Sanjeem Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 Frankly to be honest i'm not actually a book reader, i'm not sure if it's because of my age (I'm 15) but then yet again that's no real excuse but very few books actually interest me, Gommorah looks interesting and i'm sure i'll find it at worst "Alright" however apart from few books i have read, they never seem to give me that thrill of excitement that seems to capture everyone elses mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Haired Freaky Guy Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I recently picked up Assassins Creed: Brotherhood (the book) after finding it on sale in a supermarket, and was wondering if I actually need to read the first one, Renaissance, first, or if it doesn't matter at all.? Quoted to see if anyone can answer me please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullMetal Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Lately I've been buying (or getting) more books than I actually read at the moment. Still, good thing though because in the coming 2 weeks I'll have seas of time. Jurassic Park + The Lost World (english versions) bundled into one special edition. Got this from my parents when they got back from New York. I own both novels but they were "Dutch translations". And I've always been a fan of the movies as a kid, read the books when I was a little older (still, I was 12 at the time when I read both books). Now I'm curious if the Dutch translated versions did justice to the original version or not. Also Pirate Lattitudes from Michael Chrighton. I read about it in a newspaper a long time ago and wanted it really bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perroGtA97 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 I had a chance reading the Hunger Games by suzanne collins but i think its really cliche and gay like twilight. it got 3 books!? Well twilight itself has 4 i think Last two interesting books ive read are In Cold Blood by Truman Capote (based on real events and has a movie based on it and even has twist out of it how Truman Capote got details put into documentary drama book and first movie is called as book and from 1969 and second movie is called Capote and is from 2006 or 2007) And second book is by Norman Lewis called Sicilian Specialist and reading it felt like watching a hollywood movie but alot better with much more sense and greater life-teaching situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyMufc-Champs Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Boardwalk Empire I'm three episodes off finishing watching the TV series and I'm going to buy the book but I want to know how good It Is. So has anyone here read It? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnorg Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 I've read* it, and I loved it. But I'm assuming you're just infatuated with Nucky Johnson/Thompson and want to get a fix, am I right? Then you're not going to like it. The book deals with Atlantic City from its very inception and goes through its heyday, decline and attempts at resurrection. Nucky Johnson is featured in a few chapters, and even then not very much. Still, it's a very interesting book about corruption and a broken (?) city and if that's something you could imagine yourself liking, go for it. * I listened to it. It's read by Joe Mantegna, which is a bonus. Since I couldn't get an answer in the question topic, I figure I can give it a go here - could someone recommend me a book on the Roman Republic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark-2007 Posted March 25, 2011 Share Posted March 25, 2011 I've been reading The March by E.L. Doctorow on and off for a couple months now, it's pretty good but the way I'm reading it is kinda stupid as I'm leaving it so long between reads that I often have to go back over the past chapter or two just to recall what the characters were up to. It's about the march of General Sherman's army through Georgia towards the end of the American Civil War. A nice historical fiction, not usually my thing at all - I'm doing a unit at university on the Civil War and heard this was a decent novel on the subject. I'm also reading Gomorrah by Roberto Saviano, which Sanjeem mentioned above. It's very interesting, and if anyone has seen the film of the same name then it expands upon that a lot - although the film doesn't necessarily take its plotline from the book (so far at least, only about a third of the way through). Quite heavy going, with so much information - and often Neapolitan slang - crammed into its pages. I recently got Player Piano and Wampeters, Foma and Other Granfalloons by Kurt Vonnegut out of the library. Making my way through the latter, who name derives from another Vonnegut book. Only just started, but it's quite interesting. It's a book of his gathered opinions, rather than fiction, so I find it a great look into the mind of my favourite author. I usually prefer to read books one at a time to get thoruhg them quicker and to only have one thing to focus on. Reading three, along with doing a lot of reading for essays, has meant I'm getting through these at a pretty slow pace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 Just picked up Last of the Mohicans for 1.99$. Hopefully I will not regret it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnorg Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Elmore Leonard's non-Western novels, post-1970-ish (more the ones set in Florida, not Michigan). Been watching Justified lately, and I've heard a lot of good stuff about Elmore Leonard. Would anyone recommend Pronto, Riding the Rap and Fire in the Hole? And I restarted reading Blood Meridian after reading half of it over the course of six months. So beautifully written, and I'm really glad I went ahead and started from the beginning. Great, great stuff. Could anyone recommend me any other good books by McCarthy? I've already read The Road and No Country for Old Men (which to be honest didn't do much for me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makeshyft Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Elmore Leonard's non-Western novels, post-1970-ish (more the ones set in Florida, not Michigan). Been watching Justified lately, and I've heard a lot of good stuff about Elmore Leonard. Would anyone recommend Pronto, Riding the Rap and Fire in the Hole? I've not read Pronto yet, though it is in my pile. LaBrava is probably the go-to book, as it's been his most well received. Other than that, there are the ones that have been adapted: Get Shorty; Be Cool; Rum Punch (adapted by Tarantino and renamed Jackie Brown). From what I've read, his books from the late-70s to mid-90s are all an enjoyable read, really. He definitely cements his place at the heart of South Florida crime fiction. Haven't read any of his Michigan books, but would like to, as some of the characters appear in both locations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fnorg Posted April 19, 2011 Share Posted April 19, 2011 Sweet, guess I'll start with LaBrava, and see if I like his writing style or not. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjeem Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Just Finished reading Gomorrah, Since I'm not a common reader, this book is one if not the best non-fiction Books that I have read in the history of life. What is sais on the cover is the basic idea which you need to get to know. It made me look at Italy in a way I never expected it to be, Criminalised, corrupt and violent to the fullest level. When they say that these guys control everything, they literally mean 50% of the shops in Naples, and the whole of the Waste management operations along with 15/20 construction sites in the South. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireguy109 Posted April 23, 2011 Share Posted April 23, 2011 Just read the Star Wars series again. I love the books because there is a lot more physiology and, well, deep stuff in them. Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones Star Wars: Labyrinth of Evil (prequel to III, must read) Star Wars: Episode III- Revenge of the Sith Am working on Episodes IV-VI, all in one big book. I've already read them all at least 3/4 times, great books. Other good ones: Darth Bane Series Star Wars: Death Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitz Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Call me a little kid or something, but the last book I read that I truly enjoyed was 'Spud.' It's a book about this prepubescent boy stuck in a boarding school with a bunch of crazy people in 1990. It gave me a good laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KilnerLUFC Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Abit of a bump, but hey-ho. Am looking for some good fan-fiction, and wondered if anyone has any decent reccomendations? Both films & Games would be cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift-Kingz Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Read 'The Neddiad'. One of my favorite books. Trust me, you'll love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobsEpicFret Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 i Read MAUS And now reading MAUS II i gotta say book's great i have also read this year: The Old man and the Sea Rolling Thunder,Hear my Cry The Pearl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam998 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 I mainly read Stephen King. I'm not a huge reader, so if I have to read something voluntarily (not for school) it's generally something by him. Misery for example is a great book, and a small plus is that a lot of his books get made into movies so after reading them you can watch the movie and see how they compare... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KilnerLUFC Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Read 'The Neddiad'. One of my favorite books. Trust me, you'll love it. Any information? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanjeem Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Just finished reading this, all in all it was a great book and I highly recomend it to people who like Non-fiction and to people who are interested in the New York Mafia. It's bassically a Modern day Donnie Brasco but instead of in the 80's and infiltrating the Bonnano's it's during the late 1990's - late 2000's infiltrating the Gambino's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmoNinja909 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 My Bloody Valentine's Loveless by Mike McGonigal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmPty CaSInGz Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Misery, Carrie and The Shining are the King books I've read. I read A Clockwork Orange the other week, and then watched the film. The film pales in comparision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam998 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Misery, Carrie and The Shining are the King books I've read. I read A Clockwork Orange the other week, and then watched the film. The film pales in comparision. Misery is my favorite book by him. I've read Misery, Cell, The Mist, Thinner, and The Running Man as well as some of his short stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmPty CaSInGz Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Misery, Carrie and The Shining are the King books I've read. I read A Clockwork Orange the other week, and then watched the film. The film pales in comparision. Misery is my favorite book by him. I've read Misery, Cell, The Mist, Thinner, and The Running Man as well as some of his short stories. Yeah, Misery is pretty much better. I didn't get the same feeling reading the others as I did with Misery. Orange is the best though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drift-Kingz Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Read 'The Neddiad'. One of my favorite books. Trust me, you'll love it. Any information? I'm sorry but I haven't read this book in 4 years, so I can't necessarily describe it clearly in my own words. But here. It gives you a short summary of the book. Also, I recommend this. A violent and thrilling story. Another one of my favorite books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy455 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 (edited) I've read Carrie, Misery, 1408, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption, Under the Dome and I am currently reading Dreamcatcher. It's a little too 'off' and gives me a tommyknockers sort of vibe with it. I think the only thing pushing me on with it is that Robert Gray (Mr Gray) is a pseudonymous character of Pennywise/IT. And I can't seem to find IT anywhere. Another book I'd recommend is Dog Eats Dog by Iain Levinson, without spilling too much of the story it's set just before a bank robbery in which the main character escapes the robbery with a bulletwound, he stumbled into a new england town and bribes a aspiring writer/professor. It's all cleverly written and funny, bit dark but it's a brilliant book. Another book I thought was quite good (And being a sucker for anything with ZOMBIES in it) was Tomes of the Dead, and Star Wars Tales from the Mos Eisley Cantina. I love the Star Wars books, but I need to read more. Edited May 22, 2011 by Ziggy455 "I might have laughed if I'd have remembered how." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitz Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Call me old fashioned, but... Catcher in the Rye all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy455 Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Call me old fashioned, but... Catcher in the Rye all the way! Honestly mate, anybody to be caught reading a book in the 21st century is considered to be old fashioned. Brilliant book though as you say. "I might have laughed if I'd have remembered how." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethal Nizzle Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 After reading Niffenegger (yup, Time Traveller's Wife) and Wells for my AS Level exams, I felt like I need a release, so I bought this: lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuisBellic Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 I might try getting around to reading Harry Potter. I've seen all the movies (except for Deathly Hollows Part 2 because it's not out yet). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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