The GOT Book Club

[Baines' left foot]

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

If I finally finish that book and that has something to do with the ending I will be very, very cross.

 

[Blue 1]

I just finished "The Sorrow of War" by Bao Ninh. It's about the Vietnam war and it's the best war book I've ever read. I cried, lots. Can't recommend it enough.

 

[Sid James]

Finished Life of Pi , didn't think I'd like it but was really good ... on yet another Simon Scarrow Roman story "Pretorian" , I think this is the 9th or 10th in the series ... I'm addicted

 

[thebluefox]

just finished GARY WILTSHIRE WINNING IT BACK ,

 

[malcson]

talented as he is i dont think he would be worth watching as a winger
he's an irish author, mainly does supernatural crime fiction, with his main character Charlie Parker

Love the Charlie Parker novels, although the last couple have dropped of a little in "darkness". Still you would not want to be overheard being homophobic by Angel or Louis!

 

[gheesom]

Been reading Harry Potter with my boy - he's loving it, just about to finish the first book. It's amazing reading these again, but this time with a child you see them so differently. Same with the films.

 

[Julian Carax]

Currently reading 'Shadow of the Wind' by Carlos Ruiz Zafron and loving every page, I don't think there's a word out of place. It also helps that I'm living in the city where it's set.

Any decent shouts for books set in Liverpool?

 

[malcson]

Haven't read the thread , so apologies if these have been noted ;

The Catcher in the Rye . - ( The Guv'nor .)
Papillon .
Fatherland .
Trainspotting .
Most Elmore Leonard's .
Sherlock Holmes catalogue .
Peter Ustinov's Autobiographical works - Hilarious .

These will do to be going on with , class .

Read Papillon and thought that was good, as I said before I just don't 'get' why so many rate Catcher (it's clearly me)!

Was thinking about other stuff I've read that has stayed with me "Fragments: Memories of a Wartime Childhood" was a sobering read eve though it turns out its fabricated rather than true.

Also a book by an old guy (dead now) called Wilfred Thesiger book was called 'The Danakil Diary'. The guy was a true hero in so many ways. Old school gent born in Addis Ababa, captain of the Oxford boxing team, SAS veteran, Explorer.

 

[bluebottle]

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

Not enough Citizen Kane references in this forum.

 

[Whitebootman]

I'm re-reading Stranger in a Strange Land. Robert A. Heinlein. First picked it up in the mid 70's, found a copy in a second hand book stall a few weeks ago. Good read and a 30 odd year gap gives a different perspective.

 

[Allezfan]

I'm re-reading Stranger in a Strange Land. Robert A. Heinlein. First picked it up in the mid 70's, found a copy in a second hand book stall a few weeks ago. Good read and a 30 odd year gap gives a different perspective.

Better man than me. I couldn't finish that one. The overwhelming urge to punch all the characters in the face got to me.

 

[bluejock]

If you like crime thrillers and following the same characters through a series, I'd recommend Quintin Jardine's Skinner books. He's done about 20 now and honestly, I can't put them down once I start.

Would place them above Rankin's Rebus series and I never thought I'd say that.

I'm also partial to a Jeffrey Archer. I know he's a horrible Tory [Poor language removed] and totally up his own jacksie but he spins a cracking yarn.

Anything by Irvine Welsh too, provided you can understand them.

 

[Whitebootman]

Better man than me. I couldn't finish that one. The overwhelming urge to punch all the characters in the face got to me.

Sort of agree with you mate. It's all about human weakness so the urge is to either sympathise with, or thump the characters.

 

[Julian Carax]

Finished Life of Pi , didn't think I'd like it but was really good ... on yet another Simon Scarrow Roman story "Pretorian" , I think this is the 9th or 10th in the series ... I'm addicted

I loved Life of Pi, read Yann Martel's second book 'Beatrice & Vergil' and it was awful, really dissapointed.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Still on the all-in-one lord of the rings trilogy. Its not only soul destroyingly long but wrist destroyingly demoralising. Can't do anything after I've been reading for 15 minutes.