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Oakvillian Apr 1st 2010 4:34 am

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 

Originally Posted by el_richo (Post 8465520)
Unseen Academicals by the great Terry Pratchett.

Ook :thumbup:

+1.

My name is Bledlow Nobbs (no relation) and I endorse this message.

pthom Apr 1st 2010 1:06 pm

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 

Originally Posted by arabian77 (Post 8465533)
Recently read and thoroughly enjoyed and can highly recommend...A Thousand Splendid Suns by Afghan author Khaled Hosseini. Also by the same author 'The Kite Runner'. (another great book)

:thumbsup:

Read both of these, great books, both well written. Very tough subject matter. Also set in the Middle East is " The Attack" think that is written by Yasmin Khadra (actually a pen name for a man whose name I've forgotten)

Currently reading "And Another Thing" final sequel of "Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy". Hilarious.

fledermaus Apr 1st 2010 1:11 pm

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 
Not Wanted on the Voyage by Thomas Findley. Bizarre, funny, sad, disturbing.

TheThornes Apr 1st 2010 1:58 pm

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 
Currently reading whatever the kids want for their bedtime stories! ;)

PeterF Apr 1st 2010 3:49 pm

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 
The wife bought me 'The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo' the other year and then bought me 'The Girl who played with Fire' at Xmas, only one to go now, very good books. A Swedish film has been made of the first one, must try to see it before the yanks decide to ruin it with one of their own.

Great read, the story of the author is just as intreging though. Stieg Larsson, wrote 3 books and waited until completing all 3 before taking them to a publisher. He only goes and dies before they are published!!! He had no idea his books were going to be the second most read in the workd ( last year), incredible.

Alan2005 Apr 1st 2010 4:18 pm

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 
I'm reading 'Fantastic Mr Fox' in Thai. This is because I'm much cleverer than you lot with your poncy high brow intellectual books.

The4BellsLondon Apr 1st 2010 4:56 pm

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 
Current edition of UK OK magazine :)

mandymoochops Apr 1st 2010 5:13 pm

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 

Originally Posted by The4BellsLondon (Post 8467114)
Current edition of UK OK magazine :)

Whatever grocery / liquor store flyer comes in the mailbox.

mmmm a flat of Kokanee for $31??!!! Niiiiice.

Didn't find that too difficult to get into, and not feeling sad pr depressed either - in fact on the final chapter now. ;)

Oakvillian Apr 5th 2010 2:15 am

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 

Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 8466937)
Not Wanted on the Voyage by Thomas Findley. Bizarre, funny, sad, disturbing.

that's my OH's favouritest ever book of all time ever ever ever. Well, that and "skinny legs and all" by Tom Robbins.

Oink Apr 5th 2010 3:53 am

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 8467085)
I'm reading 'Fantastic Mr Fox' in Thai. This is because I'm much cleverer than you lot with your poncy high brow intellectual books.


Today I'm reading, Who Ate All the Pies?: The Life and Times of Mick Quinn

Alan2005 Apr 5th 2010 3:54 am

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 8473745)
Today I'm reading, Who Ate All the Pies?: The Life and Times of Mick Quinn

Was it the butler?

Oink Apr 5th 2010 3:57 am

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 

Originally Posted by Alan2005 (Post 8473747)
Was it the butler?

Not sure yet, but I suspect it was Mick Quinn.

Jingsamichty Apr 5th 2010 4:12 am

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 
Bastard. Could you not have put in a "spoiler" alert?

Oink Apr 5th 2010 4:23 am

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 

Originally Posted by Jingsamichty (Post 8473769)
Bastard. Could you not have put in a "spoiler" alert?

It might not be him as I haven't finished the book, but I was at a Coventry game in 1993 and 25,000 people seemed to think it was him.

fledermaus Apr 5th 2010 4:51 am

Re: What book are you reading at the moment?
 

Originally Posted by Oink (Post 8473789)
It might not be him as I haven't finished the book, but I was at a Coventry game in 1993 and 25,000 people seemed to think it was him.

But they wus robbed though.


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