The GOT Book Club

[Eggs]

....I read political books on holiday (Mandella, Clintons, Blair, Campbell Diaries etc) but the best book ever has to be To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee.

 

[Eggs]

Just finished the Keith Richards autobiography, superb stuff

.....I read that too and thought likewise. Very entertaining read.

 

[Clint Planet]

Looking for a new book.

I want something that will impress people on my commute but also something readable and enjoyable.

Any recommendations?

Spy thriller, historical novel, love story - all in one. Atmospheric, thought-provoking and action-packed.

 

[davmaher]

Try Catch 22 by Joseph Heller - my favourite book of all time. So funny but quite profound in its way.

Looking for a new book.

I want something that will impress people on my commute but also something readable and enjoyable.

Any recommendations?

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Don't do fiction really....

Try this...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds

 

[mrs the esk]

....I read political books on holiday (Mandella, Clintons, Blair, Campbell Diaries etc) but the best book ever has to be To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee.

Thanks you have inspired me to read something I last read for "O" level English Lit in 1979 xx

 

[micknick]

Thanks you have inspired me to read something I last read for "O" level English Lit in 1979 xx

Apparently we were in the ground together at the same time for the Villa game...

 

[Kurt.]

I have picked up 2 books today which I will start on very soon...Richard Booth's Autobiography..My Kingdom Of Books..... and Dear Tom, Letters from home......Tom Courtenay....

Not sure if it's my thing but both books came highly recomended by a friend.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Try Catch 22 by Joseph Heller - my favourite book of all time. So funny but quite profound in its way.

Couldn't get into it, I found the characters to be irritating and unrelatable and the sarcastic tone Heller writes with got on my nerves. Probably the only 'classic' I haven't enjoyed.

Still on the sodding lord of the rings trilogy.

 

[mrs the esk]

Apparently we were in the ground together at the same time for the Villa game...

Not only that Mick we were in the Main Stand as were you! Would love to meet you all, with Mr the Esk of course

 

[TheNiz]

For fans of Fantasy - The Night Angel Trilogy by Brent Weeks. Absolute must read.

 

[Julian Carax]

Thanks for all the boss recommendations, just been on amazon and ordered myself Winter in Madrid by Sansom as I loved Zafron's Shadow of the Wind. Also ordered Frazen's The Corrections, looks like a good read. Will pick up Catch 22 when I'm next home, not originally a fan, didn't like the way each chapter was a new character, but I did try and read it at a music festival so I'll give it another go.

Cheers chaps.

 

[micknick]

Not only that Mick we were in the Main Stand as were you! Would love to meet you all, with Mr the Esk of course

Haha of course.

Next time eh

 

[Black Belt Jones]

Recently re-read Blood Maridion and then read 2 books by the same author Glen Duncan : The last werewolf and I,lucifer.Both great ideas that could have been better.
At the moment im reading The Heroes by Joe Abercrombie ( excellent game of thrones type fantasy) and some enjoyable hokum called Sandman Slim.

What's Abercrombie like? Heard good things about him.
Last year I read all ten books of Steve Erikson's Malazan series, one after the other, so got a bit burned out on the genre. Feeling like I might be ready to pick another one up now.

 

[Julian Carax]

Today is world book day lids. What are you reading at the moment?

I'm on Jonathan Franzen's 'Freedom' on the back of Black Belt Jones' recommendation on this very thread.