A jolly good read?

[Boozad]

Christine is probably one of his weakest. I love the Shining, It, Salems Lot and so on. The Stand is a thing of absolute majesty

Christine was the book that introduced me to Stephen King when I was 11. I'd seen the film a couple of times and loved it, so the book was pure brilliance for me at that age. I still love it now and have my original copy, for me it's up there with It, The Shining, Salem's Lot and The Stand.

 

[The Bear]

Anyone a James Herbert fan? I used to read a fair few of his when I was in my teens.

 

[Boozad]

I did read a lot of James Herbert in my younger days, Rats, Lair, Domain, The Fog, Jonah, Fluke, The Dark. Good books at the time but I'm not sure if they'd be as good revisited.

 

[Langers]

My father-in-law has leant me a book that he found in his father-in-law's flat - a old battered 1956 edition of The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz, a Polish soldier who was captured by the Russians who is tortured, sentenced to 25 years hard labour, sent on a packed train to Siberia (which took a month) before being forced to walk the remaining 1000 miles. He eventually escapes from the gulag and with a few other prisoners walks 5000 miles to freedom!

Absolutely gripping so far.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Christine is probably one of his weakest. I love the Shining, It, Salems Lot and so on. The Stand is a thing of absolute majesty

I always thought Christine was one of my favourites but hadnt read it for years. Now I'm reading it again it's not as good as I remembered but is certainly far from one of his weakest IMO. Have you read Gerald's Game? A nice idea but an awful book.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Working my way through the Harry Potter's. Don't judge me.

I love the Harry Potter books and I'm not ashamed to admit it!

 

[Donegal Wolf]

My father-in-law has leant me a book that he found in his father-in-law's flat - a old battered 1956 edition of The Long Walk by Slavomir Rawicz, a Polish soldier who was captured by the Russians who is tortured, sentenced to 25 years hard labour, sent on a packed train to Siberia (which took a month) before being forced to walk the remaining 1000 miles. He eventually escapes from the gulag and with a few other prisoners walks 5000 miles to freedom!

Absolutely gripping so far.

Wasnt there a film relased last year based on this?

 

[Langers]

There was?

 

[Sniffer]

I'm currently reading - When the Children Came Home: Stories of Wartime Evacuees

Emotional tales of the experiences of children and parents both whilst they were away and when they returned from evacuation. I can't see many people opening their doors if the same was to happen today.

 

[SSB]

Wasnt there a film relased last year based on this?

Didn't The Proclaimers also write a song about it?

 

[Paul]

There was?

Yep, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023114/

 

[The Bear]

I've not clicked the above link. Is that the one with Mark Strong in? It's supposed to be pretty good.

 

[Paul]

Yep, haven't seen it, just really quick at looking stuff up

 

[PPB]

Just finished The Miraculous Journey Of Rubin Carter. Shows how you can lose more or less everything, but still manage to hang onto your strength, spirit and dignity. I prefered the book over the film.

 

[Langers]

Yep, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1023114/

Well I'll be damned - what a coincidence. It was literally a book my father-in-law handed to me and said 'you'll enjoy that'. No way he'd have known it's been made into a film. Something for me to watch when I've finished it.

 

[t3ch]

Just finished Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets. It's been a few years since I've finished a book completely, let alone read two in 5 days.

 

[Lord Knows]

One for the wish list.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/In-Sunshine-Or-Shadow-Journey/dp/1908051396/ref=pd_luc_sbs_01_04_t_lh

 

[Doctor Doog]

I was sorting out my books over the wekend having decorated the library (spare bedroom really) and I was amazed how many football books I'd got. The best ones are probably

Right back to the beginning - Jimmy Armfield
All Played Out - Pete Davies
Left Foot Forward - Garry Nelson
The Autobiography - Niall Quinn
Fever Pitch - Nick Hornby
The Glory Game - Hunter Davies
Centenary Wolves - Percy M Young

 

[Doctor Doog]

One for the wish list.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/In-Sunshine-Or-Shadow-Journey/dp/1908051396/ref=pd_luc_sbs_01_04_t_lh

Looks like a good one. David Tussell is a good football writer and the list of acknowledgments is impressive.

 

[Toon Wolf]

I was given the HBO book that accompanies Game of Thrones for my birthday and it is a fantastic book. Loads of snippets of information from George Martin, the producers and the cast. Lots of great glossy photos too. If you love Game of Thrones it's a worthy addition to your book collection.