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« on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:19:51 » |
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book? It's my birthday next week and my family and GF family are asking what i want and i haven't a clue, i could do with a few good books because i travel on trains a lot and get bored when they break down.
no horror rubbish or biographies unless they're funny.
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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:20:41 » |
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What sort of shizzle are you into then?
What was the last book you read?
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:21:56 » |
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labryinth by kate mosse, any contemporary fiction / decent thrillers. favourite author at the moment is Jasper Fforde but his new one's not out till July.
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:23:23 » |
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Im reading Rcky Hatton biographie.
Its very boring to be honest but I improve it by reading it in my mind using the voice of Ashley Peacock from Coronation St.
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:24:06 » |
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biographies tend to be dull, i enjoy ones of / by comediens but thats about it.
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:24:10 » |
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I just got a Japser Fforde book for my birthday, haven't got around to reading it yet though.
If you want something easy to pick up and which will most definitely amuse you then I recommend anything by Robert Rankin. Crazy stuff.
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:25:08 » |
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jasper is great, start at the start though otherwise they won't make too much sense.
i mean the first book, not the first page, obviously.
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:26:22 » |
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I read Lost In A Good Book.
Was ok, don't get the hype. Maybe not my thing.
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:27:41 » |
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albert camus' the plague
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« Reply #9 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:27:41 » |
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weirdly i hate fantasy stuff i.e. pratchett et al, but i found the fforde books really funny, third one wasn't so good but the fourth was really good again.
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« Reply #10 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:29:05 » |
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The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, "The Plague" is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.
this one sonic? sounds like it might be OK.
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« Reply #11 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:29:17 » |
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albert camus' the plague Jean Paul Satre's trilogy "Roads to Freedom" is worth a go |
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« Reply #12 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:31:41 » |
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The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr. Rieux, resist the terror. An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, "The Plague" is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occupation, and a story of bravery and determination against the precariousness of human existence.
this one sonic? sounds like it might be OK. that's the one. i like camus. he was a goalkeeper too. |
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:33:02 » |
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it's on my list now, if its shit you owe my girlfriends mum £6.99
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« Reply #14 on: Thursday, May 31, 2007, 23:36:05 » |
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i've also got the god delusion on my list - anyone read it?
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