jonno 357 Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 As in the topic. Are there any serious book readers on the forum? I don't mean the buy a book at WHS in the airport terminal ones I do read quite a lot and enjoy a good thriller If so what you reading at the moment and who is one of your favourite authors Read Atlantis by David Gibbins Quite like Steve Berry Raymond Khoury Jonno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyfox Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Well at the Moment I am reading The Lord of the rings trilogy, and I must say it is much better than the film. JRR Tolkien got to be my favorite author as Im gonna read the Samarillion next, then The Children of Húrin, I also like books that are based around wars. Just amazes me when I was at school I had no interest in reading books but as soon as I read that Hobbit I just couldnt stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA Shaun Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Read a lot of Patrick Robinson and Alistair McLean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vagabond Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 I'm reading James Patterson books at the moment. The problem is he can't write them fast enough. They are that good I can't put them down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 I have quite a wide taste in reading matter and always have a book on the go. For real reading entertainment I would recommend the Robert B Parker "Spenser" series and Lee Child's "Reacher" series. James Lee Burke is a good author if you want to get a bit "deeper". I also read selective autobiographies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweepy Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Due to the nature of my job I get very little time to read but I have got around this problem by going down the library and getting audio books. I know this is the lazy way but I usually get through 2 or 3 books a weeks and it is far better than listening to the radio whilst driving at night. Of course I only get the unabridge versions Sweepy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonsey Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 I read a book a week, I love it and I'll read anything but I mostly read crime thrillers with a bit of Fantasty thrown in for good measure. I'm banned from buying books as we've run out of space and I have about 200 books in boxes in the loft which I just can't part with. I've joined the local library now and take 5 or 6 out at a time. My favourite authors are Minette Walters, Kathy Reichs, PD James, Martina Cole (a bit dark) Elizabeth George, Pratchett and Robin Hobb. Ben Elton is a good author too very witty. I also read recipe books cover to cover and my current read is HFW the Fish book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 i read a book called "left behind", then found out it was a series of about 30 books read most of em. if you can get past the religious element, its amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devon Fox Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 I read a book a week, at the moment i am working my way through the Chris Ryan collection, i have a really wide range of books, i like biog's, just finished Dallaligio & SirRanulph's, love a bit of horror, King and co are always entertaining! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Sweepy Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 I love reading I love everything there is about books. The smell of them, the sound of a page turning. Someone reading to me is sheer bliss. Right from day one i have read books to my boys at bedtime. Nothing better then laying on a bed with a little one sound asleep beside you .And the other one in your arms .smelling of bath time fun.And clean P.Js . listening to thomas the tank engine. B). unfortunately for me those days have gone :( One memory i hold very close to my heart. I love hardbacks but always find them a job to hold in bed (which is were i read the most ). The old books were you used to get the pictures in that you could feel when you trace your fingers over then . I used to shut my eyes and feel the detail though the tips of my fingers. I love how the book makes you use your brain. Having to imagining the scene instead of having it shown to you . unfortunately i now find .That if i sit down for a good read .By the time i get to page two am sound asleep . And cant remember a thing that i have read. . So after many attempts of getting past page two.I do sometimes lose the will to read . :( xxxxsuzy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LXX73 Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Read two books in the last week, 3 Para in Afghan and The Circuit. Both good books I'd recommend. Author recommendation, Ranulph Fiennes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden22 Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 (edited) . Edited December 10, 2008 by Maiden22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTMS Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Terry Pratchet, Andy McNab, Anne McCaffrey (Sci Fi), but best Autobiography must be Whoopi Goldberg!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My Mrs was embarrassed on holiday when I was laughing out loud on the beach. Tick tock man Terrence Strong? AND TO TOP IT ALL RABBIE BURNS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappy0766 Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Iv read nearly all the Tom Clancy's, all the P.J. Tracy's and im still going! Love a good book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecretFollower Posted June 1, 2008 Report Share Posted June 1, 2008 Just read The Kite Runner. Fantastic book. I usually read rather more easy going books but it's good to throw in a thought provoking one now and again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirocco Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Yeppers, a regular bookworm, Ive just finished ole Dezzers "the naked ape" you remember Dezz, the original comb-over kid, anyhow it was a book that id been meaning to read for years, Ive just started "the rise and fall of the third reicht", jeez what a jaw dropper this candid and in depth blow by blow look at the german government of that time, i am find it a chilling read, Sirocco....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charadam Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Anything by Richard Jeffreys - Bevis, the Story of a Boy - builds his own matchlock, runs away & lives on a island, learns to sail the hard way - my all-time favourite book which I read as a 10yo - and still go back to as a 60yo. Also by Jeffries - the Gamekeeper at Home, The Amateur Poacher, After London - Science Fiction written in 1885, describing post-apocalyptic life as a survivor. Plus a long list of other titles. The Aubrey/Maturin series by Patrick O'Brian. Very detailed and historically accurate (mostly) account of shipboard life in the RN 1790 - 1820. Don't be put off by the Master & Commander movie - the pictures are much better in the books! BB (Denis Watkins-Pitchford) anything written or illustrated by BB is worth a read. The Leatherstocking Saga - J Fenimore Cooper. Some Dickens. The Reacher by Lee Child series. Alan Mallinson's series on Napoleonic cavalry (British army). And this summer, I are mainly reading Carl Hiasen's series of novels about Florida. Bitingly accurate and very funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Im not a big reader, although i have read Duncan Banatynes autobiography, and i couldnt put that down, its a seriously good read and really imformative, would deffinatly recommend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maiden22 Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 (edited) . Edited December 10, 2008 by Maiden22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 Im not a big reader, although i have read Duncan Banatynes autobiography, and i couldnt put that down, its a seriously good read and really imformative, would deffinatly recommend "Ah'll tell ye where ah am...an' ah'm oot." Tee hee. Robert HAHAHA Aye could be a difficult read lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 another big reader just kidding hate to say it, but i read "Eagletrap" by Jeffrey Archer a while ago. cant stand the man, but a good read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimdfish Posted June 3, 2008 Report Share Posted June 3, 2008 three books a week man myself. love reacher, dave robicheaux by JL Burke are superb on my desk at the mo i have the overlook by micheal connolly in his Bosch series. Robert Crais is brilliant as is John connolly with his Charlie Bird series. For laughs I read Robert rankin and if there was one book that I would recommend to anyone which in my opinion is the funniest ever written the it is the ascent of rumdoodle by a e bowman. SOOOO funny. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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