I must buy a new book

[BeccaLydia]

I read the Rule of Four about a year ago or so and I found it very disappointing - I keep hoping there'll be a second one so that it will be finished properly!

Quoting amore vincit omnia from 19:00, 22nd Dec 2005

Quoting Dave the Explosive Newt from 18:09, 22nd Dec 2005

Quoting amore vincit omnia from 08:55, 22nd Dec 2005
The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. Obscure, but by far the best thing i've read in years, hands down. Everyone I know who's read it has said the same. It's one of those incredible, life-changing books, but at the same time it's a great story and a generally fantastic read.

Bought.

Am so glad - it's such a great book!! Let me know what you think of it x

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[BeccaLydia]

Forgot to give a suggestion! My favourite author is Jack Higgins and out of his many books, I particularly love those with Sean Dillon in. Great if you like action-filled thrillers and a good dose of bloodshed.

Janet Evanovich, One for the Money (...goes all the way up to 11/12 now) is very funny - comedy and crime.

Grisham - The Broker and The Last Juror, both very good and are, to my mind, more social commentary than thriller, but enjoyed them none the less.

James Patterson (?) - When the Wind Blows and the sequel The Lake (?), both very good.

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[sweet]

Ooh having just finished the Andy McNab I stole from my boy (He won but everybody dies, most trumatic) I have nowt to read thanks folks

Me recommends "I capture the castle" by Dodie something, chick lit but good, quite Jane-Austen-y but funnier.

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Quoting Dave the Explosive Newt from 18:09, 22nd Dec 2005

Quoting [James] from 02:07, 22nd Dec 2005
Life of Pi is his most recent work. Fantastic reading. If you've read anything by Martel it'll probably be this one, and I recommend that if you have you should explore his other work too.

Bought - have been meaning to get this for a while actually.

You won't regret it. If you enjoy this, take a look at his other work. It's nothing like Life of Pi so you won't get bored, but he has a fantastic writing style that's evident in all three books.

[novium]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/015100 ... oding=UTF8

really, it's a great book.

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[Rufus]

Quoting sweet from 20:57, 22nd Dec 2005
Ooh having just finished the Andy McNab I stole from my boy (He won but everybody dies, most trumatic) I have nowt to read thanks folks

Me recommends "I capture the castle" by Dodie something, chick lit but good, quite Jane-Austen-y but funnier.

I Capture The Castle is by Dodie Smith, who also wrote 101 Dalmatians.
It's very very very chick lit.

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[flarewearer]

Over this christmas i shall finally read "we" by that russian chap

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[Grandpa]

I've been reading Len Deighton, from the 80's. Very good cold war spy stuff, light hearted and a very easy and flowing read.

I read half a paperback in 4 hours yesterday.

I recommend him to all those looking for something a bit different as it's not often these days you would think to read about cold war spy stories (they are, as far as I know, all fiction, but very well written).

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[Eliot Wilson]

Don't neglect Deighton's earlier stuff, though - The IPCRESS File, Horse Under Water, Funeral In Berlin and Billion Dollar Brain are among the most perfect spy novels you will find.

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Bill: "You played very well, Death, especially with your totally heavy Death robes."

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[Ben Reilly]

Le Carre is better. I've just gone through Smiley's People and The Russia House.

I have just bought The Satanic Verses, I thought it might be worth seeing just what all the fuss is about.

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[Fozzy Bear]

The Stand, or IT by Stephen King.
There both rather long (just under 1500 pages for The Stand, just under 1000 pages for IT), but they are both well worth reading

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you shone like the sun..."

[Rufus]

Quoting Ben Reilly from 00:29, 30th Dec 2005
Le Carre is better. I've just gone through Smiley's People and The Russia House.

I have just bought The Satanic Verses, I thought it might be worth seeing just what all the fuss is about.

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Midnight's Children is better.

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Ella Wheeler Wilcox

[blondie]

Quoting flarewearer from 10:02, 23rd Dec 2005
Over this christmas i shall finally read "we" by that russian chap

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Yevgeny Zamiatin/Zamyatin. That's an awesome book.

[maz]

Posted by amore vincit omnia at 08:55, 22nd Dec






The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason. Obscure, but by far the best thing i've read in years, hands down. Everyone I know who's read it has said the same. It's one of those incredible, life-changing books, but at the same time it's a great story and a generally fantastic read.


That was an awful, terrible, horrible book. I read it whilst stuck in the middle of nowhere in Mongolia, and there was a very limited supply of books. All 10 of us read it, and all of us hated it, but as I said there wasn't much reading material. It was very know-it-all and snooty (ooh look we went to Princeton!! ) It also didn't go anywhere very fast at all. Blatent Da Vinci code rip-off (as is Codex)My advice don't bother with either. Just read Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, very good about builidng a catherdral in the 12th century. Also recently liked The Glass Palace by Amitav Ghosh, and Dr Zhivago. Thats's just my opinion though. Happy reading.


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[Rufus]

If the fuzziness (forgive me for using that word) of the festive season is starting to run dry read Stephen Fry's 'Moab is my washpot'.

Just finished it, brilliant read, not for the first time I rue the fact that I am entirely the wrong gender.

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'Love much. Earth has enough bitter in it'
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

[garnet]

Have you ever read 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'? If not you should, it's an excellent read.

[Dave the Explosive Newt]

Quoting Rufus from 16:41, 30th Dec 2005
Just finished it, brilliant read, not for the first time I rue the fact that I am entirely the wrong gender.

I've always wondered why and how you've come to think that.

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[Nymphomanic]

Quoting Bonnie from 22:28, 21st Dec 2005
Are you in St Andrews? Just come 'round and borrow from me. Got loads.

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does the borrowing books offer still stand? Lol

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