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    #122
    Sooopie
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭Sooopie


    jackie1974 wrote: »
    If you like him you'd probably like James Patterson too, I have read most of both of their books but if I could turn back time i'd read them in the proper order, I buy books second hand so was just picking up whatever was available. I'd like to have read the Harry Bosch or Alex Cross series in order.

    Tried a few of Patterson's and to be honest I didn't like them much - Loving Karin Slaughter, Richard Montanari, Val McDermott is quite good & Jo Nesbo is excellent


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    #123
    W.Shakes-Beer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭W.Shakes-Beer


    Ghost Story by Peter Straub (1979)

    Creepy fooking book!

    I've read 30 Stephen King books so fancied a change :p


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    #124
    Toby Take a Bow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭Toby Take a Bow


    jackie1974 wrote: »
    If you like him you'd probably like James Patterson too, I have read most of both of their books but if I could turn back time i'd read them in the proper order, I buy books second hand so was just picking up whatever was available. I'd like to have read the Harry Bosch or Alex Cross series in order.

    That James Patterson fella is a seriously prolific writer. He's already published 7 books this year.


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    #125
    Toby Take a Bow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭Toby Take a Bow


    discus wrote: »
    The Rules of The Game - Neil Strauss.

    I have a woman in my life already, so it's not for practical purposes. But I've been giving out about this book and PUAs in general for so long, that I had to read it to give my criticisms some credence.

    Did you read the one before that, The Game? The idea behind these books is very disturbing, imo, but I'd love to see the mindset of someone involved in that 'scene'. Carrying around a copy of The Game might give people on the bus the wrong impression, though.


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    #126
    jackie1974
    Registered Users Posts: 486 ✭✭jackie1974


    Toby Take a Bow wrote: »
    That James Patterson fella is a seriously prolific writer. He's already published 7 books this year.

    Yea he's seriously churning them out so is in danger of repeating the same stuff over and over, I like him though, his books are a good read at the time you're reading them just not very memorable.

    Soopie - I really like Karin Slaughter but haven't read any of the other authors you mentioned, will look into them :)


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    #127
    MagicMarker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 32,865 ✭✭✭✭MagicMarker


    Autobiography of Malcolm X

    Enjoying it immensely so far, saw the movie already and had been meaning to read it for ages.


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    #128
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    Tom Joad wrote: »

    Huge Stephen King fan - The Stand is a masterpiece and while his more recent stuff is not a patch on the Stand, IT, Christine etc, Under the Dome is well worth a read.


    I'm a fan too, but UTD is way too long - especially when you know you're going to get the usual deus-ex-machina ending King specialises in.

    discus wrote: »
    The Rules of The Game - Neil Strauss.
    discus wrote: »

    I have a woman in my life already, so it's not for practical purposes. But I've been giving out about this book and PUAs in general for so long, that I had to read it to give my criticisms some credence.
    But how would you know if it works if you don’t put the techniques into action?


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    #129
    Birneybau
    Registered Users Posts: 10,220 ✭✭✭✭Birneybau


    Just finished "number9dream" by David Mitchell (not that one), enjoyed it, not as much as "Cloud Atlas" which I'd highly recommend.


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    #130
    Koltashe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 86 ✭✭Koltashe


    Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder at the moment and just finished Alan Sugar's autobiography


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    #131
    Maple
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 16,186 ✭✭✭✭Maple


    Aldebaran wrote: »
    Just finished A Clash of Kings mere moments ago, absolutely loved it, epic does not begin to describe this series.

    I think I'll wait a while before I start on A Storm of Swords though, don't want to get through them too quickly and be faced with a horribly long wait for the next one after I finish A Dance with Dragons!
    I wish I'd had your common sense. I've just read my way through all these books now, have just started Dance and know I'm going to be chewing the walls waiting on the next installment.
    inkwell wrote: »
    "Norwegian Wood" Haruki Murakami
    Super book, heartrending.


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    #132
    The Master
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 14,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭The Master


    Beirut Radiators - A Practical Guide by Terry Waite


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    #133
    I Heart Internet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,678 ✭✭✭I Heart Internet


    Penguin History of the United States of America - by Hugh Brogan.

    Just started it. The Indians are not faring well right now. I'm sure after this it'll be plain sailing for them.


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    #134
    Daemos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,645 ✭✭✭Daemos


    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


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    LumpyGravy
    Registered Users Posts: 123 ✭✭LumpyGravy


    Evening read: Routing TCP/IP Volume 1 by Jeff Doyle & Jennifer Carroll.
    A real page turner :rolleyes:


    Bedtime read on the Kindle: A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.

    Amazing stuff actually, Americans wouldn't be as blindly patriotic after a couple of chapters of this book.


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    #136
    Miri5
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭Miri5


    py2006 wrote: »
    Will do. Some of his newer stuff isn't as good! I guess he is getting old! :(



    I started that before but couldn't get into it. Did you read the follow up book, 'Black House'?
    No, did not read that one. Read The Talisman years ago so think will read it again then follow up with the next one


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    #137
    Loanshark Blues
    Registered Users Posts: 96 ✭✭Loanshark Blues


    The Electric Cool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe. It's difficult to get into at first but definitely worth reading, especially if you're a fan of On The Road and post beat culture..


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    #138
    Toby Take a Bow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,732 ✭✭✭Toby Take a Bow


    I Heart Internet wrote: »
    Penguin History of the United States of America - by Hugh Brogan.

    Just started it. The Indians are not faring well right now. I'm sure after this it'll be plain sailing for them.
    LumpyGravy wrote: »
    Bedtime read on the Kindle: A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn.

    Amazing stuff actually, Americans wouldn't be as blindly patriotic after a couple of chapters of this book.

    I was going to suggest Zinn to the I Heart Internet. Such an amazing book.


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    #139
    Larianne
    Registered Users Posts: 35,954 ✭✭✭✭Larianne


    Just started The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath


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    #140
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    "Internet Forum Trolling for Dummies". Great book, with some top tips like how to troll a thread by posting something that is on-topic and yet completely unhelpful & useless.


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    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    I just finised a book called 'In Harm's way' by Sean Hogan. Powerful stuff, with some horrifying parts.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harms-Way-Sean-Hogan/dp/0099525399

    The extraordinary true story of a childhood of neglect and sexual abuse at Dublin’s Artane Industrial School, In Harm's Way is the poignant tale of a childhood lost, and of a life reclaimed

    Sean Hogan was just eight years old when he was confined in the notorious Artane Industrial School under the brutal regime of the Christian Brothers.
    In and out of care throughout his childhood, Sean was so badly neglected by his alcoholic parents that he never even knew what day his birthday fell on, or how old he was – things he only learned as an adult. But when he arrived at Artane, instead of receiving the care he so desperately needed, he entered into months of horrific sexual abuse at the hands of some of the brothers


    Now, for the first time, he feels able to tell his story – and reveal the devastating truth of what really happened in Ireland’s industrial schools. In Harm's Way is a powerful and moving story of astonishing hardship and near despair, but also of triumph over terrible adversity.


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    #142
    Frank Black
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,296 ✭✭✭Frank Black


    I Heart Internet wrote: »
    Penguin History of the United States of America - by Hugh Brogan.


    I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't even know there were penguins in America - I'll have to get this book.


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    #143
    RichieC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,334 ✭✭✭RichieC


    A feast for crows and Hells Angels.


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    #144
    Sooopie
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭Sooopie


    CrazyRabbit wrote: »
    I just finised a book called 'In Harm's way' by Sean Hogan. Powerful stuff, with some horrifying parts.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Harms-Way-Sean-Hogan/dp/0099525399

    The extraordinary true story of a childhood of neglect and sexual abuse at Dublin’s Artane Industrial School, In Harm's Way is the poignant tale of a childhood lost, and of a life reclaimed

    Sean Hogan was just eight years old when he was confined in the notorious Artane Industrial School under the brutal regime of the Christian Brothers.
    In and out of care throughout his childhood, Sean was so badly neglected by his alcoholic parents that he never even knew what day his birthday fell on, or how old he was – things he only learned as an adult. But when he arrived at Artane, instead of receiving the care he so desperately needed, he entered into months of horrific sexual abuse at the hands of some of the brothers


    Now, for the first time, he feels able to tell his story – and reveal the devastating truth of what really happened in Ireland’s industrial schools. In Harm's Way is a powerful and moving story of astonishing hardship and near despair, but also of triumph over terrible adversity.


    now ya see.... I couldn't read something like that

    It sounds horrendous!!!


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    #145
    DanTheMan91
    Registered Users Posts: 248 ✭✭DanTheMan91


    The Roy Keane autobiography.


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    #146
    willmunny1990
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,432 ✭✭✭willmunny1990


    tommy knockers


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    #147
    Call Me Jimmy
    Registered Users Posts: 8,449 ✭✭✭Call Me Jimmy


    A christmas carol.

    The first time I've felt like the author is a true master of his craft... "fellow passengers to the grave"... brilliant


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    #148
    VenusPlays
    Registered Users Posts: 174 ✭✭VenusPlays


    'Are you there Vodka, its me Chelsea' by Chelsea Handler.

    Its funny in places and a bit meh in others.


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    #149
    VenusPlays
    Registered Users Posts: 174 ✭✭VenusPlays


    Sorry double post!


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    #150
    TPD
    Registered Users Posts: 7,814 ✭✭✭TPD


    Kurt Vonnegut's Mother Night.

    Going to read that electric kool-aid acid test next I think.


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    #151
    CrazyRabbit
    Registered Users Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    Sooopie wrote: »
    now ya see.... I couldn't read something like that

    It sounds horrendous!!!

    But it's something that should be read. People should know precisely what these bastards did. E.G...

    HUGE SPOILER HERE...
    A few weeks after the abuse started, Sean, aged just 8, tried to commit suicide by jumping out a window, but couldn't open the lock

    However, this guys story actually has a somewhat happy ending. He grew up to be a very happy and successful man with a loving family.


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