amb3r-3fc Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Sorry to rumble the thread but yeah Watership Down is a great book. I read it when I was 8 and have read it about two or three times now. Excellent description in-volved. I enjoyed it especially because our school SATS at one time were questions based around Watership Down. I'm looking for something to read other than Kerrang! and OXM Magazine's so I might pick it up again. Has anyone read A Series Of Unfortunate Events? I Have Watched The Film Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Is He Really Gay ? He's as gay as a window Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Been reading a lot of Irvine Welsh recently, just started Glue and it is quite good. Trainspotting is his best by a mile. ATB Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted October 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Bernard Cornwell - Azincourt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark Posted October 20, 2008 Report Share Posted October 20, 2008 Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written early in the career of William Shakespeare about two teenage "star-cross'd lovers" whose untimely deaths ultimately unite their feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetime and, along with Hamlet, is one of his most frequently performed plays. Today, the title characters are regarded as archetypal "young lovers". Romeo and Juliet belongs to a tradition of tragic romances stretching back to Ancient Greece. Its plot is based on an Italian tale, translated into verse as The Tragical History of Romeus and Juliet by Arthur Brooke in 1562, and retold in prose in Palace of Pleasure by William Painter in 1582. Shakespeare borrowed heavily from both, but developed supporting characters, particularly Mercutio and Paris, in order to expand the plot. Believed to be written between 1591 and 1595, the play was first published in a quarto version in 1597. This text was of poor quality, and later editions corrected it, bringing it more in line with Shakespeare's original text. Now dosen't that sound exiting? What am I reading? Shakespeare - Romeo & Juliet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 Michael Connelly - A Darkness More Than Night Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark Posted November 8, 2008 Report Share Posted November 8, 2008 (edited) The Original Blue Boys - Old Man at Goodison. It's a pretty good book for a guy that's not even an author, some of the speech is hard to get interested in but the actual facts included are brilliant and I'm enjoying reading it. Like I said reading the actual facts included in the fiction is pretty cool. A nice read - especially for only three quid. Edited November 9, 2008 by dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 About 120 pages into The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Stunning, published both as an adult and childrens book. Just put it down long enough to type this. Have a look here http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/thebookthief/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted December 6, 2008 Report Share Posted December 6, 2008 About 120 pages into The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Stunning, published both as an adult and childrens book. Just put it down long enough to type this. Have a look here http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/thebookthief/ Brilliant book. I read it over summer. I would also recommend this book extremly highly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 Rebooting this. I'm reading Human Traces by Sebastian Faulks. He's supposedly brilliant but I've never got on with his stuff before though I've tried. This, however, is superb....if a bit disturbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted May 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 David Anthony Durham - Acacia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac Posted May 21, 2009 Report Share Posted May 21, 2009 David Anthony Durham - Acacia Scally by Andy Nicholls, I had forgotten how bad it actually was till I started on this book. ATB Mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark Posted May 22, 2009 Report Share Posted May 22, 2009 Having to read Of Mice and Men in school, which is so bloody dull. I guess you could say that I'm also reading Kerrang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zequist Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 About 120 pages into The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Stunning, published both as an adult and childrens book. Just put it down long enough to type this. Have a look here http://www.booksattransworld.co.uk/thebookthief/ Brilliant book. I read it over summer. I would also recommend this book extremly highly. I would third that one; it is extraordinary. And if you want to read more of Markus Zusak, I also really enjoyed his earlier novel "I am the Messenger." It's definitely not a masterpiece on The Book Thief's level, but it's still very good. Another excellent book that you might find in either teens or adults is Tamar, by Mal Peet. That one's about two British special ops who are snuck into Holland in 1944 to aid the Dutch resistance. It won the Carnegie Medal a few years ago for best UK novel of the year for children or (in this case) teens. Having to read Of Mice and Men in school, which is so bloody dull. I guess you could say that I'm also reading Kerrang! I have never been a Steinbeck fan - I'm surprised he's required reading in the UK. I always thought of him as writing from a purely American perspective. Anyway, my experience is that most people are either seriously Steinbeck fans, or they're seriously not. There's not much middle ground. Me, I'm definitely not a fan. I had to read probably six or seven Steinbeck novels all through my years in middle school and high school (including OMAM), and the only one out of the whole lot that I really liked was "The Winter of Our Discontent." The rest I could've happily skipped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy the blue Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 Like the Roman (The life of Enoch Powell) Simon Heffer (Enoch Powels biog, just can't get into it) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted May 23, 2009 Report Share Posted May 23, 2009 fiction : Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace ... brilliant. non-fiction : The European Dream by Jeremy Rifkin ... if only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy the blue Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Still Talking Blue...................................mate got me a copy at the weekend and I can't put it down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazil Banks Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 Just finished '1602' by Neil Gaiman (Marvel superheroes fighting King James VI and the Spanish Inquisition in the year 1602) and its a dead tie with Watchmen for the best comic book graphic novel I've ever read. (Daredevil as blind troubadour) Started 'Alias Grace' by Margaret Atwood the other week and was blown away in the first few pages. Couldn't find it the other evening so I picked up 'The Lovely Bones' by Alice Sebold and this one has also knocked me sideways. Really stunning book that Peter Jackson has filmed. Can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted May 27, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 The Lovely Bones is a brilliant book, I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brazil Banks Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 The Lovely Bones is a brilliant book, I agree. Had me hooked after two paragraphs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beard Posted May 27, 2009 Report Share Posted May 27, 2009 The Poor Mouth by Irish satirical novelist Flann O'Brien, akin to James Joyce in prose. Terenstrend 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted May 28, 2009 Report Share Posted May 28, 2009 this here article : http://freethinker.co.uk/2008/11/08/how-an...nto-an-atheist/ quite interesting . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 16, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 R. A. Salvatore - The Thousand Orcs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamsmith69 Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Currently reading two books: The last flamingoes of bombay (not quite as camp as it sounds) - Man Asian Literary Prize 2008 Scar Tissue - Autobiography of Antony Kiedis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Set-Up, Joke, Set-Up, Joke:- By Rob Long and The Handmaid's Tale by Margert Atwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Gravity's Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaron Posted June 23, 2009 Report Share Posted June 23, 2009 Haunted Liverpool 15 - Tom Slemen Ive read them all so far, cant get enough of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chongli Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 The Poor Mouth by Irish satirical novelist Flann O'Brien, akin to James Joyce in prose. Didn't James Joyce write prose? I'm reading The Shame of the Nation by Jonathan Kozol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 250 Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 "Call me Charlie"....Autobiography of Lord Charles Brocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I'm reading The Shame of the Nation by Jonathan Kozol Just looked up a couple of reviews of that.....hard to believe. Really is shameful if it's an accurate picture of American schooling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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