What are you reading and book reviews - Page 48

semi-pro waster · 16-08-2009, 20:56

Finished Enigma today and I can't wholeheartedly recommend it, like the previous book I read it was pretty good up until the end where again it felt like it had been rushed through as if he hadn't decided how to finish it properly. It's good for the most part and the characterisations are fairly solid but with an ending that feels so much of a cop out it is just unsatisfactory.

Next up is In Silence by Erica Spindler - I'm hoping for more of an ending to this one at least.

Treefrog · 20-08-2009, 01:18

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Originally Posted by Garp

Currently working my way through "The Dark Elf Trilogy" by RA Salvatore, having just finished "Planet Pirates" trilogy by Anne McCaffrey.

Ahh, my son has just finished them

There's another three(?) trilogies after that and all just as worth reading. I can also recommend the "Cleric Quintet" by the same author, especially as Cadderly makes an appearance in one of the later Drizzt stories.

Garp · 20-08-2009, 02:18

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Originally Posted by Treefrog

Ahh, my son has just finished them

There's another three(?) trilogies after that and all just as worth reading. I can also recommend the "Cleric Quintet" by the same author, especially as Cadderly makes an appearance in one of the later Drizzt stories.

Did he? Completely missed him! Read the Cleric Quintet earlier this year. Very good, though I'm not entirely convinced there was 5 books worth of material there.

NokkonWud · 20-08-2009, 12:23

Jamie Carraghers autobiography. Read through about 70 pages last night and it's been very good so far. He's keen to point out his story isn't like the usual, predictable life stories of so many other footballers.

semi-pro waster · 20-08-2009, 20:03

In Silence was done with late last night and it was much better than the previous two in that it actually had an ending, we're not talking about a great work of literature and I'd guessed the villain of the piece after the first fifty pages or so but it was entertaining enough.

Now it is Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, seems pretty good so far and very evocative.

semi-pro waster · 23-08-2009, 22:11

Cannery Row is brilliant, the novel I'd imagine On The Road was intended to be, an intricate evocative portrait of a small segment of a specific American lifestyle. I felt involved with and interested in the characters, something that I simply didn't find at all with Jack Kerouac's work.

Age and Guile by P.J. O'Rourke is next on the random selection of the bookshelf.

volospian · 26-08-2009, 13:51

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Originally Posted by Aitch

Fatherland by Robert Harris is also well worth a read.

If you like Fatherland, Winter, a Berlin Family 1899-1945 by Len Deighton is a very interesting read, as is SS-GB by the same author.

Glaucus · 26-08-2009, 20:46

Pegasus Bridge - Stephen E. Ambrose
Read a 1/3rd of it in the last two hours. Almost upon d-day and it's been a great read so far and it's only been the training and backgroud. It's great as it's fast paced even through training.

Cheers Goose and the others for the recommendation.

Finished reading it and by far the best book I've read in ages.

On to Vulcan 607 now.

SCM · 28-08-2009, 16:48

Ok i am now well into the 4th in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and completely hooked. Took a little while to adjust to the series with first few books being hard to get into just with the writing style etc but glad i kept at them

Goose · 29-08-2009, 07:29

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Originally Posted by AcidHell2

Pegasus Bridge - Stephen E. Ambrose
Read a 1/3rd of it in the last two hours. Almost upon d-day and it's been a great read so far and it's only been the training and backgroud. It's great as it's fast paced even through training.

Cheers Goose and the others for the recommendation.

Finished reading it and by far the best book I've read in ages.

On to Vulcan 607 now.

Well, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

16-08-2009, 20:56	#471
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	Finished Enigma today and I can't wholeheartedly recommend it, like the previous book I read it was pretty good up until the end where again it felt like it had been rushed through as if he hadn't decided how to finish it properly. It's good for the most part and the characterisations are fairly solid but with an ending that feels so much of a cop out it is just unsatisfactory. Next up is In Silence by Erica Spindler - I'm hoping for more of an ending to this one at least. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

20-08-2009, 12:23	#474
NokkonWud BD Recruitment Officer Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Smogville Posts: 3,880	Jamie Carraghers autobiography. Read through about 70 pages last night and it's been very good so far. He's keen to point out his story isn't like the usual, predictable life stories of so many other footballers. __________________

20-08-2009, 20:03	#475
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	In Silence was done with late last night and it was much better than the previous two in that it actually had an ending, we're not talking about a great work of literature and I'd guessed the villain of the piece after the first fifty pages or so but it was entertaining enough. Now it is Cannery Row by John Steinbeck, seems pretty good so far and very evocative. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

23-08-2009, 22:11	#476
semi-pro waster Provider of sensible advice about homosexuals Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 2,615	Cannery Row is brilliant, the novel I'd imagine On The Road was intended to be, an intricate evocative portrait of a small segment of a specific American lifestyle. I felt involved with and interested in the characters, something that I simply didn't find at all with Jack Kerouac's work. Age and Guile by P.J. O'Rourke is next on the random selection of the bookshelf. __________________ "Your friend is the man that knows all about you, and still likes you." - Elbert Hubbard

26-08-2009, 20:46	#478
Glaucus Absinthe Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 1,855	Pegasus Bridge - Stephen E. Ambrose Read a 1/3rd of it in the last two hours. Almost upon d-day and it's been a great read so far and it's only been the training and backgroud. It's great as it's fast paced even through training. Cheers Goose and the others for the recommendation. Finished reading it and by far the best book I've read in ages. On to Vulcan 607 now. __________________ Last edited by Glaucus; 27-08-2009 at 15:03.

28-08-2009, 16:48	#479
SCM As endorsed by Mr Black Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Hell/Scotland take your pick Posts: 443	Ok i am now well into the 4th in the Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan and completely hooked. Took a little while to adjust to the series with first few books being hard to get into just with the writing style etc but glad i kept at them __________________ The sun is rising The screams have gone Too many have fallen Few still stand tall Is this the ending of what we've begun? Will we remember what we've done wrong?