ffcsam Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 "dont blink" by James Patterson. Typically brilliant, great twists and characters. Verdict? 9/10 About to start "The Scarpetta Factor" by Patricia Cornwell. Looking forward to it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartyMac Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 cracking bit of misdirection for all you who read the last page first Does anyone actually do this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_S_A_R Posted February 24, 2011 Share Posted February 24, 2011 Does anyone actually do this? embarassingly i read a full book from back to front by accident once. the pages in chuck pahlinuk's (sp) survivor are numbered with highest number at the front and 1 at the back which is supposed to represent the tape of a blackbox recorder. i just steamed in and read it as you would a normal book. so i pretty much the read the last page first, the 2nd last page next and so on. it was extremely confusing and disconcerting but i just thought 'what a weird book, i'm suprised this is so popular'. by the time i realised how it was meant to be read i was quite into it and the degree of difficulty it posed so i just carried on reading it the wrong round and trying to figure out what was going on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footiechick Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Does anyone actually do this? not any normal person would 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monster Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 James Kelman - Kieron Smith, boy This is a very interesting read. Written from the point of view of the boy in the title, it's style is to have the text laid out as a stream of the boy's thoughts, and as such it's a little difficult to follow at times, but the characterisation of Kieron develops well and as he matures he wakes up to his world with increasing confusion mixed with excitement and wonder. It's set in Glasgow sometime post war, but that's about all the specific setting details you get, although you can work out it's pre - 1975 because Ibrox still has terracing (he sneaks in one day). I'd recommend reading it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wunfellaff Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 ''The Terror'' by Dan Simmons - reworking the 'lost' Franklin expedition to find the Northwest Passage with Eskimo mythology. Good read. Would recommend most of Simmons work, though the American crime stuff was shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofjenova Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I've started reading One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey. Good book, though a bit of a difficult read. I've also been reading some professional software development books, don't think you all want to hear about those though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quentin Taranbino Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 Just finished Game of Thrones by George Martin This was first book I read on my kindle for my HTC Desire and loved it!! The book is fantastic medieveal fantasy and is the book behind the new HBO Series that starts on Sky Atlantic in April starring Sean Bean A Must Read! 5 in the series as well so off to download book number 2 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stimpy Posted March 1, 2011 Share Posted March 1, 2011 Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, Written in '31 so pre-nuclear but still paints a scarily familiar picture of his future, I recon in another 20years it will be an almost perfect fit. It starts off describing the "brave new world" where everyone is happy and knows their place in society and then plonks someone with close to our sensibilities in the middle of it all. 7/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jojo Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Iain M Banks - Consider Phlebas, Use of Weapons, Palyer of Games, THe Algebreist...any of them really. Ian McDonald - River of Gods, Brasyl Phillip K Dick - Anything at all by this guy If you can handle the old writing style, Ray Bradbury, particularly his short stories, though Farenheit 451 is good. Isaac Asimov, the Foundation trilogy Frank Herbert, the Dune series Get through that lot then come back for more. I'm dead jealous actually - your in for a real treat. cheers Last book i read was trainspotting. Best book i've ever read i've decided after a while. Top notch. I found it easy to understand but i imagine anyone not scottish would have difficulty, as my mum tried reading it and gave up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowers Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 Young Stalin by Simon Sebag Montefiore A very interesting book and well worth reading. Now on to In the court of the red Tsar 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centralTon Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 My Father and other Working-Class Football Heroes by Gary Imlach. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muggy Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 embarassingly i read a full book from back to front by accident once. the pages in chuck pahlinuk's (sp) survivor are numbered with highest number at the front and 1 at the back which is supposed to represent the tape of a blackbox recorder. i just steamed in and read it as you would a normal book. so i pretty much the read the last page first, the 2nd last page next and so on. it was extremely confusing and disconcerting but i just thought 'what a weird book, i'm suprised this is so popular'. by the time i realised how it was meant to be read i was quite into it and the degree of difficulty it posed so i just carried on reading it the wrong round and trying to figure out what was going on. Where would you start reading it though? That's ridiculous. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 All Quiet on the Western Front - 9/10 Fantastic book, one of the best that I've read. It's quite like Sven Hassel books so if you like them then you'll love this. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowers Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 All Quiet on the Western Front - 9/10 Fantastic book, one of the best that I've read. It's quite like Sven Hassel books so if you like them then you'll love this. +1 Both the film adaptation's are excellent as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
footiechick Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 L-shaped room by Lynne Reid Banks (written in 1961) Jane, is pregnant and unmarried in the 60's. Her father throws her out and she ends up in the L-shaped room. The book deals with prejudices against this as well as black people and Jews in London at this time. Believable characters and pretty well written, though not an exciting book, the story has a beginning, middle and end. I wouldn't normally have picked this up, but was given it through a friend and quite enjoyed it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_S_A_R Posted March 10, 2011 Share Posted March 10, 2011 Where would you start reading it though? That's ridiculous. i started reading it like any normal book. you're meant to read it from the back to the front. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartyMac Posted March 11, 2011 Share Posted March 11, 2011 Just finished 'Killing Floor', the first Jack Reacher novel from Lee Child. Pretty good, fast paced, and written in a short, sharp style. The plot is fairly basic, and ultimately full of holes, but Reacher feels like he's got some mileage (that'll be why there's lots of novels featuring him!), so I reckon I'll give the next few a try. So, not a book that requires a lot of brain power, but a decent wee thriller, and it keeps the pace going throughout. 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koroviev Posted March 12, 2011 Share Posted March 12, 2011 Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov. 9.5/10 An absolutely amazing book about what happens when the devil, with chums in tow, pays a visit to the atheist city of 30s Moscow. I scarcely know how to start describing it. It was banned from publication when it was first written and only came to light in Khrushchev's thaw in the (70s?) i think. Some of the themes are obvious, like Bulgakov's semi-autobiographical account of the life of a writer at the time, and the general absurdity and collective self-delusion of the soviet union and its people at the time, but others are more complex and i doubt i will fully understand them soon, if ever. Amazing. Superb book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerwick Lad Posted March 14, 2011 Share Posted March 14, 2011 Target by Simon Kernick One of the best I have read in a long time. The plot is fairly straight forward to start with then it has loads of twists and turns (one major one). Brilliant characters with them all being relevent to the story even if they were only in for a couple of chapters. The guy has done a lot of research, therefore enabling the characters to be even more believable. From guns to the official way situations are handled. I will be going to my local library to catch some more of this guys work. I urge you all to read this novel. Score 10/10 Just reading this one the now - almost finished it. It is a page turner for sure but a little OTT in places for me. I fail to believe how this 'Hook' can be so elusive... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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