READ ANYTHING INTERESTING RECENTLY ??

[Arabmariner]

www.bookdepository.co.uk for anyone looking for cheap books online....free shipping too!

I've only just had a quick look but they're charging more than twice the price for the same books I was looking at the other day on Amazon uk.Even allowing for the postage Amazon apears to be cheaper.

www.amazon.co.uk

 

[jiggles]

Really? I got my copy of perks for $7AU...brand new! Was cheaper than Amazon. Spose it depends on the book.

 

[Atomic]

I recently read Shantaram. It's got a great plot with colourful characters and I would have no hesitation in recommending it. Dont be put off by the size... 1000 pages. The only problem with that is that it's not so convenient to carry around if you're a commuter or, like I was, a traveler on holidays.

It's one of those books where you want to finish because you can then just sit back and drink in the imagery, personalities and relationships. the other wonderful aspect is the way India and Indian culture is portrayed. Even in the slums on Mumbai, human spirit and dignity rise above adversity. I'm reminded of one quote from the book that I thought was pretty cool... "the French may have invented love, but the Indians perfected it". Oh yes, you have to read about the Standing Babas in order to believe it!

 

[Arabmariner]

Really? I got my copy of perks for $7AU...brand new! Was cheaper than Amazon. Spose it depends on the book.

It must do.....I only had a quick look at the Ian Rankin 'Rebus' novels which were mostly over $20.00......still good compared to the shops here but the same books were around 3-7 quid on Amazon.You do pay postage though so I only ever order when I'm buying a few books and/or cd's.

 

[Mr Cleansheets]

I loved Shantaram, but did think it a tad longer than it needed to be. I was also a bit disappointed with the huge parts of the story he left untold. But it certainly stays with you - I would rarely go a month without thinking about the Standing Babas.

Good God!

 

[hasbeen]

"the French may have invented love, but the Indians perfected it" ...

try telling that to the 'Untouchables'

 

[BrisRecky]

I read a collection of Jeremy Clarkson newspaper columns on the plane back...was called...
DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION....pretty good book, especially if your a fan of Top Gear

 

[Mr Cleansheets]

I've been re-reading all the Irvine Welsh books again recently. Once you start reading Welsh it can be difficult to get interested in anything else. Has anyone seen the movie of Acid House? I didn't even know there was a movie until the other day.

 

[dibo]

Yes. It's f**ked up.

 

[Mr Cleansheets]

F*cked up good or f*cked up bad?

I kinda suspect the latter, seeing I'd never heard of the movie. The book's brilliant.

 

[dibo]

I last saw it near ten years ago and I may well have been a bit altered given the share house I was in at the time, but I remember it wasn't easy watching. If you've read the book I think you'll be fine, but it's not a movie I can say I enjoyed.

 

[jiggles]

Just bought "Outcasts United" by Warren St John (http://www.outcastsunited.com/) and Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby.

Outcasts United is the story of a refugee soccer team, a remarkable woman coach and a small southern town turned upside down by the process of refugee resettlement.

In the 1990s, that town, Clarkston, Georgia, became a resettlement center for refugees from war zones in Liberia, Congo, Sudan, Iraq and Afghanistan. The town also became home to Luma Mufleh, an American-educated Jordanian woman who founded a youth soccer team to help keep Clarkstons boys off the streets. These boys named themselves the Fugees -- short for refugees.

Outcasts United follows a pivotal season in the life of the Fugees, their families and their charismatic coach as they struggle to build new lives in a fading town overwhelmed by change. Theirs is a story about resilience, the power of one person to make a difference and the daunting challenge of creating community in a place where people seem to have little in common.

- www.outcastsunited.com

Am about to start reading...cannot wait

 

[Ranyen]

I've gone Electronic & got Tim to buy me a Kobo eReader for my birthday. I got it yesterday. It comes with 100 books pre-loaded dubbed "classics". The range of eBooks obviously won't compare to the range of physical books out there & there are a lot of "paperbacks" already released you can't get an electronic version (unless you have a scanner & a lot of free time). However, the range that Borders have so far is quite good seeing as though eReaders haven't been around really for that long in Australia.

New releases are around $25 for the eBook version. But you can get eBooks for under $5. Compared to the prices of actual paperback, it's better $ wise. But no matter what, having a 18.4 x 12cm device with around 4,000 books (Max it can hold), it still won't compare to having a room full of those books.

Will get back to you in a few week to let you know how it is holding up.

 

[bjw]

finally got round to reading (and finishing) To Kill A Mockingbird. A seriously good novel.

 

[offtheball]

finally got round to reading (and finishing) To Kill A Mockingbird. A seriously good novel.

Good timing 50th anniversary of its release!

 

[marinermick]

finally got round to reading (and finishing) To Kill A Mockingbird. A seriously good novel.

gets better with subsequent reads

 

[bjw]

Ordered 'Survivor' by my favourite author Chuck Palahnuik (most famous for Fight Club).

arrived today.

 

[Arabmariner]

After reading the 5th and 6th of Ian Rankins 'Rebus' novels and realising that you should read them in order I debated with myself whether to go on to No 7 or go back to No 1.

Decided to go back to No1 (Knots and crosses)......a good read but it's a bit wierd when you find characters you thought were single are married with kids etc......kind of f**ks up the picture you had of them in your mind !

 

[happy]

Just finished " A colossal failure of common sense - The incredible inside story of the collapse of lehman Brothers" written by Larry McDonald with Patrick Robinson.

Larry McDonald was a former Lehman vice president and describes in that book what led to the financial crisis and Lehman's bankrupcy.
For me it was a very interesting but tough read as I read it in English. The authour used a lot of financial terms that are hard to understand if you are a non-native speaker.

If anything in this book was true then the bankrupcy of Lehman could had been avoided.

 

[bjw]

Ordered 'Survivor' by my favourite author Chuck Palahnuik (most famous for Fight Club).

arrived today.

currently reading. it's everything you expect in a Palahnuik book. so so so good.

also bought less than zero, brett easton ellis.