Read a good book lately?

[Curious_AJ]

Clan of the Cave Bear, and its endless sequels, is crap. It's just rampant sex and Aryanism. And this one woman who invented every fucking thing, including fucking.

An interesting (and not inaccurate) summary, Mr H.

each to their own... grumpy old bums... lol...

however, yeah you're right about her inventing everything... but I find it beautiful how she paints a picture with her words personally... besides, it's a FICTION so who cares if its about sex and aryanism... I like the former and well the latter... don't care. but yes... to me i like the style and the descriptiveness (sp?) ... as do i like the same about Stephen King books. I'm not so much subject as the actual WAY a book is written. but that's just me.

[Big Dave]

Just finished the 'Chronicle of Impressionism' - a history as extracts from the diaries and letters of Degas, Van Gogh, Renoir, Pissaro, Monet et al.
Fasckinatin and so much influence on the arts of today.

[Big Dave]

as do i like the same about Stephen King

[HenryDorsetCase]

Clan of the Cave Bear, and its endless sequels, is crap. It's just rampant sex and Aryanism. And this one woman who invented every fucking thing, including fucking.

"just" rampant sex and Aryanism? Sign me up!

[ynot slow]

Justice by Kevin Ryan,good old lawyer stories from NZ past cases,entertaining insight about cases.

[Laava]

I have just finished 2 books which I read concurrently for no good reason. The first is book 2 in the 3 book series by Stieg Larsson, "The girl who played with fire". I really enjoyed both this and the 1st book, "The girl with the dragon tattoo" and am hanging out for book 3. If you like action mixed with wicked venegeance and rampant sexual encounters, then you will love this!
The 2nd book I read was an autobiography by Jeanette Walls,"The Glass Castle", who grew up in poverty, dodging the authorities and others with her dodgy parents. It was friggen hilarious but quite sad at the same time given that it was true.
Recommend all these books to anyone.

[slofox]

"The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc" - loved her "Southern Belle's Guidebook"...e.g. Rule 13: A girl doesn't have to give in to temptation - but she might not get another chance....
Tres amusant...

[Hitcher]

Uneasy Rider, by Mike Carter. A motorcycle book with a twist.

[Mikkel]

Ben Elton
Blind Faith

Warmly recommended. If you ever feel this modern world is an insane place you'll really like this one. If you ever feel annoyed that your fellow human beings behave like sheep you'll be both amused and disturbed by this book.
Read it, you won't regret it.

[Winston001]

"Running With The Moon" by Jonny Bealby. An excellent motorcycle adventure around Africa on a Yamaha Tenere. Highly rated http://www.adventuremotorcycle.org/b...-the-moon.html

[Winston001]

Here's a good one for anyone interested in current events and military stuff. "Sniper 1" by Dan Mills is about a British Battlegroup posted to a city in southern Iraq, 2004. Ordinary soldiers rather than SAS. Its a very good read, well written, straight-forward, tense, and a bit of an eyeopener.

I thought the Brits had an easy time of it in the south, partly because it is a Shia province, and because the Brits are better at handling Arabs. But there was nothing easy about this place. One guy got a VC.

Highly recommended.

[Skyryder]

Just finished reading THE CHILDREN HURIN Tolkein.
http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/form.html
Middle Earth types.


Still trying to get thru WORLD WITHOUT END.
http://www.ken-follett.com/bibliogra...thout_end.html

Skyryder

[kiwifruit]

I'm reading "CEO of the Sofa" by P.J O'Rourke. Its had me laughing out loud a few times and i'm only a third the way through.
http://www.amazon.com/CEO-Sofa-P-J-O.../dp/0871138255

[Okey Dokey]

I've recently "discovered" New Zealander CK Stead. "My Name Was Judas" is beautifully written. I've been following up with some of his other novels and short stories. He is also a poet, and critic; I just love the way he handles the language and the clarity of his writing.

If there are other kbers who like Stead, can they recommend any other authors who write in a similar style, please?

[cc rider]

Just finished reading the last of 7 books, over the last 12mths, by Sean Russell.

First 2 dualogies that are linked-

The River into Darkness
'Beneath the Vaulted Hills' & 'The Compass of the Soul'

Moontide and Magic Rise
'World Without End' & 'Sea Without Shore'

followed by a trilogy -

The Swans' War
'The One Kingdom' & 'The Isle of Battle' & 'The Shadow Road'

They're all fantasy books. Arcane magic, mages, quests, sword fights & battles, nagars, bit of sex (Mmmm!), hidden worlds, puzzles.

I really enjoyed them all. A fantasy getaway.
But now I'm having withdrawals & need a fix, so any suggestions along the same lines would be brill