NorthAyrshireKillie Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 I have. It starts to get going at a fair pace half way through book 2 and ends up really engrossing. The last book in the series tends to divide opinion a bit but I loved it.Yeah I absolutely loved it, the ending took me a while to get used to but I guess it was the best way to do it.I've heard he wrote another called 'The Wind Through The Key Whole' I haven't read it though. I agree, midway through the second it picks up, but I also enjoyed 'The Gunslinger' it was much simpler than the ones that came after it but its a great short story. Supposedly they are looking into making a movie. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richie95 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Before seeing the movie, I decided to start to read World War Z. Being a fan of The Walking Dead, I was keen to get this book. I wasn't disappointed and really enjoyed it from start to finish. The book is set in a report/interview style which I was worried about but the writer manages to nail the different styles nicely. It gives a good run through of how the pandemic starts and spreads and how people would re-act to a zombie outbreak. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorthAyrshireKillie Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Before seeing the movie, I decided to start to read World War Z. Being a fan of The Walking Dead, I was keen to get this book. I wasn't disappointed and really enjoyed it from start to finish. The book is set in a report/interview style which I was worried about but the writer manages to nail the different styles nicely. It gives a good run through of how the pandemic starts and spreads and how people would re-act to a zombie outbreak.The book is absolutely fantastic. I love how it's stories from all over the world, I've heard the film is only from the American point of view. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphy1970 Posted June 30, 2013 Share Posted June 30, 2013 Imajica by Clive Barker - last read it years ago and decided to give it another go to see if it was as good as I remembered. Utterly fantastic stuff, his 2nd best book after Weaveworld, the perfect mixture of fantasy and horror, grand in scope and purple of prose. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Bergkamp Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 The Gold Mine Effect by Rasmus Ankerson who goes around the world to find out why so many top class sportspeople come from small areas, such as sprinters from Jamaica, footballers from Brazil, runners from Kenya. Very good read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christophe Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Just started A Clockwork Orange. Well, the foreward by Blake Morrisson. Never know whether to read the forewards or not. Anyone got an opinion on this? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul-r-cfc Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 Just started A Clockwork Orange. Well, the foreward by Blake Morrisson. Never know whether to read the forewards or not. Anyone got an opinion on this? I always read them warily and ready to slam it shut at any hint of a spoiler. Had a couple of books ruined that way Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using Pie & Bovril mobile app 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixie Queen Posted July 3, 2013 Share Posted July 3, 2013 If you like James Patterson then you will maybe .., just a little bit enjoy a Sheila Quigley book. She's not a bloke. She's British and she's a crime novelist. She writes wonderfully about her local area and characters and she has a hellish way of hooking you in! I read Thorn In My Side and was desperate for the next book .... I've just read it. I'm now desperate to read the follow up to Nowhere Man. Damn that woman - I should be damning the publishers. Nowhere Man is a story of a police officer and his ..... bugger... go to the library and get Thorn In My Side and then Nowhere Man and you tell me the stuff! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold Rover Posted July 4, 2013 Share Posted July 4, 2013 I haven't posted on this thread for months because I've been engrossed in rereading David Copperfield, Dickens' pseudoautobiographical masterpiece. It was thoroughly worth the effort and I feel genuinely enriched by the experience. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reynard Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 An Accidental Jubilee by Alice Warrender. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 as i was on holiday in the countryside for the best part of a week i had a chance to chill out and read which ive not been able to do for a good while, so i managed to read both dan browns inferno and sebastian faulks' devil may care the dan brown book gave me what i expected, lots of historical places described well (always wanted to visit the places he portrays in his books, italy sounds lovely everytime he uses it in his books), decent characters, robert langdon is quite easy to like and the storyline is actually pretty entertaining nice twist at the end as well which, while i expected one, didnt think it would be what it was As for devil may care, i had reservations about reading a james bond novel, i had a feeling it would be boring tbh but i gave it a try simply because i didnt have a film to base it on, how wrong was i, cracking book, follows the james bond style to a t which isnt a bad thing considering how successful they are, and the storyline is actually much much better than some of the films made what i really liked about this adaptation of bond is that he is like no bond that we have seen before, he is a lot rougher, a lot meaner especially his demeanor, there are no wise cracks with the villain, no funny puns, i could imagine daniel craig playing him looks wise (scars, rough around the edges etc etc) cracking novel though, read it in a day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topcat(The most tip top) Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 The gospel according to John (KJV) wonderful language somewhat confused plot, Jesus comes across as a bit of a c**t at times but his treatment at the end still seems harsh. There's a twist but I won't spoil it for you all. Not as good as the gospel according to Mark 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StewartyMac Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 There's a twist but I won't spoil it for you all. Mmmmm, eggs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Alan Warner's The Deadman's Pedal but really struggling to get beyond to get into it. Three attempts so far but will get beyond p16 one day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jester Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Just finished reading Drumossie by Richard Olbrich on Kindle. Set in a near future Scotland, the SNP have failed to deliver independence and have been overtaken by the National Party of Scotland, who are on course for a landslide election win. Rather than faff about with referendums they seek to instead declare independence on winning the Scottish election. Which doesn't please the UK government one bit... It's a bit of a clunky read at first and could do with some proper editing here and there. It does pick up the pace later on though, and becomes quite an enjoyable read. It's surprising then that the book comes to such an abrupt end, as if the writer has simply given up. It's a good premise and entertaining, and could be the basis for a meatier and more satisfying effort, a sort of Tom Clancy meets Alex Salmond. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 Excerpt The Earth Summit was held over a two week period beginning on June 13, 1992, and 178 currently sovereign governments voted to adopt the main reason for the meeting: to sign on to a program entailed Agenda 21, which is short for “Agenda for the 21st Century”. 1. The abolishment of all individual nations’ governments and borders 2. The abolishment of all private property 3. The abolishment of all inheritance 4. The abolishment of all Patriotism 5. The abolishment of all Religion---except the one they are preparing for us 6. The abolishment of all family and marriage 7. The culling of mankind down to a more manageable number of not more than 500 million. These goals come directly out of the proposed actions entailed in Agenda 21, the game plan for the infantile one world government. “… the resultant ideal sustainable population is hence more than 500 million but less than one billion.” - Club of Rome, Goals for Mankind project, 1977 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross. Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Just finished reading The Border trilogy, by Cormac McCarthy. Up there as one of the best things I've spent 6 quid on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_S_A_R Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 (edited) Just finished reading The Border trilogy, by Cormac McCarthy. Up there as one of the best things I've spent 6 quid on. did you greet at any point? i'm not ashamed to say i got a bit dusty at certain bits. Edited July 8, 2013 by T_S_A_R 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H_B Posted July 8, 2013 Author Share Posted July 8, 2013 Bizarrely I've just read a book that discussed the Club of Rome also. Freedom by Jonathan Frantzen. A quite magnificent book. Been called a great American novel and it certainly is. Best book I've read in years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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