The GOT Book Club

[BlueLlama]

Her Dad gave me that book, good stuff. Boss life that being sent all over the show.

oi Azul - stop reading and write the fecking match preview

 

[bluejock]

Her Dad gave me that book, good stuff. Boss life that being sent all over the show.

Get on the sequel mate "This is not a drill"

Also been reading some stuff by Tucker Max. The boy sounds like a right prick but his stories are laugh out loud funny

 

[Groucho]

In cold blood by truman capote
Karlology by Karl pilkington
Wonders of the universe by Brian cox
Stalin ate my homework by alexei Sayle



All excellent

 

[Vic Flange]

Spike Milligan's series, Adolf Hitler- my part in his downfall,etc.One of the few writers able to make me lol.
Groucho,I've not had much time for Sayle,but I'll give it a shot.

 

[ijjysmith]

And here it is...

 

[Bruce Wayne]

This is a good book, and makes a change from the usual stuff coming out of Sweden.

http://www.amazon.com/100-Year-Old-Climbed-Window-Disappeared-ebook/product-reviews/B007MB5OCE

For a satire on war, I can also recommend Svejk (pronounced Shweyk).

http://www.amazon.com/Soldier-Svejk-Everymans-Library-Classics/dp/1857151518

Got into Czech literature a bit recently. Didn't find Franz Kafka all that though. The Trial was interesting but found it just got a bit too absurd and laborious by the end. I suppose it would have made much more sense during Communist times (although the Czech's have bizarrely elected a Communist president this month - ugh!), even though it was written in 1914 or something.

 

[Baines' left foot]

I'm not a big reader but I do from time to time. The last one was Angels and Demons. I got quite in to it and then lost the bloody thing.

 

[malcson]

Quite partial to Salman Rushdie novels. Does depend on what you like though.

Respect to you, I tried 'Satanic Verses' and found it so frustrating, I found it disjointed and the narrative a bit impenetrable. Gave up about half way through.

 

[malcson]

Thumbs up on The Catcher,

Just finished war and peace wasnt overly impressed to be honest!

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy must be read before you die it should be law or something! Worst thing they ever did was make a movie out of it.

I wasn't impressed by Catcher in the Rye, didn't feel anything much really happened. The only 'literary' books I've read that I really enjoyed have been:
To Kill a Mocking Bird
East of Eden
Of Mice and Men (I like Steinbecks writing)
Life of Pi

Writers I have enjoyed reading a lot are - John Connelly, Mark Billingham, Gerald Seymour, Christopher Brookmyre(ugly One Morning is brilliant) & Mo Hayder.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Respect to you, I tried 'Satanic Verses' and found it so frustrating, I found it disjointed and the narrative a bit impenetrable. Gave up about half way through.

Horses for courses I suppose. I've had a go at Ulysses a few times and have yet to get past half way, but Satanic Verses and Midnights Children I really enjoyed.

 

[gheesom]

I've been reading a fair bit of Isaac Asimov lately, just finished Bicentennial Man.

 

[Bigmaclad]

I need a new book to read

 

[Allezfan]

I've been reading a fair bit of Isaac Asimov lately, just finished Bicentennial Man.

Foundation is my favourite of his, though the sequals are a bit weak.

 

[Allezfan]

I'm not a big reader but I do from time to time. The last one was Angels and Demons. I got quite in to it and then lost the bloody thing.

It was the butler who did it. And roisebud was his sled.

 

[gheesom]

Foundation is my favourite of his, though the sequals are a bit weak.

He has a few good stories, along with some pretty weak ones.