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Post by Sharon Sharealike on May 27, 2007 18:06:16 GMT
Off on hols next week and I have two books but could do with some suggestions! I have just finished Winter In Madrid. I like and have read all the John Grishams. So I s'pose I like a legal beagle books with a good plot as well as something funny but not girly books. Just read the Curious Incident of the Dead Dog or something like that, which was sweet. Any suggestions? I love looking in the charity shops too. Not fussed on Jackie Collins types either!
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Post by Sharon Sharealike on May 27, 2007 18:07:34 GMT
ooo, read all the Spike Milligans too! As well as A Piano in the Pyrenees by Tony Hawks and that was very good!
Whats his Fridge round Ireland like?
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Post by cheesygrin on May 27, 2007 19:25:11 GMT
You might like Jeffery Deaver's books, they are crime thrillers with lots of twists. His Lincoln Ryhme series are my favourites, I think there are 7 or 8 of them in all. They can be read as 'stand alones' but if you read from the begiining you will get more background to the characters The first one is called the Bone collector.
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Post by faeryboots on May 27, 2007 20:03:43 GMT
From one who is incredibly frustrated by Mr. Haddon and turns over 'The Curious Incident.... ' in bookshops. It tells you absolutely nothing about Asperger's syndrome. Christopher Boone is a cardboard cutout with a number of AS traits pasted upon him, a literary device and in my opinion not even a particularly good one. It gives the impression that AS people have the potential to be violent, rarely the case, that they are good at logic but unimaginative, not the case, and that they are unemotional and unfeeling, rude and difficult. Not so. Rant over. Apologies.
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Post by Glen B Ogle on May 27, 2007 20:07:29 GMT
ooo, read all the Spike Milligans too! As well as A Piano in the Pyrenees by Tony Hawks and that was very good! Whats his Fridge round Ireland like? I've read most of Tony Hawks' books and they're all hillarious IMHO. Although I would advise anyone not to make a bet with him (tow of the books, Round Ireleand with a Fridge and Playing the Moldovans at Tennis are based on silly bets). Would definitely rate them as good light holiday reading. Glen
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Post by Dibley on May 28, 2007 12:14:59 GMT
You might like Jeffery Deaver's books, they are crime thrillers with lots of twists. His Lincoln Ryhme series are my favourites, I think there are 7 or 8 of them in all. They can be read as 'stand alones' but if you read from the begiining you will get more background to the characters The first one is called the Bone collector. YES YES YES If you like crime thrillers.. Jeffery Deaver is brilliant... Lincoln Rhyme was the former head of forensics at the NYPD, but is now a quadriplegic (hurt in a shooting) who can only exercise his mind, he uses his computer, sending his minions here there and everywhere to get the information he needs. The gradual uncovering of the evidence and then the final conviction is always extremely tense!! The first one is indeed The Bone Collector, then came The Coffin Dancer, The Empty Chair, The Stone Monkey, The Vanished Man, The twelth Card and The Cold Room. Not sure if there are any more... but they are all great....I've read them all Also.... my favourite thriller is 'Tell No One' by Harlan Coben The blurb says: Every year Elizabeth and David Beck return to Lake Charmaine, a place that has been part of their lives ever since they were children. But on their thirteenth visit, Elizabeth is kidnapped and murdered, while David is left for dead. For the next eight years, Dr. David Beck relives the horror of what happened every day of his life. Although Elizabeth has been buried, and her killer waits on death row, for David, it still feels as if more than one life ended on that night. Then an image of Elizabeth appears on his computer screen, brutally ripping open the old wounds. Is it just a practical joke? Or evidence that Elizabeth is still alive? Suddenly Beck is running away from his safe, ordinary life, and all the people he trusts. He's chasing a ghost whose messages hold out a desperate hope - and warn him to tell no one. But soon Dr. Beck himself is being hunted down.......Have a look here: www.harlancoben.com/static/novels/tno.htm Enjoy Dibs xx Sorry I seem to have got carried away...
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Post by Stewpidd on May 28, 2007 16:31:14 GMT
From one who is incredibly frustrated by Mr. Haddon and turns over 'The Curious Incident.... ' in bookshops. It tells you absolutely nothing about Asperger's syndrome. Christopher Boone is a cardboard cutout with a number of AS traits pasted upon him, a literary device and in my opinion not even a particularly good one. It gives the impression that AS people have the potential to be violent, rarely the case, that they are good at logic but unimaginative, not the case, and that they are unemotional and unfeeling, rude and difficult. Not so. Rant over. Apologies. I must say that I really enjoyed Curious Incident as a novel, and didn't look upon it as a guide to AS.
I can also recommend 'A Spot Of Bother' by the aforementioned Mark Haddon.[/color]
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Post by Sharon Sharealike on May 28, 2007 21:01:13 GMT
Mr Deaver's books sound good - wasn't there a film about the bone collectors? Denzil Washington? Fab.
I will give them a try - Thanks!
And will get the Fridge Round Ireland, I think.
And ditto that, Stew, I enjoyed it as a story. It made me think about people with AS as I had read about it here on the boards before. I didn't think it was negative but I should imagine that case is different to the next.
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Post by Sharon Sharealike on May 28, 2007 21:02:15 GMT
ooh, and read the of the Harlan Coben's too!
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Post by cheesygrin on May 28, 2007 21:24:09 GMT
Mr Deaver's books sound good - wasn't there a film about the bone collectors? Denzil Washington? Fab. Yes, I thought the film was terrible to be honest! the book was a million times better.
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Post by Sharon Sharealike on May 29, 2007 20:16:25 GMT
Fab Denzil Washington! Cant remember the film too well!
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Post by tde on Jun 3, 2007 12:42:20 GMT
From one who is incredibly frustrated by Mr. Haddon and turns over 'The Curious Incident.... ' in bookshops. It tells you absolutely nothing about Asperger's syndrome. Christopher Boone is a cardboard cutout with a number of AS traits pasted upon him, a literary device and in my opinion not even a particularly good one. It gives the impression that AS people have the potential to be violent, rarely the case, that they are good at logic but unimaginative, not the case, and that they are unemotional and unfeeling, rude and difficult. Not so. Rant over. Apologies. Ditto, minus the apology.
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Post by carlott on Jun 3, 2007 17:48:01 GMT
ooo, read all the Spike Milligans too! As well as A Piano in the Pyrenees by Tony Hawks and that was very good! Whats his Fridge round Ireland like? I found it hard going but then so did he Preferred his one about following the Thames other than the farting dog.
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Post by smiglet on Jun 13, 2007 13:31:05 GMT
I'm off on my holliers next week - I shall be taking Stephen Fry's 'Making History' - I've never read any of his work before but I like his TV stuff - I've taken a sneak preview and so far so good
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Post by carlott on Jun 13, 2007 13:57:27 GMT
I'm off on my holliers next week - I shall be taking Stephen Fry's 'Making History' - I've never read any of his work before but I like his TV stuff - I've taken a sneak preview and so far so good If you have a weird sense of reality (and who that has worked with Smokey hasn't ) then you will enjoy it.
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Post by ddlanding on Jun 24, 2007 15:54:04 GMT
Michael Connolly is worth getting into if you like crime thrillers. I've read al of his now and can't wait for the next one. He has a series of characters in his boks, some of whom appear in each others stories. The best I think is "The Poet" where a whole crowd of them who had been minor characters in other books, came together.
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Post by lenhorridge on Jun 28, 2007 21:53:34 GMT
I've enjoyed A History of Tractors In Ukranian (very funny, don't be put off by the title) and stuff by the author David Peace (though the crime novels are gruesome and the one about Brian Clough is brilliant though you have to enjoy football to get it, I suppose). Alan Bennett's is a bit too thick to take on holiday. And I've done one...
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Post by Sharon Sharealike on Jun 30, 2007 21:25:32 GMT
I've enjoyed A History of Tractors In Ukranian (very funny, don't be put off by the title) and stuff by the author David Peace (though the crime novels are gruesome and the one about Brian Clough is brilliant though you have to enjoy football to get it, I suppose). Alan Bennett's is a bit too thick to take on holiday. And I've done one... I loved Tractors Len! It is very sweet and I loved the old Dad. PMS is taking that one on hols! Sharon x
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Post by EmmaNemms on Jul 20, 2007 13:51:57 GMT
Give Small Island a try by Andrea Levy. I thought it was a wonderful novel, about a Jamaican serviceman and his wife coming to the UK just after the war - strong narrative, equally funny and tragic in parts and really makes you think about racism, empire, love and war.
Was at a county council meeting the other day and they were selling off library books in the foyer - I bought 12 for £2.50 - that should keep me quiet for a fortnight!
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Post by paul Zernikazof on Aug 18, 2007 18:46:17 GMT
We are still in the holidays so I would like to recommend this one.
A Narrow Dog to Carcassone by Terry Darlington
He has a unique style of writing and it is one of the few books that both the PMZ and myself really enjoyed (we normally have totally different tastes in reading matter) often having a real LOL whilst reading.
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