Book thread

[Donny B.]

On the second book of Stieg Larsson's trilogy.

Very enjoyable!

[Dexter]

On the second book of Stieg Larsson's trilogy.

Very enjoyable!

I wondered if/when Larsson's trilogy would be mentioned.. definitely on my "to be read" list!

[orfeo]

Crime - Michael Connolly's Harry Bosch series.Our very own John Connolly's Parker series set in Maine even if the violence is unrelenting and very graphic

Crime & a laugh - Kinky Friedman and Carl Hiassen , true originals , much imitated but never equalled.

European Crime - Fred Vargas -Paris/Henning Mankell- Norway/Donna Leon- Venice/ Martin Cruz Smith-Russia, all outstanding series

Stig Larsson -the Girl with the Dragon tattoo etc, i found just Ok , badly needed an editor

[Donny B.]

On the second book of Stieg Larsson's trilogy.

Very enjoyable!

I wondered if/when Larsson's trilogy would be mentioned.. definitely on my "to be read" list!

As a fellow serial killer I thought you'd already have read it.........oh my I've given too much away about myself haven't I? There goes season four!!!

[Dexter]

On the second book of Stieg Larsson's trilogy.

Very enjoyable!

I wondered if/when Larsson's trilogy would be mentioned.. definitely on my "to be read" list!

As a fellow serial killer I thought you'd already have read it.........oh my I've given too much away about myself haven't I? There goes season four!!!

Another one I forgot to mention: About the Author, John Colapinto - Fiction/Crime
http://www.amazon.co.uk/About-Author-Jo ... 097&sr=8-1

[Logorrhea]

With the Old Breed - Eugene Sledge

Read that a good while ago. Pretty good stuff, some very powerful moments in it.

If you like WW2 memoires take a read of Guy Sajer's Forgotten Soldier. Terrifying stuff on the eastern front during WW2.

[Scott]

Just finished 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao '. It's fiction about an overweight Dominican-American nerdy kid who is into comic books & has zero social skills. Very funny & very sad

[combatlogo]

With the Old Breed - Eugene Sledge

Read that a good while ago. Pretty good stuff, some very powerful moments in it.

If you like WW2 memoires take a read of Guy Sajer's Forgotten Soldier. Terrifying stuff on the eastern front during WW2.

Some doubts have been expressed as to the authenticity but it is very good...Try "Blood Red Snow" and "Black Edelweiss" for the Eastern Front and William Manchester's "Goodbye Darkness" for the Pacific.

[Leinsterman]

Some doubts have been expressed as to the authenticity but it is very good...

There are always authenticity issues with many of these sort of books.
However, a couple of years ago they managed to find his buddy "Hals" and he has vouched for the authenticity of much of the book.
The main problem was that many of the records of the Grossdeutschland were lost towards the end of the war.

[Logorrhea]

Didnt know .......... and didnt know. Thanks for the recommendations though ..... will definately take a read.

[Dexter]

Just read "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman. Reasonably good and enjoyable, fairly whacky but not overly so, also reasonably lighthearted, nothing too heavy. Never read any of his books before, but I will check out some more. It's sort of fantasy, set in the modern world London, if you know what I mean.

SPOILER:
The ending reminded me very,very, much of "Life on Mars".

[Broken Wing]

I enjoyed Gaiman's American Gods more than Neverwhere. Worth a look.

[johng]

Anyone read John Twelve Hawks Trilogy?
You neocon dudes would hate it. I however would wholeheartedly recommend it!

[Dave Cahill]

Just read "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman. Reasonably good and enjoyable, fairly whacky but not overly so, also reasonably lighthearted, nothing too heavy. Never read any of his books before, but I will check out some more. It's sort of fantasy, set in the modern world London, if you know what I mean.

SPOILER:
The ending reminded me very,very, much of "Life on Mars".

Written for a television series that was promising but ultimately disappointing.



You should try Good Omens by Gaiman and Pratchett. Fantastic book

[Danthefan]

Just read "Neverwhere" by Neil Gaiman. Reasonably good and enjoyable, fairly whacky but not overly so, also reasonably lighthearted, nothing too heavy. Never read any of his books before, but I will check out some more. It's sort of fantasy, set in the modern world London, if you know what I mean.

SPOILER:
The ending reminded me very,very, much of "Life on Mars".

Written for a television series that was promising but ultimately disappointing.



You should try Good Omens by Gaiman and Pratchett. Fantastic book

That's the second time in as many days I've heard good things about Good Omens. Suppose I'll have to buy it.

[Danthefan]

By the way, this is an excellent site for buying books, if anyone doesn't know about it:

www.bookdepository.co.uk

Cheaper than shops and free delivery.

[brian_c]

I've just finished "Daemon" and "Freedom" by Daniel Suarez. Very entertaining novels, based on using artificial intelligence developed for video games to carry out murders after the death of the programmer. I was really enjoying Daemon until it suddenly ended with no pay-off, that was when I realised that it was part 1 of a two part story so I went straight to Amazon and bought Freedom. Nowhere on the cover of the books does it say that they are two parts of the same story so beware.

By the way, this is an excellent site for buying books, if anyone doesn't know about it:

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk

Cheaper than shops and free delivery.

I think it's more worthwhile to build up £25 worth of purchases and buy on Amazon. Book depository claim free delivery, but if you access the site with a UK IP address you will notice that everything is up to £2 cheaper. Play.com do the same. They just include delivery in the purchase price. Amazon is usually cheaper, except that you do have to pay for delivery unless the order is £25 or more.

[fourthirtythree]

By the way, this is an excellent site for buying books, if anyone doesn't know about it:

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk

Cheaper than shops and free delivery.

I think it's more worthwhile to build up £25 worth of purchases and buy on Amazon. Book depository claim free delivery, but if you access the site with a UK IP address you will notice that everything is up to £2 cheaper. Play.com do the same. They just include delivery in the purchase price. Amazon is usually cheaper, except that you do have to pay for delivery unless the order is £25 or more.

Amazon build delivery into the price too. And then they charge you delivery on top of that or dupe you into buying something extra to make it up to £25. If I'm buying online I check both. Most stuff Book Depository is only a few cent cheaper, but it is cheaper. If Amazon is cheaper I'll save it in my basket for later to make up the £25 at a later date with the next one that works out cheaper.

abebooks.com is really good for out of print books. Again be careful with the postage - a lot of second hand shops charge 1cent for the book and seven quid for p&p... You can shop around for postage too.

[brian_c]

You really need to check a lot of different sites, I order from Book Depository or Play if I am only buying one book but in my experience Amazon is the cheapest. Amazon's warehouse is in Dublin too so delivery is quicker. The amount of books I am going through at the moment I have no problems in building up £25 of an order.

Also not to forget that Dublin has a good public library network. I live near Raheny library and get through 3 books a month from there in addition to a few from Amazon.

[Dexter]

I enjoyed Gaiman's American Gods more than Neverwhere. Worth a look.

Thanks for the recommendation, I was actually thinking of getting it. Will now.