Golden Glory 0 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Seeing as I've sat at home for the last month and am going to be so for another month and a half; I've taken it upon myself to read lots hence why I'm currently flicking between 6 (yes, six, S-I-X) books. Harper Lee - To Kill A Mockingbird Tom Clancy - The Sum Of All Fears Ian McEwan - Atonement Peter Vardy and Julie Arliss - The Thinker's Guide To God Pat Barker - Regeneration Khaled Hosseini - The Kiterunner I'm at various stages of all. But already this summer I've read the following: George Orwell - Animal Farm Fred Forsyth - The Fist Of God Charles Dickens - Great Expectations Anthony Burgess - A Clockwork Orange Peter Vardy - The Puzzle Of God Joseph Heller - Catch 22 There's a few more I plan to read too: Albert Camus - The Outsider Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich John Steinbeck - Grapes Of Wrath E.M Forster - Passage To India Hanif Kureishi - Suburban Buddha Markus Zusak - The Book Thief I hope I get through them all by September, but for some reason... I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Glory 0 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I want to read some Kafka soon too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 I want to read some Kafka soon too. Metamorphosis and other stories (Penguin Modern Classics) is canny good. It's quite heavy going but its short stories (as I'm sure you guessed) which means you can see light at the end of the tunnel. Worth the effort though. I fucking hate Ian McEwan btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anth 113 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 Anything by James Herbert or Richard Laymon, I've yet to disappointed by either author. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bombadil 0 Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 Robert Harris - Imperium. Excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutKazakh 0 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Robert Harris - Imperium. Excellent. Discipline by Paco Ahlgren. It is a very well written piece of fiction that incorporates economics, time travel, and quantum physics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 Just finished Maya by Jostein Gaarder. Good but not one of his best. Just started on Mooch by Dan Fante, son of the late, great John Fante (of whom Bukowski said "Fante was my God"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19814 Posted August 1, 2008 Share Posted August 1, 2008 A great read Just started his second book The Clockers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 The dark tower 5 wolves of the calla - stephen king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0 Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Very much enjoying The Damned United. Read Richard Hammond's book prior to that. Oddly, I think I like him a bit less after reading it. Got a bit sick of hearing about his perfect life and his perfect wife and his perfect kids and his perfect house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 3, 2008 Share Posted August 3, 2008 Very much enjoying The Damned United. Read Richard Hammond's book prior to that. Oddly, I think I like him a bit less after reading it. Got a bit sick of hearing about his perfect life and his perfect wife and his perfect kids and his perfect house... I fucking hate Hammond like. About 50% of that stems from him being an annoying little prick and the other half stems from his popularity which I can't get my head round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3342 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 In light of Alex's comment elsewhere. The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I'm reading Porno by Irvine Welsh at the minute, but only time I seem to read it at the minute is when I go to the bog. It's brilliant. Begbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Robert Harris - Imperium. Excellent. Discipline by Paco Ahlgren. It is a very well written piece of fiction that incorporates economics, time travel, and quantum physics. Looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Al Qaeda - Jason Burke Only a few chapters in, but he seems a canny enough bloke that Bin Laden. Apart from the Islamic militancy of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19814 Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 I'm reading Porno by Irvine Welsh at the minute, but only time I seem to read it at the minute is when I go to the bog. It's brilliant. Begbie Top book I am currently reading Clockers by Richard Price, stonking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Haven't read Porno yet. Last Welsh book I read was Glue which is brilliant and up there with his best stuff. Anyway: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes. Totally ridiculous but canny good all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2bias 3 Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 The dark tower 6 the song of susannah - stephen king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magma 0 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 (edited) Richard Hammond - On The Edge Edited August 28, 2008 by Magma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wykikitoon 19814 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 The dark tower 6 the song of susannah - stephen king What are the Dark Tower books like Bias? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14011 Posted August 28, 2008 Share Posted August 28, 2008 Darkness at Noon - Arthur Koestler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Finished Al Qaeda which was interesting but only served to reinforce my wooly liberal view of the validity of their grievances while recognising the atrocity of their actions. Moved onto Failed States, which after only 2 chapters has me agog at the weight of charges against the US (and UK) in their misuse of power. So far it's only served to reinforce my wooly liberal view of the invalidity of their position and amplify the atrocity of their actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Garrincha (The Triumph and Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero) - Ruy Castro. A bit of a dry translation but a very moving story lovingly researched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newcastleunited&proud 0 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Last man down... about the highest ranking firefighter to get out the world trade centers alive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Garrincha (The Triumph and Tragedy of Brazil's Forgotten Footballing Hero) - Ruy Castro. A bit of a dry translation but a very moving story lovingly researched. I loved it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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