Loulou Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I am reading Inferno now, if you like Dan Brown try Steve Berry aswell I enjoy his books whilst waiting for Dan Browns next one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
portlaunay Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I started to read the Da Vinci nonsense but found myself drawn towards a very bad place where I was consumed by the need to bludgeon the author repeatedly with a giant inflatable carrot. It annoyed the heck out of me and I made it only as far as chapter 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caz Brady Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I started to read the Da Vinci nonsense but found myself drawn towards a very bad place where I was consumed by the need to bludgeon the author repeatedly with a giant inflatable carrot. It annoyed the heck out of me and I made it only as far as chapter 3. Defiinitely do not read Digital Fortress then!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest9824 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I am reading Inferno now, if you like Dan Brown try Steve Berry aswell I enjoy his books whilst waiting for Dan Browns next one Already read The Amber Room Loulou very good. Similar to the Lost Symbol is also the Righteous Men, very good too! Porty put your inflatable carrot down!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraighttothePoint Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 What about The Kama Sutra? At least if the text becomes too tedious there are lots of pictures to look at.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
verystormy Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I am reading the Story of Chairman Mao. It is by some russian and chinese authors. Very good, but slightly heavy going at about 1200 pages. A book i highly recomend for fun is "Dont tell mum i work on the rigs, she thinks i am a piano player in a whore house". It is anecdotes from a guy who has spent his career on drill rigs. Appropriatly he is a pom who moved to Oz as a kid. The funniest thing i have ever read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyandJo Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Great for those who can't read!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest9824 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 What about The Kama Sutra? At least if the text becomes too tedious there are lots of pictures to look at.......... Rude boy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest9824 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Great for those who can't read!!! i just 'liked' this, thinking you were answering STTP, then had a horrible feeling you meant, if you literally couldn't read........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveakaginge Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Dave....Ginge....thats what I like about Browny, he takes you on a journey, and I feel quite educated when I read of all the places and artists etc he talks of, although I guess it can come across a bit l Judith Chalmersesque! I have read Inferno and really enjoyed it! Have you read Digital Fortress by Brown thats good! Read all his stuff, but this Inferno, is really OTT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Merckx: Half Man, Half Bike about Eddy Merckx, 5 time winner of the Tour de France and 5 time winner of the Giro d'Italia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest9824 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Read all his stuff, but this Inferno, is really OTT. I find the transhumanist concept really interesting....the fact that we will essentially be so healthy and resilient to disease that our species will die out because there will be too many of us onthe planet using up all the resourses to sustain our existence!....sounding knobby now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveakaginge Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I find the transhumanist concept really interesting....the fact that we will essentially be so healthy and resilient to disease that our species will die out because there will be too many of us onthe planet using up all the resourses to sustain our existence!....sounding knobby now! Ha! that's about all that I agree with in the book, as the theory is a reality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lozzachino Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 I am reading the strangers child by alan hollinghurst and struggling a bit to get into it. recently finished Red Dog by Louis de Bernieres, set in WA and love it. also Pigeon English, which was hectic but very good. Written from a kids perspective, a bit like Room by Emma Donoghue. one of my favourite books of all time is The Book Thief. Love love love it. also a fan of Philippa Gregory, not the Wideacre stuff though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfie Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 it looks like we are of the same opinion regarding the lost symbol that Mr Robert Langdon needs to kick the bucket then? also a good read are the continuation of the Bourne series first written by Robert Ludlum there are quite a few more books written continuing bournes adventures who asked for permission to continue the life of Bourne by Eric van Lusbader who wrote the ninja series of books they too are also a good read and his fantasy fiction trilogy the name of those slips my mind now been a long time and a lot of books later weave world by clive barker is another good one............................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelchic Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 it looks like we are of the same opinion regarding the lost symbol that Mr Robert Langdon needs to kick the bucket then? also a good read are the continuation of the Bourne series first written by Robert Ludlum there are quite a few more books written continuing bournes adventures who asked for permission to continue the life of Bourne by Eric van Lusbader who wrote the ninja series of books they too are also a good read and his fantasy fiction trilogy the name of those slips my mind now been a long time and a lot of books later weave world by clive barker is another good one............................... Prefer to watch the Bourne films. Matt Damon. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm. Debs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelchic Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) If you're in the healthcare field the you have to read 'trust me. I'm a junior doctor' by max pemberton. So funny. Of course you don't have to be in the field of health care to enjoy it. I enjoyed it. i enjoy dean koontz (careful how you say that) kind of magical mystery/thriller although a couple of them gave me disturbed sleep. One of them is similar to the Manchurian candidate called false memory which is good. james Patterson I love, but I can read most of his books in 2 nights. Debs Edited August 27, 2013 by travelchic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redsquare Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 Only 2 days until the latest Jack Reacher book comes out. That's my Thursday sorted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akasully2 Posted August 27, 2013 Report Share Posted August 27, 2013 My favourite book is 'Pillars of the Earth' can't remember the author's name. It is an epic novel set in the Middle Ages and tells the multi-generational dramatic story of building a cathedral. It brings to life medieval England, tells us about history, politics and the relationships and romance of the people. The town and cathedral are real, Kingsbridge. Fascinating. It was made into a TV series but it wasn't half as good as the book. My next book which made me reflect and think was 'the shack'. It was given to me in a brown paper bag but not for the reasons you are probably thinking. It was a philosophical book about a man who loses his daughter in a brutal attack. The man then loses his faith and hates God for what has happened to him. Without giving it away, he then encounters some weird goings on and the book really makes you think and reflect on what is waiting for us when we pass on. It is strange, fascinating and enlightening. I loved it so much I bought it for my sister who enjoyed it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moirclan Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 pillars of the earth was ken follet?? i think, i read the latest david baldacci last wed while waiting for 11 hours for my dad at royal perth [ thank god i took the book !!!] i was reading the new dan brown inferno , hardly rivetting so ive put it down for a while and ill go back to it later. for easy reding i like michael connolly , john connolly . nelson demille , frederick forsyth , he has a new one out ill pick up this week end , stephen leather .lee child , jeffery deaver , sam bourne i have a new philippa gregory ive got to read , i also like bernard cornwell i get lost in his books , i used to have the new bryce courtney bought for me every xmas and i would read it in the pool boxing day i would spend the whole day enjoying it , sadly that wont happen this year xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest9824 Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Prefer to watch the Bourne films. Matt Damon. Mmmmmmmmmmmmm. Debs Put Matt down Debs!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest9824 Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Only 2 days until the latest Jack Reacher book comes out. That's my Thursday sorted I love Lee Child, I must admit I was hooked once I read the Killing Floor, still my favourite of his! Didnt like Tom Cruise playing Jack, he isnt Jack in my eyes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akasully2 Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Yes, Ken Follet! That rings a bell...ding dong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daveakaginge Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Only 2 days until the latest Jack Reacher book comes out. That's my Thursday sorted Finished it in two days, anyone wish to know what it was about Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moirclan Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 finished it in two days, anyone wish to know what it was about nope as ive just got it last night plus the new jeffrey deaver , and the new frederick forsyth some good reading comming up over the next week . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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