three books

29 Jan 2006

ok this is going to be a hard question confused

ive been thinking about this most of the day after trying to sort my book shelves out
if you were going to be stranded on a deserted island & you could take three books with you which would they be???
for me it would have to be...
lorna doone by rd blackmore
far from the madding crowd by thomas hardy
wuthering heights by emily bronte

29 Jan 2006

Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
A History of Scotland by Magnus Magnusson
Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett.

29 Jan 2006

Quote by byron
A History of Scotland by Magnus Magnusson

dont know this one might take a trip to book shop in morning to take a peek smile

i have a very good book on "the scottish clans & their tartans" from 1825 only a couple of pages on each clan but a very good book :) :)

29 Jan 2006

Quote by lovejoy68
if you were going to be stranded on a deserted island & you could take three books with you which would they be???
for me it would have to be...
lorna doone by rd blackmore
far from the madding crowd by thomas hardy
wuthering heights by emily bronte

blimey hun, some classic reading there
Good choices tho! I might take a Tolkien (because believe it or not, I've yet to read any :shock: )

29 Jan 2006

Quote by lovejoy68

A History of Scotland by Magnus Magnusson

dont know this one might take a trip to book shop in morning to take a peek smile

i have a very good book on "the scottish clans & their tartans" from 1825 only a couple of pages on each clan but a very good book :) :)
It's well worth it - if you're interested in other titles, feel free to ask me, I'm doing my degree in Scottish History and have my own personal library now!

29 Jan 2006

I think I would have...
The World According To Clarkson....Jeremy Clarkson
I know you got soul.......Jeremy Clarkson
Football My Arse......Ricky Tomlinson
All of these books would keep my spirits high untill I was rescued.... smile

29 Jan 2006

Quote by Darkfire
blimey hun, some classic reading there
Good choices tho! I might take a Tolkien (because believe it or not, I've yet to read any :shock: )

if you watched lord of the rings & liked it i would highly recommend reading the books they are so much better than the films :shock:
the hobbit is always a good start a bit shorter & will get you hooked biggrin

then after reading lord of the rings you will have to read the silmarillion just to find out how it all started :D :D
that should keek you busy for a while :D :D

30 Jan 2006

Quote by Steve_Mids
I think I would have...
The World According To Clarkson....Jeremy Clarkson
I know you got soul.......Jeremy Clarkson
Football My Arse......Ricky Tomlinson
All of these books would keep my spirits high untill I was rescued....

nice choice steve i can see you are a petrol head too biggrin

:D
clarkson is the man :D i also have two of his fav films as stated in book, two lane blacktop & dirty mary crazy larry :D :D

30 Jan 2006

Quote by JudyTV
Tranny's Weekly
Gay Times
Readers Wifes
Also, as a extra. please can I have a full weeks subscription to The Manchester Evening News.
:P
Jude

no problem with the tranny's weekly,gay times or readers wives but i will have to substitute the manchester evening news with the transport & general workers union news letter lol

:lol:

30 Jan 2006

Quote by lovejoy68
nice choice steve i can see you are a petrol head too :D
clarkson is the man :D i also have two of his fav films as stated in book, two lane blacktop & dirty mary crazy larry :D :D

How did you guess lovejoy?? rotflmao

We eat sleep and breathe motor sport in this house lol

As for me I couldn't choose just 3.... Harry Potter would have to be in there (stuffed if I know which one tho :lol: )
Shireen
xxx

30 Jan 2006

Quote by Shireen_Mids
nice choice steve i can see you are a petrol head too :D
clarkson is the man :D i also have two of his fav films as stated in book, two lane blacktop & dirty mary crazy larry :D :D

How did you guess lovejoy?? rotflmao

We eat sleep and breathe motor sport in this house lol

As for me I couldn't choose just 3.... Harry Potter would have to be in there (stuffed if I know which one tho :lol: )
Shireen
xxx
nothing wrong with that ive been saving for my 68 dodge charger for ages hope to have it within a year now smile

:) fingers crossed touch wood etc etc
keep hold of those harry potters first editions are going up in cost :D :D

30 Jan 2006

Being a lot more realistic and practical than the rest of you this is what I would take.
Handbook of edible wild plants and weeds volume 1 & 2
Primitive living
Beat me down all you wish, I would survive long past rescue times.

30 Jan 2006

No brainer for me...
it will have to be those Hobitses...
hold off on the rescue please!

30 Jan 2006

Quote by redpantherman
No brainer for me...
it will have to be those Hobitses...
hold off on the rescue please!

Nassssty Hobitsssseeeeesssss

30 Jan 2006

Three books and a desrt island... Hmmm..
First would have to be
Ray Mears survival manual.
Second.
Any Keith Floyd sea food cook book.
And lastly..... hmmmm
The encyclopedia of known ailments and deseases, their cause and cures. (or as close as I can get to that) lol

30 Jan 2006

Three books, not many but here's my choice
The Hobbit by Tolkien
DaVinci code by Dan Brown
Once i was a princess - Can't remember the authors name on this one and can't check as i leant it out recently. It's a great read though. lol

30 Jan 2006

Quote by byron
No brainer for me...
it will have to be those Hobitses...
hold off on the rescue please!

Nassssty Hobitsssseeeeesssss

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao:
Love it Byron !!!

30 Jan 2006

Quote by byron
No brainer for me...
it will have to be those Hobitses...
hold off on the rescue please!

Nassssty Hobitsssseeeeesssss
They stole our preciousssssssssssss
I agree, the books are far better than the films, I mean what happened to Tom Bombadil and the Barrow Wraiths for a start :shock:
ok 3 books
LOTR
The Seventh Scroll Wilbur Smith
and the SAS survival guide

30 Jan 2006

Quote by skimpy
Three books, not many but here's my choice
The Hobbit by Tolkien
DaVinci code by Dan Brown
Once i was a princess - Can't remember the authors name on this one and can't check as i leant it out recently. It's a great read though.

T'was Jacqueline Pascarl-Gillespie
Mine LOTR Trilogy
Bourne Supremacy et al - still can't follow the plot of these confused

:
Home from the Hill - Hillary Hook

30 Jan 2006

Quote by Pete_sw
They stole our preciousssssssssssss
I agree, the books are far better than the films, I mean what happened to Tom Bombadil and the Barrow Wraiths for a start :shock:
ok 3 books
LOTR
The Seventh Scroll Wilbur Smith
and the SAS survival guide

i have to agree with you pete so much is lost from books when they are made into films confused

i ended up throwing my tv out a few years ago due to this,i have one again now but only for selective viewing smile

:)
managed to get quite a collection of books over the years mainly 19c books just need a large house with a library, wooden floors & leather sofa now biggrin

30 Jan 2006

Quote by sandyballs
Three books, not many but here's my choice
The Hobbit by Tolkien
DaVinci code by Dan Brown
Once i was a princess - Can't remember the authors name on this one and can't check as i leant it out recently. It's a great read though.

T'was Jacqueline Pascarl-Gillespie
Mine LOTR Trilogy
Bourne Supremacy et al - still can't follow the plot of these confused

:
Home from the Hill - Hillary Hook
Thanks Sandyballs :thumbup:

30 Jan 2006

Quote by lovejoy68

They stole our preciousssssssssssss
I agree, the books are far better than the films, I mean what happened to Tom Bombadil and the Barrow Wraiths for a start :shock:
ok 3 books
LOTR
The Seventh Scroll Wilbur Smith
and the SAS survival guide

i have to agree with you pete so much is lost from books when they are made into films confused

i ended up throwing my tv out a few years ago due to this,i have one again now but only for selective viewing smile

:)
managed to get quite a collection of books over the years mainly 19c books just need a large house with a library, wooden floors & leather sofa now biggrin

lol, well when you find one let me know, I've got so many books the floorboards are positively groaning.
and yes, I find films really do spoil a good book, though I have to be honest and give credit where its due, I donâ€™t think anyone could have done LOTR any better, apart from maybe Spielberg.

31 Jan 2006

Quote by Pete_sw
No brainer for me...
it will have to be those Hobitses...
hold off on the rescue please!

Nassssty Hobitsssseeeeesssss
They stole our preciousssssssssssss
I agree, the books are far better than the films, I mean what happened to Tom Bombadil and the Barrow Wraiths for a start :shock:

What was odd coming out of the cinema after seeing The Two Towers was the number of people who were saying that they thought Gollum was one of the good guys!

31 Jan 2006

Quote by byron
What was odd coming out of the cinema after seeing The Two Towers was the number of people who were saying that they thought Gollum was one of the good guys!

They were probably the people who thought the two towers in question were Eowyn's tits...

31 Jan 2006

Quote by lovejoy68
ok this is going to be a hard question ive been thinking about this most of the day after trying to sort my book shelves out
if you were going to be stranded on a deserted island & you could take three books with you which would they be???
for me it would have to be...
lorna doone by rd blackmore
far from the madding crowd by thomas hardy
wuthering heights by emily bronte

For me
1 Alive
2 touching the void
3 castaway
:shock: :shock: :shock: oooops bit of theme there redface

31 Jan 2006

Quote by constance
We also got fed up with television and have a house full of books (im sure that once you put them next to each other they reproduce). Recently bought 4 floor to ceiling cupboards to house them all in. It worked at first but now we seem to be back to where we started with books everywhere!!
Whoever mentioned the De Vinci code, didnt you find the ending so dissapointing?

ive got the same problem bought some new book cases & i now have a very large pile beside the book case,on shelves & stacked away in cupboards confused

i just cant get rid of them well not the hardbacks anyway it would be like cutting an arm off sad

& byron i have to agree with you about the comments people made about gollum but you have to admit that it wasnt his fault how he turned out it was the power of the ring & i really did feel sorry for him,
in the end if it wasnt for him the ring would never have been un-made biggrin

:D

31 Jan 2006

For me it would be
Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre,
London Fields by Martin Amis
and
Something by Brett Easton Ellis probably Rules of Attraction.
Maybe not the most inspiring of reads for a desert Island but damn good books all the same.

31 Jan 2006

Quote by lovejoy68
ok this is going to be a hard question ive been thinking about this most of the day after trying to sort my book shelves out
if you were going to be stranded on a deserted island & you could take three books with you which would they be???
for me it would have to be...
lorna doone by rd blackmore
far from the madding crowd by thomas hardy
wuthering heights by emily bronte

1 Any stephen King book
2 How to survive on a desert island :?
3 My photo album thats stuffed full of pics of my daughter

31 Jan 2006

the Stephen King short stories where the surgeons stuck on a desert island (and winds up amputating bits of himself to eat)
a survival guide
harry potter/lord of the rings