[paulah]

Last few weeks.....


Harry Potter 6 & 7
Richard Dawkins, God Delusion
Derren Brown, Mind Control
David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas
Bill Bryson, Thunderbolt Kid

All good!

[Curley]

Three men in a boat... jerome K jerome
What Ho! .... PG Wodehouse
Michael Palin Diaries 69-79

[danvnuk]

three men in a boat - a classic

[carlito]

Headhunters by John King ... not too everyone's tastes, but absolutely brutal, funny and entertaining!

[blackbeltjones]

judge and jury by james patterson, fantastic read that i can't leave alone..

[frank11]

danvnuk said:

three men in a boat - a classic

Just read that myself, really really funny. Apparently there is a couple of other books in the series have you read those

[danvnuk]

I read it when I was at school, I remember it was very funny - I was replying to Curleys inclusion on his list.

No, I didn't know there were a couple more the series.

[Curley]

frank11 said:

danvnuk said:

three men in a boat - a classic

Just read that myself, really really funny. Apparently there is a couple of other books in the series have you read those

Will have a look for them, have read three men in a boat a few times now and i enjoy it more and more.

[frank11]

curley said:

frank11 said:

Just read that myself, really really funny. Apparently there is a couple of other books in the series have you read those

Will have a look for them, have read three men in a boat a few times now and i enjoy it more and more.

Just found out

The follow up was called Three Men on a Bummel. apparently same three charecters on a walking tour around Germany.

Did you also know that J k Jerome drove an ambulance on the Western Front during the First World War

[rickyc]

Recent books I've enjoyed

Irvine Welsh - If You Loved School, You'll Love Work
Craig Cleavenger - The Contorsionist's Handbook
Haruki Murakami - After Dark
Des Dillon - They Scream When You Kill Them
Chuck Palahniuk - Rant
Kurt Vonnegut - Salughterhouse 5
Laurence Sterne - The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy, Gentleman (difficult read, but a good 'un)

THis topic is GREAT! I love new books...

[beyond]

The biggest secret-David Icke (still reading)
Them-Ron Jonson (just finished)

[rickyc]

Also just started reading a play by Irvine Welsh and Dean Cavanagh - Babylon Heights

Its about the munchkin actors from the wizard of oz.

seems quality so far.

[griffinj1980]

Yeah these are top threads

My top three best of over the past 12 months are in no particulary order

1) Dispatches by Michael Herr. Docu journalism on Nam written by the bloke who wrote the screenplay for Apocalypse Now. It's as mad and as good as the film

2) Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. A gentle comedy poking great fun at the world of journalism by one of the 20th centuries best writers.

3) The Giro Playboy by Michael Smith. A contemporary beat novel with lots of badly drawn pictures. Ace!

[misteraitch]

Harry Potter - Kids Cover. Boy do I get some funny looks on the metro ;D

Story of Crass by George Berger. Quite an interesting insight into their origins and philosophy

I'm also re-reading Cosmic Trigger Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson. I read this almost every year - due to the fact my short term memory is shot to pieces ;D

[Run Pig Run]

Bit of a Blur - Alex James.

[blueandwhite]

I've just finished Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows, now reading Lee Child, Die Trying - Jack Reacher is just the best, tho I have to admit later Lee Childs better - I'm kinda reading em in backwards order and Die Trying is the second one released and is a tad confusing to follow!

[sputnikeye]

Scenes like these Gordon Williams
Tokyo Doesn't Love Us Anymore Ray Loriga

[njr911]

Harry Potter 7 and Bit of a Blur by Alex james.

Both really enjoyable !

[manchestermike]

Johnas - If you like Easton-Ellis read 'Lunar Park' it's his best book by a mile (I'd probably read his others first though as there are some references)
Just finished Stephen King - Lisey's Story. I used to read a lot of King when in my teens but haven't for a while. It was a choice between this or a Harry Potter book at Budapest airport so no contest really. It's not bad either, it's no 'The Stand' but is entertaining.
I'm currently reading two books, 'Rant' by Chuck Palahunik (I always spell that wrong) - the dude who wrote 'Fight Club' (which is his worst book by a way!) and it is very good. I'm also reading Derren Brown's 'Tricks of the Mind' which is really fantastic. Massively interesting and he's one hilarious guy too.

[pezlow]

Just finished Potter as well - Kids cover of course.

Favourite books, in no particular order

Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
The world according to Garp - John Irving
Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes
The Pursuit of Happiness - Douglas Kennedy
Almost anything by John Connolly

[johnas]

manchestermike said:

Johnas - If you like Easton-Ellis read 'Lunar Park' it's his best book by a mile (I'd probably read his others first though as there are some references)

i'll give it a go MM but i've also read Glamorama by him and i thought it was terrible!

[ohmygosh]

Irvine Welsh - Porno
Howard Marks - Mr Nice
Ben Elton - High Society

[johnas]

njr911 said:

Harry Potter 7 and Bit of a Blur by Alex james.

Both really enjoyable !

i've never been tempted by the Harry Potter books.... I saw one of the films once and thought it was soooo unrealistic! I mean, a ginger kid with 2 friends??? Yeah right....