Hmmm, well one thing to beware of is that the very first book is probably the worst of the lot.There is a LOT of scene setting for later books, and it is slow moving at times.
The 2nd book The Illearth War is very good though, and once you complete the first Chronicles, Wounded Land (the first book in the second chronicles) is possibly the best book of the lot.
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dont bother i thought it was dull sci fi rubbishdata:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
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Just finished "Pillars of the earth" and really enjoyed it so i've just bought "world without end" but have yet to start it.
Read "Shantaram" a while back as well which was a very good read IMO.
My sister is busy readin Shanataram at the moment she says its pretty good too.
I picked up John Grishams new book, The Associate the other day. Its a really good read I'd highly recommend it!
Just working my way through the 14 original bond books, currently reading Goldfinger.
Finished the Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.
Now onto a Thousand Splendid Suns by the same guy.
Really touching, emotional books. I didn't think I'd be into that kinda stuff data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
"I hope they serve beer in hell" by Tucker Max.A collection of boozed up anecdotes of him being an arrogant git and getting loads of ladies.
But laugh out loud funny in many places.
Thanks, this look a good read.
You may be interested in "The average American male: a novel".
Got through a few books lately:
Pair of Silver Wings - James Holland:Great WWII "drama" novel, really captures the spirit of being a fighter pilot in Malta (educational as much as entertaining)
A Tale Etched In Blood And Hard Black Pencil - Christopher Brookmyre.Not a bad read (though you need to read much of the dialogue phonetically with a Scottish voice in your head!), but certainly not one of his best.I fear his best works were the early ones!
Live Bait - PJ Tracey.Not a bad serial killer thriller, except I guessed the outcome way before the end and thought the police were a bit stupid in it.
Sharpe's Fortress - Bernard Cornwell.Reading this now, and it's a great read (as always from Cornwell).I bought every single Sharpe book in the sales over Xmas, so working my way through them in chronological order.Read the first two a few years ago so just picking up again now.I find the Sharpe books to be good easy reads to lose yourself in, only started this one on Friday and should finish it in the next couple of days.
Upcoming reading is Sharpe's Trafalgar, then probably a change of pace - either Harlen Coben's first book (got 11 of his to read!), Ian Rankin's first Rebus book (got 11 of those to read too!), or the first in Stephen King's Dark Tower series.Not sure I'm ready for The Dark Tower yet, it's a long series and I'm enjoying changing genres after each book, so I might give Duma Key a go, which has got to be better than Lisey's Story (the first King book I've ever given up on).
Thinking about it, Carl Hiassen is calling again as something dark and funny could be just the ticket, or Scott Lynch's The Lies of Lock Lamora (been holding off starting this series though as he's not finished the 3rd one and it's on its third publishing delay!!)
Anyone else have too many books and not enough time?I love reading with a passion, but my OCD seems to have extended from movies to books - last count I had 150 to read data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
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