jazza Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 (edited) 1. football factory - erm cant remember 2. interview with a vampire - Anne Rice 3. Naughty - mark chester thats all i can remember Edited August 25, 2005 by jazza Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 (edited) Well for those of you with long memories we've (my daughter & I) finished The Amazing Maurice which was excellent and will be starting Harry Potter VI, all 600 pages of it. I'm reading Hard Eight, a Stephanie Plum novel, to pass away the time when I'm not working. It's a bit of a "chick" book but hey you've gotta get in touch with yer feminine side. Just found out there is a new China Miéville novel, Iron Council. Go out and buy it now, (well wait 'til Friday) CM is the best SF author by a margin at present. Edited September 15, 2005 by Bud the Baker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingford Posted September 15, 2005 Report Share Posted September 15, 2005 I've always wondered, Tom...? Which one is Joy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted September 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 (edited) I've always wondered, Tom...?Which one is Joy? 192902[/snapback] Oh, she's the one just out of shot crouching on the floor. You can see Steve Morris (far left) eyeing her up. Edited September 16, 2005 by Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted September 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2005 Just finished a real beauty called Blue Poppies by Jonathan Falla. Absolutely wonderful. Tried Electric Brae by Andrew Greig but struggled with it and gave up a third of the way through. I'll go back to it later. Reading Boiling A Frog at the moment. Aye, I know, I've just got round to it. Just at the bit where a high-profile unmarried Labour politician called Peter has got a vibrator stuck up his hin' end and he can neither get it out nor switch it off. Where on earth do these ideas come from, $parky? Ones on the list to read are Greenvoe by George McKay Brown, Docherty by William McIllvaney (or however you spell it), Born Free by Laura Hind plus 1421 by Gavin Menzies (about China discovering the world) and Gulag by Anne Applebaum about the horrors of Stalin's Russia. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rothesay Saint Posted September 20, 2005 Report Share Posted September 20, 2005 ...and Gulag by Anne Applebaum about the horrors of Stalin's Russia. Great stuff. 193000[/snapback] Just bought that and looking forward to reading it on holiday. I read in the court of the red tsar a couple of months back, a more personal biography about Stalin, and it was great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted September 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 There's also Koba the Dread by Martin Amis which is also highly recommended. It's a bloody shame that Uncle Joe was lost to the world from natural causes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloomsbury Bud Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 I've just read 'Perfect Fool' by Stewart Lee, original and extremely funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Lees Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 It's a bloody shame that Uncle Joe was lost to the world from natural causes. 194251[/snapback] A tadge ambiguous, HH - surely you're not lamenting his passing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted September 21, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 A tadge ambiguous, HH - surely you're not lamenting his passing ? 194271[/snapback] I do apologise. What I meant was that it's a bloody shame he was lost to the world from natural causes as opposed to what the Crimes Against Humanity trial and summary execution that he deserved. Remember Katyn, you evil, moustachioed Georgian bástard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingford Posted September 21, 2005 Report Share Posted September 21, 2005 Remember Katyn, you evil, moustachioed Georgian bástard. 194342[/snapback] I doubt that Bill ever met your friend Katyn, in the first place. I don't know her, either... And though Bill is VERY old, I don't actually believe he's Georgian - more like Victorian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bud the Baker Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Just finished Harry Potter VI with No. 1 child. Will shortly be starting the second Artemis Fowl book - The Arctic Incident. ******************************** Apparently the fillum adaptation of the first book is in limbo because of a dispute between Disney and Miramax and the child actor selected to play Artemis is now too old for the role! You're never too old for a roll! Especially with Kirsten Dunst who would be my choice to play Holly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hollz Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 I've no read that book - is it good? Did you enjoy happy potter VI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chingford Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 Got 3 for 2 books when passing through Stansted, last week. One is a stotter. The Time-Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. (sic) Makes you consider your own mortality and is also a thoughtful laugh... not as 'sexy' as the cover implies. But you can imagine the opportunities... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 I've no read that book - is it good? Did you enjoy happy potter VI? 214835[/snapback] HP VI - Yeah I enjoyed it. My wee girl was devasted when you know who died! Artemis Fowl - The first book was as much about Holly (a feisty female elf) as the eponymous hero. The author focuses the AF book at the intersection of the real and magical worlds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wydisanob Posted December 6, 2005 Report Share Posted December 6, 2005 ALICE IN WONDERLAND, MIDNIGHT EXPRESS, PINOCHIO,SILENCE OF THE LAMBS , SNOW WHITE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EL NOMBRE Posted December 7, 2005 Report Share Posted December 7, 2005 1/ Razzle 2/ Readers wives 3/ Shaven Ravers 4/ Asian Babes 5/ (of matches) Well that's NSS'S Xmas sorted....now my top 5 books are.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted December 30, 2005 Report Share Posted December 30, 2005 About to start The Fourth Hand by John Irving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdickloyal Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 1) no mean city 2) We were soldiers once and young (made into the Mel Gibson film"we were soldiers" 3) Dictionary 4) Band of Brothers 5) Quite ugly one morning (Chris Brookmyre, think he's a bud) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon templar Posted August 20, 2006 Report Share Posted August 20, 2006 1) no mean city 2) We were soldiers once and young (made into the Mel Gibson film"we were soldiers" 3) Dictionary 4) Band of Brothers 5) Quite ugly one morning (Chris Brookmyre, think he's a bud) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted August 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2006 Aye, what ever in the world makes you think that, JDL? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JC87 Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 Last five -: A Tale Etched In Hard Black Pencil Brookmyre The Husband Dean Koontz Cell Stephen King John Irvings' latest A Long Way Down Nick Hornby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No Ninjas Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 1. The Dice Man-Luke Rineheart. 2. The Crow Road-Iain Banks. 3. Immortality-Milan Kundera. 4. The Alchemist-Paulo Coelho. 5. The World According To Garp-John Irving. Just outside the top five would be; Joseph Conrad-Heart of Darkness 1984-Orwell Espedair St-Iain Banks (Again) and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man-James Joyce. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Saint Posted August 23, 2006 Report Share Posted August 23, 2006 I LOVE books, read so many though and have loads sitting not got through yet! william Woodruff - road to nab end, beyond nab end and shadows of glory (not read last one) no mean city - read a few times any pooh by aa milne angelas ashes, tis, a monk swimming evelyn hood - good to read about paisley Birdsong - still to read A war in words - svetlana palmer and sarah wallis - great book Early one morning - robert ryan another street an other dance and dancing in the streets - both clifford hanley daddys little girl - mary higgins clark - read on hols good upon dark waters - robert radcliffe - ww2 still to read think i better stop noo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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