What! Only five of us been reading lately?
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What! Only five of us been reading lately?
Marty
Ever notice that anyone slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?
Obey the hosebeast
The title sounds dodgy, but it's not. I am about 2/3 in and liking what I am reading.
I'd write more about it, but the good people at amazon have made the effort so that I don't have to:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...books&n=507846
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Thought it sounded familiar. Was made into a movie: Smilla's Sense Of Snow.Originally Posted by bungbung
Marty
Ever notice that anyone slower than you is an idiot, but anyone going faster is a maniac?
unless you can prove it.
Various over the last three months, including books by Stephen Hawkins, Bill Bryson, Freddie Forsyth, Dan Brown, Fred Adams, John Grisham.
Love astro-physics, psychological thrillers, sc-fi and such like.
Kickaha - time for a book swap meeting me thinks.
What is it with the bloody price of new books here in NZ??!!
This weeks international insult is in Malayalam:
Thavalayolee
You Frog Fucker
In the riders seat
In the last week I've read
New Zealanders at War,Michael King a history of wars that New Zealand has fought both on and off shore,from the New Zealand Wars to Vietnam
The Dark Tower, Stephen King the last in the Dark Tower series and I thought the ending sucked big time
Dragons Kin, Anne McCaffrey set on Pern like the Dragon Rider novels but a seperate story not really relating to the others
The Bourne Legacy, Eric Van lustbader a continution of the Robert Ludlum Jason Bourne Novels
Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett, which must be one of the few Discworld books I'd missed out on with Witches vs Vampires in the Kingdom of Lancre
The Girls in the Gang, Glennis Dennehy and Greg Newbold, whith real world experiences of the partners of NZ gang members and the effect it had on them and their families
"If you can make black marks on a straight from the time you turn out of a corner until the braking point of the next turn, then you have enough power."
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Small market. Very long supply lines. When I worked in publishing ('85-'87) Hardbacks made a landed profit of 1 or 2 cents for the publisher, paperbacks something like 20-50c profit.
If a man is alone in the woods and there isn't a woke Hollywood around to call him racist, is he still white?
Return Of The Black Panther
Bryce Courtney
Just Finished ready "Power Of One". Forget the Movie, the book is so much better (funny that). Not my normal reading, but just couldn't put it down.
Looking forward to reading the next one, "Tandia".
Blue Babe got me into his books. She's read those two and is reading "Jessica" now.
New Zealand......
The Best Place in the World to live if ya Broke
"Whole life balance, Daniel-San" ("Karate Kid")
Kia kaha, kia toa, kia manawanui ( Be strong, be brave, be steadfast and sure)
DON'T RIDE LIKE YA STOLE IT, RIDE TO SURVIVE.
Wearing Hi-Viz Black.
Have just finished Chinook! by David McMullon.
Interesting stuff on the Lockerbie bombing.
TOP QUOTE: “The problem with socialism is that sooner or later you run out of other people’s money.”
Scooter boy
Jessica is written in a slightly different style & I've struggled getting into it, but am now really enjoying it. Scorpio said she is also reading the very latest of the line & say's it is different again, so I will have to have a look. (Can't remember the name of it off handJust Finished ready "Power Of One". Forget the Movie, the book is so much better (funny that
Looking forward to reading the next one, "Tandia".
Blue Babe got me into his books. She's read those two and is reading "Jessica" now.Will have to ask her)
The desert creature
Zelazny
Neil Gaiman
Goodkind
O.S. Card
Lem
Andrzej Sapkowski (the Hexer series. No official translation to English yet, but rogue translations are available online).
"People are stupid ... almost anyone will believe almost anything. Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie because they want to believe it's true, or because they are afraid it might be true. People's heads are full of knowledge, facts, and beliefs, and most of it is false, yet they think it all true ... they can only rarely tell the difference between a lie and the truth, and yet they are confident they can, and so all are easier to fool." -- Wizard's First Rule
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WOLF OF THE PLAINS. Conn Iggulden. Ist of series about Temujiin (Gengis Khan) For those that like history.
I've just started reading Salmon Fishing in the Yeman. Where's TWR.
Skyryder
Free Scott Watson.
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Tried but could not get into it. Wifes a big fan of this writer.Just Finished ready "Power Of One". Forget the Movie, the book is so much better (funny that
Looking forward to reading the next one, "Tandia".
Blue Babe got me into his books. She's read those two and is reading "Jessica" now.
Skyryder
Free Scott Watson.
Bite me!
lols.. I've not long finished 'Tandia' & am starting on 'The Power of One'..backwards I know..
both GREAT reads!!
Jen
GET ON
SIT DOWN
SHUT UP
HANG ON
Rasta Ratskins
I read a story by Bryce Courtney called April Fools Day. It was the tragic story of his haemophiliac son. Very sad.
Only a Rat can win a Rat Race!
I'ma get medieval on your ass!
Agreed and a good book - true story.I read a story by Bryce Courtney called April Fools Day. It was the tragic story of his haemophiliac son. Very sad.
I wander between thrillers, astrophysics, sci-fi, and non-fiction. Always looking for new authors so I'll go through this thread and make some notes.
Recently read "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult which was excellent.
"The Analyst" by John Katzenbach is a good psyc thriller.
Any suggestions on thriller writers? I tend to follow a writer until they eventually lose their edge. Michael Connolly is one of the few who hasn't. Tom Clancy was good up to Rainbow Six then lost it. Patricia Cornwell was supreme until the 12th Precinct. James Patterson's early books are excellent but he soon started writing quick easy money books - shame.
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