Hi Smaug
Try The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho - amazing read, beautifully written, thought provoking and for many life changing
pink x
Just finished "The Wrong Boy" by Willy Russell, which was rather good. It's written in the form of a series of long letters (that will never be sent) from a troubled 19 year old to Morrissey - don't worry, you don't actually have to listen to any of his "songs".
Very funny in parts, quite uncomfortable reading in others.
The Alchemist, i might well give a try, seem to remember reading a good review or two about that and forgotten until you reminded me Pink. Hmmm Morrissey, now without wanting to upset the multitude of Smiths fans out there, he's not amongst my favourite artists, but saying that i will read nearly nythign so if I see it in a charity shop, car boot or library I might give it a go.
My recommendations are: Wintersmith - Terry Pratchett, though worth reading his earlier ones too!
Emperor series by Conn Igulden
Lords of the North series by Bernard Cornwell always a good read
many more too numerous to list!!
Tricks of The Mind by Derren Brown
Just finished this. Great book - funny and informative.
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Brian Lumley - Necroscope
fantastic book
EArthy xx
sci-fi?
revelation space: alastair reynolds.
Porno - Irvine Welsh
Wuthering Heights - Bronte
Four past midnight - Stephen King
Anything by Primo Levi
Never Let me go - Kasuo Ichizguro
The Villa, The Lake the Meeting - some historian
Anything by Webster
Tales of Mystery - Edgar Allen Poe
The Trial - Franz Kafka
Silvi Hudvedst - Things I loved (something like that - great book)
Donna Tart - Secret History (sorry cna't remember exact title)
The Romantic Movement - Alain De Boitton - though he's rather pretentious
Books i enjoyed over Christmas - all very good reads
Amber xx
I've banged on about this on other threads but I'm determined not to be the only person whose read this:
The Adventures of Brigader Gerard by Arthur Conan Doyle.
A comedy set in the Napoleonic Wars
or
Death to the French
Not a comedy set in the Napoleonic wars but the origin of Cormwell's SHARPE books
You could try this thread
http://www.swingingheaven.co.uk/swingers-forum/viewtopic/84358.html?highlight=
jesus Amber, where do you fit in all your swinging while reading all those books!!!!!!!
gitfinger, loved the wrong boy, its a great book, very sad story i suppose but full of laughs at the same time.
just read the new irvine welsh book, bedroom secrets of the master chefs, was good if a bit strange and warped in places!! ( Do many english people read irvine Welsh, and if so do you find it difficult due to it the dialogue mainly being edinburgh slang? "ken whit a mean, like?"
And finally i crumbled and read Harry Potter after years of avoiding it, maz bought it for me, and i will be going out to get the next in the story myself!!!!!
Venus In Furs by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch
An Unquiet Mind - Kay Jamison
Plain Truth - Jodi Pacoult
I have loved the way the books have got darkwer and darker. The first one was a boarding school adventure for wizards. But each successive book has introduced all kinds of hoorible stuff.
Sent to prison without trial
Racism
Bigotry
The rise of Voldemort and Hitler are too similar. (sorry I used the H word)
It's dark dark stuff masquarading as kids books.
Anyone read Round Heeled Woman by Jane Juska. She's a woman in her 60's who advertises 'that she wants to meet a man and have lots of sex', but it would help if he liked Trollope (the author that is).
Very funny, very human.
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