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What book are you reading atm??

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    #812
    Francie Barrett
    Registered Users Posts: 16,621 ✭✭✭✭Francie Barrett


    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.


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    #813
    Millicent
    Registered Users Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭Millicent


    Francie Barrett wrote: »
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

    Is the book good? One of those ones I've never got round to reading.


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    #814
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users Posts: 7,715 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    Moscow December 25 1991: The last day of the Soviet Union.
    Fairly good read so far, never realised how much Gorbachev and Yeltsin disliked each other.


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    #815
    Chipperf
    Registered Users Posts: 27 ✭Chipperf


    Francie Barrett wrote: »
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.


    One of my favourite books I've read in recent years...really loved it.

    Now reading 'Is that it' - Bob Geldof's autobiography, pretty good.


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    #816
    JohnMearsheimer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,302 ✭✭✭JohnMearsheimer


    The Ice Storm by Rick Moody. I saw the movie late one night a few years ago and enjoyed it a lot.


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    #817
    LH Pathe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,515 ✭✭✭LH Pathe


    The Sun..

    this Hazel o' Sullivan wan's initials is Ho's. Ironic, isn't it


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    #818
    hairyprincess
    Registered Users Posts: 2,294 ✭✭✭hairyprincess


    Millicent wrote: »
    What?! No way! What didn't you like about it? I thought it was one of the best reads I've had in a long time.
    i just found it dragged, it was good for the last twenty pages or so but that was the highlight. It just didn't grip me at all.
    I finished Sister, stayed up til 2.30am on Tuesday night, it was unputdownable!
    I started Anthony Trollops autobiography before Xmas but put it aside because of exams, I must pick it up again soon.


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    #819
    Millicent
    Registered Users Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭Millicent


    hairyprincess wrote: »
    i just found it dragged, it was good for the last twenty pages or so but that was the highlight. It just didn't grip me at all.
    I finished Sister, stayed up til 2.30am on Tuesday night, it was unputdownable!
    I started Anthony Trollops autobiography before Xmas but put it aside because of exams, I must pick it up again soon.

    It took me a while to get into too--the main character's voice is a tough one. But I loved it when I got into it. Ah well. Different horses and all that. :)


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    #820
    Celly Smunt
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,464 ✭✭✭Celly Smunt


    Millicent wrote: »
    Is the book good? One of those ones I've never got round to reading.
    yes,buy it tomorrow.


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    #821
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    Francie Barrett wrote: »
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

    One of my absolute favourite books, loved it from start to finish. Some parts really do make you break your sh1te laughing!

    100% Brilliant


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    #822
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    Chipperf wrote: »
    One of my favourite books I've read in recent years...really loved it.

    Now reading 'Is that it' - Bob Geldof's autobiography, pretty good.

    One few over the cuckoos nest is just superb! Couldn't recommend it any stronger.

    Is that it is a good read too. At times it's a bit anti Irish (seen as anti catholic), but parts are funny! Very enjoyable autobiography!


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    #823
    Shryke
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,199 ✭✭✭Shryke


    Finished The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy last week. Very good gritty crime novel. Seriously messed up and seedy, just like you want. I read The Black Dahlia a while back which was very good also. I'm 50/50 on reading LA Confidential next as I already know the plot from the film. I'll probably give it a go though.
    Went for The Satanic Verses after. Very well written and not deserving of the hate it garnered from certain corners.
    Reread Candide yesterday because I just felt like it. "When a man is in love, is jealous, and has been flogged by the Inquisition, he does the most surprising things."
    Currently reading The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John Le Carre. The first novel of his I'll have read. I'm only a little bit in but liking his style. There's a strong sense of character and tension. The film Tinker Tailor turned me on to Le Carre. If I like this enough I'll definitely keep going with the rest of his stuff, in time of course.


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    #824
    Millicent
    Registered Users Posts: 4,559 ✭✭✭Millicent


    pmcmahon wrote: »
    yes,buy it tomorrow.

    Yes, sir! :pac:


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    #825
    2ndcoming
    Registered Users Posts: 3,572 ✭✭✭2ndcoming


    Snow Drops by A.D. Miller.

    Great read, highly recommend it.


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    #826
    talkinyite
    Closed Accounts Posts: 349 ✭✭talkinyite


    'Gurriers' by Kevin Brennan, someone gave it to me in a pub :p


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    #827
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    I have two new books to read, which should I start first?

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson or A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson?


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    #828
    RiseToTheTop
    Closed Accounts Posts: 956 ✭✭✭RiseToTheTop


    Sound and Fury.

    It tells the story of Howard Cosell and Muhammad Ali, as well as how they entangled with each other.


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    #829
    McChubbin
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    MagicMarker wrote: »
    I have two new books to read, which should I start first?

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson or A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson?

    Fear and Loeathing FTW. Read it about 4 times now and it never gets old. Hunter S Thompson is a great writer.
    Currently, I'm about to start reading Carrie Fisher's autobiography "Wishful Drinking".


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    #830
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    Just ordered Peter Ustinovs autobiography, he is funny as ... in interviews, soooo looking forward to reading it.

    Until I get it, I'm re-reading The Stand by Stephen King, one of the bigges page turners I have EVER read!


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    #831
    angry kitten
    Closed Accounts Posts: 311 ✭✭angry kitten


    I'm reading to Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee.


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    #832
    angry kitten
    Closed Accounts Posts: 311 ✭✭angry kitten


    MagicMarker wrote: »
    I have two new books to read, which should I start first?

    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson or A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson?

    Fear and Loathing is great although I haven't read A Walk in the Woods.


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    #833
    RachaelVO
    Registered Users Posts: 3,108 ✭✭✭RachaelVO


    Millicent wrote: »
    Yes, sir! :pac:

    DO, it's WELL worth your while! I'd nearly guarantee it (based on taste n all), but I'm telling ya it's well worth reading. PROMISE!


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    #834
    HalloweenJack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,232 ✭✭✭HalloweenJack


    Shryke wrote: »
    Finished The Big Nowhere by James Ellroy last week. Very good gritty crime novel. Seriously messed up and seedy, just like you want. I read The Black Dahlia a while back which was very good also. I'm 50/50 on reading LA Confidential next as I already know the plot from the film. I'll probably give it a go though.
    I love the LA Quartet, Ellroy's great at that style. I thought the Big Nowhere was the best one but LA Confidential is great too. I thought the last one, White Jazz, wasn't as good as the rest of them.


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    #835
    HOS 1997
    Registered Users Posts: 234 ✭✭HOS 1997


    Bought a kindle recently and am back into reading books. Reading about one a week now.

    Looking for recommendations. Willing to read anything once it's good.


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    #836
    omerin
    Registered Users Posts: 1,467 ✭✭✭omerin


    if its fiction you're after try the bible


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    #837
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Mein Kampf.


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    #838
    cloud493
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,835 ✭✭✭✭cloud493


    HOS 1997 wrote: »
    Bought a kindle recently and am back into reading books. Reading about one a week now.

    Looking for recommendations. Willing to read anything once it's good.

    Max Hastings - Finest years Churchill as warlord tis one of my favorite books :3
    Or... I dunno. Obvious ones like Harry Potter. Bill Bryson is a funny chap.


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    #839
    Bipolar Joe
    Registered Users Posts: 3,443 ✭✭✭Bipolar Joe


    Alice In Wonderland. Not a funny post. but it's a great book!


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    #840
    [Deleted User]
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    I AM ZLATAN


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    #841
    shancoduff
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭shancoduff


    The Turn of the Screw is free on Kindle, great quick read. It's the book The Others was based on.


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