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The 'what are you reading' Thread

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I need suggestions people. I'm flying to America on Friday and i want to buy a couple of books for my flight but i'm undecided as to what it is i want. I'm definitely getting 'Blink the power of thinking without thinking' as that's been recommended by a few people but i want a novel too (preferably crime/mystery).

What are people reading?
 
Kingdawson said:
I need suggestions people. I'm flying to America on Friday and i want to buy a couple of books for my flight but i'm undecided as to what it is i want. I'm definitely getting 'Blink the power of thinking without thinking' as that's been recommended by a few people but i want a novel too (preferably crime/mystery).

What are people reading?
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Saw a culture show special where Jon Ronson interviewed Malcolm Gladwell. Quite an interesting bloke, and the show highlighted a lot of the criticism aimed at his work.

I can't recommend Irvine Welsh highly enough. A few people have found it hard getting round the dialect writing but if you can, it is well worth reading any of his novels.
 
Kingdawson said:
I need suggestions people. I'm flying to America on Friday and i want to buy a couple of books for my flight but i'm undecided as to what it is i want. I'm definitely getting 'Blink the power of thinking without thinking' as that's been recommended by a few people but i want a novel too (preferably crime/mystery).

What are people reading?
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Try reading 'The Secret History' by Donna Tartt, really well-written psychological thriller.
 
Thanks for the help guys ... I went with 'and then there were none' by Agatha Christie. I'm gonna get another one tomorrow as I think I will get through this pretty rapidly.
 
will no doubt get shot down by the literary snobs (if there are any here) But Angels&Demons by Dan Brown would be a good book for a flight - not overly long and is fantastically paced - it is trashy tbf but you'll power through it and should keep you entertained.

failing that, Marching Powder (i forget the author) is a well written bio of an English drug smuggler who get's caught with a large quantity of Cocaine trying to board a plane in Bolivia - and documents his time in what must be the worlds strangest prison - not usually one for these types of prison books but this was a brilliant read.
 
can anyone recommend me a Game of thrones LotR type novel as I have read those?

Awaits someone saying I should read the Hobbit -.-
 
Kingdawson said:
Thanks for the help guys ... I went with 'and then there were none' by Agatha Christie. I'm gonna get another one tomorrow as I think I will get through this pretty rapidly.
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"Interesting" original title for that book KD... :-# Was a different time I guess.

I'm reading one of her's at the moment actually, when they announced someone was going to write a new Poirot the other week (a la Ian Flemming/Robert Ludlum etc) I realised I'd never read any of them.
 
Seedy Ron said:
"Interesting" original title for that book KD... :-# Was a different time I guess.

I'm reading one of her's at the moment actually, when they announced someone was going to write a new Poirot the other week (a la Ian Flemming/Robert Ludlum etc) I realised I'd never read any of them.
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Yeh i know mate...in fact it's been renamed twice hasn't it?
 
Currently reading through my Jack Reacher (Lee Child) collection, although the Alex Cross (James Patterson) books are a read too.
 
If I could recommend one FANTASTIC, quick and memorable read...JG Ballard's HIGH RISE...it is an absolute BELTER mate...trust me...where are heading to if I might ask?
 
the fox in the box said:
can anyone recommend me a Game of thrones LotR type novel as I have read those?

Awaits someone saying I should read the Hobbit -.-
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are the GoT books any good?

i read some decent books a while back of a similar ilk but i can't for the life of me remember any titles, if i can i'll post em here, i remember really enjoying them but i was younger then and played d&d a lot so my judgement may not have been what it is now
 
I can recommend Market Forces by Richard Morgan if you're looking for a good and entertaining read. More of a thriller than a crime/mystery book. Futuristic, but nothing science-fictiony in the traditional sense.

Enjoy your trip mate!
 
the fox in the box said:
can anyone recommend me a Game of thrones LotR type novel as I have read those?

Awaits someone saying I should read the Hobbit -.-
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Are they still doing the Dragonlance series, have the majority back in UK but found them to be very well written by Weis & Hickman, some of the spin-offs too by Robert Salvatore we a good read as well.
 
billyiddo said:
will no doubt get shot down by the literary snobs (if there are any here) But Angels&Demons by Dan Brown would be a good book for a flight - not overly long and is fantastically paced - it is trashy tbf but you'll power through it and should keep you entertained.

failing that, Marching Powder (i forget the author) is a well written bio of an English drug smuggler who get's caught with a large quantity of Cocaine trying to board a plane in Bolivia - and documents his time in what must be the worlds strangest prison - not usually one for these types of prison books but this was a brilliant read.
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Going to give that marching powder ago I do like a true life tail ...

Tend to read a lot of memoirs like war story's ,crime story's etc
 
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