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Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:
Heh, in Majorca last week whilst my bikini-clad friends were reading chicklit I was reading BBC Good Food… the peanut butter brownies were pretty good :-)
Posted on Wed, 11 May 2011 at 14:45
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realityfuck (Jarlath) wrote:
The True Blood books are good. Not too taxing and you can get through them pretty quick as they’re not too long.
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón is a good one too.
Posted on Wed, 11 May 2011 at 16:58
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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
@Dennis - just found Started Early, Took My Dog for 30p in the charity shop :D
@Gav for easy holiday reads I suggest:
Fiction: Chuck Palahniuk, Colin Bateman, Simon Green
Non fiction: Mark Steel, Mark Thomas
Fictionalised: Dave Gorman, Danny Wallace, Richard Herring
For further info on any suggestions, I’d check out the Amazon reviews.
PM me if you want to borrow any of the above :)
Posted on Wed, 11 May 2011 at 17:11
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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:
Good work, Hooch! Hopefully I haven’t made you waste 30p… I enjoyed it, anyway!
Posted on Mon, 16 May 2011 at 09:51
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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Am liking it so far, but all these references to Leeds landmarks seem strange to me!
Posted on Mon, 16 May 2011 at 20:57
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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:
I know, it’s a right shithole innit?
*ducks*
Posted on Tue, 17 May 2011 at 09:36
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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Posted on Wed, 18 May 2011 at 13:20
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Lola wrote:
last night in twisted river - John Irving
Love it so far…I love John Irving!
Posted on Wed, 22 June 2011 at 20:26
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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Huzzah! He’s my favourite :)
@Dennis - Started Early… was very good… Did you watch the TV series of Case Histories?
Posted on Wed, 22 June 2011 at 22:48
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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:
I did indeed. I thought it was really good. They’d changed a few things here and there from the books and it all seemed a bit rushed with each book compressed into two episodes, but despite that they did a good job of it. What did you think?
Posted on Thu, 23 June 2011 at 07:02
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kossu (Petri Koskiniemi) wrote:
got this book today: Overkill the untold story of Motörhead by Joel McIver
Posted on Thu, 23 June 2011 at 08:36
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Gav wrote:
So, on my hols I managed to read:
Lemmy - White Line Fever
Touching From A Distance - Deborah Curtis
Lords of Chaos (about the Black Metal scene in Scandinavia in the early 90’s)
Hells Angels - Hunter S Thompson.
I bought the missus that Girl with the Dragon tattoo book, so I’m gonna have a do at that once she’s finished with it.
I’m currently reading one called the Psychopath Test.
Posted on Thu, 23 June 2011 at 11:19
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Gav wrote:
So totally failed to read any fiction whatsoever… dispite my best attempts.
Posted on Thu, 23 June 2011 at 11:27
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Gav wrote:
Posted on Thu, 23 June 2011 at 11:27
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Dennis (Dudley Less) wrote:
Currently reading Bill Bryson - A Short History of Nearly Eveyrthing. Fascinating stuff.
Posted on Thu, 23 June 2011 at 12:33
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Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:
Bill Bryson is fantastic - I read The life and times of the Thunderbolt Kid on the plane once and my girlfriend had to keep shushing me as I was laughing so hard - can’t wait for the new one to come out in paperback (unless it already - haven’t checked for a while).
Having finally finished a 900 page biog on Churchill, I’m now racing through Joe Simpson’s Storms of Silence - very thought-provoking, although the main thought it provokes is that I want to see more mountains…
Posted on Thu, 23 June 2011 at 14:16
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hoochalobster (Sarah) Super Moderator wrote:
Dennis wrote:
I did indeed. I thought it was really good. They’d changed a few things here and there from the books and it all seemed a bit rushed with each book compressed into two episodes, but despite that they did a good job of it. What did you think?
Yeah, I’d agree with that pretty much! It’s a shame that they compressed it into only 6 episodes, they could’ve got a longer series out of it but maybe that would have cost too much or summat. Definitely hope they do the next book, and that one’s clearly got to have a sequel so plenty more to go on :D
Posted on Sat, 25 June 2011 at 15:58 in reply to an earlier post
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J wrote:
Currently reading Youtube :)
Posted on Sat, 25 June 2011 at 20:38
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dubbass (Just another company man) wrote:
I just started getting lost to the genious world of Henning Mankell. Even though it’s crime stories series and i’m not the biggest fun, the atmosphere that’s been created from the writer, is pretty dark and curious with a lot of potential in it!
there’s a lot of published books already, a full catalogue actually. After research to the internet, i also saw that there are two TV series. One is published from the BBC, and the second one is a Swedish production. I know from now that the forthcoming nights will be occupied from both series.
by the way, therapy? is playing this weekend in Athens. 6 more days to go and then…Up with the sickness mothertrunkers
Posted on Mon, 27 June 2011 at 09:31
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MisterHoppy (Jamie) wrote:
Got 15 Philip K Dick novels the other day at a carboot sale (made up for missing a box of 40 reggae 12” singles by an hour or so), so I reading the ones I haven’t got already (when I got home it turned out I’d already got 8 of them).
Posted on Wed, 14 March 2012 at 19:05
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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:
Slightly off topic, but my new job is in Harper Collins publishers and there is a staff bookshop where we can buy paperbacks for 25p and hardbacks for a quid!! Everyone will be getting books for Xmas and birthdays from now on!! :D
Hopefully I’ll find some time to read a bit more now too.
Posted on Wed, 14 March 2012 at 20:41
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J wrote:
Just finished Zoro - The Big Gig..
Can’t say anything else than this is perhaps a book that should be conciderd the ‘manual’ to life.
Next, Neil Peart..
Posted on Thu, 15 March 2012 at 18:18
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MisterHoppy (Jamie) wrote:
chr1s wrote:
Slightly off topic, but my new job is in Harper Collins publishers and there is a staff bookshop where we can buy paperbacks for 25p and hardbacks for a quid!! Everyone will be getting books for Xmas and birthdays from now on!! :D
Hopefully I’ll find some time to read a bit more now too.
As in any Harpur Collins books?
Posted on Thu, 15 March 2012 at 21:04 in reply to an earlier post
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chr1s (I can't remember my own name) wrote:
Pretty much!! I had a quick look in the shop yesterday. It’s not very well laid out and it’s not really set out in categories, apart from a big children’s books section and a good few shelves of Collins dictionaries. Saw a few things I’ll pick up soon tho. Tony Iommi’s Iron Man was there.
Posted on Fri, 16 March 2012 at 07:11
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Cuchulain wrote:
Posted on Mon, 2 April 2012 at 14:27
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smeghead (Anna) wrote:
I’m now on book two of The Hunger Games. Recommended to me by about fifty teenagers. Not exactly a challenging read but still a page turner. Strong female protagonist who kicks ass (and shoots people with arrows). Would recommend, even though it is a kids’ book. Good dystopian fantasy-with obvious nods to Battle Royale.
Posted on Mon, 2 April 2012 at 20:21
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MonkFish (Ruth- Thanks for coming, mind yourself on your way home) wrote:
New York by Edward Rutherfurd. I’ve been reading it for about a year!!! i dont read much!!
Posted on Sun, 15 April 2012 at 21:43
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Cuchulain wrote:
Posted on Fri, 20 April 2012 at 14:29
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MoldenWibe (James) wrote:
the death of Bunny Munro… it is basically Nick Cave having a hard on for Kylie and Avril Lavigne… and a good read it is too!
Posted on Fri, 20 April 2012 at 14:55
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Citizen Erased (confused again) wrote:
Picked up Jon Ronson’s ‘The Psychopath Test’ oat the airport for a holiday read but didn’t get much chance to read it whilst away - got more into it on the way home and finished it instead of gettting some sleep, then had to go straight into work… but its really funny, a bit scary, very readable and highly recommended to anyone that liked ‘The Men Who Stare At Goats’
Posted on Sat, 21 April 2012 at 11:06
