Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted February 18, 2009 Awards Moderator Posted February 18, 2009 Since Christmas I seem to have been reading no less than 3 books at any one time - currently it's The Road by Cormac McCarthy, 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Jules Verne, and The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson.
Paid Members Carbomb Posted February 18, 2009 Paid Members Posted February 18, 2009 Currently reading The Last Gunslinger in the Dark Tower Trilogy by Stephen King - LaGoosh was right, it's amazing so far. Also reading the Illuminatus! Trilogy still (it's a mahoosive book), The First Circle by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, A New Democracy? by Harry Shutt (the guy wrote this book in 2001, and he completely foresaw the Credit Crunch - not that it would happen, as that's too obvious, but the very nature of it), and I'm also re-reading one of my all-time favourites, Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stephenson.
Fallout Boy Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Currently reading The Last Gunslinger in the Dark Tower Trilogy by Stephen King A Trilogy of seven books? Interesting...
hillbilly edge Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 I am currently reading "Maddy - An Autobiography" its not very long.....
tiger_driver Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 Few people noticed it at first. The changes. They were subtle to begin with. Like when the Leader of the Opposition challenged the PM to step outside and settle things man to man. And the PM agreed. Or the way the baked ham rose up against Dave while he was standing in the check-out queue at Budgens. Small things. But they just kept getting bigger. And by the time everyone realised that something very strange was going on, it was all too late. The Earth had left behind the age of science and reason and moved once more into a time of myth. A time of legend and heroes. Of romance and wizardry and wonder. It was time to take the mother of all giant leaps and enter - The Garden of Unearthly Delights.
Steveo2007 Posted February 18, 2009 Posted February 18, 2009 I am currently reading "Maddy - An Autobiography" its not very long..... hahahahaha. I actually lol'ed
DeanoTheGame Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 Don't know whether to start American Psycho, Brave New World or Catch-22. Decisions, decisions.
Steveo2007 Posted February 19, 2009 Posted February 19, 2009 Currently: I absolutely adored the Da Vinci Code and enjoyed Angels & Demons, but I don't know what it is but with this book I'm all of a sudden becoming aware of the criticisms that were laid against Brown for Da Vinci code in regards to his writing style. His writing is very clumsy and at times just seems to veer off in a completely arbitrary direction. Just flicking through the Da Vinci Code and it's exactly the same and I can't believe I didn't notice it before, because of that I am finding it very hard to get engrossed in this book and I am a bit disappointed but I'm going to finish it and see if my mind's changed by the end.
Steveo2007 Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) Finished Digital Fortress last night and it was a good book overall, kept me entertained. The writing isn't brilliant and you really need to suspend your beliefs and brain for this one as you have to come to believe that the NSA doesn't work saturdays. Oh and that teachers are action heroes who manage to avoid the worlds best assassin time and time again. Just started No comment for now. Edited February 23, 2009 by Steveo2007
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted February 23, 2009 Moderators Posted February 23, 2009 Wow.. you really do have the most unrepentantly lowbrow tastes... It's like you just manage to keep lowering the bar on my expectations.
Steveo2007 Posted February 23, 2009 Posted February 23, 2009 Wow.. you really do have the most unrepentantly lowbrow tastes... It's like you just manage to keep lowering the bar on my expectations. I'm not a snob with books. I'll read pretty much anything as I'm the same with films and music, I'll give anything a chance. I like Paul O'Grady and he honestly reminds me of my nan, but the book's nothing to shout about so far.
Steveo2007 Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 Oh, nearly finished Absolutely fantastic read. Paul O'Grady's was a real let down.
Sergio Bellend Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 Don't know whether to start American Psycho, Brave New World or Catch-22. Decisions, decisions. I've been meaning to read American Psycho ever since I saw the film. Apparently the book is brutal. I'm ready Chris Jericho's autobiography at the mo, and its really good. Funny in places and really interesting. I'm up to him joining WCW and what sticks in my head so far is how Vampiro gets absolutely ripped in the book. I know its only "one side of the story", but he comes across as an absolute prick.
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted March 2, 2009 Moderators Posted March 2, 2009 Do it - American Psycho is a tremendous book. Brutal yes, but also fuckin hilarious. I plan to read it again at some point in the next few months.
Joe_the_Lion Posted March 2, 2009 Posted March 2, 2009 Wow.. you really do have the most unrepentantly lowbrow tastes... It's like you just manage to keep lowering the bar on my expectations. Interestingly the Paul O'Grady book is actually supposed to be very good as it doesn't follow the standard ghost written "I was poor, then I made it, so and so is really a twat" formula. If memory serves it is the only celeb book from 2008 that Private Eye didn't savage.
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