Ian C Posted September 18, 2011 Report Share Posted September 18, 2011 A Drink with Shane MacGowan- by Victoria Clarke and Shane MacGowan She's a nutter. In her book about 'angels' she cites my Dad as inspiration. She thinks we all have angels watching over us... and that she can see them. Total looper altogether Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louis Posted September 19, 2011 Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Can she see other things such as fairies or is it only Angel-dar she has fitted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted September 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2011 Joe Abercrombie - First Law Trilogy. Glokta ftw. I've read the first one and thought it was brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Walking Dead - RObert Kirkman (Book one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beard Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Chaat (what a great name), the British Curry Club magazine, issue 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted September 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Chicken chaat is lovely . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonKey Posted September 20, 2011 Report Share Posted September 20, 2011 Been reading a book for a few weeks now, by a guy called Tim Ferriss called 'The 4 Hour body'. Some of the stuff in it is realy fascinating. It's basically a guys record of a number of experiments he conducted on himself over last 20 or so years leading to a series of 'body hacks/shortcuts.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted October 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Raymond E. Feist - A Kingdom Besieged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Giving Game of Thrones a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggy Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 Just finished that one Mike............... it's not too bad, just good enough for me to want to read the sequel. Currently on Empire of silver by Conn Iggulden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonKey Posted October 6, 2011 Report Share Posted October 6, 2011 The 4 Hour Body by Tim Ferris. Fascinating lifestyle book. This guy has basically dedicated his own body to ongoing scientific experiments with some really interesting results. I've tried one part of the eating plan in their and dropped nearly 2st in 4 months or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2011 Richard Montanari - The Echo Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted November 25, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2011 Patrick Rothfuss - The Wise Man's Fear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted November 26, 2011 Report Share Posted November 26, 2011 joe abercrombie - the heroes. First law trilogy was great. the sequels haven't been that enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted November 30, 2011 Report Share Posted November 30, 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/conservative/8807376/Conservative-Party-Conference-2011-dont-rule-out-a-fat-tax-says-David-Cameron.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 250 Posted December 14, 2011 Report Share Posted December 14, 2011 "The greatest footballer you never saw".......The Robin Friday Story! The skill of Duncan McKenzie, the size, strength and 'playing style' of Duncan Ferguson and the life style of ........, well to be honest no player who valued his health and sanity (those are my words). Would have loved to have seen him perform......... Don't suppose anyone on here did see Robin Friday play? 1974-77...Reading/Cardiff City. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted December 15, 2011 Report Share Posted December 15, 2011 Red Rabbit - Tom Clancy. I really really don't like Tom Clancy and his political views .. I actively root against his main characters (jack ryan and john clarke) while reading. Ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonButtle Posted December 25, 2011 Report Share Posted December 25, 2011 The Operators I have wanted this for ages now, its a book about a section of the British army known as 14 Company or "The Det" i found out about them through my brother who is a political journo, They were setup in the 1970's to combat terrorism in Ireland and are more secretive and more elite than the SAS or SBS, they had proper James Bond style cars with guns and gadgets built in to them, It was also the first elite service to accept women into it, it was all plain clothes, and the training process was intense, and they all had Bruce Lee levels of unarmed combat skill, and knowledge of every conceivable firearm you can think of. I love all this sort of stuff and im looking forward to getting stuck into it, ive just finished a book about mercenary soldiers as well, which had some scarey info in it, money seriously IS the root of all evil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted December 26, 2011 Report Share Posted December 26, 2011 Teeth of the Tiger - Tom Clancy. I continue to loathe Tom Clancy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 The Long Song....Andrea Levy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 after burning everything i had by tom clancy .. now reading george rr martin - game of thrones. it's ok. i guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 now reading george rr martin - game of thrones. it's ok. i guess. I just finished the second one (Clash of Kings). Not brilliant I agree but good enough to continue with the series....Josh is currently reading the third one (which is huge....two books in fact) and I'll go back to it when he's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romey 1878 Posted January 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 after burning everything i had by tom clancy .. now reading george rr martin - game of thrones. it's ok. i guess. I just finished the second one (Clash of Kings). Not brilliant I agree but good enough to continue with the series....Josh is currently reading the third one (which is huge....two books in fact) and I'll go back to it when he's done. I'm going to read them at some point and had been told they were brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 I'm going to read them at some point and had been told they were brilliant. Certainly worth reading Mark....I've read lots worse and I think it's probably that the only point of reference for such an epic (in my experience) is LOTR that it suffers in comparison to. Just a few niggly criticisms....like (for me) too much description of too many virtually insignificant characters....keep losing track of who's on whose side . And the odd Americanism grates a bit...but as the writer's American I suppose I should forgive . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibdane Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 "Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand. Just finished Orwell's "1984" and really enjoyed it. Huxley's "Brave New World" is next. Has anyone read The Hunger Games?? I hear it's a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted January 18, 2012 Report Share Posted January 18, 2012 (edited) Certainly worth reading Mark....I've read lots worse and I think it's probably that the only point of reference for such an epic (in my experience) is LOTR that it suffers in comparison to. Just a few niggly criticisms....like (for me) too much description of too many virtually insignificant characters....keep losing track of who's on whose side . And the odd Americanism grates a bit...but as the writer's American I suppose I should forgive . The big fear is that he'll never finish the series .. still has two books to write. I wouldn't compare it to LOTR .. it's more like "The First Law" or "The Night Angel", which are both better imo. I heard "Malazan Book of the Fallen" was more like LOTR .. will be starting that series soon. Edited January 18, 2012 by holystove Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevO Posted January 24, 2012 Report Share Posted January 24, 2012 Had a delivery today for some holiday reading. The Smell of Football by Baz Rathbone and Scouting For Moyes by some other bloke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted October 26, 2012 Report Share Posted October 26, 2012 Holy crap what a twist 100+ pages into A Storm of Swords 2 (second part of the third Game of Thrones book) . (No spoilers and that's a deliberately vague page number ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalziel Kane Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Last Book I read was Moonraker by Ian Fleming. The movie is a complete farce.. James Bond doesn't go into outer space damn it. Before that, The Beach by Alex Garland. Once again, the movie (directed by Danny Boyle) is so different and changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted November 2, 2012 Report Share Posted November 2, 2012 Holy crap what a twist 100+ pages into A Storm of Swords 2 (second part of the third Game of Thrones book) . (No spoilers and that's a deliberately vague page number ) Really enjoyed that one....got through it in about four sittings; he's certainly not afraid to kill off big characters! Waiting for "A feast For Crows" to drop through the letter box now . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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