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Colin Iggulden - Wolf of the Plains - The story of Ghengis Khan - excellent. Really like reading his stuff, I have read his entire Empire (Ceasar) series, top drawer.
Just finished 'The Raw Shark Texts' mmmmmmmm weird. About a guy being chased by a Conceptual Shark that swims through the interconnection between peoples thoughts and memories. Chasing the main character to try and eat all his memories.
Anyone else read it? Would like some opinions on it.
I now have a copy of "The book thief" by Markus Zusak to read through.
This has now worked its way to the front of my queue. Finished it the other night with tears rolling down my face. It's a very odd but very very good book.
Grace and Grit by Ken Wilber - a true story of love and death. A must if someone close to you has a serious or terminal illness. An amazing and inspirational book.
Spiral Dynamics by Beck and Cowan - tremendous insight into how the world works!
away from my normal selections I have just finished Vulcan 709 ( the raid on port stanley ) , and "As used on the Famous Nelson Mandela" by Mark Thomas, about the arms trade...
I've cooked a couple of the dishes from this book (only £3!) and they come as close as anything to what I've eaten in an Indian restaurant both in texture and flavour!
Reading now the Soul Drinkers Omibus. The Soul Drinkers are a chapter of Space Marine (3m tall super human warriors) who have turned their back on the imperium they once served and denied the forces of Chaos from controlling them. So basically have absolutely no friends and a galaxy of enemies to choose from. Their leader is half human half spider
Just read "The Illiad" by Homer. Very heavy going, an absolute labour to finish it. I would advise you not to try this one unless you have a burning desire to read it.
Now reading "The Bear and the Dragon" by Tom Clancy. So far, so good but a bit on the slow side.
You won't be disappointed, they are spot on. Bet you copy of the next Ghengis book that you will read the entire Emperor series in less than a month
Hail -hail : you are safe, I'm on book three and it's take more than a month to get this far with interruptions. BUT I am enjoying every word. "The Emperor" Series is brilliant, Conn Iggulden will remain a favourite author for me. Thanks.
Yve
No updatesd on this thread for a while so here goes.....
I have recently been reading all the Lee Child - Jack Reacher books, easy to read and quite satisfying. Can generally get though about 1 a week, think I have read about 9 so far!!! Jack Reacher - the ultimate 'do not mess with me character'
Finished James Patterson - Cradle and All - pish.
Any more recomendations from anyone, Milamber, you still about?
Apparition, you must be finished the Emperor Series by now, good eh! Lords of the Bow (Conqueror 2) due out in Jan, Amazon taking pre orders now.
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No updatesd on this thread for a while so here goes.....
I have recently been reading all the Lee Child - Jack Reacher books, easy to read and quite satisfying. Can generally get though about 1 a week, think I have read about 9 so far!!! Jack Reacher - the ultimate 'do not mess with me character'
Finished James Patterson - Cradle and All - pish.
Any more recomendations from anyone, Milamber, you still about?
Funnily enough I've just finished Die Trying, I only picked it up because it was the only thing that grabbed my interest at the airport I'll definitely be looking out for the other
I think I'll be having a look at the Bourne Trilogy next, now i've seen the filums
One I recommend you don't bother with is Ricky Tomlinson's Football My Arse Most of the anecdotes have been told by others (far better) before, and the few I hadn't heard previously were definitely in the 'You had to be there' category
I think I'll be having a look at the Bourne Trilogy next, now i've seen the filums
Read them recently. They read in a fairly dated way - remember, the first one is set back in the 60s and the second film was similar in name only to the book. Don't let this put you off - they are still great books in their own right
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Hail Hail...yep finished all the Emperor series now, and have Lords of the Bow on request with Amazon. Excellent books and truly riveting . Just finished the latest Clive Cussler, Skeleton Coast. He's not that clever but is ok for a mindless read. Am currently reading Maeve Binchey's 'This Year it will be different'. Great mix of short stories, your Mum would love it for Crimbo !
Lovely to see so many readers here.
Yve
ok, just got the Black Magician trilogy by Trudi Canavan and also the two Dexter books by Jeff Lindsay, loved the TV show and so want to give the books a try.
Should keep me going for a while.
Did anyone ever see the TV series? Awesome! And I just found out it's available on DVD 
Most of the anecdotes have been told by others (far better) before, and the few I hadn't heard previously were definitely in the 'You had to be there' category
