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"Recommend the poster above 1, 2 or 3 books that you think they might like or you think they should read or you feel would teach them something.
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Ready player one. Quite entertaining and lots of pop culture references to the 80's that make you go oooooh! I remember that!
Sure there are some deeper moral whatsits running through the book too, I didn't really look but yeah, it's good |
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"Recommend the poster above 1, 2 or 3 books that you think they might like or you think they should read or you feel would teach them something.
Ready player one. Quite entertaining and lots of pop culture references to the 80's that make you go oooooh! I remember that!
Sure there are some deeper moral whatsits running through the book too, I didn't really look but yeah, it's good "
Oooh thank you -- sounds interesting  |
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"Recommend the poster above 1, 2 or 3 books that you think they might like or you think they should read or you feel would teach them something.
Ready player one. Quite entertaining and lots of pop culture references to the 80's that make you go oooooh! I remember that!
Sure there are some deeper moral whatsits running through the book too, I didn't really look but yeah, it's good
Oooh thank you -- sounds interesting "
It's rather geeky but mass appeal...film of it out early next year, trailer out already will give you the idea |
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Predator, if it bleeds.
New book of predator stories by various authors, based around or inspired by the various other books graphic novels and films only really works if your into that universe so maybe not..... |
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"Predator, if it bleeds.
New book of predator stories by various authors, based around or inspired by the various other books graphic novels and films only really works if your into that universe so maybe not....."
I can be very predatory  |
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If you’ve not read these..
The Dice Man - Luke Reinhardt
Gravity’s Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Road - Cormax McCarthy
And I’ve just finished Kiss Me Like a Stranger - Gene Wilder |
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"Recommend the poster above 1, 2 or 3 books that you think they might like or you think they should read or you feel would teach them something.
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I have one for you..
Eros/Power - Love in the Spirit of Inquiry - Bradbury & Torbert |
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Estella~ The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Woman Who Went To Bed For a Year by Sue Townsend
Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
All 3 hit a spot in my brain  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"If you’ve not read these..
The Dice Man - Luke Reinhardt
Gravity’s Rainbow - Thomas Pynchon
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
The Road - Cormax McCarthy
And I’ve just finished Kiss Me Like a Stranger - Gene Wilder "
I love Pynchon |
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"Recommend the poster above 1, 2 or 3 books that you think they might like or you think they should read or you feel would teach them something.
I have one for you..
Eros/Power - Love in the Spirit of Inquiry - Bradbury & Torbert"
I shall check it out |
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"Recommend the poster above 1, 2 or 3 books that you think they might like or you think they should read or you feel would teach them something.
I have one for you..
Eros/Power - Love in the Spirit of Inquiry - Bradbury & Torbert
I shall check it out "
I’ve only just got started on it, but I think it will be right up your street  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Estella~ The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Woman Who Went To Bed For a Year by Sue Townsend
Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
All 3 hit a spot in my brain "
Love! I've not read the second, but will -- that sounds like my current headspace too!! I do know the other two |
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over a year ago
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"Recommend the poster above 1, 2 or 3 books that you think they might like or you think they should read or you feel would teach them something.
I have one for you..
Eros/Power - Love in the Spirit of Inquiry - Bradbury & Torbert
I shall check it out
I’ve only just got started on it, but I think it will be right up your street "
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over a year ago
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Anything written by Clive Cussler. The jurassic park books by Michael chrichton. Also prey written by Michael chrichton.
There is probably tons more but that's all I can think of off the top of my head
M |
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"Estella~ The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Woman Who Went To Bed For a Year by Sue Townsend
Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
All 3 hit a spot in my brain
Love! I've not read the second, but will -- that sounds like my current headspace too!! I do know the other two "
What do you think about the fact that number 3 was given to me (her own personal copy) by my year 11 English teacher? Lovely lady with gorgeous blonde curly hair. She also gave me an a1 size film poster of Romeo and Juliet (the dicaprio version)! |
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"Anything written by Clive Cussler. The jurassic park books by Michael chrichton. Also prey written by Michael chrichton.
There is probably tons more but that's all I can think of off the top of my head
M"
I've not read either author. This thread is giving me some ideas for my next pile of "to read" books |
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over a year ago
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"Estella~ The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Woman Who Went To Bed For a Year by Sue Townsend
Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
All 3 hit a spot in my brain
Love! I've not read the second, but will -- that sounds like my current headspace too!! I do know the other two
What do you think about the fact that number 3 was given to me (her own personal copy) by my year 11 English teacher? Lovely lady with gorgeous blonde curly hair. She also gave me an a1 size film poster of Romeo and Juliet (the dicaprio version)! "
Ummm, that she was rather unboundaried!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Estella~ The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Woman Who Went To Bed For a Year by Sue Townsend
Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
All 3 hit a spot in my brain
Love! I've not read the second, but will -- that sounds like my current headspace too!! I do know the other two
What do you think about the fact that number 3 was given to me (her own personal copy) by my year 11 English teacher? Lovely lady with gorgeous blonde curly hair. She also gave me an a1 size film poster of Romeo and Juliet (the dicaprio version)!
Ummm, that she was rather unboundaried! "
Haha! I like to think she saw something in me that I hadn’t yet seen myself  |
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"Estella~ The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Woman Who Went To Bed For a Year by Sue Townsend
Oranges are not the only fruit by Jeanette Winterson
All 3 hit a spot in my brain
Love! I've not read the second, but will -- that sounds like my current headspace too!! I do know the other two
What do you think about the fact that number 3 was given to me (her own personal copy) by my year 11 English teacher? Lovely lady with gorgeous blonde curly hair. She also gave me an a1 size film poster of Romeo and Juliet (the dicaprio version)!
Ummm, that she was rather unboundaried!
Haha! I like to think she saw something in me that I hadn’t yet seen myself "
Or that. |
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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago
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"Bit of mass appeal and easy reading
Stephen and Owen King - sleeping beauties
All women fall asleep and a mystical woman who stays awake is the cause.
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This is my current "bath book" I'm loving it
Also going through a bit of a Neil Gaiman phase at the moment |
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"Anything written by Clive Cussler. The jurassic park books by Michael chrichton. Also prey written by Michael chrichton.
There is probably tons more but that's all I can think of off the top of my head
M
I've not read either author. This thread is giving me some ideas for my next pile of "to read" books "
They write fiction but it's so well constructed and absorbs you so much I usually used to read a book in a day
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"Bit of mass appeal and easy reading
Stephen and Owen King - sleeping beauties
All women fall asleep and a mystical woman who stays awake is the cause.
This is my current "bath book" I'm loving it
Also going through a bit of a Neil Gaiman phase at the moment"
Gaiman  |
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"Anything written by Clive Cussler. The jurassic park books by Michael chrichton. Also prey written by Michael chrichton.
There is probably tons more but that's all I can think of off the top of my head
M
I've not read either author. This thread is giving me some ideas for my next pile of "to read" books
They write fiction but it's so well constructed and absorbs you so much I usually used to read a book in a day
M"
It is such a rewarding thing to do -- reading. |
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"Anything written by Clive Cussler. The jurassic park books by Michael chrichton. Also prey written by Michael chrichton.
There is probably tons more but that's all I can think of off the top of my head
M
I've not read either author. This thread is giving me some ideas for my next pile of "to read" books
They write fiction but it's so well constructed and absorbs you so much I usually used to read a book in a day
M
It is such a rewarding thing to do -- reading. "
It is and I think more people should read as it stimulates the old grey matter painting a picture of how you see what the author describes
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Anything by Desmond Bagley - written in the 70s and 80s but so well written that they don't feel too dated.
If I had to pick one it'd probably be "Running Blind".
Bernard Cornwell is also good. The Kinf Alfred 'Uhtred' books have been serialised on TV but picking one single book I'd go for "Azincourt".
One from my later childhood that is still one of my favourite books is "Moonfleet" by John Meade Faulkner.
Enjoy.
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By *rrol.BMan
over a year ago
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Blindness by José Saramago
One I really need to read again, this. Haunting, ethereal, brutal.
The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts by Louis de Bernières
I'd struggle to describe this without putting people off reading it. Is "unflinchingly horrific" a good thing? Power corrupts. |
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"Predator, if it bleeds.
New book of predator stories by various authors, based around or inspired by the various other books graphic novels and films only really works if your into that universe so maybe not.....
I can be very predatory "
I've seen you hunting the local Jim's |
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I'm rubbish at recommending books but I would love some recommendations. I like to move out of my reading comfort zone. I dislike horror stories and violence.
For anyone becoming interested in history I recommend the Time Travellers Guides written by Ian Mortimer. |
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"I'm rubbish at recommending books but I would love some recommendations. I like to move out of my reading comfort zone. I dislike horror stories and violence.
For anyone becoming interested in history I recommend the Time Travellers Guides written by Ian Mortimer."
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns |
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over a year ago
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"I'm rubbish at recommending books but I would love some recommendations. I like to move out of my reading comfort zone. I dislike horror stories and violence.
For anyone becoming interested in history I recommend the Time Travellers Guides written by Ian Mortimer.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns"
To Say Nothing of the Dog and The Doomsday Book, both by Connie Willis.
Time-travelling historians, cats and the black death. I laughed, I cried, I laughed while crying. Worth a read. |
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"I'm rubbish at recommending books but I would love some recommendations. I like to move out of my reading comfort zone. I dislike horror stories and violence.
For anyone becoming interested in history I recommend the Time Travellers Guides written by Ian Mortimer.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns"
Ok, thank you I'll have a look at them. |
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"I'm rubbish at recommending books but I would love some recommendations. I like to move out of my reading comfort zone. I dislike horror stories and violence.
For anyone becoming interested in history I recommend the Time Travellers Guides written by Ian Mortimer.
The Secret History by Donna Tartt
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons
Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks
The Kite Runner
A Thousand Splendid Suns
To Say Nothing of the Dog and The Doomsday Book, both by Connie Willis.
Time-travelling historians, cats and the black death. I laughed, I cried, I laughed while crying. Worth a read."
Sounds interesting I'll have a look. |
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"Recommend the poster above 1, 2 or 3 books that you think they might like or you think they should read or you feel would teach them something.
I have one for you..
Eros/Power - Love in the Spirit of Inquiry - Bradbury & Torbert
I shall check it out
I’ve only just got started on it, but I think it will be right up your street "
Well I finished it yesterday evening- it was a very challenging read for me as a man. Really got me questioning my use of power and how that related to my erotically charged relationships and encounters. It’s a fantastic book - profoundly thought provoking. I’ll now be using it to guide some deeper personal exploration. |
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I'm rereading the Red Riding quartet by David Peace, I'm on the 2nd book '1977' at the moment.
For those that haven't heard of them they're basically a fictional tale of police corruption set against the backdrop of the real life Yorkshire Ripper murders. Brilliant and terrifying books. Yorkshire police don't come of it too well.
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"I'm rereading the Red Riding quartet by David Peace, I'm on the 2nd book '1977' at the moment.
For those that haven't heard of them they're basically a fictional tale of police corruption set against the backdrop of the real life Yorkshire Ripper murders. Brilliant and terrifying books. Yorkshire police don't come of it too well.
Mr"
I don't understand why not if its fictional ? |
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"I'm rereading the Red Riding quartet by David Peace, I'm on the 2nd book '1977' at the moment.
For those that haven't heard of them they're basically a fictional tale of police corruption set against the backdrop of the real life Yorkshire Ripper murders. Brilliant and terrifying books. Yorkshire police don't come of it too well.
Mr
I don't understand why not if its fictional ?"
I maybe should have used quotation marks when describing it as fictional. Having read interviews with the author he's in no doubt that that type of practices used by Yorkshire police in the book actually happened even if he hasn't used the names of real people. For example there's a character in the book clearly based on the real life case of Stefan Kiszko, a man with learning difficulties who was convicted of murdering an 11 year old girl but is later proven innocent. There's also strong vidence that in the real life case the police acted in an extremely dubious manner, something which is written about in more detail in the book.
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