The old thread has gone so here is another. I have just finished The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night time. Brilliant, heartbreaking at times, hysterical at others. I really recommend this book to everyone.
The old thread has gone so here is another. I have just finished The Curious Incident of the dog in the Night time. Brilliant, heartbreaking at times, hysterical at others. I really recommend this book to everyone.
I thought it was okay. Not my kind of book, but very inventive.
Worryingly, I found myself able to relate to the hero quite a lot.
Welsh and Proud.
Atonement by Ian McEwan just brilliant
readin Fire From Heaven by Mary Renault...very very good. It's about Alexander the Great.
Btw, Bar...I bought Perfume on your recommendation, will read it after I've finished this Alexander trilogy...
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
Nice one SL. It's a corker, and you should enjoy it immensely.
I am currently reading Vanity Fair by William Thackery.
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cheers babe...will let you know what I reckon to it.....
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Or -
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
ah.....bought that recently too....that type of book appeals to me a lot. Da Vinci code, that is...
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
I agree wholeheartedly about Catch 22. I have just been given a loan of The Da Vinci Code, but I doubt if it will be my type of book. Thrillers tend to be high on "excitement" and, seemingly in this book a conspiracy theory, but low on characterisation and quality of writing.
I will grudgingly give it a chance, to appease my mother, who thinks it is the business. The fact that she reads Jackie Collins and Jillie Cooper might help to explain my trepidation.
Welsh and Proud.
Have no fear, you'll like it. Any book disliked by the church can't be bad.
Not a popular choice but I got hooked on Honore De Balzac at an early age . It's taken me years to work my way through the Comedie Humaine but if you like historical novels that's a bonus . His attention to detail is amazing but it's his perspective on human nature that really rings true . His characters are portrayed with such complexity that you can feel admiration and contempt towards them simultaneously .His novels are a mix of satire, melodrama and social history and I'd highly recommend them
Brace yourself, Brian. I loved the Da Vinci code. It was my favourite Dan Brown book and I have read Angels and Demons, Deception Point and Digital Fortress also. Of those three, Angels and Demons would be my recommendation after the Da Vinci Code
That's handy then, cos when I bought The Da Vinci Code I bought Angels & Demons too.
Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
False face must hide what the false heart doth know.
I am reading the Discoverers by Daniel Boorstin at the moment. History of everything type book, and while probably its best use is as a reference, its an enjoyable read.
Thought the Da Vinci Code dragged a bit myself, good story, not so good a book.
I went swimming in the Caribbean. Animals were hiding behind rocks
Just finished a Gerald Seymour book too - The Unknown Soldier which was enjoyable.
Solerina I have the first of the comedie humaine somewhere I think so i shall dig it out now you have mentioned it .
Read Great Expectations for the first time on holiday recently and although I enjoyed it i was bemused by the ending and the hiding of Magwitch . For someone who was able to conceal himself into the country I did not see why he needed Pip's ham fisted efforts to conceal him and get him out of the country . A plot device I suppose .
Am reading Robin Cook's memoir at the moment - fascinating and depressing
I only read Vanity Fair after the BBC series of a few years back - thought it was brilliant
It is reading very well thus far.
Welsh and Proud.
Just finished Curious Incident.......
Agree with Pee - really surprised at just how good it is..
Just Singin' the Blues ........