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Scotty88
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3 Aug 2012 5:46pm
doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

I've been browsing thru the Mrs book of '50 Shades of Grey'. Not reading just picking up key words like anal fisting,etc.


Any pics


Sadly, no.
Refer to RT or PH for that.


Mags are old hat now, give me redtube or youjizz


Oh please. Mags are so 90's. What do you think RT stands for ?
doggie
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3 Aug 2012 5:55pm
Scotty88 said...

doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

I've been browsing thru the Mrs book of '50 Shades of Grey'. Not reading just picking up key words like anal fisting,etc.


Any pics


Sadly, no.
Refer to RT or PH for that.


Mags are old hat now, give me redtube or youjizz


Oh please. Mags are so 90's. What do you think RT stands for ?


What is PH? I was thinking penthouse
myusernam
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3 Aug 2012 8:02pm
cormac mccarthy - Blood Meridian will 100 percent blow your hair back
Scotty88
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3 Aug 2012 6:03pm
doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

doggie said...

Scotty88 said...

I've been browsing thru the Mrs book of '50 Shades of Grey'. Not reading just picking up key words like anal fisting,etc.


Any pics


Sadly, no.
Refer to RT or PH for that.


Mags are old hat now, give me redtube or youjizz


Oh please. Mags are so 90's. What do you think RT stands for ?


What is PH? I was thinking penthouse


Pornhub. I have a friend that uses it.

BTW is Penthouse still running ? What about Ribald ?
sn
sn
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3 Aug 2012 6:31pm
"Dont tell mum I work on the rigs- she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse"

and

"This is not a drill"
both by Paul Carter, West Aussie bloke in the oil industry.
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"I'll go home then; its warm and has chairs"

"The internet is a playground"

both by David Thorne.
smicko
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3 Aug 2012 7:44pm
Halfway through the first book of A Game of Thrones, brilliant.

I've watched the first and second seasons and so far have to say that the series is by far the closest adaptation of any books I've ever read. Pretty well word perfect, and geez it was cast well too, apart from Joffrey who is an ugly little twat in the series and a handsome little twat in the book.

The book has perhaps a shade more detail in the back story, but there's not much in it.
DASZIP
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3 Aug 2012 9:21pm
Check out mathew Reilly if you want action adventure. The scarecrow novels are great as are the seven ancient wonders, the six sacred stones and the five greatest warriors trilogy.
Pitbull
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3 Aug 2012 7:55pm
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Sort of the same theme as Lord of the Rings. Read it back in the 80's. (6 books in set)
puffy
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3 Aug 2012 8:06pm
Mr Nice
Marching powder
Killing Pablo
The damage done
All true stories and all worth reading
kiteboy dave
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3 Aug 2012 10:29pm
Puffy, second all those. Sn, Paul Carter drill rig books good too, quick read tho, not much in 'em.

Pitbull, read those Thomas Covenant books when I was a teen in the 80's too, loved em - well the first 3 anyway, thought the 2nd 3 were not as good but still good. Re-read them as an adult, found them dreadful. I suggest you don't do it, just keep your happy memories.

Tom Robbins is a good author, try "Fierce invalids home from hot climates".
Skid
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3 Aug 2012 10:44pm
crustysailor said...

oh come on, 13 posts and no one mentioned 50 shades.

Sure to be a future classic.....

I got through the first 2/3 of book one, and went back to reading the outboard manual.




Last week a girl I know sent me the 50 shades trilogy, along with a message that she wants to help me act out a fourth book and she would like to play the part Miss Steele.
So, I'm perhaps a little more interested in the text than I would otherwise be...
Skid
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3 Aug 2012 10:54pm
A good thread, so I should add a post that is on topic....

"The power of one"
"The persimmon tree"
(plus most other books by Bryce Courtney)

"A fraction of the whole" debut novel by aussie Steve Toltz; if he publishes another book I will buy it without even opening it.

"Water for elephants" I listened to this as an audio book, the reader for the character of Jacob at age 90 (or 93) has such a great voice for the role.

"The road" another good audio book, great sense of place


Pitbull
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3 Aug 2012 9:23pm
sn said...

"Dont tell mum I work on the rigs- she thinks I'm a piano player in a whorehouse"

and

"This is not a drill"
both by Paul Carter, West Aussie bloke in the oil industry.
-------------

"I'll go home then; its warm and has chairs"

"The internet is a playground"

both by David Thorne.


David Thorne - funny guy
worrier
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4 Aug 2012 12:51pm
Seized by Max Hardberger. Auto biography.
This guy travels the world "reposesssing" ships that have been impounded illeagily in country's like Panama and Dominican republic. Modest guy for a yank but pretty ballsy.
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oz surf
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4 Aug 2012 2:54pm
Talking about 50 Shades of Grey

teatrea
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4 Aug 2012 6:16pm
if you like your heroic fanatsy cant go passed David Gemmell.Start with Druss the Legend.
james987
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10 Aug 2012 4:32pm
There are some good novels from many authors, as a filler and never having read a Dickens novel before, I pulled 'Great Expectations' out of our bookshelf thinking it was going to be a laborious exercise but from page one I couldn't put the thing down.
pierrec45
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11 Aug 2012 7:35am
Read a good one the other day.
Softcover, but a lot of "name and address withheld" in it...
Pitbull
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11 Aug 2012 7:25am
I've heard Playboy is a good read but every time a pick up a copy I only seem to get the editions with pictures only.
SammyJ
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11 Aug 2012 10:10pm
Haven't read through all the suggestions. My favorite lately is Scar Tissue, but you probably needed to have followed the red hot chilli peppers for the last 20 years to relate.
The other good one I recommend is the Sunday Smuggler, probably best not to read as you travel around Indo like I did, bit disturbing lol.
cisco
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12 Aug 2012 10:28am
Billy Thorpe wrote a book called "Sex and Thugs and Rock and Roll". Great read.
ratz
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13 Aug 2012 8:42am
anything by james lee burke
ZaZz
ZaZz
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13 Aug 2012 9:41am
Anything by Ken Follett (prefer the historical books over the thrillers)
Game of Thrones -George R. R. Martin
The Hunger Games -Suzanne Collins
The Kite Runner -Khaled Hosseini
A thousand splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Anything by Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

I would recommend 50 Shades to all my girl friends
timford
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13 Aug 2012 2:51pm
child 44 - tom rob smith
WA waverider
WA waverider
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13 Aug 2012 1:10pm
Robert g Barrets trilogy ,mud crab boogie ,wind and the monkey .Set on the east coast of aussie fictional character Les norton all time boof head gets up to all sorts .Any of the books about 20 of em www.robertgbarrett.com.au/
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WA
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13 Aug 2012 2:09pm
yeah the godson by robert g barrett is very funny.
Chris6791
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13 Aug 2012 2:53pm
I find it hard to ignore any books by Tom Clancy in the Jack Ryan series and will usually read them in a couple of days.

For something different I just finished Animal Farm by George Orwell, next I might tackle 1984...

Also halfway through Catch-22 by Joseph Hellier, if not for it being quite a heavy read I'd have finished it 12 months ago, but I'll persist and get there in the end, fascinating use of language and characters.

On the bookshelf ready to go is QF32 by the captain on the QANTAS A380 that nearly fell out of the sky, looks like a ripper, next to that waiting to be read are Mawson by Peter Fitzsimons, Helmet For My Pillow by Bob Leckie, With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge and Ghost Wave by Chris Dixon.
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13 Aug 2012 9:57pm
Pitbull said...

The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. Sort of the same theme as Lord of the Rings. Read it back in the 80's. (6 books in set)
I tried re-reading it but just too hard
Anybody want to but a complete set, only read twice

Chris6791
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22 Aug 2012 10:09pm
Chris6791 said...



On the bookshelf ready to go is QF32 by the captain on the QANTAS A380 that nearly fell out of the sky, looks like a ripper, next to that waiting to be read are Mawson by Peter Fitzsimons, Helmet For My Pillow by Bob Leckie, With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge and Ghost Wave by Chris Dixon.


I picked up QF32 late one night last week. It was about 11:00pm and I thought I'd read a chapter before going to sleep... 300 odd Pages and more than 4 hours later I put it down. First few chapters are a bit slow but after that it's a totally captivating and incredible story. Well worth considering.
myusernam
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23 Aug 2012 9:40am
Chris6791 said...

I find it hard to ignore any books by Tom Clancy in the Jack Ryan series and will usually read them in a couple of days.

For something different I just finished Animal Farm by George Orwell, next I might tackle 1984...

Also halfway through Catch-22 by Joseph Hellier, if not for it being quite a heavy read I'd have finished it 12 months ago, but I'll persist and get there in the end, fascinating use of language and characters.

On the bookshelf ready to go is QF32 by the captain on the QANTAS A380 that nearly fell out of the sky, looks like a ripper, next to that waiting to be read are Mawson by Peter Fitzsimons, Helmet For My Pillow by Bob Leckie, With the Old Breed by E.B. Sledge and Ghost Wave by Chris Dixon.

+1 animal farm and catch 22 both excellent books.
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