Daggers Posted 6 August 2006 Share Posted 6 August 2006 Do you read them? What's your current one? What's your favourite? My fave has to be Down and Out in Paris and London ~ George Orwell I love Orwell. I'm rather partial to books on the history of physics too...Heavenly Intrigue: Johannes Kepler, Tycho Brahe, and the Murder Behind One of History's Greatest Scientific Discoveries being one of the best ...and Ubiquity by Marc Buchanan ~ the science of history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louise Posted 6 August 2006 Share Posted 6 August 2006 I'm reading Music and Silence by Rose Tremain at the moment along with bits of The Law of Defamation and the Internet by Matthew Collins. I always have a pile of books waiting to be read. Couldn't possibly name my favourite book although Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut would be up there. I've only read one book by Orwell, 1984, which I liked a lot, in a scared sort of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted 6 August 2006 Share Posted 6 August 2006 My Favourite book is Goodnight Mister Tom It was a made into a film/drama type thing, and starred John Thaw, very moving, as is the book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fez of Mahrez Posted 6 August 2006 Share Posted 6 August 2006 Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald Yes Man by Danny Wallace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 A how to win at poker book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 7 August 2006 Author Share Posted 7 August 2006 Yes Man by Danny Wallace Love it! :thumbsup: A how to win at poker book. Is the answer simply not to play? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbeth Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 how to win friends and influence people , by dale carnegie now stop asking dumb**** questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janx Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 100 years of solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 7 August 2006 Author Share Posted 7 August 2006 100 years of solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez Eeeek! I found it good to begin with but then I started getting confused with the cast of thousands spread over generations. I spent more time flicking backwards to check if the character was the one I thought he/she was that I started losing the plot entirely. When I discovered that the book pretty much resembles modern day Colombian society things started to fall into place more. Bloomin' tough going all the same...but not the same kind of tough going as Spycatcher ~ over-hyped boring tosh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janx Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 Eeeek! I found it good to begin with but then I started getting confused with the cast of thousands spread over generations. I spent more time flicking backwards to check if the character was the one I thought he/she was that I started losing the plot entirely. When I discovered that the book pretty much resembles modern day Colombian society things started to fall into place more. Bloomin' tough going all the same...but not the same kind of tough going as Spycatcher ~ over-hyped boring tosh! "A brief history of time!" I lasted oh ... a page! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 7 August 2006 Author Share Posted 7 August 2006 "A brief history of time!" I lasted oh ... a page! Try 'The Demon Haunted World" by Carl Sagan instead...a great pop-sci book covering the assortment of belief systems and superstitions modrn society wraps itself with. A great book for the sceptic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gist Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 My Favourite book is Goodnight Mister Tom It was a made into a film/drama type thing, and starred John Thaw, very moving, as is the book. I like that film it's quite upsetting though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricey Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 I'm not a big reader of books, I'm currently reading Martin O'Neils biography. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBO Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 I'm currently reading The Witches of Chiswick by Robert Rankin, I'm quite enjoying it too I'd say my all time favourite is The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy though - absolutely LOVE it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbeth Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 everything by lyall watson ( supernature , romeo error, dark nature etc ) tom sharpe robert goddard aztec by gary jennings von daniken books were quite entertaining canterbury tales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Fox Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 My favourite night time read is a copy readers wives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 Loads of nursery rhymes including humpty dumpty, and other kiddy books............ It's to put the kids to sleep, not for my entertainment.......though I must say they do make me sleepy!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 My favourite night time read is a copy readers wives Not readers digest??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Fox Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 Not readers digest??? No it's readers wives..! I would recommend it, great read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbeth Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 Loads of nursery rhymes including humpty dumpty, and other kiddy books............ It's to put the kids to sleep, not for my entertainment.......though I must say they do make me sleepy!!! try this version to get them off to sleep or make your own pretentious versions up Humpty Dumpty eschewed concavity When, sitting on a wall, he succumbed to gravity. Imperial equine and human assistance Could not restore Humpty to his ovoid existence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Fox Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 try this version to get them off to sleep or make your own pretentious versions up Humpty Dumpty eschewed concavity When, sitting on a wall, he succumbed to gravity. Imperial equine and human assistance Could not restore Humpty to his ovoid existence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbeth Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 it works on you MF, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Master Fox Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 it works on you MF, It sure does! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 try this version to get them off to sleep or make your own pretentious versions up Humpty Dumpty eschewed concavity When, sitting on a wall, he succumbed to gravity. Imperial equine and human assistance Could not restore Humpty to his ovoid existence That would make my kids cry i think....they wouldn't understand a word!!! Yeah, but it has worked on me though!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr The Singh Posted 7 August 2006 Share Posted 7 August 2006 No it's readers wives..! I would recommend it, great read. I'm too scared I might see the wife of someone I know, even worse my own!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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