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The GOT Book Club
- Thread starter chicoazul
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Can you expand mate, I'm always on the lookout for decent reading material?
MinkyJoe
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It's about being an outsider, subjected to bigotry and discrimination - all jolly stuff! It's a short, fast paced novel, packing a huge emotional punch.
It's Toni Morrison's first novel, she went on to receive The Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 and a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988 for her most famous novel, Beloved.
It's Toni Morrison's first novel, she went on to receive The Nobel Prize for Literature in 1993 and a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1988 for her most famous novel, Beloved.
orly
Please check with me for Blammo criteria
Seriously grim book. Not bedtime reading at all.
MinkyJoe
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Looked it up on wiki - sounds good.
There's nothing like it mate.
Not for the faint hearted, brutal beyond belief, but beautifully written.
Just finished this after a recommendation from someone on here.
A new slant on post apocalyptic novels.
The world has collapsed after the majority of the population has become infected with an inner voice / form of schizophrenia and have either killed themsleves or everyone else.
A few goodies have survived and a few more baddies have survived.
The book is about the goodies struggle to survive, against the odds.
Part of a trilogy. ( other two books still to be written )
If you like Stephen Kings - the Stand, you'll like this.
gonetomorrow
Player Valuation: £70m
I've started Big Sam's autobiography since he's our manager now. It's quite amusing although there's rather a lot of swearing.
He certainly seems to have had a hell (apologies) of a lot of success in his time so I'd say we have made a good appointment.
He certainly seems to have had a hell (apologies) of a lot of success in his time so I'd say we have made a good appointment.
Professor Toffee
On and on, over the hill and the craic is good
Just finished the 1st of Philip Pullman's new "Dust" trilogy, the prequel to His Dark Materials
It was a bit meh
there's a flood, and the too kids are really brave, and La Belle Sauvage is a canoe
It was a bit meh
there's a flood, and the too kids are really brave, and La Belle Sauvage is a canoe
Chic lit then
Easily one of the best books I've read this year. ( Adam Nevill being described as the British Stephen King )
Four lads meet up once a year for a weekend jolly. They decide to do something sensible for a change. Instead of going to Ibiza, they go hiking in a remote part of Sweden and end up totally lost in an ancient forest. There they wake something very bad that has lived undisturbed for thousands of years.
80% survival / 20% horror.
Very well written, beautiful descriptions of the ancient forest and you feel like you're there every step in the forest with them.
* the recent film of the book is not a patch on it.
Half way through reading The Vallacci Papers... been wanting to read this for years but never got around to it. Not as good as I'd hoped it would be.
The problem Mafia / Crime books is that there`s that many out there, that they really have to be special to be a decent read.
The best ones I`ve read have been written by investigative journalists, rather than ghost writers.
Gomorah is a stand out - Mafia in Napoli ( Netflix serialised it )
Philw
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I liked them all tbh, but the first one is defo the best, if a bit weirdly written at times (eg at one point the author goes into a really detailed description of Lisbeth's laptop specs, which is 1; probably lost on most people and 2; completely immaterial to the rest of the story).
There has now been another two books added onto the series by different author (forget his name). The first of them is quite good, haven't ready the second yet.
The ebook is 99p on Amazon atm... Amazon product ASIN B004WDZZ92