you like warry, non-fiction stuff.

And, just prior to that, Volumes 1 and 2 of TG20:08 the scaffolding bible...rivetting stuff and good for CPD

 

[Richardp]

"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" read in when it was first published in the 70s and just re read it, very sad indeed and angry, a great book.

 

[Shytalkz]

And Buffy Sainte-Marie sang about it too