holystove Posted April 4, 2010 Report Share Posted April 4, 2010 Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man by Thomas Mann One of my favorite books. You'll enjoy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Hornby - Fever Pitch. First 100 pages, not a fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted April 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Garth Nix - Lord Sunday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 I've got £30 worth of book tokens from my birthday (you'd think my mother would have more imagination for my fiftieth wouldn't you? Better than last year though when I got a piece of cheese....she's a bit eccentric ) plus a £5 WH Smith discount voucher burning a hole in my pocket. What should I get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 I've got £30 worth of book tokens from my birthday (you'd think my mother would have more imagination for my fiftieth wouldn't you? Better than last year though when I got a piece of cheese....she's a bit eccentric ) plus a £5 WH Smith discount voucher burning a hole in my pocket. What should I get? I seem to remember that you liked reading Catch-22 by Heller? If that's the case I'd buy "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole (if you don't have it yet). Both are among my favorite books of all time. Best non-fiction I've read in the past year was "The Great Transformation" by Karen Armstrong. It's about the origin of religion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 27, 2010 Report Share Posted April 27, 2010 Good memory! Catch-22 is probably my favourite of all time (though "The Book Thief" has run it close recently). I'll check those out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted April 28, 2010 Report Share Posted April 28, 2010 Well I am a lawyer so my whole professional existence depends on a good memory ... Seriously though I was half expecting you to reply "Of course I've already read The Confederacy of Dunces". Seeing how it has the same humor as Catch-22 and is the same kind of cult classic. Currently reading : "So little done. The testament of a serial killer" by Theodore Dalrymple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Didn't have Confederacy of Dunces in the shop (and I'm too impatient to wait) so I'll have to get it from the library . I got... Richard Dawkins-The Greatest Show on Earth Obama's autobiography. The Kite Runner which I've been meaning to read for ages. The Blackest Streets by Sarah Wise (The life and death of a Victorian Slum) ..and a big cook book . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted April 30, 2010 Report Share Posted April 30, 2010 Didn't have Confederacy of Dunces in the shop (and I'm too impatient to wait) so I'll have to get it from the library . I got... Richard Dawkins-The Greatest Show on Earth Obama's autobiography. The Kite Runner which I've been meaning to read for ages. The Blackest Streets by Sarah Wise (The life and death of a Victorian Slum) ..and a big cook book . The Greatest Show on Earth is fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 I read Rainbow Six last year and enjoyed it so much that when I saw a box with all the Clancy's for only € 68 at my local bookstore, I decided to buy them. Probably am going to read them in the order they were written unless someone has a suggestion with which I should start.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Churinga2 Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 Roots - Alex Haley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted May 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 John Connolly - The Whisperers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted May 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted May 23, 2010 Karin Slaughter - Genesis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted June 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2010 Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 5, 2010 Val McDermid - Fever of the Bone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted July 6, 2010 Report Share Posted July 6, 2010 Personal Foul: A First-Person Account of the Scandal That Rocked the NBA by Tim Donaghy. Quite interesting if you like NBA basketball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2010 John Banville - The Book of Evidence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted July 13, 2010 Report Share Posted July 13, 2010 (edited) A Storm of Swords - George R.R. Martin A Feast for Crows - George R.R. Martin Hanging from the Rafters - The Story of Neptune Basketball Club and the Golden Age of Irish Basketball - Kieran Shannon Coaching Basketball Successfully - Morgan Wootten Was on holiday.... Edited July 13, 2010 by Grarghsies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted July 31, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2010 Richard Montanari - Kiss of Evil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 Read "The Kite Runner" while I was away. Very good but not quite the work of genius it's made out to be imo. Brilliant cultural stuff but the story is a bit contrived and sometimes too obvious I think. Re-read "The Book Thief" (the last 250 pages yesterday) and that is a work of genius ......probably my second favourite book of all time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted August 18, 2010 Report Share Posted August 18, 2010 Executive Orders by Tom Clancy. Horrible book. It's 1300 pages and it easily could have been half that. It reads like the political manifesto of an out of touch libertarian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted August 19, 2010 Report Share Posted August 19, 2010 Reading a book on The Knights Templars and the exermination of the Cathar faith. It's fascinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted August 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2010 Dan Brown - The Lost Symbol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted August 28, 2010 Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Sebastian . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 It would appear that previous post is in the wrong topic . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted August 30, 2010 Report Share Posted August 30, 2010 The Millenium Trilogy .. by Stieg Larsson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted September 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 Lee Child - 61 Hours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted September 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2010 Harlan Coben - Play Dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted October 6, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2010 Jo Nesbo - The Snowman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubecula Posted October 7, 2010 Report Share Posted October 7, 2010 Just bought the new Terry Pratchett book "I Shall Wear Midnight" Not started it yet though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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