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By *anny77 OP Man
over a year ago
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I've got books enough in line for the next decade but what am I going to do after that?
What books are you reading? What books have you read recently that you liked? Or hated? Basically let's talk books!this is about books in case I hadn't mentioned it enough  |
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By *anny77 OP Man
over a year ago
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"Never got time to read but when i did ...tom clancy or james herbert were my faves  "
Tom Clancy seems to be writing more now he's dead!
Loved James Herbert. Lots of scares and at least one good sex scene in every book |
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By *anny77 OP Man
over a year ago
glasgow |
"Work your way through the late Ian M Banks culture novels.
I could create you a hell of a list but give me some idea of genre"
Love the Culture! If that's a utopia I'm happy being imperfect |
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over a year ago
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David Baldacci 
And old favourite of mine from years ago in non-fiction is Dervla Murphy. Travel writer through the 60s/70s and cycled/travelled by mule all over place and covers the social, political and economic history of the country too |
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I've just finished the follow up to The Shining - Doctor Sleep. It's a fantastically atmospheric book.
Now reading my friend Emma Newman's latest instalment of the Split Worlds series, A Little Knowledge |
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"I've just finished the follow up to The Shining - Doctor Sleep. It's a fantastically atmospheric book.
Now reading my friend Emma Newman's latest instalment of the Split Worlds series, A Little Knowledge "
Joe Hill's N0S4R2 ties in with Doctor Sleep a little. Do you recall them mentioning Charlie Manx? He's from Joe's book, definitely recommend if you haven't read. |
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"I've just finished the follow up to The Shining - Doctor Sleep. It's a fantastically atmospheric book.
Now reading my friend Emma Newman's latest instalment of the Split Worlds series, A Little Knowledge
Joe Hill's N0S4R2 ties in with Doctor Sleep a little. Do you recall them mentioning Charlie Manx? He's from Joe's book, definitely recommend if you haven't read."
I have N0S4R2 to read as well  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Never got time to read but when i did ...tom clancy or james herbert were my faves "
James Herbert-rats and also another about ghosts, used to freak me out but good reads |
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By *anny77 OP Man
over a year ago
glasgow |
"Just finished Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong (hilarious) and about to read Joe Hill's The Fireman (which was signed when he visited Glasgow )"
Love Joe Hill... Almost as much as his dad! I had no idea he visited Glasgow  |
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By *anny77 OP Man
over a year ago
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"I've just finished the follow up to The Shining - Doctor Sleep. It's a fantastically atmospheric book.
Now reading my friend Emma Newman's latest instalment of the Split Worlds series, A Little Knowledge "
I loved doctor Sleep but kept comparing it to the shining!!! |
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"Just finished Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits by David Wong (hilarious) and about to read Joe Hill's The Fireman (which was signed when he visited Glasgow )
Love Joe Hill... Almost as much as his dad! I had no idea he visited Glasgow "
He did a signing in June, he was really nice and even geeked out over a nerdy tattoo I have. |
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By *anny77 OP Man
over a year ago
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"I've just finished the follow up to The Shining - Doctor Sleep. It's a fantastically atmospheric book.
Now reading my friend Emma Newman's latest instalment of the Split Worlds series, A Little Knowledge
Joe Hill's N0S4R2 ties in with Doctor Sleep a little. Do you recall them mentioning Charlie Manx? He's from Joe's book, definitely recommend if you haven't read."
There's also a tie in to IT if I recall? |
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"I've just finished the follow up to The Shining - Doctor Sleep. It's a fantastically atmospheric book.
Now reading my friend Emma Newman's latest instalment of the Split Worlds series, A Little Knowledge
Joe Hill's N0S4R2 ties in with Doctor Sleep a little. Do you recall them mentioning Charlie Manx? He's from Joe's book, definitely recommend if you haven't read.
There's also a tie in to IT if I recall?"
Yeah, the Pennywise circus is mentioned and the Treehouse from Horns. |
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By *anny77 OP Man
over a year ago
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"Shantaram by David Gregory Roberts if you have time for the 600 odd pages that it lasts for great book imo "
I've read Shantaram and really enjoyed it. Could have halted it and told the same story just by removing all the instances of "I think it was then that I realised I truly loved... (Insert character name here)" or "what I didn't know then was..." |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Joe nesbo is good currently reading him just now but a master storyteller is stephen king i read his novellas years ago and the all turned into fantastic films greenmile shawshank stand by me dolores clayborne list goes on |
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By *anny77 OP Man
over a year ago
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"Joe nesbo is good currently reading him just now but a master storyteller is stephen king i read his novellas years ago and the all turned into fantastic films greenmile shawshank stand by me dolores clayborne list goes on "
I'm the worlds biggest Stephen King fan! I'm one hundred percent with you on this one |
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By *anny77 OP Man
over a year ago
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"Joe nesbo is good currently reading him just now but a master storyteller is stephen king i read his novellas years ago and the all turned into fantastic films greenmile shawshank stand by me dolores clayborne list goes on "
Also love Jo Nesbo! Great books |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Wilbur Smith. I love his books, all about south Africa. cant get enough of them.
Always surprised they haven't been turned into a massive television series!"
Yea your right there, they would make great viewing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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All depends on your taste in books really.
Plenty of good recommendations so far, I would Stuart Neville and Elmore Leonard.
Also recent reads:
The serial killers club by Jeff Povey,
3 by Grant King,
The interns handbook by Shane Kuhn,
Imperial life in the emerald city by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
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By (user no longer on site)
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If you like fantasy stuff, the the Raymond E Feist Riftwar cycle is pretty epic.. And it's finished now, so you can binge read the whole thing. About 20 books or so if you count the side stories |
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