2007-11-15 20:52:05 · 39 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Hasan. Just into an biography of Houdini. Quiter detailed. Also just bought a massive book of poetry to dip into. Next in line probably an biography of Brunel.
2007-11-16 01:17:53 · update #1
Yes ! ' Black Gold Stranglehold ' And yes, it is excellent ! Do a Google Search on the Title, and you will see why ! And you will read it too !
2007-11-15 20:56:43 · answer #1 · answered by gvaporcarb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, was given a copy of Casanova by Andrew Miller by a work colleague. It's not a very thick book so it is perfect to dip into on the train and it's very well written - lots of imagery, laughs and cries.
I seem to remember the BBC did a Casanova adaptation a while ago (with David Tennant?). Not sure if its from the book I'm reading but might have to track down the DVD after I have finished it.
2007-11-15 20:57:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am currently reading The Book of Fate. I am only 100 pages into it and haven't decided. Yesterday, I read No Country for Old Men by Cormac Mc Carthy. I liked it very much. His prose is exceptional. I dread to think what they did with it as a movie.
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They're, Their, There - Three Different Words.
Careful or you may wind up in my next novel.
Pax - C
PS To the person who wrote about A Clockwork Orange. Alex never reaches an epiphany and wants to be good. He has that choice made for him through the Ludovico Treatment. Read again. You misunderstood.
2007-11-15 23:08:41 · answer #3 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
well i will reccomend
harry potter 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Dragon Rider, Ink Heart, Ink Spell By C. Funke
Darby
my story's e.g. surviveing sydney cove 1790 and 1942 the bombing of darwin
but most of all this is the best!)
Alone on a wide wide sea by Michael Morpurgo.
hes a 60 yr old man telling his story of how when he was a child he was seperated from his sis kitty. he gets taken to austtralia and put on farm at the age of 5 i think. he is a slave he meets some good people and when hes older has a daughter and plans a trip bak to england to find his long lost sister and find our what the key means (when he left his sis she gave him a key- he calls it the lucky key)
but we he make the journey
that was a bit about the story
heres the blurb from the book:
THERE WERE DOZENS OF US ON THE SHIP, BOYS, GIRLS. WE WERE OF TO AUSTRALIA, IT MIGHT AS WELL BEEN THE MOON.
Orphaned in WW11, Arthur is separated from his sister and sent to the other side of the world. There his extraordanary journey continues as his friend Marty Survive brutal captivity on a working farm find a new family with eccentic Aunty Meg and her animals, and discover their talent for designing yachts.
Sixty years later, Arthur's Daunghter Allie sets sail single-handed in a yacht sesignded by her father, derermind to find his long los sister in england. Can her family LOve stretch across time and the vastness of the oceans? And will threads of Arthurs life finally come together
hope you read that book
2007-11-15 21:01:14 · answer #4 · answered by aussie_me12 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, currently reading The King of Torts by John Grisham. Am like a 150 pages into it; seems quite interesting. Read Hour Game by David Baldacci last night and that was a good book.
Btw what are you reading?
2007-11-16 00:47:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I just finished reading 'The Ladykiller' by Martina Cole and it was a very enjoyable read. It was quite disturbing in places with vivid descriptions of murders but on the whole it was good. A sinister and macabre novel which gives a real insight into the mindset of a serial killer.
2007-11-16 04:19:39 · answer #6 · answered by poikjmL@~# 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
After catching the movie "Sahara" on TV, I decided to try reading Clive Cussler's Dirk Pitt series, starting with the first one "The Mediterranean Caper." I'm about 2/3 through it and its pretty good, kind of a mix of cool Indiana Jones, Mickey Spillane, and James Bond. Lots of adventure, mystery, realistic fights, and pretty girls. Cussler is very good with description.
2007-11-16 00:51:25 · answer #7 · answered by BlueManticore 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Belle de Jour "Secret life of a Call girl" book.
So far it's pretty good, if not a little off putting with Billie Piper semi nekid on the cover!
2007-11-15 20:58:58 · answer #8 · answered by Taloollah 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A clock work orange
a burgess masterpiece
i love all the descriptive violence
ONLY because the main character reaches an epiphany and wants to convert into a good person
2007-11-15 21:00:00 · answer #9 · answered by RonCee 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Men At Arms by Terry Pratchett is highly amusing, as are most of his books.
Something From the Nightside by Simon R. Green is interesting.
2007-11-16 01:04:20 · answer #10 · answered by Molly T 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I am reading Prisoner 1167 the story of Jack the Ripper. It is excellent
2007-11-15 21:00:57 · answer #11 · answered by Diane B 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋