Recommend me a book

[Bentley's Absurd Gait]

Was that the one with Paddington Bear and the case of the missing marmalade.?:unsure:

Yes, that's the one.

 

[Napster]

Just started reading John Major's More than a Game. Cracking book.

 

[MK Shrimper]

I've had to sink to reading a Stephen King book called "Cell" where people go zombie like via their mobiles.

Strangely I'm quite enjoying it!

 

[fatshrimp]

The Kite Runner.

Half way through and it's a very good read.

 

[Yer Blues]

america unchained - dave gorman

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

america unchained - dave gorman

Fantastic book.

Just finished Jack Kerouac's 'Dharma Bums', was even better than On The Road which has been my favourite book for about 12 years.

Currently reading, Mark E Smith's autobiography 'Renegade: the lives and tales of mark e smith'. Very good so far, the guy's a legend.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Dangerous parking - a novel about a film director dealing with cancer. It never says as much, but it feels highly autobiographical. The weird thing is, its a truly uplifting book from start to finish.

Finally got around to ordering it on Ebay! Hope it lives up to your high praise (that includes you Mr Reade!) :D

Hmmm, now I'm 120 odd pages in and I'm not getting it yet.

 

[Pubey]

just about to embark on Shantaram, anyone else read it? apparently johnny depp will be starring in a film version next year so i'm going to read it so i can come out of the cinema saying 'the book is better':)

 

[canveyshrimper]

Just finished Ghost by Robert Harris, not sure if it was truly representative of the Blair years, but Harris was part of the New Labour machine.

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

One that may be of interest to you MK, if you fancy some non-fiction, and thats Dreadnought - Robert K Massie. A fascinating (well, I enjoyed it) account of British foreign policy from around 1850-1914.

Sum of all fears - Tom Clancy is a good read. Never seen the film, but I very much doubt it's a patch on the book

and just because (as with catch 22) no book thread should be without it (apologies if I've missed it somewhere)

War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy. In my opinion, and those of many others too, the best novel ever written.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Been revisiting some classics from school days recently - To Kill a Mockingbird; Lord of the Flies and Catcher in the Rye. Love the first two and always have, the last reads no better 30 years on than it did then. Also re-read the Hobbit, just for fun!

 

[steveo]

Just finished We all live in a Perry Groves world. A tell it like it is story of an average footballer who happened to win the League Title with Arsenal. Perry spent a lot of time living in Colchester where he met his wife. He describes meeting her as "a 20 year old Virgin, which in these parts is like finding a penny black"

Now reading Voices from D-Day Eye-Witness Accounts of 6th June 1944
Its still difficult to comprehend what these blokes had to endure. If you have never been to Normandy, you should put it on your list of things to do before I die.

 

[fatshrimp]

Just finished The Kite Runner by Khalid Hosseini (Check spelling).

Despite my initial concerns, I read it and it's a fantastic book.

Now ploughing through the re-issued Bond books.

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Just started Slaughter House 5 by Kurt Vonnegut.

 

[loz]

Just started Slaughter House 5 by Kurt Vonnegut.

superb book, though i'd take Breakfast of Champions over it if i had to pick one Vonnegut. Oddly enough considering the number of times it's come up on this thread, I've just finished re-reading Catch 22.

also for anyone who likes their fiction slow-burning and a little surreal, I'd utterly recommend anything by Haruki Murakami (as I believe Jonny O would too). Norwegian Wood is probably the most accessible if you're looking for an introduction.

 

[cockles is back]

im just starting the snow man for the second time, this book has been truly insperational throughout my adult life

 

[Pubey]

im just starting the snow man for the second time, this book has been truly insperational throughout my adult life

good book but i felt the central character was poorly constructed

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

superb book, though i'd take Breakfast of Champions over it if i had to pick one Vonnegut. Oddly enough considering the number of times it's come up on this thread, I've just finished re-reading Catch 22.

also for anyone who likes their fiction slow-burning and a little surreal, I'd utterly recommend anything by Haruki Murakami (as I believe Jonny O would too). Norwegian Wood is probably the most accessible if you're looking for an introduction.

Yeah i've read Breakfast of Champions & Timequake and loved them, slaughterhouse 5 isn't really what i was expecting and i haven't got absorbed with it yet, but I'm not very far in yet.

And yes, Murakami is amazing, only read Kafka on the Shore & Sputnik Sweetheart so far, but Norwegian Wood is next book up after SH5.

I need to buy a couple of books for reading on my flights to and from Chicago when i go, was thinking of some Murakami / Kerouac, any other recoomendations? Snuff, the new Palahniuk book is out soon, but it's about porn and may not be the best thing to take through customs :whistling:

 

[Pubey]

Yeah i've read Breakfast of Champions & Timequake and loved them, slaughterhouse 5 isn't really what i was expecting and i haven't got absorbed with it yet, but I'm not very far in yet.

And yes, Murakami is amazing, only read Kafka on the Shore & Sputnik Sweetheart so far, but Norwegian Wood is next book up after SH5.

I need to buy a couple of books for reading on my flights to and from Chicago when i go, was thinking of some Murakami / Kerouac, any other recoomendations? Snuff, the new Palahniuk book is out soon, but it's about porn and may not be the best thing to take through customs :whistling:

shantaram... apparently it's amazing... ive read the first 3 pages (of over 900) and it's good so far!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Shantaram-G...=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1216293891&sr=8-1

 

[Jedi Shrimper]

Finished Slaughterhouse 5, very good indeed.

Starting Norwegian Wood by Murakami, only a few pages in and i love it already, his writing about memories is incredible.

Going to take Kerouac's 'Desolation Angels' & Murakami's 'After Dark' to Chicago. But Shantaram is top of my list to read once i get back.