What are you reading at the moment?

[baldbantam]

The Garden of Rama - Arthur C Clarke

The 3rd book in the Rama series. Most people have only heard of 2001 by Clarke, but he's written a lot of other decent sci-fi and this is probably his next most famous series.

A History of Britain Part 1 - Simon Schama

The books that accompany the BBC TV series. Part 1 covers 3000 BC to 1603 AD. I think it's important to have an understanding of the world you live in, and how it came to be what it is. I'm big on history books generally.

[Garlic Breath]

I have just finished War And Peace which is a good read if a little overlong.:rolleyes:
Cant wait to start this months Readers Wives when it comes in........Sharrons in it this month.tup:

[Mallorcabantam]

Lee Child's The hard Way -- only 1/2 way through and I'm hooked, cant wait to read his others -- thriller, easy to read and understand

[Parrot]

Mein Kampf by a man called Adolph Hitler...bought it a few weeks ago at Camp Eden while on holidaytup: ...Interesting reading but doesn't help that its printed in German ffs:mad:

[Garlic Breath]

I've read that one........borrowed it off Johnny Yen.:D

[Bantamblue]

Frank Lampard!- auto biography! really good readtup:

[B_i_N]

I have just finished War And Peace which is a good read if a little overlong.:rolleyes:
.tup:

So is it Ressurection or Anne Karenin next?

As for Mein Kampf, even at the height of 30's Nazism when millions of people owned the book, very few of them actually read it, which I guess is a shame, because if you do read it, then you will discover that Hitler did everything he promised to do when he came to power. I have also heard that it is very popular in Turkey these days, amongst young people.

[Garlic Breath]

I've just started The Kingdom of God Is Within You. Its a little heavy going but I shall persevere and hopefully the experience will be worth it.tup:.....I bet thats surprised you BIN.

[B_i_N]

I've just started The Kingdom of God Is Within You. Its a little heavy going but I shall persevere and hopefully the experience will be worth it.tup:.....I bet thats surprised you BIN.

I must admit I haven't read that one. Nothing would surprise me with you :D I hope you enjoy it.

[Spoonhead]

I've just started " The Time Travelers Wife". I'll report back with a review!

[bg]

I have Time Travelers Wife on my i pod ready to read/listen. I have just finished Bag of Bones.
Should get through a few whilst on hols:)

[Jumbo]

Live Bait. The second book by PJ Tracy. The first was fantastic. It probably won't be long before I can give you a review - hopefully it will be as thrilling as the last read tup:

[TSSB]

This months edition of 442, but on a serious note the last book that i read was probably the autobigrography of stuart pearce i think.

[Jantje]

Biography of Frank Zappa, a genius but very bizarre guy

[wykie]

Very odd book. James Herberts Sepulchre.

[Devil's Advocate]

Ian Rankin's Rebus: The Lost Years

[Joe_Brett]

I don't like reading, not because i am not good at it, it is because i don't like it, i find it boring!!

[Jantje]

Don't give up on books Joe, you'll learn more than you ever will from TV

[beerbantam]

Don't give up on books Joe, you'll learn more than you ever will from TV

Have you not watched channel 615 - Discovery Kids - its a one hell of a pot of knowledge!!tup: tup: tup:

[B_i_N]

One of those classic books which really blew my mind was Henry Fielding's Tom Jones. That is apparantly where the singer took his name from. When the book came out there was a small earthquake in London and they blamed it on that book. I think there is more bonking in that book that even the adult shoutbox would have problems competing with it. The plot is hilarious.

[Joe_Brett]

I say i don't like reading but there is a few books that may take my interest like, Jamie Lawrence's sounds like an interesting one and the new Rik Mayall one, looks like it could be a funny one, i might just have to be a book worm for the week and read them, then give you all a geeky review on them :D

[Devil's Advocate]

I say i don't like reading but there is a few books that may take my interest like, Jamie Lawrence's sounds like an interesting one and the new Rik Mayall one, looks like it could be a funny one, i might just have to be a book worm for the week and read them, then give you all a geeky review on them :D

Oy, get back to your lessons you!:p

[Yeadon Bantam]

I don't know if i should be surprised that Joe Can read ???:D

[B_i_N]

Do you read any books aidie?

[Kop Kred]

Miles From Nowhere by Barbara Savage:

As the blurb says:



This is the story of Barbara and Larry Savage's sometimes dangerous, often zany, but ultimately rewarding 23,000 miles global bicycle odyssey, which took them through 25 countries in two years. Miles From Nowhere is an adventure not to be missed!

[beerbantam]

Do you read any books aidie?
http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml03/03186.jpg:D :D :D :D

[Yeadon Bantam]

well done queerbantam! :D

[beerbantam]

well done queerbantam! :D

WWoooooo, hark at Baby Meatloaf!jawdrop:

[Yeadon Bantam]

Meatloaf? HOW DARE YOU!!! :D

[beerbantam]

Meatloaf? HOW DARE YOU!!! :D
http://www.further.com/~dknuth/wedding/pics/meatloaf_2.jpg

You not sulking there are you Aimee;) jump:

[Rick]

http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/games/ps2/action/fight_club_manboobs.jpg

There, There Adrianne.

[Devil's Advocate]

Guys, carry on with the Adie stuff and I'll have to shift it - this is a thread about films, books etc - take the names stuff (which is funny) to the other thread!

[Rick]

Guys, carry on with the Adie stuff and I'll have to shift it - this is a thread about films, books etc - take the names stuff (which is funny) to the other thread!

The picture I used is from Fight Club if that helps, Meatloaf is a musician too so it kind of ties in :D

[airevalleybantam]

Polish Peasants Vol. 3 (glossy wipeable edition.)jump:

[DutchBantam]

I'm currently reading "The Last Human" by Doug Naylor. It's the last of the Red Dwarf novels.
I had always been a bit wary of these books having been such a big fan of the tv series but I eventually picked up the first one and jumped in and I've not stopped reading them. This is the last of the novels and I have to say that having read all the others they are actually BETTER than the tv show.
Highly recomended to all RD fans.

[Mallorcabantam]

Do you ever find that when you have read a really good book -- the next few seem to be rubish? -- I get around it by reading something really different

My top auther is Trevanian -- Shibumi, Loo sanction, Eiger Sanction -- great reading

[baldbantam]

I tend to have one fiction and one non-fiction on the go.

Just at the minute:

Salman Rushdie - The Satanic Verses

Thomas Paine - The Age of Reason

[Garlic Breath]

You mean to say you've not got a copy of The Bible next to your bed BB?
Mind you I'll bet you dont need one as you seem to know it off by heart.:eek: :eek:
http://landru.i-link-2.net/shnyves/God.sm.jpeg
"Hmmm.....so for the 7th day I think i'll create a man with a pointy head and funny beard......yes thats it!"tup: tup:

[Macca Ha Ha Ha]

Head over Heels in the Dales by Gervase Phinn

[Garlic Breath]

What did you think of Fat Man Goes Fishing Wisey?tup:

[Mallorcabantam]

What did you think of Fat Man Goes Fishing Wisey?tup:
Dont you just hate it when you buy a book because you dont recognize the cover and didnt remember the title --

They change the cover to make you buy it again ---

Not like Mr J who changes the name but has the same pic :rolleyes:

I'm just trying to get into God's Gift its a thriller about a book that reads you!

[Jumbo]

Polish Peasants Vol. 3 (glossy wipeable edition.)jump:

Ohh right, so where are volumes 1 and 2 stashed away then?? :confused:

You fcking stalker!! Why don't you get back on the boring Gent site with the TBs?!!!

[Mallorcabantam]

Ohh right, so where are volumes 1 and 2 stashed away then?? :confused:

You fcking stalker!! Why don't you get back on the boring Gent site with the TBs?!!!

Thats no way to talk to our friend from the Aire Valley :eek: -- take a yellow card

[Jumbo]

Can he have a red card please?!!

[Mallorcabantam]

Can he have a red card please?!!
Not until he has had a yellow -- no favorites here tup:

[Jumbo]

Thats no way to talk to our friend from the Aire Valley :eek: -- take a yellow card

Why have I got a yellow card tho Mall, the Gent site is boring!!!

[airevalleybantam]

ive never laughed so much in my life! nice one - its a good job the gent site is men only i say. lol

now get my tea on BB before the slipper comes out and you get sent off ! loljump:

[baldbantam]

You mean to say you've not got a copy of The Bible next to your bed BB?
Mind you I'll bet you dont need one as you seem to know it off by heart.:eek: :eek:
tup:

I have reference copies of both the bible and the Qur'an.

[Garlic Breath]

:rolleyes: ..well there's a surprise. But can you seperate the pages Baldmeister eh?tup: tup:
Mally I have changed my name purely to promote my new lunch Bar Pranzo.

<Mr Pranzo walks before the red card is issued>

[B_i_N]

I'm reading Lawrence the uncrowned King of Arabia. I just finished the Seven Pillars of Wisdom by Lawrence. Helps one to understand the arab mentality. You certainly don't get the descendents of the former slaves in Arabia complaining about being used and abused and lack or rights. I'd guess they'd haven their heads cut off if they did.

[Macca Ha Ha Ha]

"From Porn to Prawns" by Mart Jaksone - sure I've met him ?

[Mallorcabantam]

:rolleyes: ..well there's a surprise. But can you seperate the pages Baldmeister eh?tup: tup:
Mally I have changed my name purely to promote my new lunch Bar Pranzo.

<Mr Pranzo walks before the red card is issued>
No red card :) -- But we've got your number! :D

[Yeadon Bantam]

He is a good boy is Mr Pranzo

[Spoonhead]

I've just started " The Time Travelers Wife". I'll report back with a review!

Review:

The basic premise is that a guy can travel through time to anytime in his own lifetime. He meets his future and past self and also he knows his future wife from when she is six years old! The book is mainly the story of their developing relationship so a love story I suppose. I'm not really into love story novels but this one was quirky enough to be highly entertaining. Sad, amusing and lovely at times.
I've always been fascinated by the idea of time travel so that's why the book initially appealed. Highly reccomended reading!
I'm a believer in sharing books, no point them gathering dust on the shelves! I usually pass on books to friends or the charity shop. However, if anybody wants this copy, pm me your address and I'll send it free of charge because I'm nice like that!

[Jumbo]

sounds good tup:

[Spoonhead]

The new book is "The Queen And I" by Sue Townsend. I love the Adrian Mole books so thought I'd give it a go. Don't worry, I'll put up a review when I've finished!

[youngbill]

The Fox and the Flag-----and The Fox and The Fortune, two books in one by Dan Parkinson. Well written adventure on the high seas in sailing ships during the Anglo/American wars in the late 1700's. Could hardly put the damn thing down. Cheers.

[Jantje]

Just started 'Waiting for the Sun' by Barney Hoskyns - a history of the music scene in LA. If your a fan of West Coast Americana or an old hippie music fan like me this book is a must.

[Zonnebloem]

Viz.

[Spoonhead]

Viz.

Did you see the star letter from this month? I almost fell off the crapper!


Last month I was genuinely upset to read that Jim Davidson had gone bankrupt, because when I saw his picture on the BBC website I thought he was dead.

[Spoonhead]

The new book is "The Queen And I" by Sue Townsend. I love the Adrian Mole books so thought I'd give it a go. Don't worry, I'll put up a review when I've finished!

Not in work this week so read this one pretty quick. It's quite an old book, early 1990's but still relevant! The premise is that the UK is brainwashed by a subliminal message the night before the election in 1992. Instead of the tories, a democratic party win and immediately boot the royals out of their splendour and dump them on a council estate in the midlands. Nobody has any money, jobs, manors or morals. The royals learn to adapt! Their characters are like the spitting image personas of them!
Sue Townsends anarchic humour and take on working class British culture is spot on and funny at the same time. Not quite as good as the Adrian Mole series but a good read all the same!

[PolishHippy]

Wolves of the Calla - Stephen King

[PolishHippy]

On line match reports of City v Town :D jump:

[Jantje]

Jackass

[Garlic Breath]

Thats funny as **** on MTV...I'd have thought you were just a little too aged to enjoy such mirth and ribaldery Jantje.tup:

[Jantje]

Thats funny as **** on MTV...I'd have thought you were just a little too aged to enjoy such mirth and ribaldery Jantje.tup:

I may be getting old dude, but i'm not getting senile yet;) tup:

[Squirrel]

Boxing's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Champs, Chumps, and Punch-Drunk Palookas .