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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 6:38 pm
by DNgroundworks
Hi all, completely non related what-so-ever, im a bit of a bookworm just wondering if anyone can recommend a few good reads, read all of Joe Simpson's literature, a lot of Bill Bryson's (amazing writer) and Peter James's stuff any others you guys can recommend?
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:08 pm
by lutonlagerlout
Pm your addy and i will send you some books,I have thousands
robert sabbag , ray shell, paul kimmage, c s forrester, laurie gungst,spike milligan
generally i like true crime,autobiography and scientific stuff
poe ballantine is a big favourite right now
cheers dan
LLL
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:08 pm
by lutonlagerlout
DNgroundworks wrote:Hi all, completely non related what-so-ever,
off topic was the phrase you were looking for dan :;):
LLL
Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 10:31 pm
by GB_Groundworks
me to, i was up till 2am last night to finish my last current book some times read a book in 24hrs hehe
cheap trash lit but a good read
lee child the jack reacher series - good read
stephen king - excellent writer dark tower series if you in for an epic reading these for the second time
sebastian folks - bird song and others great reads
just read the infidel by bob shepard its his first fiction read it on the strength of his first book the circuit about his time as a private security consultant after 22 years in the regiment. not the best the infidel.
reading currently as in just put in down to get a beer and check on here
extreme risk - major chris hunter - about bomd disposal lad cracking read
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2011 11:03 pm
by jonnyboyentire
Another vote for Lee Child. Harlan Coben also good, as is Simon Kernick.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:37 am
by seanandruby
i always think recommending books etc is hard. One man's meat ..........etc: can't beat the old classic authors like orwell, bronte sisters, dickens etc: just reading of mice and men, long time since i first read it.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:24 am
by Big Phil
seanandruby wrote:...One man's meat
is that the Ron Jeremy biography?
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:23 am
by Dave_L
Big Phil wrote:seanandruby wrote:...One man's meat
is that the Ron Jeremy biography?
You've gotta admire RJ.........one ugly mofo with a huge dong.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 1:24 pm
by DNgroundworks
Of mice and men is a cracking read
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 7:54 pm
by mickavalon
Try anything by Cormac Mcarthy, awesome American Author, wrote "The Road" and "No Country for old men" but "Blood Meridian" is probably one of the best books I've ever read.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:15 pm
by lutonlagerlout
its all about personal taste,i rarely read fiction
LLL 
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 8:45 pm
by DNgroundworks
Me too im more into non-fiction, thats why i like Bill Bryson and Joe Simpson
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:01 pm
by joydivision
DNgroundworks wrote:Me too im more into non-fiction, thats why i like Bill Bryson and Joe Simpson
How good is, The Beckoning Silence?!!
Brilliant and quite harrowing at the same time.
The White Spider by Heinrich Harrer is a classic about the Eiger if you enjoyed BS.
A couple of my fav's are,
The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden, (knocks spots of the film, and that is pretty good!)
City Of God by ?
Marching Powder by Rusty Young
Bringing Down the house by Ben Mezrich
Into Thin Air Jon Krakauer
Any reccomendations for Non fiction in return???
Cheers
JD
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:08 pm
by DNgroundworks
ive read all of joe simpsons, simon yates's, and into thin air, also white spider is a legendary piece of writing, i got into the mountaineering literature after reading joe simpsons "touching the void" about 4 times, really inspiring stuff.
I take it your a mountaineer? Id love to do some training and take it up.
Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2011 9:44 pm
by Pablo
Agreed The White Spider is a suberb bit of writing I also liked Dark Shadows Falling by Simpson and Mountains of the mind by Robert Macfarlane. The only autobiography I've ever been able to read was General Peter Jacksons I've given up on Tony Blairs just now because I feel it's not truthful and is more about self exoneration than telling the story. Doug Scott wrote some good stuff but Bonnington is dull reading. My favourite book is 100 years in the Highlands by Osgood Mackenzie. He's the fella that started the world famous gardens at Inverewe by Gairloch in the mid 1800's and it covers his day to day life as a laird/ fisherman/ hunter and botanist. He makes observations about the weather and yearly cycle of life that are fascinating are quite humourous. He calls himself a conservationist but after seeing a Black grouse for the first time in 10 years he's really chuffed that he shot it with one round and got it mounted in a glass case.LOL. Monty Don has witten a few good reads Bear Grylls book about crossing the Atlantic in a RIB is terrifying. There's a good book about a fella hitching around Ireland with a fridge for a dare a quick google will find his name.