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August 17, 2006 at 1:04 pm #1038910
Which (if any) book/s are people reading ATM?
I’ll get the ball rolling by Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts.
Excellent read that is being made (ruined) into a film by Hollywood starring Johnny Depp.
P.S. If anyone has read it please don’t tell me the ending as I’m only two thirds of the way through it.:groucho: :groucho:August 17, 2006 at 1:17 pm #1086639Just Gave up on Da Vinci Code,Tiz Shit!,IMHO
Re-Reading Illuminatus.Robert Anton Wilson.
August 17, 2006 at 1:28 pm #1086618
this is a hard hitting read about a dog and his adventures at school
:laugh_at:August 17, 2006 at 1:36 pm #1086625People of the wolf…
By W.Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear..
Heavy stuff…1205 pages 🙂
August 17, 2006 at 1:44 pm #1086613im reading a variety of baby-related books, wont bore you with teh details, really could do with a good novel to get into, something dark, something that has a good point to it, nothing thats a soppy love story…..any suggestions?
August 17, 2006 at 1:46 pm #1086609GoodDoG wrote:Just Gave up on Da Vinci Code,Tiz Shit!,IMHOJust read that in the last few days as it happens. I enjoyed it but i felt it was a never ending repetition of people trying to figure something out (which was often quite blatantly obvious)… getting it wrong a couple of times before finally figuring it out and then it would move on the to the next repetition of this… add infinitum. Throw in some guns and a bit of a religion and there you have it.
Still enjoyed it though.
I’m now reading “stones of power” by David Gemmel. Fantasy is all I read usually. Great escapism.
August 17, 2006 at 2:39 pm #1086653“Lavondyss” by Robert Holdstock. It’s a sequel to a book I read when I was 11 or so and then I found out this year that it had a sequel. Fantasy / sci fi.
August 17, 2006 at 3:30 pm #1086640BioTech wrote:Just read that in the last few days as it happens. I enjoyed it but i felt it was a never ending repetition of people trying to figure something out (which was often quite blatantly obvious)… getting it wrong a couple of times before finally figuring it out and then it would move on the to the next repetition of this… add infinitum. Throw in some guns and a bit of a religion and there you have it.Still enjoyed it though.
I’m now reading “stones of power” by David Gemmel. Fantasy is all I read usually. Great escapism.
Know exactly where you’re coming from B.T. Some of the so called cryptic codes were so obvious that I was shouting out the answers to the book. And I’m useless at cryptic crosswords:groucho: :groucho: . Did enjoy it though I have to admit.:love:
August 17, 2006 at 3:45 pm #1086628Tao Te Ching (Lao-Tzu) translated obviously) friend brought it for me, afer I kept refering to it haveing read ‘million little pieces’
Trying something different
August 17, 2006 at 3:57 pm #1086615i read a lot…just finished a book called losing gemma…which is about two girls who go travelling to india,an one comes back…a bit like the beach which ive read ages ago its good…..ive read memoirs of a geisha big up love that book….lady my life as a bitch which is very funny s about a girl who gets turned into a dog.. an the story is told thru her eyes…i love to read an i feel sorry for people who cant get into books its soo good for our imagination…..init!!!
August 17, 2006 at 4:16 pm #1086619Shadow of the Wind in its original language
August 17, 2006 at 4:18 pm #1086662the book seller of kabul am enjoying it
August 17, 2006 at 5:50 pm #1086641april wrote:i read a lot…just finished a book called losing gemma…which is about two girls who go travelling to india,an one comes back…a bit like the beach which ive read ages ago its good…..ive read memoirs of a geisha big up love that book….lady my life as a bitch which is very funny s about a girl who gets turned into a dog.. an the story is told thru her eyes…i love to read an i feel sorry for people who cant get into books its soo good for our imagination…..init!!!April can you please enlighten me more on these books, especially the one about the two girls who go travelling to india (losing gemma)?
Much obliged.:wink: I could do with some good reads for when I go to India.August 17, 2006 at 5:56 pm #1086608Agent Subby wrote:April can you please enlighten me more on these books, especially the one about the two girls who go travelling to india (losing gemma)?
Much obliged.:wink: I could do with some good reads for when I go to India.Losing Gemma (from the reviews I have seen) seems to be mostly about two girls who fall out with each other during a joint trip to India – it slowly all goes wrong and its the end of a childhood friendship. Of course you may have different thoughts but to me this seems like a rather odd choice to read during your holiday – to me it would be like reading the “Worlds Worst Air Crashes” before setting off on your flight!
plus (and I’m probably being old fashioned and non-PC here) it seems like a girls book… 🙂
August 17, 2006 at 5:59 pm #1086626General Lighting wrote:it would be like reading the “Worlds Worst Air Crashes” before setting off on your flight!plus (and I’m probably being old fashioned and non-PC here) it seems like a girls book… 🙂
RATFLMAO:laugh_at: :laugh_at: :laugh_at: :laugh_at:
August 17, 2006 at 6:01 pm #1086610Agent Subby wrote:Know exactly where you’re coming from B.T. Some of the so called cryptic codes were so obvious that I was shouting out the answers to the book. And I’m useless at cryptic crosswords:groucho: :groucho: . Did enjoy it though I have to admit.:love:Particularly the very last clue to open the second cryptex….
—WARNING. POSSIBLE SPOILERS MAY FOLLOW. DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO READ BOOK OR WATCH FILM—
I mean.. I wouldn’t even need to look at Newton’s statue to guess the orb that was missing. Especially as they had the massive help of knowing it had 5 letters.
I agree though. I did enjoy it.
August 17, 2006 at 6:23 pm #1086616General Lighting wrote:Losing Gemma (from the reviews I have seen) seems to be mostly about two girls who fall out with each other during a joint trip to India – it slowly all goes wrong and its the end of a childhood friendship. Of course you may have different thoughts but to me this seems like a rather odd choice to read during your holiday – to me it would be like reading the “Worlds Worst Air Crashes” before setting off on your flight!plus (and I’m probably being old fashioned and non-PC here) it seems like a girls book… 🙂
yeah your right…i buy a lot of my books from the charity shops an this was just one i picked up…not a bad read but a girlie one….i would recomend tho the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by mark haddon also the stone roses and the resurrection of british pop..by john robb- if you love stone roses that is ….August 17, 2006 at 7:16 pm #1086642General Lighting wrote:Losing Gemma (from the reviews I have seen) seems to be mostly about two girls who fall out with each other during a joint trip to India – it slowly all goes wrong and its the end of a childhood friendship. Of course you may have different thoughts but to me this seems like a rather odd choice to read during your holiday – to me it would be like reading the “Worlds Worst Air Crashes” before setting off on your flight!plus (and I’m probably being old fashioned and non-PC here) it seems like a girls book… 🙂
I had an inkling that’d be the case. It’s just that my eyes light up when I see anything about India.
August 17, 2006 at 7:18 pm #1086643april wrote:yeah your right…i buy a lot of my books from the charity shops an this was just one i picked up…not a bad read but a girlie one….i would recomend tho the curious incident of the dog in the night-time by mark haddon also the stone roses and the resurrection of british pop..by john robb- if you love stone roses that is ….But of course I love The Stone Roses.
I know John Robb from the Hacienda.
Who doesn’t love The Stone Roses. Tone deaf people probably.:wink:August 17, 2006 at 7:23 pm #1086644BioTech wrote:Particularly the very last clue to open the second cryptex….—WARNING. POSSIBLE SPOILERS MAY FOLLOW. DO NOT READ IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO READ BOOK OR WATCH FILM—
I mean.. I wouldn’t even need to look at Newton’s statue to guess the orb that was missing. Especially as they had the massive help of knowing it had 5 letters.
I agree though. I did enjoy it.
LOL. What about the piece of writing that was written back to front. I placed it in front of my bedroom mirror immediately to decipher it, whilst it took the expert crytologist time to figure it out. LOL
August 17, 2006 at 8:34 pm #1086617i wanna go travel an go india oneday when my kids have grown up an flown the nest…….the book did mention so good places i d like to see….
August 17, 2006 at 8:47 pm #1086645april wrote:i wanna go travel an go india oneday when my kids have grown up an flown the nest…….the book did mention so good places i d like to see….You’d love it april. The land where the heart is king.
:love:August 17, 2006 at 11:23 pm #1086611Agent Subby wrote:LOL. What about the piece of writing that was written back to front. I placed it in front of my bedroom mirror immediately to decipher it, whilst it took the expert crytologist time to figure it out. LOL:weee:
Yeah, I was sitting on the couch and thought straight away… “shall I go to the bathroom to read it in the mirror?” …. “nah I can’t be arsed I’ll just read on until they discover it’s in mirrored text and decipher it for me”
August 17, 2006 at 11:55 pm #1086612i’m laughing at de vinci
:weee:
glad i never read it
i’m into african novelists a bit
i’m reading ‘a grain o wheat’ by an author whose name i can’t type on an alphanumeric keyboard. it’s about Kenyan Uhuru (independance) from the Britsh colonialists in the 1960s
has all the stuff i love about African legends but also some real history for me to discover
August 18, 2006 at 1:16 am #1086654raj wrote:Shadow of the Wind in its original languageBrilliant book but poor me had to read the translated version. No can do Spanish.
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