Originally Posted by lucy7 (Post 34803787)

Lovely Bones, by Alice Seabold.

Great book, about a young rape and killing, the girl who gets killed sort of looks down from wherever and the book is written fron her perspective about how all the alive family deal with it, and the final justice coming to the killer.

Wierd topic, but so well written, it is actually a compulsive read!

Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 34803864)

Peter Jackson has made a movie adaptation of that... due out later this year.

wiki

Originally Posted by matt-h (Post 34804056)

Generation Kill - Evan Wright

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34804061)

Read that a couple of weeks ago - very interesting, and a real eye-opener.

Originally Posted by Thomas T (Post 34811368)

I am now reading "Quantum Theory Cannot Hurt You" by Marcus Chown

Originally Posted by Thomas T (Post 34859180)

I am reading the Time Traveller's Wife in the hope it's better than the film.

Originally Posted by Graham (Post 233368)

Ok, in the hope of something slightly more cerebral than "what are you using to destroy your braincells", here's a thread for discussing what you're using to *inspire* them instead! ;)

So what are you reading at the moment? And what's good/ bad/ worth recommending/ worth avoiding about it?

For me it's currently "The Truth" by Terry Pratchett.

A story from the Discworld, Pratchett takes another of his hilarious satirical side-swipes at the lunacies of this world (helped, no doubt, by his experiences of working as a journalist before he started writing fiction).

As usual his plots and characterisations are spot on, the writing is excellent, humorous without being forced, touching without being sentimental and his observations are sharp and witty without being laboured.

If you've ever read Discworld and enjoyed it, you'll love this one, if you haven't, it's a good place to start because you don't really need to have read the earlier stories to understand the background.

Definitely recommended!

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34859193)

Dawn of the Dumb - Charlie Brooker

Bad Science - Ben Goldacre

Originally Posted by Sox (Post 34867000)

Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34883758)

Revelation Space - Alastair Reynolds

Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey (Post 34884522)

I've just lent someone at work that book, and the 2 other in the series.

Good read

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34884592)

Yup - I have already read "Century Rain" and "Chasing Ice" by AR; both v. enjoyable.

Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 34923319)

Just waiting for UPS to drop off Twilight (book one) gonna work my way thorugh the series as I've just totally enjoyed the new moon film

Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 34923475)

I'm waiting for the following two books to go paperback.

Pirate Latitudes - Michael Crichton

And Another Thing ...: Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Part Six of Three - Eoin Colfer

Originally Posted by Thomas T (Post 34950697)

I just read raise the Titanic - which was ok and better than the film :)

I watched Starship troopers one and two today. Going to re-read the book again tonight. To try and take the bitter taste that no.2 left in my mouth.

Going to watch starship troopers 3 tomorrow :)

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34950760)

Under the Dome - Stephen King.

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Set your expectations low (imho) - not as bad as 2, but nowhere as near as good as 1.

Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 34950781)

Work related and its hard going :(

Dwdm Network Designs and Engineering Solutions.

I have had to put the migraine tablets on standby in case there needed :D

Originally Posted by Sirius (Post 34950781)

Work related and its hard going :(

Dwdm Network Designs and Engineering Solutions.

I have had to put the migraine tablets on standby in case there needed :D

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34972206)

Pandaemonium - Christopher Brookmyre

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34972206)

Just finished -
The Forever War - Joe Haldeman (for the fourth time)

Originally Posted by Mick Fisher (Post 34972227)

Truly an SF Classic. :)
Alas I can only claim reading it 3 times. :(

I am about to start a 3rd re-read of Arthur C Clarke - Childhoods End. A story that, I have always contended, must have, at least, inspired the beginning of V.

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34972246)

Agreed (as you can tell by my nom-de-internet :D )

Originally Posted by Jules (Post 34962838)

Just finished reading Donny Osmond "Life is what you make it" (Yes I like him and loved one got me it from a charity shop) Not as good as I thought it would be but interesting in parts.

Originally Posted by Scrubbs (Post 34991726)

this and this

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34991286)

61 Hours - Lee Child

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34991794)

Haven't read the first, but read all the books in second's Polity series - excellent books, very easy to read, but hard to put down.

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 34991286)

61 Hours - Lee Child

Originally Posted by multiskilled (Post 34991845)

Me too. Read all of series always look forward to the new ones.

My daughter also likes them.

Originally Posted by bayonet (Post 34991723)

I've nearly finished Gone Tomorrow by Lee Child well impressed very good story and really suspenseful

Originally Posted by foreverwar (Post 35038724)

Robert Crais - Freefall

Originally Posted by Hom3r (Post 35038731)

Is that the one about the Canadian plane that runs out of fuel?

If so I've read it twice, and seen the film.

I'm half way through "The Day after Roswell - Col. Philip J. Corso. (Ret.)"

Originally Posted by Matt D (Post 35049731)

"The Fuller Memorandum", by Charles Stross. It's the third book in his excellent "Laundry" series.

Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 34930679)

Just finished all 4 Twilight books and all I can say is WOW!!!

The films just do not do the books justice. Enjoyed them more than a lot of series I've read..