The Last Book You Read

by **Wezzo** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:16 pm

Hm, shame. Have you read any of his other novels, if so what did you think?

by **welshben23** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:17 pm

Wezzo wrote:Hm, shame. Have you read any of his other novels, if so what did you think?

I've read The Green Mile, I didnt think it was as good as the movie.

by **Mayday Malone** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:18 am

A Dawn Like Thunder

Douglas Reeman

A1

by **Dorset Girl** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:23 am

Wezzo wrote:Hm, shame. Have you read any of his other novels, if so what did you think?

The Shining is by far my favourite Stephen King book. I prefer his older stuff, like Insomnia (my second favourite) It, Salem's Lot, Carrie, Misery and Pet Semetary.

I have read some of the more recent stuff like The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon and Rose Madder, but I wasn't too impressed. His style has changed, critics say this is a good thing, as his writing is more 'mature', but to me it doesn't seem to have the pure 'horror' impact that it used to.

I would definitely, definitely recommend The Shining though. Just check your central heating boiler's okay before you read it! :shock:

by **Cake for Brains** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:16 pm

Finished The Girl at the Lion D'Or - a superb, atmospheric little novel. 60 pages into Enduring Love by Ian McEwan - good so far, very descriptive.

by **Dorset Girl** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:47 am

Brother in the Land - Robert Swindells.

Written for teenagers really, but still a great read. Scary though, makes you wonder what would actually happen in the event of a nuclear attack.

by **Cake for Brains** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:09 pm

Dorset Girl wrote:Brother in the Land - Robert Swindells.

Written for teenagers really, but still a great read. Scary though, makes you wonder what would actually happen in the event of a nuclear attack.

I read about half a dozen of his books when I was younger, but that one doesn't ring any bells.

by **CatNamedRudy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:18 pm

Yesterday I got a telephone call from the Scholastic book people. They were calling to tell me that the place I ordered my Deathly Hallows book from had shipped some books "early" and they weren't supposed to. (they shipped mine on Monday). Anyway, they asked if I had received it yet (I haven't) and then requested that if I get it early, I won't read it until Saturday! In turn, they are sending me a $100.00 gift certificate from Scholastic and a Harry Potter t-shirt!

Now, how will they know if I start reading it before Saturday?

by **Bee Gees Fan** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:18 pm

Cake for Brains wrote:I read about half a dozen of his books when I was younger, but that one doesn't ring any bells.

Did you read Abomination and another (I think it might have been Nightmare Stairs, where the protagonist, a 13-year-old girl, discovers that she is the reincarnation of her dead grandmother and is convinced that her aunt murderered her grandma and sets out to prove it?

by **Dorset Girl** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:22 pm

CatNamedRudy wrote:Yesterday I got a telephone call from the Scholastic book people. They were calling to tell me that the place I ordered my Deathly Hallows book from had shipped some books "early" and they weren't supposed to. (they shipped mine on Monday). Anyway, they asked if I had received it yet (I haven't) and then requested that if I get it early, I won't read it until Saturday! In turn, they are sending me a $100.00 gift certificate from Scholastic and a Harry Potter t-shirt!

Now, how will they know if I start reading it before Saturday?

I love it! I suppose they have to 'cover' themselves, in case the publishers decide to sue them for releasing it early!

When I went into Virgin Megastore a couple of months ago to buy Frasier S6, I knew it wasn't out until the following day, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

Stingy buggers wouldn't give it to me, they said it hadn't been released yet. :cry:

Now I'd bet anything that they had a huge stack of them 'out the back' ready to go on the shelves as soon as they closed that day, there was even a space for it on the shelf.

And don't tell me the staff of bookshops don't sit there the night before the new Harry Potter books are released reading them, because I bet they do!

by **CatNamedRudy** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:52 pm

Dorset Girl wrote:
CatNamedRudy wrote:Yesterday I got a telephone call from the Scholastic book people. They were calling to tell me that the place I ordered my Deathly Hallows book from had shipped some books "early" and they weren't supposed to. (they shipped mine on Monday). Anyway, they asked if I had received it yet (I haven't) and then requested that if I get it early, I won't read it until Saturday! In turn, they are sending me a $100.00 gift certificate from Scholastic and a Harry Potter t-shirt!

Now, how will they know if I start reading it before Saturday?

I love it! I suppose they have to 'cover' themselves, in case the publishers decide to sue them for releasing it early!

When I went into Virgin Megastore a couple of months ago to buy Frasier S6, I knew it wasn't out until the following day, but I thought I'd ask anyway.

Stingy buggers wouldn't give it to me, they said it hadn't been released yet. Now I'd bet anything that they had a huge stack of them 'out the back' ready to go on the shelves as soon as they closed that day, there was even a space for it on the shelf.

And don't tell me the staff of bookshops don't sit there the night before the new Harry Potter books are released reading them, because I bet they do!

I always get my DVD releases from DeepDiscount about 2-3 days before they are released. (and that's where I ordered the book from as well).

And yeah, I'm sure they are sitting there reading the book!

I hear Harry's already been leaked online which is what I'm sure prompted the call. I'm avoiding any type of Harry Potter message boards and "headlines" right now because I don't want it spoiled for me.

by **Mayday Malone** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 5:49 pm

Churchill's Gold
A Cage of Eagles

both by James Follett

by **Mayday Malone** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 3:05 pm

My friends leant me two Dean Koontz books. Apparently my comedy in my novel and stories reminds me of Koontz, that's my friends opinion.

by **Mayday Malone** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:35 pm

Licence Renewed John Gardner

the first book post Ian Fleming in the Bond series including the Colonel Sun book written in 1967. This was written in 1981 (around the time Octopussy) and Bond drives a Saab 900 Turbo. Good book.

by **Moon-Crane** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:41 pm

Some of John Gardner's Bond books were ok.

Nobody Lives Forever and Scorpius stood out, i think.

by **Mayday Malone** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:43 pm

Raymond Benson's Zero Minus Ten was quite good, never read any of the others. See what Faulks' book is like next year.

by **Slayer13** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:29 pm

Other than finishing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, I finished a good book by Dean Koontz, first I read Velocity, then Odd Thomas all three are really good books.

by **CatNamedRudy** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:15 pm

Slayer13 wrote:Other than finishing Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows, I finished a good book by Dean Koontz, first I read Velocity, then Odd Thomas all three are really good books.

I highly recommend the next in the Odd Thomas series. Forever, Odd.

by **Moon-Crane** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:52 pm

Mayday Malone wrote:Raymond Benson's Zero Minus Ten was quite good, never read any of the others. See what Faulks' book is like next year.

Yes, i'm looking forward to seeing what he makes of the opportunity, too.

by **Mayday Malone** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:49 pm

For Special Services John Gardner

Bond's second outing by Gardner. Features some people from Bond's past and associated with it like Cedar Leiter daughter of his old friend Felix.

by **Cake for Brains** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:04 pm

Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell

God Almighty, this makes Shakespeare look like Harry Potter. It was so difficult to get your head round - perhaps a little too complicated. The author's range was astonishing - the narrative, genre, character's and setting was constantly shifting. A superb novel - and one that I feel very proud of myself for getting through.

by **CatNamedRudy** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:10 pm

I just bought a Nora Roberts book.....Angel Falls.

Pick on me if you wish, but I really like most of her stuff.

I also got my gift certificate from Scholastic Books and ordered the first three Harry Potter books in hardcover. I should be getting them in a few days. Come September, I'm going to read the whole lot of them straight through.

by **Cake for Brains** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:17 pm

I also got my gift certificate from Scholastic Books and ordered the first three Harry Potter books in hardcover. I should be getting them in a few days. Come September, I'm going to read the whole lot of them straight through.

Hopefully Order of the Phoenix will go up in your estimations a bit...

by **CatNamedRudy** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:21 pm

Cake for Brains wrote:
I also got my gift certificate from Scholastic Books and ordered the first three Harry Potter books in hardcover. I should be getting them in a few days. Come September, I'm going to read the whole lot of them straight through.

Hopefully Order of the Phoenix will go up in your estimations a bit...

Only if it ends differently!

by **Cake for Brains** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 5:25 pm

Only if it ends differently!

I don't like the last chapter with Harry trying to bring Sirius back from the dead, but I have no problems with the Dumbledore parts. They're very important, and I love them. Surely, you don't have a problem with the prophecy revelation?

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