I need a good book to read, have given up on the current one and now I'm at a dead end.
What are you reading?
What do you recommend?
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"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
"Crime" by Irvine Welsh
Just read these two, and loved them.
"Crime" by Irvine Welsh
Just read these two, and loved them.
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What sort of books do you like?
Reading Ilium By Dan Simmons http://www.amazon.com/Ilium-Dan-Simmons/dp/0380817926/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251149824&sr=1-11
or if you don't like fantasy/Science Fiction then try his horror/historical fiction The Terror
http://www.amazon.com/Terror-Novel-Dan-Simmons/dp/0316008079/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251149824&sr=1-6
ForteanTimes2009-08-25 09:40:36
Reading Ilium By Dan Simmons http://www.amazon.com/Ilium-Dan-Simmons/dp/0380817926/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251149824&sr=1-11
or if you don't like fantasy/Science Fiction then try his horror/historical fiction The Terror
http://www.amazon.com/Terror-Novel-Dan-Simmons/dp/0316008079/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251149824&sr=1-6
ForteanTimes2009-08-25 09:40:36
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What Genre are you looking at?
are you a Janet evanovich fan, robert ludlum, dan brown? (examples only, i have never read a janet evanovich book)
fiction, non -fiction?
I could list thousands of books i have read and enjoyed, so something more specific might help
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Biographies, on sports, on travel/moving countries, on tragedy i.e. that bloke who fell down an ice shaft in Argentina, broke two legs and crawled out.
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Still have a copy of All White 1982 the Impossible Dream!!!
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I just read The Client by John Grisham, that was a good book. Reading The Street Lawyer now (also by Grisham) and it's shaping up to be a good one.
There is a brilliant book called King's Ransom which is about Tsar Boris III (of Bulgaria) during World War II. It is a really, really good book. Highly recommend it.
There is a brilliant book called King's Ransom which is about Tsar Boris III (of Bulgaria) during World War II. It is a really, really good book. Highly recommend it.
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What sort of books do you like?
Reading Ilium By Dan Simmons http://www.amazon.com/Ilium-Dan-Simmons/dp/0380817926/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251149824&sr=1-11
or if you don't like fantasy/Science Fiction then try his horror/historical fiction The Terror
http://www.amazon.com/Terror-Novel-Dan-Simmons/dp/0316008079/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251149824&sr=1-6
Reading Ilium By Dan Simmons http://www.amazon.com/Ilium-Dan-Simmons/dp/0380817926/ref=sr_1_11?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251149824&sr=1-11
or if you don't like fantasy/Science Fiction then try his horror/historical fiction The Terror
http://www.amazon.com/Terror-Novel-Dan-Simmons/dp/0316008079/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1251149824&sr=1-6
Thanks for the suggestions. Have read a lot of Stephen King, Jeffery Deaver, James Patterson, Ruth Rendall. Like NZ authors, anything related to music / tv, travel, scifi and horror are good too.
Oceanic62009-08-25 11:33:31
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What Genre are you looking at?
are you a Janet evanovich fan, robert ludlum, dan brown? (examples only, i have never read a janet evanovich book)
fiction, non -fiction?
I could list thousands of books i have read and enjoyed, so something more specific might help
I've not heard of Janet Evanovich, will have to google search her.
Murder Mystery, travel, music, autobiographies, horror and soppy love stories (not mills and boon!!!)
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My autobiography is coming out soon: 'Two camels in the sand: the life of a pampered sheik'.
Great yarn.
Great yarn.
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What I am reading - "Be Your Best" by Steve Price.
What I should be reading - My sociology textbooks.
What I should be reading - My sociology textbooks.
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What I am reading - "Be Your Best" by Steve Price.
What I should be reading - My sociology textbooks.
What I should be reading - My sociology textbooks.
Get back to your Talcott Parsons!
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Dan Brown is great. Just finished Deception Point and starting Digital Fortress. Kinda techy, a bit anti US govt, but USA is great sort of thing.
Its no longer a problem.
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The "hardest" working man in Hollywood - Ron Jeremy.
Real eye opener and very funny.
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Just read Cannery Row by John Steinbeck - loved it. reading the sequel Sweet Thursday now.
Also recently finished The Wanderer by Knut Hamsun, which was also really good. I love Hamsun.
I like tautologies because I like them.
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Green Eggs & Ham - Dr Seuss
Will probably be finished it in a couple of weeks if you want to borrow.
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Air Ace - "Aces High". A collection of war comics from the 60's in 1 book. Takes me back to my childhood.
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Green Eggs & Ham - Dr Seuss
*SPOILER*Will probably be finished it in a couple of weeks if you want to borrow.
He eats the green eggs + ham, and he likes them, Sam I Am.
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Just read Cannery Row by John Steinbeck - loved it. reading the sequel Sweet Thursday now.
Also recently finished The Wanderer by Knut Hamsun, which was also really good. I love Hamsun.
Did John Steinbeck also write "of Mice & Men"??? is that any good?
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If you like steven king novels i can recommend a few Dean Koontz novels (watchers,strangers, phantom, lightning- his earlier stuff is good)
Also in the Horror genre almost anything by James Herbet - he writes some very scary (often a little risque) stuff.
UberGunner2009-08-25 15:22:25
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Just read Cannery Row by John Steinbeck - loved it. reading the sequel Sweet Thursday now.
Also recently finished The Wanderer by Knut Hamsun, which was also really good. I love Hamsun.
Did John Steinbeck also write "of Mice & Men"??? is that any good?
Yeah it is - it was the first book by him that I have read. I still haven't read Grapes of Wrath, though.
I like tautologies because I like them.
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I'm reading a good book atm.
It's called Penthouse.On a side note Cosimo - At least give me credit for saying nothing you say is gaytards :P
Gangsta!2009-08-25 16:33:36
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I'm reading a good book atm.
It's called Penthouse.On a side note Cosimo - At least give me credit for saying nothing you say is gaytards :P
Fair enough. It was a touching* moment. 
(Not in a tog-area kind of way.)
Cosimo2009-08-25 16:43:41I like tautologies because I like them.
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If it was in the tog-area it would be gaytards.
And you don't do (saying is doing....) anything gaytards :-D
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Birdsong.
ive got a song that wont take long, Adelaide are rubbish.. the second verse is same as the first.. ADELAIDE ARE RUBBISH
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"Up Till Now" - William Shatner's biography. Very funny and interesting. The guy doesn't take himself too seriously. Also reading "Iceberg" - Clive Cussler.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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Birdsong.
Do I have to guess the author???
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I've just finished the Ian Botham autobiography, I would say it is one of the best sports books I have ever read.
Best Kiwi book I've ever read is Mark of the Lion by Charles Upham. I think that should be a must read for every New Zealander
www.kiwifromthecouch.blogspot.com
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Getting them to know the words to the national anthem might be a simpler start...
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Bopman, Mike Gatting's autobiography some years ago was also a good read.
Proud to have attended the first 175 Consecutive "Home" Wellington Phoenix "A League" Games !!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
The Ruf, The Ruf, The Ruf is on Fire!!
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Bopman, Mike Gatting's autobiography some years ago was also a good read.
Is it called "Jesus, where'd that go?", in honour of the ball of the century?kiwi pie2009-08-25 21:47:50
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Everyone (and I mean everyone) should read The Diceman by Luke Reinhart. I also really liked the Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood and the first 2 Robert Harris books with Hannibal Lector (Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs).
Back Door Sluts 9 is a better book than movie as well.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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Everyone (and I mean everyone) should read The Diceman by Luke Reinhart. I also really liked the Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood and the first 2 Robert Harris books with Hannibal Lector (Red Dragon and Silence of the Lambs).
Back Door Sluts 9 is a better book than movie as well.
The Diceman is a horrible book, but agree Atwood is a top writer.
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How can anyone hate the Diceman????? It is a classic early - mid 20's read, along with American Psycho (pretty good, but no less than zero), Zen and the art of motorcycle maintenance (complete sh*t, but maybe I was just not smart enough) and the beach (alright, but not as great as everyone seemed to think it was).
I also loved the detainees by Sean Hughes, and also enjoyed the books by Hugh Laurie and David Baddiel. Ben Elton books are always pretty funny, especially Stark, Gridlocked and the big brother and pop idol ones.
I have just finished the Red Riding series by David Pearce (oooooh - the damned united was really good) and I haven't got a f**king clue what was going on. Really - not a scooby.
All I do is make the stuff I would've liked
Reference things I wanna watch, reference girls I wanna bite
Now I'm firefly like a burning kite
And yousa fake fuck like a fleshlight
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London - Edward Rutherfurd nearly finished.
Netherland -Joseph O'Neill.
Homecoming- Bernhard Schlink.
Lottery- Patricia Wood.
A case of exploding mangoes - Mohammed Hanif
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London - Edward Rutherfurd nearly finished.
Netherland -Joseph O'Neill.
Homecoming- Bernhard Schlink.
Lottery- Patricia Wood.
A case of exploding mangoes - Mohammed Hanif
Is that the London autobiography? the really long non-fiction one? If so, do you like it? I thought it had some great bits but was really unfocused...
I like tautologies because I like them.
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John Birmingham - Weapons of Choice 2.1, Designated Targets 2.2 & Final Impact 2.3
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wonderland avenue, by danny sugerman.franki mac you especialy must read this book, it is a cracker about a 14yr old kid who becomes jim morrisons best friend and then becomes the manager of igg pop. great read!
another good author is james patterson
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3 CUPS OF TEA, Greg Mortenson/David Oliver Relin. American Climber who has been building schools in Pakistan for 15 years or more. Classic non-fiction, a real adventure about real people.
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