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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Pete Smoke » 08 Oct 2010, 23:01

Maccy wrote:"LOTF" is a disturbing book. A look into the darker side of human endurance, through the eyes and exploits of children!

Quite brilliant.

A great book, i enjoyed the aspect of the loss of identity behind painted-faces. I remember Percival Wemys Madison, who then forgets his name.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby countrygirl » 10 Oct 2010, 05:29

countrygirl wrote:I have just started Rosie Swale Pope's "Just A Little Run Around The World", 5 years 3 packs of wolves and 53 pairs of shoes.

This was a good read, very emotional as she went for a run in memory of her husband who had just died.

For my recent birthday my fella got for me the Millennium Trilogy by Steig Larsson, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played With Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest. They are big books so that is my winter reading.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Pete Smoke » 17 Oct 2010, 23:24

Dave Broom's World Atlas Of Whisky. Dave Broom is a legend, but i can't work out what this book is for, i'm not sure i see the point in it.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby C57 » 18 Oct 2010, 10:40

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Re: What are you reading?

Postby JamesC » 20 Oct 2010, 22:38

Raise the Titanic - Clive Cusser, I'm reading all the Dirk Pitt adventure novels in order, this is the 3rd (or 4th depending if you go off when they were written or published). Their just good fun and haven't really aged considering they started in the 70's.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Pete Smoke » 05 Mar 2011, 16:39

I finally got round to Peat Smoke And Spirit. Starting it later.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby peaty001 » 05 Mar 2011, 18:27

Pete Smoke wrote:I finally got round to Peat Smoke And Spirit. Starting it later.



Liked Andrew Jefford's book a lot. Enough to buy his wine book 'The New France' has s imilar easy going but informed style.
Finally got round to reading True Grit. A fast paced gallop.
The Cohen's recent film seems in keeping with the book. Grimy cold and damp.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Moggy » 05 Mar 2011, 18:41

i recently started terry pratchetts the 5th elephant. its amusing stuff.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby barhell » 05 Mar 2011, 19:00

Currently going through the Jo Nesbo books well the translated ones anyway.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby barhell » 05 Mar 2011, 19:10

Moggy wrote:i recently started terry pratchetts the 5th elephant. its amusing stuff.


Terry Pratchett is the author who personally got me back into reading after being forced to read books i wasn't interested in at school and i still get every one of his books.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Rogerdodger » 05 Mar 2011, 19:10

Appreciating Whisky by Pip Hills
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby C57 » 05 Mar 2011, 19:21

The Hundred Days from the Master & Commander series. Almost finished the series again.
Don't know what I'll turn to next - I always find this series a hard act to follow.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Moggy » 06 Mar 2011, 00:07

barhell wrote:
Moggy wrote:i recently started terry pratchetts the 5th elephant. its amusing stuff.


Terry Pratchett is the author who personally got me back into reading after being forced to read books i wasn't interested in at school and i still get every one of his books.



i think that may be happening to me.. i've maybe read 2 books since leaving school in 2000 because the ones we were made to read were crap.. except lord of the flies. i enjoyed that. this pratchett book has me wanting to read more of his stuff and i've not read that much of it yet.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Mr Tattie Heid » 07 Mar 2011, 19:50

Tim F wrote:Before that it was Philip K. Dick's Time out of Joint, quickly preceded by Chandler's The Little Sister.

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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Lawrence » 08 Mar 2011, 03:28

Mao's Great Famine by Frank Dikotter, fascinating, but certainly a happy read. Ooofff. :cry:
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Rogerdodger » 11 Apr 2011, 20:22

Japanese Whisky: Facts, Figures and Taste. By Ulf Buxrud. Lovely and interesting book.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby C57 » 11 Apr 2011, 22:28

Alexander Kent's Bolitho series
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby scotchio » 12 Apr 2011, 08:21

Captain Beefheart biography. Not sure why I read biographies of musical heroes. I often diminishes the impression I have of them.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Pete Smoke » 12 Apr 2011, 12:20

scotchio wrote:Captain Beefheart biography. Not sure why I read biographies of musical heroes. I often diminishes the impression I have of them.

I take it that that is what is happening here.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby scotchio » 14 Apr 2011, 08:04

To some degree.Seems arrogant selfish and pretty unpleasant to his band so far.early days tho.Interesting that quite a few band members stayed a long time so cant have been all bad
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Swedish Chef » 20 Apr 2011, 20:45

Murder Being Once Done by Ruth Rendell. (Swedish translation)
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby whiskytime » 22 Apr 2011, 17:58

"The School of Night" by Louis Bayard. Good book - thriller, historical fiction.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Swedish Chef » 23 Apr 2011, 03:16

Ruth Rendell's A Sleeping Life (Swedish translation).
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Mr Tattie Heid » 23 Apr 2011, 04:02

Current issue of Canadian Geographic magazine. Good one.
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Re: What are you reading?

Postby Swedish Chef » 28 Apr 2011, 12:51

Lake of Darkness by Ruth Rendell (Swedish translation). Not her best work in my opinion.
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