Recommend me a book

[MK Shrimper]

Errrrrrm, is that aimed at me....

Nah, already own a few well thumbed copies of Razzle :eek:

 

[Kent Shrimper]

Marching Powder - Rusty Young

My Booky Wook - Russell Brand

The Devil in the Kitchen - Marco Pierre White

Not Dead Enough - Peter James

 

[Bentley's Absurd Gait]

Glamorama by Bret Easton Ellis, post-modern classic

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Bloody hell, was just about to bump this thread myself.

Are you reading my mind or the bit on my profile where it says 'is currently viewing'?

Alas, my library, sorry Idea Centre, doesn't seem to stock this, or seemingly anything else worthwhile.

Any more suggestions?

 

[Napster]

Just finished some books by Dean Koontz, Pratchett and others. None worth recommending. I started a Grisham and hated it. (The Brethren?)

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

America Unchained by Dave Gorman
crossing america without giving any money to "the man"

Read anything by Chuck Palahniuk, he's bloody brilliant

 

[Bluetonic]

Ashley Cole's autobiography.

“Ash! Are you listening?” said a virtually hyperventilating Jonathan. “I’m here in the office and David Dein is saying they aren’t going to give you £60k a week. They’ve agreed £55k and this is their best and final offer. Are you happy with that?”
When I heard Jonathan (Barnett) repeat the figure of £55k, I nearly swerved off the road. “He is taking the ****, Jonathan!” I yelled down the phone. I was so incensed. I was trembling with anger. I couldn’t believe what I’d heard. I suppose it all started to fall apart for me from then on. I’d trusted Mr Dein to push the deal through.

 

[SUFC Forever]

Damned Utd. The second best sports book I've read, after Tony Cascarino's autobiography. Now being made into a film.

Excellent choices. Both classics for sure.

 

[Southend_Lady]

Ashley Cole's autobiography.

“Ash! Are you listening?” said a virtually hyperventilating Jonathan. “I’m here in the office and David Dein is saying they aren’t going to give you £60k a week. They’ve agreed £55k and this is their best and final offer. Are you happy with that?”
When I heard Jonathan (Barnett) repeat the figure of £55k, I nearly swerved off the road. “He is taking the ****, Jonathan!” I yelled down the phone. I was so incensed. I was trembling with anger. I couldn’t believe what I’d heard. I suppose it all started to fall apart for me from then on. I’d trusted Mr Dein to push the deal through.

What complete sh!t - god how I hate him.

 

[Southend_Lady]

Marching Powder - Rusty Young

My Booky Wook - Russell Brand

The Devil in the Kitchen - Marco Pierre White

Not Dead Enough - Peter James

Great book he is hilarious and you can so tell that the book is 100% written by him. You can almost hear him saying the words in his funny kind of voice as you are reading it.

 

[Bluetonic]

What complete sh!t - god how I hate him.

Don't we all!

Arsenal’s final game at Highbury on May 7 was an emotional day for everyone, but even more so for me. “I can’t believe this is going to be my last game in England wearing an Arsenal shirt,” I thought as our coach pulled into the famous marble halls. There was no future left for me at the club any more. I knew that. Cheryl (Tweedy, his wife) knew that. Mum knew that.
My worst fears were confirmed when, as Thierry (Henry) and I sat in the centre circle after the final whistle, his name was sung from the rooftops while my contribution was recognised by a deafening silence. As his chants faded away we waited for mine. And we waited. And there was nothing. “They’re not bothered about me,” I said, resigned to the fact. It was like I was the invisible man.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

America Unchained by Dave Gorman
crossing america without giving any money to "the man"

Read anything by Chuck Palahniuk, he's bloody brilliant

Saw the documentary on America Unchained on TV. Seen him live on a few occasions as well, always good value.

Is Palahniuk the bloke who wrote Fight Club?

 

[fredheim_holm]

Don't ask me, all I ever read are Terry Pratchett books and football books.

That said, after football's dirty, dirty idea of playing games in Beijing, I recommend the Stanley Matthews autobiography, "The Way It Was," for some soothing balm on the rage. Lovely book, very well ghost-written.

The Damned United is very good, but for me it went a bit too abstract for its own good. Like a GCSE drama class doing some chanting. Very well researched though and I can't wait to see the film.

Oh, and have a look at Bill Bryson's, "A Short History Of Nearly Everything," which is Ronseal and it helped me explain the concept of gravity to a mate of mine. That was a rock'n'roll night, I tell ya.

Whens your book planned to be out Slipper? If you can manage to get it on play.com then I may purchase it.

I haven't read the whole 5 pages, so this may already have been answered, if so, I apologise.

 

[Uncle Leo]

Whens your book planned to be out Slipper? If you can manage to get it on play.com then I may purchase it.

I haven't read the whole 5 pages, so this may already have been answered, if so, I apologise.

I think it's out in August fred.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Just finished some books by Dean Koontz, Pratchett and others. None worth recommending. I started a Grisham and hated it. (The Brethren?)

Grisham is incredibly formulaic. I can't see how people manage to read more than a couple of his books. I enjoyed the first one as some light trashy escapism, but struggled to finish the second one I read as it felt like I was reading the other book again. I then saw one of the films and it was exactly the same again!

Is Dean Koontz the Ultramarathon guy? I read that book a few weeks ago.

 

[Pubey]

Saw the documentary on America Unchained on TV. Seen him live on a few occasions as well, always good value.

Is Palahniuk the bloke who wrote Fight Club?

yep... Choke is better IMO, and Lullaby and Haunted are pretty good

 

[OldBlueLady]

Whens your book planned to be out Slipper? If you can manage to get it on play.com then I may purchase it.

I haven't read the whole 5 pages, so this may already have been answered, if so, I apologise.

Cue for a plug I think - I've ordered mine on Amazon, this is their link:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0713689544

 

[Napster]

Grisham is incredibly formulaic. I can't see how people manage to read more than a couple of his books. I enjoyed the first one as some light trashy escapism, but struggled to finish the second one I read as it felt like I was reading the other book again. I then saw one of the films and it was exactly the same again!

Is Dean Koontz the Ultramarathon guy? I read that book a few weeks ago.

Exactly.

No. Koontz is a thriller/horror writer - 3/4 of his books are excellent, the other 1/4 just so-so. Because he's written so many, it's hard to know which book is which, to be honest.

 

[Napster]

Cue for a plug I think - I've ordered mine on Amazon, this is their link:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0713689544

no Collymore?

:nope:

 

[Napster]

yep... Choke is better IMO, and Lullaby and Haunted are pretty good

Haunted was so-so. It read like he wrote it from a load of notes he had made in the back of a pick-up.

Choke is good though.