Posted by goldenface
I've decided to give up smoking once and for all and to cut down on the boozy nights for 2008 and to help with this strategy I'll be having more cozy nights in.
I like reading and was wondering what fiction you chaps are into reading right now.
TIA
Posted by haynesycop
I got Patricia Cornwells new book called "Book of the Dead" and it is fabulous also reading Jeremy Clarkson "The World According to Clarkson"
Was never into reading at all and somebody said read The Body Farm also by Patricia Cornwell and i have been hooked ever since, if your into crime and such you'll love her.
Posted by Kryptik
i'm rereading two old favourites, Song Of Albion Pt.3 by Stephen Lawhead, and The Walking Drum by Louis L'Amour.
Posted by goldenface
@haynesycop
I confess I have never read a crime story. I like horror but honestly, I would give anything a try. The last book I read was Angels and Demons and that was a good few months ago.
Posted by leeboy13
i got half way through that when i was travelling last year - it was amazing, jsut aint got the time to finish it now
Posted by Chartreuse Eyes
I am reading The Da Vinci Code
Posted by haynesycop
That is an amazing book could not put that down read it in 1 day, never got into Angels & Demons may dig it out again. If you don't mind gore then try her out especially the Kay Scarpetta novels, i suggest;
The Body Farm
Book of the Dead
Postmortem
Also have you read the one by Dave Pelzer i think his name is? It's a true story about child abuse it is pretty sick but it is such i good read if you get me. He did other books but the first is the best, "A Child Called It"
Posted by paul101
i'm trying to read "breathing fear"
Posted by Kryptik
Once you've finished The Da Vinci Code have a crack at Digital Fortress. Brilliant stuff
Posted by procterdc
I'm on with Messiah, which is what the TV series is based on. But I have also been gifted Jeremy Clarkson's new book too, so Messiah has taken a bit of a back seat lol.
Posted by se_p800
I can't read
Posted by The Lostprophet
im reading misery by stephen king. yes its a old book but its a great one
Posted by fatevdestiny
ATM I'm reading "Villains" by Paul Ferris
Very good read. Recommend it to anyone who like true crimes.
Also had a read at "Gangland Glasgow" by Robert Jeffrey but it was a huge let down
Posted by goldenface
@TheLostProphet
The last Stephen King book I read was Dolores Claibourne which was quite good, probably the best Ste King I had read, although there are plenty of King that I haven't read yet.
I've also read some MR James and some Edgar Allen Poe ghost stories which were terrificly atmospheric stories.
Posted by Nanu
Haynesycop seems to read the same books as myself!
All of the Kay Scarpetta Novels are great and really interesting and quite educational.
I have also got into Michael Connelly who writes about a detective called Hieronymus Bosch and they too are an excellent read!
Also Katherine Fox is another, a bit along the lines of Cornwell and also quite good but I have only read one of her Novels
I also enjoy Lynda La Plante she's is a gifted author!
Failing that try the Beano!
Posted by Nanu
IT, is a cracking read of Stephen Kings! and I always prefer to read the books over the movies they have more depth to them!
That said I still go to watch the movies too!
Posted by goldenface
@nanu of nazareth
My sentiments too.
I don't know whether it was just a badly made film(probably) but the Amityville horror was much better in book form (had me checking under the bed in case anything horrible was lurking under there) .
Posted by nicv27
At the moment i am reading trainspotting the da Vinci code and a biography of ex London villian Freddie Foreman
Posted by arien617
Currently read every issue of Top Gear mag and as a proper book I'm on Don't Stop Me Now - Jeremy Clarkson.
Posted by fatreg
Currently reading no fiction at all (can't get into it) but non-fiction..
currently reading
"Don't for husbands"
"1001 albums you must hear before you die"
"This, That and the Other"
Posted by The Lostprophet
goldenface, can i suggest the dark tower series by stephan king? its a kinda mix of fantasty/horror there is about 6-7 books in the series (cant remember of the top of my head) and they are great.
bag of bones is another great king book
james herbert is also very good.
Posted by goldenface
Well I just remembered to check our Book-Club here in work and found:
Stephen King's Rose Madder and
Patricia Cornwell's Isle of Dogs. So it'll be one or the other.
Edit Although I am not sure if I have already read Rose Madder. Is it anything to do with the words Rose Madder being an anagram?
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Posted by Chartreuse Eyes
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okie i will check it out as well
thanks
Posted by goldenface
The Patricia Cornwell book is turning out to be quite a good read - its quite funny too.
Posted by Nanu
I have Isle Of Dog's here along with Hornets Nest and Southern Cross, but with them being non-Scarpetta I have yet to read them!
I think I'll give them a go when I have finished the Lincoln Lawyer by Michael Connelly!!
Perhaps you should start an Esato book club Goldenface!?
Posted by goldenface
Mmm, you mean like Richard & Judy's one? May be I'll call it Golden and Haynesys Book Club.
We'll see. Its good getting back into books.
Posted by haynesycop
Glad your enjoying Patricia Cornwell she is an amazing writer, have yet to read that one though maybe we should swap hahaha!
Posted by methylated_spirit
Involution Ocean by Bruce Sterling. Alright if you're into the sci-fi stuff.
Posted by haynesycop
That one by Dave Pelzer i mentioned is in ASDA if you wanted it!
Posted by goldenface
On 2008-01-15 17:18:24, haynesycop wrote:
That one by Dave Pelzer i mentioned is in ASDA if you wanted it!
Mmm, it sounds like I might be a bit squeamish for that, but the book sounds OK.
Joke! I am about 3/4 through the Pat Cornwell, which is still making me laugh. Oh and I have met Dr Scarpetta at last. She has only just appeared in the storyline.
Posted by haynesycop
Hehehehehe!
Scarpetta is a legend, i finished book of the dead the other night, gutted!
Posted by Adz21
On 2008-01-15 17:18:24, haynesycop wrote:
That one by Dave Pelzer i mentioned is in ASDA if you wanted it!
Ive read those, truly terrible. That poor man
Posted by Dicky Snapples
If Chins Could Kill - Bruce Campbell's autobiography
Posted by razi
The Hobbit, just started reading it, its addictive.
Posted by Sammy_boy
On 2008-01-21 22:09:43, razi wrote:
The Hobbit, just started reading it, its addictive.
That's a coincidence, I'm just about to finish reading The Hobbit! I love JRR Tolkien's books, I'm going to start re-reading Lord of the Rings next, these are books that I can happily read over and over again without getting bored, and there's such a depth and amount of detail that there's always something I pick up that I missed on previous re-readings! I've read the Silmarillion too, though that's harder going, I also found unfinished tales quite hard going too but will have another go with it!
I'd recommend them wholeheartedly Goldenface, and they'll hopefully help me forget about giving up the fags too (though getting some help this time with some nicotine patches!)
Posted by razi
I've bought the Lord of The Rings aswel, just waiting till i finish the The Hobbit first.
Posted by haynesycop
Jeremy Clarkson still he's so funny!
Posted by fatreg
Frank Skinners autobiography
Posted by Residentevil
Fiction: The big picture by Douglas Kennedy, very addictive reading. Great story.
Posted by *Jojo*
Book-King, all about NOT be CAUGHT red-handed . . .
Posted by aldrinus
Like the Flowing River by Paulo Coelho.. refreshing common sense insights for a deeply troubled world
Posted by fatreg
Adolf Hitler - Mein Kampf
Don't ask, it's the only book I have ever wanted to read...
Bloody hard task tracking down a copy too.. got my copy in the UAE of all places!!
very heard reading too.. translation isn't exactly flowing...
Posted by Trev1982
On 2008-02-14 22:50:43, fatreg wrote:
Adolf Hitler - Mein Kampf
Don't ask, it's the only book I have ever wanted to read...
Bloody hard task tracking down a copy too.. got my copy in the UAE of all places!!
very heard reading too.. translation isn't exactly flowing...
i got so much grief of my mum when i had that book delivered to her house good read though,
Posted by fatreg
Not nearly as much grief as I got from a Jew in an Arabic country........
Posted by haynesycop
The book of general ignorance, it's from the guy who devised QI with Stephen Fry, loads of interesting things in it, also at risk by Patricia Cornwell, not as good as the Kay Scarpetta novels though.
Posted by Davo_169
I just finished river god by wilbur smith and im going to start the seventh scroll next week.
Has anybody read any Matthew Reilly, bloody brilliant writer. Also Michael Crichton if you like Techno-Thrillers