Your Last Un-Put-Downable Book

28 Sep 2005

Quote by MikeNorth
yes ive read that as well
to look at bill gates you would not think that he has real problems with conferences and public speaking
but if you look closely you can see it some times

You can see Asperger's? I haven't noticed any physical difference in any of the autistic children I've taught, one of whom (current class) has Asperger's.
There are no physical differences between people with autism and any others - I have worked with a number of people with autism - you simply cannot tell just from they way they look. I have seen internet posts where people speculate about famous figures including Bill Gates, Einstein, etc., possibly having/had aspergers, but this can only be meaningless. It's understandable that people who, for example, do not make much eye contact with others, or are lacking in social skills, or are generally seen to be "geeky" in some way or other, might be suspected to have aspergers, but making assumptions like this is very dangerous.
Mike.
Thanks Mike, I didn't think it was obvious from looking at autistic people.

28 Sep 2005

The last book that we read was Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince - Mr ccr read it all on the Saturday it came out, and I read it on the Sunday, couldn't put it down rolleyes

but we like all of the books anyway.
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

28 Sep 2005

The last one I couldn't put down was "Going Postal".
The one before that was "Monstrous Regiment".
Before that the "Night Watch".
I noticed in W H Smith yesterday that "Thud!" is out in hardback. Guess where those book tokens I got for my birthday will end up!

28 Sep 2005

Best non-fiction book has to be Long Way Round...... by Euan MacGregor and Charlie Bormann............. so good... i bought the dvd........ lol
equi-princess xxx

28 Sep 2005

Quote by equi-princess
Best non-fiction book has to be Long Way Round...... by Euan MacGregor and Charlie Bormann............. so good... i bought the dvd........ lol
equi-princess xxx

Ive not long read that too, very enjoyable.....also noticed that there were a number of things in the book that were not on the DVD and vice versa....

28 Sep 2005

When I got to the end of Haruki Murakami's "Sputnik Sweetheart", I immediately turned back to the start and read it again. Not many books do that.
I'm currently half way through "All the Names" by Jose Saramago. That's another. His writing is too deep and dense (despite its apparent simplicity) to be properly appreciated in one reading. In fact, I have the opposite problem to "can't put it down": from time to time I have to stop reading and think about what I just experienced.

28 Sep 2005

Quote by westerross
Oh wow I love book threads!
Sorry folks but the Da Vinci Code is badly written plagiarism - as Steanrachy say(s) the Holy Blood and the Holy Grail is much better founded.

And known to be a hoax as well.. I read tHBatHG years ago.. Found it doing a trick which David Icke uses quite well now.. It repeats the same facts over and over again in an attempt to make an idea seem so familiar that you begin to think its true.. Especially when the bollox parts (like Ickes Lizards etc) are put into contexts with established true facts.. Makes your brain get confused mixing fact with fiction till they are indistinguishable..
Don't get me wrong, its not to say I didn't enjoy tHBatHG, I read through it in a couple of days at work and enjoyed it..
Anyway.. This isn't a book critique as such, I've drifted off track somewhat..
My love of far fetched fiction is well known, but on a more level headed track, I found John Simpsons war jounalist books totally un-put-downable.. And I recently picked up the Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell, which I steamed through in a single day..

28 Sep 2005

Quote by Pete_sw
" The Set " by Ranulph Fiennes ...................... rarely has a book so chilled my spine through its simplicity of "wow, this could really happen" . :shock: :shock: or has it already :scared:

ooo I know that prophetic style !!- The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood - now that one did my head in for weeks! blink

read it cover to cover in one sitting then spent a considerable amount of time picking through it thinking 'jesus'....got right inside my head and played with my brain a little did that one! Didnt help that at the time of reading, 'chip and pin', the phasing out of cash payments and National Identity Cards were all hot news headlines (if you've read it you'll know what I'm on about lol)
They're apparently now using the Handsmaids Tale as GCSE syllabus text in schools :shock:

29 Sep 2005

I know its been menshend ( sorry if wrong spelling just got in from work brain not workin redface

) The de vinci code can't wait for the film, make's you think!!!!!

29 Sep 2005

Quote by Darkfire
" The Set " by Ranulph Fiennes ...................... rarely has a book so chilled my spine through its simplicity of "wow, this could really happen" . :shock: :shock: or has it already :scared:

ooo I know that prophetic style !!- The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood - now that one did my head in for weeks! blink

read it cover to cover in one sitting then spent a considerable amount of time picking through it thinking 'jesus'....got right inside my head and played with my brain a little did that one! Didnt help that at the time of reading, 'chip and pin', the phasing out of cash payments and National Identity Cards were all hot news headlines (if you've read it you'll know what I'm on about lol)
They're apparently now using the Handsmaids Tale as GCSE syllabus text in schools :shock:
Oooohh.... i read The Handmaids Tale several years ago.... and it def plays a little with your mind... ... Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit.... is also worth reading.....
equi-princess xxx

29 Sep 2005

My last book i cudnt put down was the noverlisation of the Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith.
Thats because I had waited years to find out how ankin turns to the dark sie.
MikeC

29 Sep 2005

Just thought of me revious unputtable down book
It was 'The Mists of Avalon' by (I think) Marion Zimmer Bradley.
Quite erotic in it's own way.

29 Sep 2005

Quote by equi-princess
Margaret Atwood also wrote... Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit.... worth reading.....
equi-princess xxx

Not quite, equi-p, that was Jeanette Winterson. Brilliant book though, and the TV adaptation equally brilliant, with the (sadly) late Charlotte Coleman starring.
Mike.

29 Sep 2005

Quote by MikeNorth

Margaret Atwood also wrote... Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit.... worth reading.....
equi-princess xxx

Not quite, equi-p, that was Jeanette Winterson. Brilliant book though, and the TV adaptation equally brilliant, with the (sadly) late Charlotte Coleman starring.
Mike.
I never read the book, but I whole heartedly agree with you on the TV adaptation.
Excellent television.

29 Sep 2005

Quote by MikeNorth

Margaret Atwood also wrote... Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit.... worth reading.....
equi-princess xxx

Not quite, equi-p, that was Jeanette Winterson. Brilliant book though, and the TV adaptation equally brilliant, with the (sadly) late Charlotte Coleman starring.
Mike.
Sorry.... of course it was....... brain not engaging this morning...... lol

29 Sep 2005

Quote by freckledbird
yes ive read that as well
to look at bill gates you would not think that he has real problems with conferences and public speaking
but if you look closely you can see it some times

You can see Asperger's? I haven't noticed any physical difference in any of the autistic children I've taught, one of whom (current class) has Asperger's.
There are no physical differences between people with autism and any others - I have worked with a number of people with autism - you simply cannot tell just from they way they look. I have seen internet posts where people speculate about famous figures including Bill Gates, Einstein, etc., possibly having/had aspergers, but this can only be meaningless. It's understandable that people who, for example, do not make much eye contact with others, or are lacking in social skills, or are generally seen to be "geeky" in some way or other, might be suspected to have aspergers, but making assumptions like this is very dangerous.
Mike.
Thanks Mike, I didn't think it was obvious from looking at autistic people.
I've read it somewhere that autistic people have strange behaviour - I wouldn't have thought you would see this unless you were watching them for a long period of time. My mate has the usual traits. He likes things in order - his order, not anyone elses. He will push rubbish under the sofa, when it's out of sight it's out of mind. Has a very set routine, which is very difficult to change.
At first glance you wouldn't see his problem, but watch him for a few days and you would start to notice something different. Other than that, he's a normal bloke like the rest of us (though defining normal is not very easy).

29 Sep 2005

Quote by Rollo Tomassi
The last one I couldn't put down was "Going Postal".
The one before that was "Monstrous Regiment".
Before that the "Night Watch".
I noticed in W H Smith yesterday that "Thud!" is out in hardback. Guess where those book tokens I got for my birthday will end up!

wohoo, a fellow pratchett addict

29 Sep 2005

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

29 Sep 2005

Quote by Rollo Tomassi
The last one I couldn't put down was "Going Postal".
The one before that was "Monstrous Regiment".
Before that the "Night Watch".
I noticed in W H Smith yesterday that "Thud!" is out in hardback. Guess where those book tokens I got for my birthday will end up!

Have you read the Wee Free Men...... and a Hat Full Of Sky.....???????????
Excellent books...... had me giggling for hours.....
equi-princess xxx

29 Sep 2005

Quote by equi-princess
The last one I couldn't put down was "Going Postal".
The one before that was "Monstrous Regiment".
Before that the "Night Watch".
I noticed in W H Smith yesterday that "Thud!" is out in hardback. Guess where those book tokens I got for my birthday will end up!

Have you read the Wee Free Men...... and a Hat Full Of Sky.....???????????
Excellent books...... had me giggling for hours.....
equi-princess xxx
you are the perfect woman equi......... dont you love the nac mac feegle

29 Sep 2005

many years ago....the warlock in spite of himself by Christopher Stasheff....good story and some very funny moments in in..for me, the highlight being the robot horse having an epileptic fit...just read it its worth it.

29 Sep 2005

Quote by Alexandra
'The Mists of Avalon'

I haven't read the book, but I do have the DVD. It's quite a change from the usual treatments. And quite naughty in parts too wink

29 Sep 2005

Quote by teppic
wohoo, a fellow pratchett addict

Me too, and a good few others on the thread + to my knowledge at least one mod smile

We should start a SH Pratchett fan club. He has done opera, the Police, the establishment, religion and so many other things maybe his next book could be about swingers :shock:

29 Sep 2005

Try FRAMED folks, it's a grown up/ Kids comedy, works on many levels and is a right side splitting read, much like Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, from years back
thoroughly recommend it

29 Sep 2005

The Time Travellers Wife - Audrey Niffenegger. Really unusual. Excellent

30 Sep 2005

Dan Brown - Digital Fortress.....mainly same plot as others but totally gripping.

30 Sep 2005

I have read all the Dan Brown books - they were all good - but the Codes were enjoyable because I had an illustrated version with all the photos etc. My last god one was the Time Travellers Wife.....The Curious Incident of the Dog in the night was a good recent book as well about a boy with Aspbergers...

30 Sep 2005

Quote by teppic
The last one I couldn't put down was "Going Postal".
The one before that was "Monstrous Regiment".
Before that the "Night Watch".
I noticed in W H Smith yesterday that "Thud!" is out in hardback. Guess where those book tokens I got for my birthday will end up!

Have you read the Wee Free Men...... and a Hat Full Of Sky.....???????????
Excellent books...... had me giggling for hours.....
equi-princess xxx
you are the perfect woman equi......... dont you love the nac mac feegle
The Nac Mac Feegle rule......................... lol
equi-princess xxx

30 Sep 2005

i like science fantasy boooks such as LOTR...david addings is also great and was a 10 book story...something to get your teeth into...
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 did read a very very good book once on holiday but cant remember tyhe author...it was called "the rich shall inherit" about a girl called poppy mallory....excellent book with love....sex...mafia...hard times...good times etc etc
all the things needed to make a cracking read biggrin

30 Sep 2005

Quote by DJohn
'The Mists of Avalon'

I haven't read the book, but I do have the DVD. It's quite a change from the usual treatments. And quite naughty in parts too wink

OOOO I must look that out - I hadn't realised it had been made into a film.
Nice to see you again ---- HUGS!!