Guest Blonde Saint Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 The World According To Clarkson. Pretty funny and could see myself agreeing with him on a number of things. 7/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviClyde Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 The World According To Clarkson. Pretty funny and could see myself agreeing with him on a number of things. 7/10. I've had that by my bedside for about two months. I tend to read it off and on between other books. Amusing, but not all at one time, for me. I'd give it 6 max. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Jack Reacher da man! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Musketeer Gripweed Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Thats me finally got The Da Vinci Code finished. To be honest, there isn't really must of a plot, is there? It's basically just two people on the run from "the bad guys." The only thing that makes it bearable is the historical stuff in it, and to be fair, if you were not clued about about all that before reading the book I reckon a lot of it would go right over your head. Must admit, I did like the wee twist near the end, I hadnt even given that a seconds thought to be honest. Got a book from my neice today to read, reckons its a cracker, never heard of it myself - Saturday by Ian McEwan. Anyone read it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spr Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 "Psycho" by Stuart Pearce. Seems like a nice bloke. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Kerthorse Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 A Haynes Manual 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Manslaughter United, A season with a prison football team - Chris Hulme 7/10 Chris Hulme spent a season with Kingston Arrows who play in the portsmouth amautuer league, a team made up of 9 murderers and 2 guards. not bad read 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laid Back Maverick Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Just finished reading "The Long Walk" by Slavomir Rawicz. Rawicz was a Polish officer, arrested by the Russians for "spying" during WW2 and sentenced to 20 years forced labour. After travelling on the Trans-siberian railroad to Lake Baikal, they are marched 1000 miles to Camp 303, a gulag in the midst of the siberian wilderness. Rawicz managed to escape however, and with six others made the journey south - travelling 4000 miles through Mongolia, the Gobi desert and crossing the Himalayas. A fantastic tale of human endurance, albeit it feels like it was a little embellished by the ghost writer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Children of albion rovers - a collection of short stories including 1 by irvine welsh, the rosewell incident 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICTChris Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 Chris Hulme spent a season with Kingston Arrows who play in the portsmouth amautuer league, a team made up of 9 murderers and 2 guards. not bad read Was that not Airdrie under Alex MacDonald? I am currently re-reading 1984 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reina Posted June 15, 2006 Share Posted June 15, 2006 (edited) Not a Star by Nick Hornby. A short story about a woman who finds out that her son is a porn star with a massive penis. Read it in less than half an hour, was really funny Edited June 15, 2006 by Debbie 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds2002 Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Children of albion rovers - a collection of short stories including 1 by irvine welsh, the rosewell incident 6/10 i read that a good number of years ago seem to recall that it wasnt too bad certainly more worthwhile than the "book of two halves" that I read recently 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Follow Follow Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Just finished Cosa Nostra- good read 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Big Deal by Anthony Holden (a year as a poker pro). Fantastic thus far. A great balance of poker drama, poker lore and self-examination. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Iris Chang - The Rape of Nanking. It's about the Japanese atrocities in the Chinese city during WWII. Horrific stuff from people with absolutely no conscience whatsoever. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 I Know You Got Soul by Jeremy Clarkson. Not a novel, but him talking about various machines / engines that have been made over the years that he thinks are amazing, for various reasons. I love his style of writing too, totally dry, witty sarcasm etc., suits me. 9/10. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest doonhamerexile Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 Just finished... Forever Odd - by Dean Koontz Recommened. Especially for Koontz fans. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 A book of two halves - a collection of football short stories by various authors written around 1996. Bit hit and miss as any collection of this type 5/10 I read that last year and thought it was dreadful. For some reason I was thinking about one of the stories in it the other day, you might remember it. It's the one where England think they'll hammer some tiny island nation in the World Cup and don't credit them with a hope of winning, with the commentators being patronising and arrogant. God knows why that came to mind recently... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbhaf Posted June 16, 2006 Share Posted June 16, 2006 'A Piano in the Pyrennes' by Tony Hawks, funny like all his books. Currently: 'Field Notes From A Catastrophe' by Elizabeth Kolbert. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted July 2, 2006 Share Posted July 2, 2006 Hell's Angels - Hunter S. Thompson 7/10 not bad read although sonny barger the president of the oakland hells angels has claimed that most of it is a lot of bollocks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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