I only read books when im on the toilet, Usually telephone books
Usually left there by someone who has ran out of toilet paper rofl.

Beersy said...

The Passage. Long read but well worth it. Best book I've read in ages.

um yeah, read it a while ago, but I'm still not sure if I liked it. Sort of unsatisfying in the end. Mind you, about 1 week later, i am legend was on and very similar storyline....

Dark Blood, stuart mc bride. $5 special

David Hicks - Guantanamo My journey, was a real eye opener to the spineless Australian government we think protects us and the piece of poo media which is nothing more than a lapdog circus.

Ahn Do - The Happiest Refugee was a cool inspiring story about making the most of the opportunities life presents and how hard work and belief in yourself can take you where ever you want to go.

Stephen King - Under the Dome, typical Stephen King, awesome suspense filled narration and well drawn sub plots of a town and its people where something mysterious is happening, yet ultimately... nothing is happening

Roxana Shirayi - Last Living Slut, Real life story about some chick who sounds like she is trying to convince herself as much as the reader that her sexual promiscurity and obsession with sleeping with dudes from bands and being treated like poo was an empowerment to her female sexuality... but she just comes off sounding like a total slut

Totaly agree Doggie. Heard he's writing a second book.
Read it before we went to Mumbai last Jan. Went to a few of the places out of the book. Had a few beers and a chicken burger at Leopolds Cafe.

Singo Cam said...

Totaly agree Doggie. Heard he's writing a second book.
Read it before we went to Mumbai last Jan. Went to a few of the places out of the book. Had a few beers and a chicken burger at Leopolds Cafe.

There was going to be a movie as well with Johhny Depp but I dont think it happened.

I would love to go to Leopolds just to see if its like the description in the book.

Been getting into some classics
- The War of the Worlds, HG Wells
- Journey to the Center of the Earth, Jules Verne
- 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Jules Verne
- The Strange Case of Dr Hekyll and Mr Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson
- Treasure island, Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Invisible Man, HG Wells
- The Time Machine, HG Wells

I recommend all these, they are definately classics.

Been working my way through all Neil Gaimen's books.
They make for a great read
American God's is probably my favourite so far.

doggie said...

Shantaram, best ever

I read Shantaram ... in India. It's supposed to be true. I suspect it is fiction but with elements of truth. He certainly got the feel and the vernacular of India right. All that sisterf..ker and brotherf..cker and badmash and goondah stuff is spot on.

It's really annoying. The man is such a total dick from start to finish. All this hard man, almost super man stuff. Unarmed combat. Surviving impossible sh.t. But he gets his feelings hurt and goes to pieces at the drop of a hat.

He does stretch the truth in Shantaram. Thats for sure.
Leopolds is everything like the book Doggie, except for they now have an armed guard at both doors after the place was shot down in 08 atacks.

Bullet hole under A in Australia

Big beer

audio books from torrents

god is not great- hitchens

art of war- sun tzu

greatest show on earth- dawkins

crustysailor said...

Beersy said...

The Passage. Long read but well worth it. Best book I've read in ages.

um yeah, read it a while ago, but I'm still not sure if I liked it. Sort of unsatisfying in the end. Mind you, about 1 week later, i am legend was on and very similar storyline....

Dark Blood, stuart mc bride. $5 special

It's the first book in a trilogy. I think it's meant to leave you hanging

Shantaram was my last but while we are talkin books ya cant go past Peter Fitzsimons stuff. Not bad effort from a rugby bloke.

easty said...

Oh yeah, The Book Thief by ? is a modern classic.

Marcus Zuzack

Brilliant read.

upwind said...

Best book that i have read in a long time ia Nelson Mandela's Long Walk to Freedom, I usually read fiction but this was way better because it is true

eveyone's always so critical about morgan freeman's (aka nelson mandela) jail term but 20 years in prison and he hasn't reoffended. sounds like a success story to me

gezza1 said...

Been working my way through all Neil Gaimen's books.
They make for a great read
American God's is probably my favourite so far.

Yep, I've found Neil Gaiman too, a fantastically versatile writer. I would also add 'The Sandman' series. They are comics rather than books, but they are for the adult reader.