Your Last Un-Put-Downable Book

30 Sep 2005

Quote by dargento
terry pratchet is also a genius....who else could dream up thor knocking at your door and asking for help.....and that bloody eagle is still watching lol.....

i think you mean ..long dark teatime of the soul, by douglas adams

30 Sep 2005

Quote by teppic
the book i currently cannot put down is 1001 uses for superglue :shock:

Does that mean you#'ve found another use for superglue then? lol

30 Sep 2005

oops....was early teppic lol.....
yeah douglas adams too i meant the discworld series with terry pratchet...
not to be mistaken for richard adams who wrote watership down/shardik/plague dogs..
or bryan adams that sings shite songs smile

30 Sep 2005

Quote by ccr
For non fiction books the last one I read and couldn't put down was one by Gordon Smith, the hairdresser medium in Glasgow, but I can't remember what it's called - I really enjoyed that.
mrs ccr xx

The Unbelievable Truth. I've just finished reading it too, it was very good indeed.
He's having a book signing in 2 weeks time in my local Borders bookstore so I'll have to go along and see him in person biggrin

Fee
XX

30 Sep 2005

Quote by equi-princess
What book have you read recently that you just haven't been able to put down???????
equi-princess xxx

'Useing super glues safely' redface

30 Sep 2005

Last book i read was
23 days in july
Wife bought it me for fathers day
Its all about lance armstrong winning his 6th tour de france
Was fantastic read
The book is doing the rounds now with my cycling buddies
funny enough my mum wants to read it after she read lance armstrongs two books
"its not about the bike" (all about his fight against cancer) & "Every second counts" all about winning the tour de france after beating cancer
The first book "Not about the bike" is a truly insperational read and i would recoment it to anybody that needs a lift and boost when they are feeling down and out
Its definatly a "The Glass is half full" type of book
I must read more its definatly food for the brain
PS my wife & daughter recomend a book "Boy called It"
I caint read it because its a sad story and i dont do sad lol

30 Sep 2005

I've just started reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest for my English class, I remember thinking years ago when I first bought it that it couldn't possibly be better than the film but it was and hopefully I'll still think that when I finish it biggrin

30 Sep 2005

Just re-read 'Cold Mountain' by Charles Frazier: just as good as first time and makes a mockery of the film.
'All the Pretty Horses', Cormac McCarthy-couldn't put it down-and the film was good too (Penelope Cruz was something of a bonus!!)
For brain fodder: 'Rings of Saturn', , guaranteed to make you think.
For brain candy, the Robert Crais books are excellent, real page turners. 'Demolition Angel' & 'Hostage' were particularly riveting, if not Booker material.
Currently reading 'Brazzaville Beach',William Boyd: wow, what a storyteller. 'Armadillo' is just as good.

1 Oct 2005

I've just started reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest for my English class, I remember thinking years ago when I first bought it that it couldn't possibly be better than the film but it was

I had the opposite. I read the book before seeing the film and thought the film would be terrible. It is wonderful too. In a different way.
However, I still recommend the book to everyone I know.
There are a couple of specific points I would make if you had finished it, or I knew where you had reached, but I don't want to spoil it.
Do you know anything about the writer? Interesting man!

1 Oct 2005

Moscow Tram Stop by Dennis Henshaw. Barbarossa through the eyes of a german doctor. It challenges any preconceptions of goodies and baddies, where a wounded soldier needs treating regardless of who their leader is. Moving.

1 Oct 2005

Quote by blithe spirit
Just re-read 'Cold Mountain' by Charles Frazier: just as good as first time and makes a mockery of the film.
'All the Pretty Horses', Cormac McCarthy-couldn't put it down-and the film was good too (Penelope Cruz was something of a bonus!!)
For brain fodder: 'Rings of Saturn', , guaranteed to make you think.
For brain candy, the Robert Crais books are excellent, real page turners. 'Demolition Angel' & 'Hostage' were particularly riveting, if not Booker material.
Currently reading 'Brazzaville Beach',William Boyd: wow, what a storyteller. 'Armadillo' is just as good.

I am still waiting for the publication of my good friend's book Mr Spirit! wink

1 Oct 2005

i have to post a vote for dan browns "the da vinci code"

2 Oct 2005

Quote by Alexandra
Just re-read 'Cold Mountain' by Charles Frazier: just as good as first time and makes a mockery of the film.
'All the Pretty Horses', Cormac McCarthy-couldn't put it down-and the film was good too (Penelope Cruz was something of a bonus!!)
For brain fodder: 'Rings of Saturn', , guaranteed to make you think.
For brain candy, the Robert Crais books are excellent, real page turners. 'Demolition Angel' & 'Hostage' were particularly riveting, if not Booker material.
Currently reading 'Brazzaville Beach',William Boyd: wow, what a storyteller. 'Armadillo' is just as good.

I am still waiting for the publication of my good friend's book Mr Spirit! wink

Hear hear! :wary:

2 Oct 2005

"Excession" by Iain M. Banks - Superb sci-fi at its best!!

2 Oct 2005

Quote by davej

What book have you read recently that you just haven't been able to put down???????
equi-princess xxx

'Useing super glues safely' redface

damn, i should have read this one before 1001 uses for superglue :shock:

2 Oct 2005

Ive just finished deception point and I dont think much of Dan Browns rambleings. He has a habit of descirbing thinkgs to the nth degree. I dont want to know that the plane they are in has a rolls royce engine with this or that, padding to get the word count up.
Teppic I love the Tery pratchette novels I now know where you got your handle from...
I obviously like the Dune series of books and hve been using this handle on the net since the early 90's

2 Oct 2005

Quote by Dune
padding to get the word count up.

If they didn't do that, there would be nothing but short stories. Dan Brown's books (novels) are shorter than some, longer than others.

2 Oct 2005

i bought thud, by terry pratchett yesterday, now finished.
full plot and story line below......
nah, not really, i couldnt do that to the pratchett fans out there

2 Oct 2005

I haven't read any of Dan Brown's books yet, can anyone recommend an order to read them in ?

2 Oct 2005

Ive read all of Dan Browns published novels and he does pad he leaves nothing for your imagination.
I will agree that Prattchettes novels arnt great inter wound tales of plot and destiny but they are funny. I like humour. And he dosent got into paragraphs of describing the flagstone the characters walking on hes leaves the scenery to your mind to fill in...
If lord of the rings where to be written as a DAn Brown it would be 3000 pages not 800
But to each his own

2 Oct 2005

Dune I'm a bit puzzled as to what made you read them all, as you appear so scathing of his work? If I read a book by a particular author and dislike it, for whatever reason, I generally avoid any of the other books they write. Plenty more books on the shelves.

2 Oct 2005

I am an avid reader as a kid I read several encyclopeadia and the bible yes I am strange LOL. I read two or three books a week. I find it difficult to find new books to read. I am not saying the story lines arnt good its just his over description of the happenings. I have to say that his story gets you interested from the first minute and you NEED to know the ending.
Ive even ended up reading Mills and Boon to have something to read, I have just been reading a catalogue cause there was nothing else to hand. My missus loves his books.
I dont mean to offend anyone Its just my opinion redface