thursday 1 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I have a vintage book called The lIfe and Writings of ..... Abraham Lincoln. It's very heavy reading. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 They all sound too heavy for me. George Bush is very light, as you might expect. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 15, 2011 Share Posted January 15, 2011 I'm currently reading SAS:The Secret Early Wars, not as good as I thought it was gonna be. It reads more like a text book than the SAS books I've read Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted January 16, 2011 Share Posted January 16, 2011 I'm reading Adventures on the High Teas, the follow up to Pies and Prejudice Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Originally Posted By: big-will I'm reading Adventures on the High Teas, the follow up to Pies and Prejudice Written by a pie eater indeed. Cider with Roadies is also worth a read. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Ah the roadies on, is that any good pie-eater? Link to post Share on other sites
pie-eater 207 Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 It's a decent read I suppose. Pies & Prejudice is best though. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 Anyone able to recommend me a good book about World War 2? Nothing too heavy but goes through the what happened story. Become interested when I realised I know next to nothing. Link to post Share on other sites
@tokyo 14 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I'm interested in that too. Just starting this one Horror In The East: Japan And The Atrocities Of World War 2 Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtney is a very interesting book about the japanese occupation of Java and a young Aussie's attempt to escape. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 check out books by Anthony Beevor.....I think his famous one is called "D-Day". Its a tome of a book but very interesting. There's another he wrote called "The Fall of Berlin" and tells the story a bit more truthful like....in that he concentrates on who did the most to win the War, the Soviets. Without them the war would've been lost. Band of Brothers is also a good read, told from the US perspective, specifically the 101st Airbourne Division. The Eagle has Landed, by Jack Higgins is a fictionalised story based upon real events. The Nazi plot to kill Churchill. A good read but of course not 100% accurate. Operation Mincemeat is also a good read, an SOE plot to divert Nazi attention away from the Normandy beaches prior to D-Day Singapore Burning is another great read about the inneptitude of the British Command in Malaya and how the Japanese swaggered down to the "unsackable" fortress that was war time Singapore. Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 "Kafka on the Beach" by Haruki Murakami. As always, crazy imagination but a great read - [spoiler alert!] - I've just reached the gory bit with the killing of the cats and Johnnie Walker!! Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Thanks folks. Was thinking more of a "all the war in one" kind of book if such a thing exists. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Originally Posted By: kokodoko The Persimmon Tree by Bryce Courtney is a very interesting book about the japanese occupation of Java and a young Aussie's attempt to escape. Wasn't there a movie about a similar story? Brian Brown was in it. I'm on the third book of Stieg Larssons trilogy. A very popular best seller at the moment. I don't normally read fiction but this is very good. I'm surprised no one has mentioned it here yet. Link to post Share on other sites
Mick Rich 78 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Originally Posted By: Mantas I'm on the third book of Stieg Larssons trilogy. A very popular best seller at the moment. I don't normally read fiction but this is very good. I'm surprised no one has mentioned it here yet. I'm just about to start the 1st one but did you know that Larsson had started to write a 4th one when he died. His partner says that she might complete it as she had helped him to write some of the others. Link to post Share on other sites
panhead_pete 27 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 They are good books but it appears he gets a bit lazy at the end of each when it comes to pulling it all together, an issue that gets worse with each book. Link to post Share on other sites
seemore 66 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Still a good read though Pete. I find alot of authors do that. Stephen King is the worst for it. Seemore Link to post Share on other sites
Kraut_in_HongKong 0 Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Originally Posted By: Mantas I'm on the third book of Stieg Larssons trilogy. A very popular best seller at the moment. I don't normally read fiction but this is very good. I'm surprised no one has mentioned it here yet. I mentioned it! I finished the 1st one (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) last week and this book makes one really greedy for more pages. Took me just 4 days or so. Really eager to start #2.... Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Morrissey and Marr: The Severed Alliance I had read it before ages ago but downloaded it to my ipad yesterday and re-reading. Good book. Link to post Share on other sites
kokodoko 67 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Legends II, edited by Robert Silverberg. an anthology of fantasy short stories. excellent read. Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 The Victor, the Hotspur and the Warlord annuals Link to post Share on other sites
Schneebored 0 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Red Dwarf. Better Than Life. reminds me of being 14 again, and only took a few hours to read. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Anyone recommend a good book about Hiroshima / the bomb? Link to post Share on other sites
griller 9 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Just out of interest, when do you readers get to read? Recently I just don't seem to find any time. I read more than I used to on the internet (news etc) and my eyes feel like taking a rest in the evenings. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Before sleeping. Link to post Share on other sites
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