A jolly good read?

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

Recently finished Jo Nesbo's 'Phantom' and got myself up to speed with the series after taking a break from Harry Hole books. Each book just gets better and better but - trying not to give away spoilers - go to the end and exclaimed 'what the fuck just happened?!!'.

Am now onto Kerouac's 'On the Road' before starting my first ever James Patterson book. I figured if he's sold that many books I may as well read one of them!

 

[lemonjelly]

On holiday I read Ecstasy by Irvine Welsh.
3 short stories - one of which has a character who is from Wolverhampton & a season ticket holder in the North Bank!

 

[So Long Architect]

Just finished Lee Child's A Wanted Man. The first one I've read of his. Thought it was a bit meh, to be honest. Lots of time spent driving and talking about the Kansas road system punctuated by (very) occasional action.

Can someone explain why he's so popular - are his other books a bit more exciting?

 

[Langers]

Just finished Lee Child's A Wanted Man. The first one I've read of his. Thought it was a bit meh, to be honest. Lots of time spent driving and talking about the Kansas road system punctuated by (very) occasional action.

Can someone explain why he's so popular - are his other books a bit more exciting?

I've heard that one is supposed to be very weak. I really enjoyed some of the earlier Reacher books, but I'm currently boycotting them due to my childish stance regarding the casting of the Jack Reacher film. Well, that and I got a bit bored of them.

The Hard Way, One Shot and The Enemy are my favourite Reacher books.

 

[Tyrannosaurus Dan]

I think I am get Killing Floor for my birthday off my father-in-law.

 

[ROVERT47]

I never really got into reading till quite late in life, about 5/6 yrs ago, since then i've done auto biography's, historical fact and a bit of 1st/2nd world war stuff but the only truly page turning books i've read have been fiction.

I've just started reading 1356 by Bernard Cornwell on my Kindle and i'm hooked already.

 

[So Long Architect]

I never really got into reading till quite late in life, about 5/6 yrs ago, since then i've done auto biography's, historical fact and a bit of 1st/2nd world war stuff but the only truly page turning books i've read have been fiction.

I've just started reading 1356 by Bernard Cornwell on my Kindle and i'm hooked already.

When I stayed at my parents for six months when we were between houses a few years back, I went through a whole load of Bernard Cornwells that my dad had. Really enjoyed them.

 

[Dublin Drummer Wolf]

Currently reading The bedroom secrets of the Masterchefs by Irvine Welsh. Enjoying it, its been a while since I read any Irvine Welsh

 

[Toon Wolf]

Just finished Lee Child's A Wanted Man. The first one I've read of his. Thought it was a bit meh, to be honest. Lots of time spent driving and talking about the Kansas road system punctuated by (very) occasional action.

Can someone explain why he's so popular - are his other books a bit more exciting?

I think it's a bit of a misconception that they are action books. They aren't, they're detective novels and all the driving and talking is generally relevant because that's where Reacher does his detective work. Quite a few of the more recent books have got further and further away from the action and more centred on the thinking. A Wanted Man isn't the best but it's still pretty good compared to many of the 'detective'/crime novels out there. One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, Without Fail and Gone Tomorrow are probably the best of the series IMO.

 

[So Long Architect]

I think it's a bit of a misconception that they are action books. They aren't, they're detective novels and all the driving and talking is generally relevant because that's where Reacher does his detective work. Quite a few of the more recent books have got further and further away from the action and more centred on the thinking. A Wanted Man isn't the best but it's still pretty good compared to many of the 'detective'/crime novels out there. One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, Without Fail and Gone Tomorrow are probably the best of the series IMO.

Yeah, I kind of got that, just thought it could have done with a hard edit. I had the same issue with the Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. Good stories being weighed down with too much exposition and detail. Get on with it!!!

 

[FrankMunro-371]

I am currently reading, "The story of the SS" by Nigel Cawthorne. Brutal, horrifying, and a stark reminder of what man is capable of doing to his fellow man.

 

[Langers]

I am currently reading, "The story of the SS" by Nigel Cawthorne. Brutal, horrifying, and a stark reminder of what man is capable of doing to his fellow man.

Agreed - he should never have been sacked.

 

[visage]

iano:

 

[nimrod]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elder_Scrolls:_The_Infernal_City

Surely one for Hereford?

 

[t3ch]

Finished Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut yesterday.... Meh. Starting Game of Thrones today.

 

[nimrod]

Finished Cat's Cradle by Vonnegut yesterday.... Meh. Starting Game of Thrones today.

hmm, didn't i suggest you read that? i haven't by the way on the basis that i thought the same about slaughterhouse 5.

 

[t3ch]

I'd already bought several Vonnegut books in an Amazon sale so if you had, no harm done. I'll still read SH5 simply because it's one of those titles I've heard of so many times, but yeah I wasn't too impressed with my first pick. I've had a few people tell me he's better read when younger, and that I'm too old and exposed to appreciate the writing. /shrug

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

SH5 is an excellent book, very powerful and by far the best book I've read by KV, it's probably not such a powerful work in the world we live in today. The basis of it being around a wAr crime that the allies carried out in the Second World War is very poignant in my opinion.

After many, many years I read a few Pratchet books recently, always a good read (except making pictures wich stopped me from reading his works) the best one I read was small gods, a really good piece of literature

 

[mowgli]

The Plantagenets by Dan Jones. A broad brush frolic through the house of the most violent bastards that ever lived. Wonderful stuff.

 

[Newbridge Wolf]

I looked at that the other day, looked pretty interesting look at an important period of history