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As you can tell I love horror.
Still like S.King, PB...........
And are you allowed to read books now you've gone off to join the monastery ?
(sorry fusing two threads together here !)
Didn't like McCarthys bar - couldn't find it funny and stopped. I did like Around Ireland with a Fridge by Tony Hawks though,
pretty similar, only more refrigeration equipment in his.
Between Extremes - John McCarthy & Brian Keenan
Yes them! They travel round (or down) Chile, and the books told like a diary from both of them.
I am reading at the moment, Timeline by Michael Crichton, a bunch of archaeologists get sent back 600 years to a time of knights, jousting and all that malarky, very good so far......
PB I will try Touching the Void, cheers..
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale – became the film Total Recall
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – became the film Blade Runner
Minority Report – Originally a short story
And
Impostors
All SiFi that concentrates on the characters rather than way out gadgets etc
Will
PB - Yes! Touching the Void - the most riveting read ever. I picked it up again recently to check a reference in it and found myself an hour later still crouched by the bookshelves re-reading it! Cath, if mountaineering literature grabs you, anything by Stephen Venables and Greg Child are a good read as well.
Also ... Perfume by Patrick Suskind - very disturbing, French novel (luckily, translated into English).
And a friend recently lent me Bad Blood by Lorna Sage - not sure how I'd describe it, a phychological/literary biograhy?? of a woman growing up in 1950s Wales.
Also, anything by Ian McEwan - I prefer the earlier novels and short stories but they are very, very disturbing!
At the moment I'm raiding my local library for the books by Amy Tam and Irish Murdoch that I haven't yet read - really enjoying them, but the Amy Tam books make me cry!
Hope this helps!
Liz
Another good book I read recently was "Travels With My Radio" by Fi Glover - she travels round the world meeting people with bizarre radio shows, or who work on radio shows in odd locations. She avoids the obvious people like Howard Stern, but meets some great characters in places like Montserrat. And Fi's slightly skewed sense of humour really shines through. Very highly recommended.
If you want laughs try Bill Bryson's 'A Walk in the Woods'
If you want tears try Alan Paton's 'Cry the Beloved Country'
Currently reading McCarthy's Bar, by Pete McCarthy. I keep LOLing on the tube! It's very funny, and a great book for a Plastic Paddy like me. I also loved the Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera - but I can't remember why now, must read it again. Birdsong, that one about the newspaper man in the wilds of Canada - sorry can't remember the title, um, Wind in the Willows, and Heidi did it for me too. Happy reading
Eggs - On the subject of Garrard, have you read his book? It's called "The Worst Journey In The World", and it's brilliant. Quite heavy going in places, but well worth the effort.
Prodigal -- Have read both of the books that are out on Nelson Mandela. The "Long Walk to Freedom" one was the better of the two!
Okay, so I've now got a huge list and I bought the first 4 yesterday...
Billy -- Pamela Stephenson
Catch 22 -- Joseph Heller
Carpe Jugulum -- Terry Pratchett
The Hippopotamus -- Stephen Fry
"Catch 22" is an excellent book: the sequel, on the other hand, "Closing Time" is more than a little weird.
If you like Joseph Heller, try reading "Good As Gold" which is very funny, and a bit easier going.
Oh, and can I recommend "Great Apes" by Will Self. Don't know how I forgot to mention Will Self before now, especially since he's one of my favourites!
Gareth