Rugster Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Echo Burning by Lee Child. Even better than Killing Floor. This guy is a fucking brilliant writer. I can't put his books down. Onto One Shot now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviClyde Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Echo Burning by Lee Child. Even better than Killing Floor. This guy is a fucking brilliant writer. I can't put his books down. Onto One Shot now. Ease up a bit, Robert! I made the mistake of reading 3 or 4 of his books back to back and they started to get a bit "samey"! Finish the ones you've got then leave it a couple of months! They are a brilliant read though, and no, you just can't put them down! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 I'm thinking Lee Child could be coming on holiday with me. Which should I read first then? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rugster Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 I'm thinking Lee Child could be coming on holiday with me. Which should I read first then? Killing Floor - it introduces the character about which all his books are about. It probably wouldn't matter too much, but you're probably better reading the one that tells you about the guy a bit, as well as telling a story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviClyde Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 I'm thinking Lee Child could be coming on holiday with me. Which should I read first then? Can't remember how they run chronologicaly! Check out one of the ones Ruggy has mentioned in a bookstore to see the dates of the other titles, I guess! Having said that, it doesn't really matter if they're not chronological! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin M Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Read "All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye" by Mr Brookmyre. One of his best in my opinion, ridiculing Celtic fans and revealing his Bothwell Housewife fetish . Perhaps got a bit ridiculous as it went on, but I guess that was partly the point. 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest doonhamerexile Posted May 16, 2006 Share Posted May 16, 2006 Hell's Angel - Ralph "sonny" Barger, 9/10 the life and times of sonny barger and the hells angel motorcycle club great read, i highly reccomend it I've just bought Sonny barger's other book riding high, living free, hopefully its every bit as good as the other one Not read it. Will seek it out though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Killing Floor - it introduces the character about which all his books are about. It probably wouldn't matter too much, but you're probably better reading the one that tells you about the guy a bit, as well as telling a story. 99p from ebay 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarreZ Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 The break up survival kit by Dr Pam Spurr. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy3000 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Read "All Fun and Games Until Somebody Loses An Eye" by Mr Brookmyre. One of his best in my opinion, ridiculing Celtic fans and revealing his Bothwell Housewife fetish . Perhaps got a bit ridiculous as it went on, but I guess that was partly the point. 8/10 I finished "AFAG" last week, and I agree with most of that. Mostly 'cause that's what I said to Colin yesterday. Finished "Love is a fervent fire" by Robin Jenkins the other day. It was pretty good, I enjoyed each of his novels that I have read. Now reading "Dead Run" by P.J. and Dunc... P.J. Tracy. I read "Want to play" a couple of years ago. A bit of a cheap thriller, but good. This one appears to be similar. I've got a couple of Lee Child books in my pile of books to read at home, hadn't really fancied them, but I guess I'll take a look after the recommendations. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberman Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 ridin' high, livin' free - ralph "sonny" barger 9/10 loads of funny true stories from various hell's angels and other bikers about stuff that has happened on the road 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reluctant Hero Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Just finished A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby. Wasn't as good as I expected it to be 6/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laid Back Maverick Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Just finished reading: "Touching the Void", Joe Simpson - I've heard Joe Simpson tell the story in person, I've seen the film but only just got round to reading the book. A true tale of survival against the elements. "Alive: The True Story of the Andes Survivors ", Piers Paul Read - Another epic tale of survival, with the most matter of fact description of carving up dead bodies and eating human flesh You still have to wonder whether the survivors killed the weak for food, one minute they're fine then the next day "they lost faith and died". Hmm... In the middle of reading: "Mapping the Deep", Robert Kunzig - A really interesting account of the development of Oceanography and deep sea exploration and how our ideas on the seas have changed over the decades. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super J's Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Just finished A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby. Wasn't as good as I expected it to be 6/10 I found that too. It had the usual Hornby wit and humour in it, but I thought the story itself was the weakest he's produced. As for me, Moving Pictures - Terry Pratchett 8/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaltyTON Posted May 25, 2006 Share Posted May 25, 2006 Reading "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" - its shite, as was the film. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francesc Fabregas Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 The PIcture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde A tremendous idea (that the picture bears the scars of Gray's decadence, while he remains eternally youthful) and some fascinating themes (art, influence, public -vs- private) is slightly ruined somewhat with the deus ex machina of the ending. After James Vale was killed, I was genuinely looking forward to the resolution of the book, but it was an easy way out for Wilde, I felt. 7.5/10 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McMuffin Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 (edited) I need a couple of good (cheapish) books for my holiday on Sunday. I'm going into town tomorrow, any special recommendations perfect for lying by the pool with? Edited May 26, 2006 by McMuffin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biscuits Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 2006 Killing Floor by Lee Child was recommended on here. I'm currently about half way through and its pretty good. WH Smith have a good book sale on just now in time for the holidays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonds2002 Posted May 26, 2006 Share Posted May 26, 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 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiviClyde Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 Skinner's Festival, by Quintin Jardine. Decent read. Bob Skinner, Edinburgh's Jack Reacher! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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