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12th October 2007, 17:18
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Its great for listen on the way to work in the car etc.,i prefer a good old fashioned book over audio ones tough i just isnt the same feeling and i also read pretty fast so i easily get bored with the audio ones. |
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4th November 2007, 09:17
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Christ only seeing this topic now.
I hate fiction - Anyone feel the same?? Have over 50 books on Everest - and if anyone wants to read something on everest try - Into Thin Air by Jon KraKauer (he was left for dead at the summit and walked into camp 2 days laters) The Climb - Anatoli Bourkeev - excellent read about the 1996 tradegy on Everest Total High - The Everest Challenge - Grania WIllis, an Irish Woman with little climbing experience and numerious unfortunate circumstances during her life climbs the North Ridge Also just finshed Alastair Campbell's Diaries - Took me ages to finish (I usually fly through books but Because you can pick it up easily and there is no real story it was easy to let sit, So cann't say I was engrossed by it) but was a good read and enjoyed. Another one I just started and finished was The Sound of Laughter by Peter Kay - Very easy read, very funny and a great insight in The Irish Comedian |
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9th November 2007, 15:22
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Dear RHD.. I need your advice. My girlfriend recently..
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Whoever said the pens is mightier than the sword was fuckin spot on!
I bought my nephew a Pop-up book of Giraffes for his 4th Birthday and it nearly took his head off 
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13th November 2007, 11:45
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Bought a couple of Mario Puzo's, Richard North Patterson's and John Saul's recently at a 2nd hand books sale. Did not have time to read them yet as exams are around. But did finish reading Crichton's Jurassic Park though which I thought is way, way better than the movie. Same with The Green Mile, way better than the movie.
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13th November 2007, 13:55
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13th November 2007, 14:07
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13th November 2007, 14:10
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Heres the book im currently reading.
 Pig Island Plot Summary: "The novel's protagonist is Joe Oakes - "Oakesy" - a journalist who makes his living exposing supernatural hoaxes. So, when a bizarre videotape recorded by a tourist catches a glimpse of a disturbing creature, half-man half-beast, wandering the beaches of a remote Scottish island, Oaksey is just the man to investigate. Pig Island is home to a mysterious religious community, the Psychogenic Healing Ministries, and its leader Pastor Malachi Dove, and they ask him to come to the island to debunk the rumours of Satanism which are the result of the videotape. Oaksey has met Pastor Dove before, and the two have a long-standing threat to make good on. However, Oaksey's visit throws up more questions than answers. Why does the wider community not want him there? Why will no one talk about the creature seen wandering the island? What lies beyond the wood and the gorge that almost splits the island in two, with a fence that has rotting pig heads atop its posts? Most importantly, what has happened to Pastor Dove, not seen on the island for years, and why will no one talk about him? Joe's visit to the island, and its horrific conclusion, is only the beginning of the legacy that Pig Island will leave on his life." Im only a few chapters in but im really enjoying it so far, im not really the book type but i just want to keep reading this one and see what happens. |
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14th November 2007, 04:51
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18th November 2007, 15:04
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29th November 2007, 18:05
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29th November 2007, 18:34
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30th November 2007, 19:10
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Their translation of "Brothers Karamazov" is my current favorite. The old favorite being the Constance Garnett version. |
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30th November 2007, 19:48
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Also any of the BBC Shakespeare productions are a great listen. The actors are the best, and the dialog never gets lost in annoying sound effects. Also, towards the end of King Lear, I swear you can hear Judy Dench fart. "Govern her! She is desperate!" |
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1st December 2007, 15:39
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Right have any of you knobjockeys read Foundation and I, Robot by Asimov and Neuromancer? |
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1st December 2007, 16:02
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What's Crime and Punishment about? It's about a student in Russia who plans to kill this person for money. The book revolves around his thoughts and how he convinces himself that his motives are good and that he would be helping the world by killing this person. It's one of the best written novels ever. There's this scene I love to go back and read where the detective meets the student.
Another book, The Idiot by the same author is also an excellent read. His books while being great fictional reads are heavily influenced by modern philosophy and deal a lot with the characters' inner turmoil. Also read Dr. Zhivago by Paternak after that and you'll fall in love with russian writers. |
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1st December 2007, 16:10
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1st December 2007, 16:15
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Nice one, cuntos. I'm currently drawing up a reading list. So I take you lot don't like Asimov?
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2nd December 2007, 15:24
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3rd December 2007, 12:30
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It's about lots of things, but the basic premise is, there's this American spy in London in WWII, and every time he bones anyone, a V2 rocket lands in the place where the boning took place, about a day later. |
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3rd December 2007, 13:05
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I need some advice... is this book any good?
 Also, by what you have read, what books on Manchester United do you most strongly recommend? I would prefer something about George Best (I know way too little about him), Sir Matt Busby (I would like to know more) or something that I might not have known at all. Any help will be greatly appreciated, especially by my girlfriend who doesn't have a clue as what to buy me for Christmas  Thank you |
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