Dalai_Lama Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 Finally got around to reading Murakami Haruki's Wild Sheep Chase. It's terrific. Odd, but very readable. Thoroughly recommended. Hes an odd writer. Just finished Fahrenheit 451, again. Short, but brilliant read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Idiot Bástard Son Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Currently reading nikki sixx biography .. An education in rebellion before that the last book I read was Motley Crue The Dirt Is The Dirt really as repulsive as the music press say? Oh, and just finished Back from the Brink by Paul McGrath. Brutally honest, magnificent piece of work. To the current crop of over-rated England internationals, read, digest & understand before considering whether anyone would like to share your vacuous, self-important thoughts on justifying being average & and avaricious. No punches pulled. And he was ten times the player any of you fúckers could ever hope to be even when he was blitzed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 6, 2007 Author Share Posted July 6, 2007 The Chancellor Manuscript - Robert Ludlum Was surprised to really enjoy this, as I read the first couple of chapters of one of his Bourne books and it was pish. This was excellently written though and involved a well written conspiracy around the end of J Edgar Hoover's reign at the FBI. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Kozma Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Martin Amis' Money 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie_1888 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Stephen Lawhead - Patrick 8/10 Loosely based on the story of St Patrick, cracking read though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Saints Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 The Catcher in the Rye - 10/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karpaty Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 'Of Mice and Men' Wasnt too bad. 7/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vartex Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Croats vs. Turks (Ottoman Empire), not bad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel Hutchwright Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Is The Dirt really as repulsive as the music press say? It's been a good few years since I read it but, although it has it's moments, I don't recall it being as shocking as the press made it out to be. It was a very enjoyable read though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 (edited) Today I finished City Psychos - Four decades of terrace terror by Shaun Tordoff 8/10 The author tells of his time and adventures as a leading "face" in the City Psychos of Hull City or the Hulltras as they were also known. Interesting look at football hooliganism and what makes them tick. I enjoyed the bit when they went on holiday to America and went to an irish bar and got a kicking as one of the boys was wearing a rangers top Edited July 13, 2007 by uberman 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qos_75 Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 Alan Brazil & Terry Butcher's autobiographies, Tales of the Tartan Army and Playing The Moldovans at Tennis. Whilst on on holiday. They were okay. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AberdeenRover Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 GERRARD(autobiography) absolute leg end great player,great guy,great book reccommended for liverpool fans or not 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnash Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 American Psycho - the scenes of violence are easily the most horrific I have ever read. You love it if you're into that sort of stuff. Otherwise, it gets a bit bogged down in endlessly parrotting off what his mates are wearing, what he's having for breakfast and why Phil Collins is a genius. The Last King of Scotland - it's fairly different to the film, and quite odd in that the 'hero' is a very flawed individual. It's a brilliant insight into what it must be like to live in a country with a dictator, and what an psychotic tyrant Idi Admin was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Five and Twenty Past Posted July 13, 2007 Share Posted July 13, 2007 A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle for the American Republic. A fairly academic account of the British Colonies in North America between 1750 and 1800. Puts the Revolution in its context and then goes on to show that negative campaigning is by no means nothing new. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrison Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Unforgivable Blackness - The Rise And Fall Of Jack Johnson ~ Geoffrey C. Ward Sounds like an interesting story to me, might have to go and find that. American Psycho - the scenes of violence are easily the most horrific I have ever read. You love it if you're into that sort of stuff. Otherwise, it gets a bit bogged down in endlessly parrotting off what his mates are wearing, what he's having for breakfast and why Phil Collins is a genius.The Last King of Scotland - it's fairly different to the film, and quite odd in that the 'hero' is a very flawed individual. It's a brilliant insight into what it must be like to live in a country with a dictator, and what an psychotic tyrant Idi Admin was. My girlfriend read both books recently. She loved American Psycho. She's a bit of a horror fan and the violence didn't put her off at all. Prefered the LKoS film over the book but she still enjoyed it. As for myself, I read The Real Monty, Colin Montgomerie's autobiography recently. I'm not a golf fan but I still found it interesting. Learnt a lot of his younger days in America and his Youth and Amateur careers before going on to talk about his Order of Merits and Ryder Cup appearances as well as his marraige troubles. Popcorn by Ben Elton and Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, both easy reads and enjoyable enough with it. Forced into the latter by my girlfriend who loves everything about the series - you can tell it's written for a much younger audience. Currently reading "How They Stole The Game" by David Wallop. Largely about the life of former FIFA President Joao Havelange, it provides great insight into this man's thinking and illustrates the often large differences between what he says and the reality. His ego makes Sepp Blatter's look like a mouse to his elephant. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa Cuddy Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Popcorn by Ben Elton and Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone, both easy reads and enjoyable enough with it. Forced into the latter by my girlfriend who loves everything about the series - you can tell it's written for a much younger audience. If you follow the series, you'll find that changes. As the characters mature, so does the writing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrison Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Aye, I've been told that. Almost like she's written it with a certain age in mind, and then the books have grown up as they have. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 Little Face 10/10 Great thriller. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latino Lover Posted July 14, 2007 Share Posted July 14, 2007 just finished Rankin's - the hanging garden 7/10. Don't want to get bored of the Rebus books but its lookimg likely I'l have to start another one as i have nothing else to read and the library havn't got the new Irvine Welsh book in yet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orlandoblue Posted July 17, 2007 Share Posted July 17, 2007 The brain is fookin amazing. Read all about it here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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