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Books to read in the shade?

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  • 14-03-2000 4:50pm
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    tr1n1ty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭


    Any suggestions on good books to read on holidays? Something that goes well with Pina Coladas or Bacardi and Coke (sniff sniff).

    Answers on a postcard........
    To Infinity and Beyond!


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    WhiteWashMan
    Registered Users Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    couldnt find your address, so i'll reply here
    stephen king
    its easy to read.
    the plots are easy on the brain.
    you dont have to remember loads of edtails if you dont read the book for 2 hours
    its entertaining
    it usually lasts the entire holiday if you get a big book
    the print is big and easy to read with a hangover
    smile.gif


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    TwoShedsJackson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,438 ✭✭✭TwoShedsJackson


    We have a book in work here on sun-induced skin cancers, if you want to scare the $hite out of yourself smile.gif


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    Manach
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    "Holidays in Hell" - PJ O'Rourke


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    Illkillya
    Registered Users Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭Illkillya


    if its a stephen king, go for one of the short stories books - they're actually very good, some of them


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    FreaK_BrutheR
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    One Thousand Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez


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    Excelsior
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭Excelsior


    Doug Coupland.
    Just do it.
    You'll thank me.
    We are superfriends
    Super friends are we




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    Wyverne
    Closed Accounts Posts: 890 ✭✭✭Wyverne


    get "the stand" by stephen king, hehe, good hoilday matieral biggrin.gif

    very very long book, but incredibly enjoyable
    Ask before ye "TAKE IT"


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    Illkillya
    Registered Users Posts: 2,372 ✭✭✭Illkillya


    that was good allright, so was The Talisman, but i still think he should get Night Shift -very easy reading, Stephen King short stories, (big print, thick pages which are easy to turn usually) some very good stories in it too


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    Paladin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,313 ✭✭✭Paladin


    On holidays? Maybe a Playboy holiday special? smile.gif
    Make sure its very dark shade tho!


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    tr1n1ty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭tr1n1ty


    I said I was going on holidays folks not to prison but I will check out Stephen King and the big print/short stories and let you know.

    Any other suggestions, also the other half who would describe himself as the betta half is into David Gemell and stuff. Any ideas of decent books on the shelves in that category?
    To Infinity and Beyond!


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    Chubby
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    All of David Gemell's books are very good. If you want a starting point then grab his first novel 'Legend'.


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    tr1n1ty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 76 ✭✭tr1n1ty


    Thanks folks for all your suggestions - now its down to what is on the shelves in Hughes & Hughes at the Airport, but I've plenty of choice.......

    In the words of AS in Terminator - I'll be back!


    To Infinity and Beyond!


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    Gamblor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 232 ✭✭Gamblor


    But will you have a whining little brat telling you what to do when u come back ???
    ***** Feel my Evil Neon Claws *****


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