One for the book worms....

[mackenzie]

Cheers, im gonna bookmark this page as there are quite a few suggestions. I bought 'Catcher in the Rye' and 'American Psycho' last night.

A few others added to the list are Bram Stokers Dracula, 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' and 'Haunted' (Chuck Pahahniuk) and 'Frankenstein'

See how I eventually pull back towards horror lol

My mums gonna wonder what the fecks going on when 8 new books come through, ill just blame it on mania!

Dracula is seriously good. Left me holding my breath at times.

Haunted is good too. Was told the other day they are going to make a film based on it (which should be interesting to say the least!).

And JOTS....I agree about Emily Bronte. I have been obsessed with her for years. Would have loved to know what her second unfinished novel was about (I bet Charlotte destroyed it after her death). I read one theory that suggested Emily was looking to social upheaval as a subject, which makes sense as she was wonderfully observant of society and it's ills and was quietly seethingly angry about struggle and injustice.

 

[MCFC1986]

The ragged trousered philosophist is the best book ever. Although it does turn you into a raving socialist.

Top book pal, no-one's hardly heard of it tho! Made me join the socialist party... till i had some bloke keep ringing me asking me 2 go handing flyers out in Market Street! The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho's a good read also The Godfather and u can't forget Kes...

 

[mackenzie]

The ragged trousered philosophist is the best book ever. Although it does turn you into a raving socialist.

Top book pal, no-one's hardly heard of it tho!

I have heard of it....read part of it and then received a tape of it by a poster on here some time back. It's a Classic that more should read.

 

[gman07]

Cheers, im gonna bookmark this page as there are quite a few suggestions. I bought 'Catcher in the Rye' and 'American Psycho' last night.

A few others added to the list are Bram Stokers Dracula, 'We Need To Talk About Kevin' and 'Haunted' (Chuck Pahahniuk) and 'Frankenstein'

See how I eventually pull back towards horror lol

My mums gonna wonder what the fecks going on when 8 new books come through, ill just blame it on mania!

great book... and as you said many good suggestions here... what kind of books do you like... self biographies? Fantasy? Novels? Fiction? its hard to recommend if you dont tell what your in too

 

[StrangewaysHereWeCome]

Berger.. You will enjoy American Psycho It's extremely brutal in places and,It can be a little boring sometimes when the Character takes up 5 pages at a time to tell you what suit he is wearing but I suppose it's Ellis' way of immersing you into the character.

Like comedy and grit? Try the Acid house and Glue both by Irvine Welsh (infact,read all his books;amazing works of fiction,Marabou stork nightmares is a masterpiece IMO)

Never been a sci-fi fan at all but I did read 'Orion' once,by a writer called (wait for it) Ben Bova. A great little read about gods,mortals and time travel, wank description but It's a top,top read ... the twist in the tale with Ahriman will blow you away

 

[merlot somme]

'The War the Infantry Knew 1914-1919' by Captain J C Dunn.

So from this book and your username I take it your into the first world war! I went on a school trip to the Somme as I studied history for a GCSE, we walked on the fields and between us found a belt buckle, bullet and even a pick that held the barbed wire. Amazing place I will go back to one day!

When I was much younger I read everything I could lay my hands on about the Great War because I wanted to know why the Germans fought the Second War, and you quickly realise that one has much to do with the other. I haven't read this for quite a while, but I think it's someone in this book (much of it is written Dunn, some of it is only edited by him) who points out that British armies had been marching one way or another across the Somme to fight battles for centuries, even my father crossed the Somme in a tank in 1944. It is also just a river, and supposedly, in places, a beautiful one.

 

[berger10]

Hey gman07, I normally stick to horror but wanted to further my reading which is why I started the thread. As you can see, my wish list contains quite a few horror novels.

 

[Anonymous]

Conn Iggulden's Emperor (Genghis Khan) & Conqueror (Julius Caesar) series. They're historical fiction if you get what I mean. Iggulden has done a massive amount of research in to the characters & their lives but obviously has to fill in some of the blank areas. Excellent reads, all of them.

 

[berger10]

'The War the Infantry Knew 1914-1919' by Captain J C Dunn.

So from this book and your username I take it your into the first world war! I went on a school trip to the Somme as I studied history for a GCSE, we walked on the fields and between us found a belt buckle, bullet and even a pick that held the barbed wire. Amazing place I will go back to one day!

When I was much younger I read everything I could lay my hands on about the Great War because I wanted to know why the Germans fought the Second War, and you quickly realise that one has much to do with the other. I haven't read this for quite a while, but I think it's someone in this book (much of it is written Dunn, some of it is only edited by him) who points out that British armies had been marching one way or another across the Somme to fight battles for centuries, even my father crossed the Somme in a tank in 1944. It is also just a river, and supposedly, in places, a beautiful one.

Thats strange as the two world wars are treated as completely seperate in the GCSE syllabus although that also included the German economy, which makes you understand why the german public went with Hitler in the first place. I find the two world wars fascinating, from the politics to the tactics employed. The Somme is a beautiful place, even as a 14 year old I could appreciate that, I will never forget the sombre silence that fell over us, even as kids!

 

[berger10]

Conn Iggulden's Emperor (Genghis Khan) & Conqueror (Julius Caesar) series. They're historical fiction if you get what I mean. Iggulden has done a massive amount of research in to the characters & their lives but obviously has to fill in some of the blank areas. Excellent reads, all of them.

I have never thought of reading this kind of genre, I have always worried they may be like trying to read Shakespeare which I tend to struggle with. (Good job I never finished that English lit A level)

All these suggestions are gonna keep me busy, my house will end up looking like a library!