Started to read 'The Godfather' again as I bought 'Saturday' by Ian McEwen but can't find it in the house anywhere !! Judging by that picture I would happily travel a couple of hundred miles with my copy of Saturday
Quote by Flavio12000 Started to read 'The Godfather' again as I bought 'Saturday' by Ian McEwen but can't find it in the house anywhere !! Judging by that picture I would happily travel a couple of hundred miles with my copy of Saturday
Anyone read Dave Pelzer "The Boy Called It"? & the follow on novels? Wow what a true life story. Made me cry. Another on that has stuck in my mind is Dibs- In Search Of Self by Virginia M. Axline
Quote by hisandhers Anyone read Dave Pelzer "The Boy Called It"? & the follow on novels? Wow what a true life story. Made me cry. Another on that has stuck in my mind is Dibs- In Search Of Self by Virginia M. Axline
Read all the Dave Peltzer books and after the first two he becomes a very annoying typically American motivational speaker-type arsehole...IMHO !! That's not to say the first two aren't heart-renching but you do feel like you were suckered into signing on to his manifesto once you get to the third book. Or perhaps I'm just a cynical git ? And don't get me started on Dan Brown ! Found 'Saturday' now and once I've finished rattling through 'The Godfather', I'll give it a go
Quote by i want that one AAArrrhhhh thats cool writing horror books. Love reading them. Do you base them on peeps you know?
Not sure that would be a good idea I do base a lot of the action around where I live and have lived, so I am sure some people recognise a little about themselves in it Actually, most authors that I know (and I know a few, honest) base their characters on people they know. It's almost unavoidable. I, myself, am the basis for one of the main characters in a book about to be released by a well established author (won't name him on this forum). Sometimes, people who are the basis for characters can get upset by how the character is portrayed but that's missing the point. It's both possible and legitimate to base a villanous, evil, character on someone you deeply like and respect by adding faults to the character that the real person doesn't have. It lends plausibility and depth to the character. It's also interesting to read a book and see aspects of your life reflected in it. Kind of weird actually. :uhoh: Anyway, for what they're worth, here's some of my recommendations for a good read: In the cut - Suzzanne Moore Life of Pi - Yann Martell Illywhacker - Peter Carey American Pastoral - Philip Roth I also quite like some science ones (it's the nerd in me trying to escape): Enstein's universe - Nigel Calder - is the easiest explanation I've found yet of all things Einstein. The road to reality - Roger Penrose. Big meaty book but excellently written. OK - I'll get back in my box now
Quote by constance Am avid reader here, but mainly historical, I doubt anyone else would be interested in the sort of books I devour!! I read very little fiction, though I can get lost in a good historical novel, thought I prefer ones based on reality. And sometimes I like to relax with a little erotic fiction but only that has a good story line too it. The last book I read that anyone will have heard about is The Davinci Code , which I thought had a very disapointing ending. Anyone else agree? Btw , if there is anyone else on here that shares my taste in reading (particulaly the Elizabethan and Georgian Eras I would love to hear from them!!
I never read the Davinci Code, but am into history. Mostly Saxon, Charlie 1&2, and BC, Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia ect. Knowing what the real Davinci code was put me off the fiction.
If anyone fancies a good laugh read any of Christopher Brookmyre`s books the most recent called something like "All good fun till someone loses an eye" made me laugh out loud on a recent flight, then other passengers start treating you like a nutter. Colin Bateman novels can have a similar effect.
Quote by Jas-Tim The Gemmel books are truly fantastic though and worth a read at any time. Jas XXX
I dunno about you, but I've felt that a lot of Gemmell's stuff has become really similar. I also can't get my head around his strange ideas - the fighting in his book is too silly and why on earth does he have this strange belief that if you wear a woollen shirt it somehow makes you an more honest person? From my other tastes - Bernard Cornwell still is one of the best, although he could pay a bit more attention to historical facts. Terry Pratchett still has what it takes and Ian Rankin is possibly the finest writer living in the UK. However, Martin Cruz Smith is still the best as far as I'm concerned - Gorky Parkwas an instant classic and the Arkady Renko series has developed brilliantly.
Quote by westerross I detest the Da Vinci Code - it is plagiaristic claptrap. Far better to read Michael Baigent et al's The Holy blood and the Holy Grail - far more entertaining and informative. I see Michael Baigent is suing Dan Brown - quite right too. Funny thing is they have the same publisher ops:
I read and dismissed Holy Bloodyears ago - it hasn't actually got anything factual in it and it can't substantiate one word of what it claims. It also doesn't help that the 'Priory of Sion" didn't exist until the 1950's......... Also, if what Baigent is claiming is true, then he actually hasn't got grounds to sue Brown: if what Baigent claims is factually correct, then he is merely reciting historical fact. Otherwise all he can sue Brown on is using his poorly researched material. I look forward to the court case - it'll be good to see if Baigent finally admits he's been talking rubbish all these years. (nb, these are my opinion based upon my study of history and not a dig at anyone on here)
Quote by byron I detest the Da Vinci Code - it is plagiaristic claptrap. Far better to read Michael Baigent et al's The Holy blood and the Holy Grail - far more entertaining and informative. I see Michael Baigent is suing Dan Brown - quite right too. Funny thing is they have the same publisher ops:
I read and dismissed Holy Bloodyears ago - it hasn't actually got anything factual in it and it can't substantiate one word of what it claims. It also doesn't help that the 'Priory of Sion" didn't exist until the 1950's......... Also, if what Baigent is claiming is true, then he actually hasn't got grounds to sue Brown: if what Baigent claims is factually correct, then he is merely reciting historical fact. Otherwise all he can sue Brown on is using his poorly researched material. I look forward to the court case - it'll be good to see if Baigent finally admits he's been talking rubbish all these years. (nb, these are my opinion based upon my study of history and not a dig at anyone on here) S'alright my friend I wouldn't take it as a dig in any case. My point was that Dan Brown had lifted a ready made theory into his copy book. I wasn't commenting on the veracity of Michael Baigent's work - what do I know?
I like reading foreign travel books where someone has made a new life for themselves abroad - Carol Drinkwater (ex actress) has done a couple of books about her life, meeting her new man and settling down in France, the 'Provence' series that came out a few years ago and I think Bill Bryson takes some beating as well there is an excellent spoof travel guide book called Molvania, A Land Untouched By Modern Dentistry, I had tears rolling down my face reading that one Just lately though its been a case of reading for studying more than pleasure, so this is a excellent thread to get me back on track for some new titles to read! mrs ccr xxx
Everyone's literary tastes seem to be so tasteful. What about books relating to swinging? Has anyone read The Sexual Life of Catherine M? This is an account of one French woman's on-going experiences of the French group sex/ swinging scene. At first, it did not strike me as being especially erotic (perhaps something has been lost in the translation from the original French), but it gets going a bit (but only a bit) later on (as the author's own experiences start to get going). Perhaps the lesson is that some things are best done rather than written about?
Everyone's literary tastes seem to be so tasteful. What about books relating to swinging? Has anyone read The Sexual Life of Catherine M? This is an account of one French woman's on-going experiences of the French group sex/ swinging scene. At first, it did not strike me as being especially erotic (perhaps something has been lost in the translation from the original French), but it gets going a bit (but only a bit) later on (as the author's own experiences start to get going). Perhaps the lesson is that some things are best done rather than written about?
OMG .. you lot are sooooo cultured ... me .. give a bloody good horror/thriller by any of the below: Shaun Hutson Richard Laymon Graham Masterton Dean Koontz However, I do love a bit of "trash" too .. Jackie Collins and Jilly Cooper Sorry ... I seem to have lowered the tone somewhat ... think I'll go now
Ooooops!! Sorry for posting the same message twice last night. Is that the sort of thing that people on SH mean when they talk about someone being a good repeater?? I don't know quite how I managed to post twice (a bottle of red wine may have had something to do with it) but it was a genuine mistake rather than that I thought my words had so much merit that they had to be posted twice!
Try Duncton wood, it's great. All about moles but when your half way through you start thinking they're about the size of horses. A bit like Watership Down without the rabbits.
Quote by squirtee OMG .. you lot are sooooo cultured ... me .. give a bloody good horror/thriller by any of the below: Shaun Hutson Richard Laymon Graham Masterton Dean Koontz However, I do love a bit of "trash" too .. Jackie Collins and Jilly Cooper Sorry ... I seem to have lowered the tone somewhat ... think I'll go now
Woohoo I knew someone else read these guys, If you like hutson's stuff try "light at the end" - Skipp and Spector a spectacularly visceral modern vampire tale that turned my stomach and that doesn't happen easily. I tend to read a lot more plays than books ('cos of my profession) but just finished Hammer of the gods - led zeppelin biog and loved it, you guys have spurred me on to start tackling that big pile of stuff that I keep bringing home "that I'll read when I get a chance.) Cheers T x
I likeread all that stuff too. Stephen king is pretty cool too, although he has gone more pschycalogical(?) in recent years. Dont mind the odd bit of pulp fiction when i'm feeling lowbrow, just reading a book on wether the bible has descriptions of ufo's.
Quote by sexycouple22 I likeread all that stuff too. Stephen king is pretty cool too, although he has gone more pschycalogical(?) in recent years. Dont mind the odd bit of pulp fiction when i'm feeling lowbrow, just reading a book on wether the bible has descriptions of ufo's.
ive read a few books on this & similar subjects the ufo is in the last chapter of bible also the ark & clothes you need to wear when near it would make a perfect box for containing radioactive material & radiation suit!!! as for my books i love & collect victorain books & others from early 1900s one of my all time favorites has to be thomas hardy
I've tried to read the classics but they do start to do my head in after a while. Saying that i reckon give it 60 years Terry Pratchett wil be a classic(bloody funny though). If i'm in the mood to read just to let my brain time off give me a bit of Eric Von Danniken(i've usually got at three books on the go at any one time, costs me a fortune). Discuss. lol
Quote by Marcuso I've read this book loads and loads of times
But I can't make head nor tail of it. Wonder if that's why no-one likes me :twisted:
Ah now Marcuso, maybe you should start with the easier version - How To Talk Dirty And Influence People by Lenny Bruce Im currently on Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K Jerome and Stoned by Andrew Loog Oldham. Recently finished a biography on Alan Ginsberg by Barry Miles and waiting in the wings are Return To The Marshes - Gavin Young and Cycling To Xian by Michael Buckley (about his bicyle travels through China and Tibet). My all time favourite is The Third Poiceman by Flann O'Brien. If you are not sure about this book its described as, a novel comparable only to Alice In Wonderlad as an allegory of the absud. Its a murder thriller, a hilarious comic satire about an archetypal village police force, a surrealistic vision of eternity and a brief tender erotic story about a love affair between a man and his bicycle (though I don't think he got as far as China on it)!
Huge book lover here.. Crime, true stories and biographies.. Hubby like's the fantasy stuff and is a major Terry Pratchett fan, he has 95% of the books that bloke has written...Which reminds me..I need a new bookcase built....
constance wrote: I thought it was a fairly good book, the problem was that it failed to go into enough detail. It wasn't so much that I didn't enjoy the book but rather that I appreciated it more as almost a sociological study of a certain strata of French society than as an erotic work. I sensed an emotional flatness, almost a sense of joylessness, to the various goings-on described. It was as if the participants were more driven by an inner compulsion then by an active and wholly free choice of lifestyle to follow. In that sense, it could almost be read as a piece of black propaganda against the swinging lifestyle. But then it is a French book and the French do have a habit of portraying swinging in that way (existentialism and all that) - I have in mind the sex-club scene at the end of the film Baise-Moi which did not strike me as being particularly inviting even before the "heroines" did their stuff!
Good omens was one of the funniest books i'd read. but lets not forget the hitch hikers guide to the galaxy, a trilogy in four parts. best book(books ?) ever.
i have just read the honeywell guide to boiler wiring systems and controls,most absorbing!!!! last real nook i read was by richard scarry......... ops:
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am the basis for one of the main characters in a book about to be released by a well established author (won't name him on this forum). 
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by Jerome K Jerome and Stoned by Andrew Loog Oldham. Recently finished a biography on Alan Ginsberg by Barry Miles and waiting in the wings are Return To The Marshes - Gavin Young and Cycling To Xian by Michael Buckley (about his bicyle travels through China and Tibet). My all time favourite is The Third Poiceman by Flann O'Brien. If you are not sure about this book its described as, a novel comparable only to Alice In Wonderlad as an allegory of the absud. Its a murder thriller, a hilarious comic satire about an archetypal village police force, a surrealistic vision of eternity and a brief tender erotic story about a love affair between a man and his bicycle (though I don't think he got as far as China on it)!
