spider jag Posted May 27, 2010 Report Share Posted May 27, 2010 (edited) Read the Ferris Conspiracy by Paul Ferris and Reg MacKay - prob a load of BS but a good waste of an afternoon nonetheless! Just started Booted and Suited - the Story of the 1970s by Chris Brown. Very interesting so far Edited May 27, 2010 by spider jag Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags365 Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Already read Farenhiet 451 and Clockwork Orange this month and currently starting on a Brave New World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider jag Posted June 8, 2010 Report Share Posted June 8, 2010 Already read Farenhiet 451 and Clockwork Orange this month and currently starting on a Brave New World. Aah - some belters - have to admit - not read BNW but its sittin in my wee book pile aside ma pit! Good schnitt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatnallyjag Posted June 19, 2010 Report Share Posted June 19, 2010 The Beast, Paul Di'anno, the guys a nutter and every chapter is the same formula of sex, drugs, violence, and maybe the odd reference to being in a band, its no the dirt but a decent rock n roll tale of debauchery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider jag Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 Just read and enjoyed; A Boy's Story - Martin King No Retreat: The secret War between Britain's Ant-Fascists and the Far Right - Dave Hann and Steve Tilzey Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justufied Sineer - James Hogg Currently getting stuck into; Iggy pop: Open Up and Bleed - Paul Trynka Absolute Rock n Roll lunacy and highly readable - Brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fearchar Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 I'm without a new book at the moment, so took to reading The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo from the other half's collection. Really not that interested in it, but I might finish it. The first book in the trilogy is quite entertaining, but the second book is filler with inbelievable coincidences and it loses sight of the main protagonist for most of the plot, while the third makes you despair of what publishers accept as worthy of printing nowadays. Just read and enjoyed....Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justufied Sineer - James Hogg Is that possibly related to the Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner? I quite like the idea of a justified sneer, though, especially from such an inventive writer as Hogg. I've almost finished "An Illustrated Short History of Progress" by Ronald Wright, a Canadian who makes you think about how grim the prospects for contemporary society really are, based on the experience of societies in history. Well worth reading. Recently I finished "Infidel" by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, which I finished in two or three days because, although it's an autobiography, it reads like a novel. She was brought up initially in Somalia and eventually came to condemn the abuse of women's rights in particular among Muslims in the Netherlands. Her life has been threatened on numerous occasions, and she worked with Theo van Gogh, who was assassinated by an extremist Muslim for his part in the film that they made together. My wife started reading what's known in English as "Alone in Berlin" by Hans Fallada, and recommended it to me. I've started reading it (in German, under its title of "Jeder stirbt für sich allein"), and I'm enjoying it too. It's based on ordinary people opposing the Nazis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrantB Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Taken advantage of my time in France to read the following: Dial M for Merde - Stephen Clarke: The 4th book in the 'Merde' series and as light heartedly entertaining as the previous 3. I can certainly relate to some of his experiences. Renegade - Mark E. Smith: Been meaning to read this for years and I wasn't disappointed. Only thing was it was a little short at approx 250 pages. I thought he would have needed that much just to list the former members of The Fall. Cowboys for Christ - Robin Hardy: Not a sequel to The Wicker Man (greates film of all time in my opinion) but a similar tale told in today's times. Absolutely superb and left me counting the days until the film version (The Wicker Tree) comes out. Whenever that may be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider jag Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 Is that possibly related to the Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner? I quite like the idea of a justified sneer, though, especially from such an inventive writer as Hogg. My keyboards sh!te, OK?!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackpool Jags Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 The Stuff of Thought - Language as a Window into Human Nature (Steven Pinker) Deep, deep psycholinguistic analysis made surprisingly readable by the author. Got into this sort of stuff during one of the modules of a course I recently completed. The only thing is, you find yourself analysing the things people say for proof or otherwise of Pinker's theories, when you should just be having a normal conversation. I'm probably messed up enough in the head to begin with, but, as Magnus Magnusson would've said: "I've started so I'll finish". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider jag Posted August 6, 2010 Report Share Posted August 6, 2010 Sid Vicious : No-one is Innocent by Alan Parker. Got it out the library to pass the time thinkin it would be just another trashy cash-in bio but was pleasantly surprised, really good, but brief, read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morfin Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 Sid Vicious : No-one is Innocent by Alan Parker. Got it out the library to pass the time thinkin it would be just another trashy cash-in bio but was pleasantly surprised, really good, but brief, read. Portrait of an addict as a young man-Bill Clegg fast easy and not a bad read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediocre Pundit Posted August 26, 2010 Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 Recently read both Brethren and Crusade, parts 1 and 2 of the Brethren trilogy by Robyn Young. It's a fiction about a Scottish Templar Knight based around the last years of the crusades. Cracks on at a fair old pace and very enjoyable - I generally like narrative history or books that marry enjoyable fiction with some historical accuracy and fact. Will be buying Requiem, the final book, presently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honved Posted September 2, 2010 Report Share Posted September 2, 2010 Reading "How to win at football boardroom politics" by Fergus McCann. It's a great read, especially the chapters on "Finding a scapegoat", "Using other people's money, not your own" and "Fans are generally stupid". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ami Posted September 8, 2010 Report Share Posted September 8, 2010 Tony Blair: In His Own Words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrD Posted September 9, 2010 Report Share Posted September 9, 2010 capital vol 1 karl marx. my third time reading chapter one and i think im starting to understand it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider jag Posted September 14, 2010 Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Bad Seed : The biography of Nick Cave - Ian Johnston Reheated Cabbage - Irvine Welsh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meister Jag Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 George Galloway: "I'm not the Only One". The slightly one-sided rantings of Gorgeous George. He pulls no punches as he denounces the hypocrisy of the political elite. Blair, Bush and Co all get slated in equal measures. Plus the sainted Dr Reid even gets it in the neck as he sticks it to the man as only he can. As he famously quipped: "why should the Tories have all the good suits and cigars!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honved Posted January 17, 2011 Report Share Posted January 17, 2011 Cormac McCarthy's early novels, Child of God and Outer Dark, read one after the other. Stunning. Like looking at early sketches of his later, more expansive stuff. I know it sounds a bit wanky and luvvie, but if you want to read stuff that is jaw dropping, in terms of style and content, he's worth a look. He's the guy that wrote No Country for Old Men and The Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistlemad1 Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 May I suggest anything by Clive Cussler ........ Vixen 03, Deep Six, Night Train, Raise the Titanic (yes I know the film was crap, but the books good), all the way through to Sahara, (yip, film crap again, but the books good). There are plenty of other titles. Its not essential to read them in order, but there are occassional references to the main characters previous adventures. Or oldies, but goodies ....... the Sven Hassel books, well worth a read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northernsoul Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Nileism - latest biography of The Blue Nile. Fills in a lot of blanks throughout their career. Great read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spider jag Posted February 18, 2011 Report Share Posted February 18, 2011 Emlyn Williams - Beyond Belief: The Moors Murderers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagsfan1980 Posted April 10, 2011 Report Share Posted April 10, 2011 The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Moshin Hamid was a good easy read looking for something similar for my hols. Not easy to get a minute to read the complete works of Dostoesvy when you have a two year old! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jags365 Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Since this thread was looking a little lonely.... Over the past 3 weeks I've read Fatherland, The White Tiger, a Brookmyre book (can't remember the title - to do with killer rubber ducks or something) and currently reading Lanark, which despite only being at chapter 4 I'm really enjoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Since this thread was looking a little lonely.... Over the past 3 weeks I've read Fatherland, The White Tiger, a Brookmyre book (can't remember the title - to do with killer rubber ducks or something) and currently reading Lanark, which despite only being at chapter 4 I'm really enjoying. Lanark is one that I've always thought about reading, but never quite found the time, blah blah. "Twelve Books That Changed the World" by Melvyn Bragg certainly isn't one that I'd ever have put on my list to read, but I've just bought it on Robin's charity eBay site, so that'll be on the plane with me next week. It'll be gripping, I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east lothian jag Posted June 21, 2011 Report Share Posted June 21, 2011 Red and yellow forever, Robert Reid, interesting and informative, havent read it for years, read it over the weekend, easy read Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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