03-02-2011, 13:14
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Re: What are you reading?
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The Hacienda: How Not to Run a Club - And a pet rant here, bluddy publishers making Amazon charge nearly £2.50 MORE for the Kindle version than the paperback!
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Im sure I read somewhere that e-book publishers retailers are being investigated about ebook price fixing, although i may be wrong.
Ahaa here it is
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02..._investigated/
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07-02-2011, 18:08
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Re: What are you reading?
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Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Saw it on BBC4 just before Christmas, so I thought that I would give the book a go.
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That book is so funny!!
You should try The Long, Dark Tea-time of the Soul as well...
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Thanks for that. Hope it will change the practice, but I won't hold my breath!
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07-02-2011, 19:43
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Re: What are you reading?
Reading Heartstone by C J Sansom.
First of the books I got for Xmas, only 5 more to go!!!!!
Fall of Giants - Ken Follett (could take months 850 pages)
Michael McIntyre's autobigraphy
Alan Sugar's biography
Botham's book of the Ashes
1000 Years of annoying the French - Stephen Clarke (might save that one for holiday in France later this year)
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07-02-2011, 20:55
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Re: What are you reading?
Just finished re-reading
Designated Targets (World War 2.2)
Final Impact (World War 2.3)
both by John Birmingham
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07-02-2011, 21:35
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Re: What are you reading?
Just finished Dean Koontz, key to midnight which he originally wrote under the name of Leigh Nichols, although shorter than the original its still quite gripping and dramatic cold war guy gets girl love story'ish type of book, not his normal fare but very good.
Just started Koontz's Whispers, pretty good so far.
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07-02-2011, 21:40
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Re: What are you reading?
I haven't read Whispers in *years*. I used to love Koontz's stuff, especially the older books such as Watchers, Phantoms, Midnight, Strangers. Never really got on with his more recent stuff though.
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08-02-2011, 08:31
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Re: What are you reading?
Bernard Cornwell - Gallows Thief.
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09-02-2011, 08:42
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Re: What are you reading?
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I haven't read Whispers in *years*. I used to love Koontz's stuff, especially the older books such as Watchers, Phantoms, Midnight, Strangers. Never really got on with his more recent stuff though.
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Yeah, I'm with you there - his old school horror/thrillers were great. Whispers is the one with the writer, right?
Haven't bothered with most of his new stuff since about 'From the corner of his eye'.
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09-02-2011, 16:18
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Re: What are you reading?
Just finishing The Burning City by Larry Niven & Jerry Pournell. About to start The Secret Crown by Chris Kuzneski.
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09-02-2011, 17:42
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Re: What are you reading?
Flicking between this and an EA Sports FIFA 11 forum.
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18-02-2011, 17:23
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Re: What are you reading?
Following the Secret Crown read Fearless Fourteen by Janet Evanovich & just finished The Mask of Troy by David Gibbins. Now half way through Where Death Delights by Bernard Knight.
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18-02-2011, 18:13
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Re: What are you reading?
currently reading 'But can you drink the water?'
http://www.amazon.co.uk/But-Can-You-.../dp/B003PPCSJ8
can't say I'm overly impressed - it's not bad, it's just not great, but for 70p......
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18-02-2011, 18:39
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Re: What are you reading?
half way through "the girl who kicked the hornets nest"
first book was good, second book not as good, third and last book too much fluff and filler, never mind, keep on truckin'
trying to decide wether to reread an old favorite or start on something new, downloaded about 6000 so i am not short on choice
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18-02-2011, 19:57
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laeva recumbens anguis
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Re: What are you reading?
The Junior Officers' Reading Club: Killing Time and Fighting Wars, by Patrick Hennessey
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30-03-2011, 22:37
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Re: What are you reading?
I recommend this, I saw it on BBC Breakfast TV this morning and will be buying it.
The Man Who Broke into Auschwitz
http://www.play.com/Books/Books/4-/1...rlrefer=search
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis_Avey
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